YEAR A (2015 – 2016) : KEY STAGES 1&2 Local Perspectives : Our World ( focus: local environment )
Autumn
Autumn 1
Some work on class artist each
term
Science weighted
Change
Foundation Stage Literacy
Growing and changing
Poetry – growing
Fiction /nonfiction books –
change
KS1 Literacy
Traditional tales – fairy tales
KS2 Literacy
Traditional tales – Myths
(quests)
Poetry
Enrichment week
Design technology
including cooking
FS – UW
Growth, decay and
change. How we
grow
FS – EAD – life cycle
display
Dance – growing
KS1 History
The lives of
significant
individuals
Florence
Nightingale
Autumn 2
Go!
Foundation Stage Literacy
Class book – Go! Lists, signs,
captions.
KS1 Literacy
Nonfiction recounts &
explanations
KS1 Geography – no Poetry – riddles
topic – location
knowledge
KS2 Geography –
Human and
physical geography
– rivers, mountains,
coasts and hills
EYFS & KS1 Science
Ourselves
Health, growth,
change and decay
KS2 Science
Human body
healthy teeth,
eating, healthy
KS2 Literacy
Reports
Poetry – riddles
Visit : tba
FS – UW – different
modes of transport
FS – EAD – prints,
role play garage,
make different
vehicles
KS1 History
Short history topic –
the lives of significant
individuals –
isambard Kingdom
Brunel
KS2 History
Achievements of the
earliest civilization
Ancient Egypt
Technology
KS1 Geography
Place and location
knowledge,
geography skills
Compasses
Science
EYFS
Moving toys /wind
and water power
KS1
Light
YEAR A (2015 – 2016) : KEY STAGES 1&2 Local Perspectives : Our World ( focus: local environment )
body and mind
KS1 Art
Painting
Colour mixing
Drawing
Autumn colours
harvest
self-portraits
collage of
themselves
KS2 Art
Drawing and
sketching,
Research significant
artist
Portraits
Class artist
Water powered
machines
Pedal power
KS2 Science
Light and shadows,
solar power,
alternative energy,
saving energy
KS1 Art
Printing /textiles,
sculpture
Clay, marbling,
patterns
KS1 Computing
Starting research
KS2 Art
Design techniques
Architects and
designers in history
Designing and
making vehicles
KS2 Computing
Accuracy counts
KS1 Computing
Starting research
KS2 Computing
Accuracy counts
YEAR A (2015 – 2016) : KEY STAGES 1&2 Local Perspectives : Our World ( focus: local environment )
Spring
Some work on class artist each
term
Spring 1
Squark
Foundation Stage Literacy
Alliteration, fiction/nonfiction
books based on animals/music
KS1 Literacy
Literacy Stories with recurring
literacy language
FS – UW
Animal noises,
natural
instruments, music
in the environment
FS – EAD
Instruments
outside, performing
music and acting
KS1 History
Key events in the
past that are
significant
nationally and
globally
Communication
Spring 2
Dig
Foundation Stage Literacy
‘Fantastic Mr Fox’
KS1 Literacy
Reports
Poetry - calligrams
KS2 Literacy
Story settings
Persuasion
Poetry
KS2 Literacy
Writing and performing a play
Persuasion
Poetry
Workshop : Music
KS2 Geography
Human and
physical geography,
rainforests,
geography skills
and field work
EYFS KS1 + KS2
Science
Sound musical
instruments
KS2 includes the
ear
Enrichment week:
Geography
The United Kingdom
Visit: tba
FS – UW
Animals underground
Wormary
FS – EAD
Underground role
play
Animal art/ display
KS1 History
Changes within living
memory local history
/houses
Objects in the home.
KS2 History
Saxons and scots.
Saxon settlements,
place names, village
life, art and culture
KS1 Science
Living things in their
environment
KS2 Science
Separating liquids
and solids
YEAR A (2015 – 2016) : KEY STAGES 1&2 Local Perspectives : Our World ( focus: local environment )
KS1 Art
Collage and
exploring different
media – chalk,
charcoal, pastels
Observational
drawings of birds
KS2 Art
‘ take one picture’
KS1 Computing
Getting creative
KS2 Computing
Programming and
games
Music workshop
KS1 Art
Clay tile making with
footprint imprints
sculpture
Digital media
Collage – dinosaur
,skeletons using art
straws
KS2 Art
Sculpture: clay
animals
KS1 Computing
Getting creative
KS2 Computing
Programming and
games
YEAR A (2015 – 2016) : KEY STAGES 1&2 Local Perspectives : Our World ( focus: local environment )
Summer
Some work on class artist each
term
Summer 1
Green
Foundation Stage Literacy
Stories, poems, class books
related to our environment ,
Book - ‘ 5 Little Men’
KS1 Literacy
Traditional tales – myths
Instructions
Poetry
KS2 Literacy
A story/ stories with a theme
Discussion
Poetry
FS – UW
Pop up green house
Looking after our
environment
/recycling
Summer 2
Splash
Foundation Stage Literacy
Acrostic poetry –
FS – EAD
splash/water/sea
Collage, junk
modelling, recycling Fluent writing within the topic
art work
KS1 Geography
Human and
physical geography
KS2 Geography
Human geography,
economic activity,
trade links,
distribution of
natural resources
EYFS KS1+KS2
Science
Plants and growing
Recycling
KS1 Art
Printing – polyfoam
tiles
EYFS KS1 + KS2 Literacy
Take one poem
KS 1 + KS2 Explanations
Enrichment week
Drama
Visit: Seaside
FS – UW
Seaside, water,
animals that live in
the water/fish,
FS – EAD
puddle art, bubble
painting, waterways
KS1 History
Events within living
memory – holidays
KS2 History
Local history study –
canals to London
EYFS
KS1 Science
Magnets
Forces pushes and
pulls
KS2 Science
Water, water cycles,
rivers, states of water
KS1 Art
Research on a
significant artist
Seascapes/take one
picture water lilys
(Monet)
YEAR A (2015 – 2016) : KEY STAGES 1&2 Local Perspectives : Our World ( focus: local environment )
KS2 Art
Recycling Art
Design Techniques
Research on a
significant artist
KS1 Computing
Talking and sharing
KS2 Computing
Authoring
Collage and sculpture
using shells
Colour mixing
KS2 Art
Painting – narrow
boat designs
KS1 Computing
Talking and sharing
KS2 Computing
Authoring