St. Mary’s CE Primary School Long Term Plan 2015-2016
Class 2
Autumn 1
Incredible Me!
Autumn 2
Fire, Fire!
Spring 1
Hot and Cold
History
Mary Seacole, Florence Nightingale
and Edith Cavell.
Edward Jenner – smallpox vaccine.
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder
Plot
The Great Fire of London, Samuel
Pepys
Famous explorers - Scott
Geography
Name and locate the world’s seven
continents and five oceans
Use maps to identify the UK and
London, use geographical
vocabulary, key human features
Science
Animals, including humans have
offspring that grow into adults
Basic needs of animals for survival
Exercise, diet and hygiene
Identify and compare the
suitability of a variety of everyday
materials for particular uses.
Find out how the shapes of solid
objects made from some materials
can be changed
Little Polar Bear
Identify the location of hot and
cold areas of the world in relation
to the equator and the North and
South Poles
Study the human and physical
geography of a small area in a nonEuropean country.
Compare animals and plants in less
familiar habitats and how they
adapt.
Art &
Design
Guiseppe Arcimboldo
Line, pattern and texture in fruit;
Show tones using coloured pencils
Making tints using paint.
Plate Weaving – Great Fire using
hot colours
Design &
Technology
Fruit Salads
Use the basic principles of a
healthy and varied diet to prepare
dishes. Understand where food
comes from.
Interactive games linked to
Geography – naming the continents
and oceans
Art – self portriats
The Long and the Short of it:
exploring duration
ICT
Music
Religious
Education
1.2 Who is a Muslim and what do
they believe?
Physical
Education
Gym - Unit H Parts High and Low
PSHE
Games – Unit 1 Throwing and
catching, inventing individual games
Golden rules
Colour wheels – hot and cold
African ‘sunset’ picture
Spring 2
In the Deep, Dark
Woods
Summer 2
Barnaby Bear Goes to
Brittany
Brunel (Compare aspects of life in
different periods.)
The first aeroplane flight.
The First Moon Landing – Neil
Armstrong
Use aerial photographs of
Herefordshire to recognize
landmarks and basic human and
geographical features; devise a
simple map; use and construct basic
symbols in a key; use simploe
compass directions
FOREST SCHOOLS
Compare living, dead and never
been alive.
Habitats – name plants and animals,
simple food chains
Life cycle of animals, basic needs
of animals for survival
William Morris – wallpaper
Matisse – plants/ printing
Create prints based on nature, join
materials
Owl collage
Puppets
Research the Great Fire
Publish poems about the Great Fire
using PPT – add sound file
Summer 1
Journeys
Use basic geographical vocab to
refer to key human and physical
features
Forces – Push and pull forces
compare how things move on
different surfaces
Observe and describe how seeds
and bulbs grow into mature plants
Find out and describe how plants
need water, light and temp to grow
and stay healthy
LS Lowry – print characters,
industrial pictures
Clay trains, boats, horses
(Jonathan Clay)
Matisse – Snail
Clay sculpture of French buildings,
e.g. Eiffel Tower, Louvre.
Vehicles
Explore and use mechanisms (e.g.
wheels and axles) in their products.
Finding facts about nocturnal
animals
Create a tourism poster for
Brittany
Feel the Pulse
London’s Burning/ London Bridge is
Falling Down/ Ring-a-Ring –a Roses
Taking off: exploring pitch
African songs:
A Keelie, Halima Pakasalo, Kye Kye,
Kule.
English Country Garden
A B-U-G
Mary, Mary Quite Contrary
Songs and rhymes about journeys:
Ten Little Men, Scholastic – Rockin’
Robot
French songs
Gym – Unit I Pathways, Straight,
ZigZag
Gym – Unit J
Spinning, Turning and Twisting
Gym – Unit K
Linking movements together
Swimming
Swimming
Dance – Fire
Dance – Unit 4
Country dancing/ Weather and
Seasons
Belonging to groups and
communities
Games – Unit 2 Making up games
with a partner
Games – Unit 3 Dribbling, hitting
and kicking
Child Protection
Athletic activities and Sports Day
Being a good friend
Fire Safety
Looking after minibeasts & our
environment
Sun &Water safety/ Road Safety
My Money week
SEAL
Visits
New Beginnings
Getting on and falling out
Visit from Fire Service
Going for Goals
Good to be me
Relationships
Forest School
SS Great Britain
Changes