History - Elm Park Primary School

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The Elm Park Curriculum is mapped out as a 2 year rolling cycle. The new
EYFS has been introduced this year. In years 1-6, learning is linked around
our central themes: The World Around Us, Looking At The Past and How
Things Work. Click on the phases to access our topic webs.
EYFS
KS1
Cycle 1
2012-13
Upper
KS2
EYFS
Lower
KS2
KS1
Cycle 2
2013-14
Upper
KS2
Lower
KS2
Cycle 1 2012-13
Autumn
Spring
Summer
KS1
‘Winterbourne
and Bristol’
‘Bright Sparks’ ‘Explorers; Old
Lower
KS2
‘Wonderful
Winterbourne’
‘Infinity and
Beyond’
The Romans
Upper
KS2
‘Natural
Disasters’
The ‘Tudors’
‘Young
Apprentice’
and New’
Literacy
We will be linking our literacy with our topic work when
we write our stories with a familiar setting, thinking
about our local environment and the school. We will
also be writing instructions for our bridges that we
make and also creating information books about Bristol.
We will link Fairy tales to our work on houses and will
also be thinking about poetry linked to the stars.
Science
Our science this term is all linked to Health
and Growth – we will be thinking about
balanced diets, keeping healthy and medicines.
We will then move on to thinking about plants
and animals in our local environment, looking at
and recognising different plants and animals
and thinking about why animals live in certain
environments.
Numeracy
We will be collecting data about
traffic and organising it in tables
and graphs. In addition to this we
will be developing our calculation
skills, problems solving skills and
thinking about shape space and
measure.
Key Stage 1
The World Around Us
Winterbourne and Bristol
Geography
We will be looking carefully at our local area and
going on a walk around Winterbourne. From this we
will look at maps and think about how they are
made and then create our own maps of
Winterbourne. We will use and follow maps,
completing a treasure hunt around the school and
complete a traffic survey in our local area. We will
link this with data handling work in maths and
draw conclusions from what we have found.
Art and DT
We will be painting pictures of the local
landmarks and landscapes after our walk
around Winterbourne. We will design and
create models of the suspension bridge after
looking closely at pictures. We will look at the
work of Banksy and develop our own Brick wall
using repeated printing patterns and then
create our own graffiti tags.
Term 1 and 2
PE and Dance
In our dance sessions we will develop our
movement skills and then think about dancing
linked to transport.
We will be focusing our games sessions on
throwing, catching and kicking this term.
History
We will be thinking about our homes and how they
have change over the past 100 years. We will look
at how Brunel influenced Bristol through his
engineering work and more about Brunel himself.
French
This term we will be focusing on greetings and
general introductions.
ICT
We will be using ICT lots during our topic work for research and
presentations. We will be creating photo stories linked with our stories
with familiar settings. We will also be communicating ideas using texts
and images and using ICT to handle information.
Music
In Music we will be exploring
duration and linking this to
firework music. We will think
about songs linked to water
and transport, and we will
also be preparing for our
Christmas play.
PSHE and RE
Our PSHE will be linked to New
Beginnings and we will be thinking
about ourselves, our feelings and
how we can solve problems. In
Term 2 we will move on to
thinking more closely about
Getting on and Falling out,
focusing on friendship, working
together and it will be AntiBullying week, so we will be doing
some work on this.
In RE we are learning about
Stories and Sacred Writings,
and also looking at the festivals
of Harvest and Christmas.
Literacy
Art
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We will use locations in
Winterbourne to inspire our
writing.
We will engage with a
range of classic and
modern literacy which has
parallels with Winterbourne.
Science
•We will identify native tree
species.
•We will explore the different
habits in Winterbourne and the
species within them.
We will be sketching local
features.
Wonderful
Winterbourne
Drama
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Geography
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We will develop our map
reading skills.
We will create our own
maps of Winterbourne.
We will develop an
understanding of the
geography, topography and
human geography of our
local area.
We will study Winterbourne
as a settlement and
contrast it to other on a
local, national and global
We will use drama to
explore the lives of people
who once lived in
Winterbourne.
History
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RE
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We will develop an
appreciation and
understanding of the range
of festivals that are
celebrated locally.
We will learn about the
faiths of our local area.
We will consider the identify
of the people of
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We will be researching
about Winterbourne
throughout history.
We will create a timeline of
key local events.
We will compare present
day Winterbourne to the
past.
We will identify evidence of
Winterbourne’s past that
survives today.
Literacy - We will be learning
about and writing adventure
survival stories, natural
disaster themed poetry,
journalistic writing and
explanations.
Topic - We will be finding out
about a variety of different
natural disasters such as
tsunamis, volcanoes, tornadoes
etc. and their effects on the
lives and communities of
people. We will then use the
information to complete group
projects and present our work.
This will incorporate ICT,
literacy, art, geography and
history.
Art and Design – We will
be making 3D art
sculptures using natural
disaster style debris.
PE – We will be learning to
construct a volcano dance.
Natural
Disasters
Science - We will be investigating and
experimenting the causes and effects of forces such
as gravity, air resistance, thrust, friction and
buoyancy.
MFL – We will be learning
about storms and shipwrecks
in French.
Music – We will be learning
about rhythm and tempo
PSHE - We will be learning
about new beginnings by
considering our place in the
community, exploring the
feelings of ourselves and
others and developing social
and problem solving skills.
We will link this
understanding to empathising
with the victims of natural
disasters.
Design and Technology
- We will make costumes
in the style of Tudor
clothing to wear during
class performances of our
Tudor plays.
P.E.
- We will be learning and
performing some Tudor
Dance in P.E.
TUDORS
Art
- We will study portraits of
Tudor monarchs and then
draw and paint our own
self-portraits in the same
style.
Literacy/Drama
- We will look at
Shakespeare as a
significant author and
write/perform a playscript
around the Spanish
Armada.
French
- We will be studying
Henry VIII as part of our
French unit.
History
-We will re-enact the
Battle of Bosworth.
-We will create a timeline.
-We will complete
research projects in
groups comparing lives of
rich and poor in Tudor
times.
-We will look at the
impact events and
individuals had on society.
- We will be doing a
variety of writing activities
for example a recount,
rap/rhyme, playscript etc.
I.C.T.
- We will be using ICT to
research the Tudors and
communicate our
findings.
Literacy
Our topic will be introduced this term through
the use of the story Mrs Armitage’s car.
During our literacy lessons we will be thinking
about Pattern and Rhyme, performing and
developing our own rhyming and patterned poems.
We will be writing recounts linked to our trip and
developing our own information books linked to
electricity.
We will also create adverts for our cars and
instructions for how they were built.
Geography
We will be thinking about how road maps
are created and their features. We will
talk about the layouts of roads and which
landscapes are best for cars.
PE and Dance
In our dance sessions we will be
creating dances linked with movement
and transport. In gym we will think
about rolling.
During our games sessions we will
developing our striking and kicking
skills and releasing and dribbling.
French
This term we will be focusing on
learning our numbers and colours.
Numeracy
We will collect data linked to forces
and record these in tables and
graphs. We will think about the
shapes needed to make cars and the
different costs that will be involved.
In our numeracy lessons we will
explore number, calculation, shape
and space, measures and problem
solving, and continue developing our
investigative skills.
Key Stage 1
How Things work:
Bright Sparks
Term 3 and 4
History
During our history sessions we will learn
about the invention of cars and how they
have changed over time.
ICT
We will use ICT links throughout our
learning.
In our ICT lessons we will think about
internet safety in T3. Then in T4 we will be
having a go at making a simple animation.
Music
During our music sessions we will be
exploring pulse and rhythm. We will do
this through singing and exploring
different instruments.
Science
Science will take a lead focus during this
topic as we explore different materials and
their properties and how they are selected
when building cars. We will be learning
about different types of materials and
testing out their different properties. We
will be creating circuits and learning about
electricity, making lights for our own cars
and also thinking about forces, and how the
movement of a car can be affected by them
in different ways
Art and DT
In our DT sessions we will think about how
we can make cars move and joining wood to
make a frame for our cars. We will revisit
wheels and axels and learn how these help
things to move.
In art we will explore using different
techniques to blend colours together and
show movement. We will explore printing to
create a logo and use cameras to capture
movement.
PSHE and RE
Our PSHE will be linked to Going to
Goals and we will be thinking about how
we can achieve new things and be
resilient, even when it’s tough! In Term
4 we will move on to thinking more
closely about how it’s ‘Good to be Me’
and talking about feeling proud of
ourselves and others, and also how to
stand up for ourselves in the right way.
In RE we will be exploring a Church and
a Mandir, special places of Worship for
Christians and Hindus. We will also
consider how Hindus worship at home
and the special Christian celebration
of Easter.
Geography
• We will develop an
understanding of the
water-cycle.
History
• We will study famous
scientists.
• We will retrace the
space-race.
Mathematics
• We will create timelines.
• We will learn about
distances.
• We will use shape
vocabulary.
• We will develop our
investigation skills.
Art
• We will use art to
interpret the stars,
constellations, planets
To Infinity
and Beyond!
Science
• We will develop our
investigation skills.
• We will spot
constellations.
• We will learn about the
planets of our solar
system.
• We will explore our
galaxy.
• We will study the role of
our sun in the solar
system.
• We will identify
constellations.
• We will experiment with
the different states of
matter.
• We will investigate how
light travels.
French
• We will learn a variety of
French words related to
space.
ICT
• We will develop our
research and presentation
skills.
Design Technology
• We will make scale
models of the planets.
• We will design and make
aerodynamic rockets.
• We will construct a sun
dial.
Literacy
• We will use science to
inspire our writing.
• We will engage with
biographies.
• We will develop our
research skills.
• We will write for a range
of purposes.
• We will perform a play
set in space.
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