Litherland Moss Primary School
Learning Challenge Curriculum
2014 2015
Updated June 2014
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Annual Overview – Learning Challenges 2014 2015
Autumn
Year 1
Spring
Science: (Materials)What materials
could the 3 little pigs use to build
their home?
Science: (Seasons) Where do leaves
go in winter?
Summer
Science: (Light) What would happen
if the lights went out?
Science (Forces): How can we stop Lightening
McQueen?
Science: (Plants) which birds would
we (who?) see at the local park? Not
sure?
Science: (Animals)Why are humans not like
spiders?
How do the seasons impact on what we do ?
History: (Change in living memory)
What has changed since my
grandparents were young?
Geography: (Similarities and
differences) What is the difference
between Liverpool and the rain
forest?
Geography/ History: (UK and world history) Where
do the wheels on the bus go?
Science: (Forces & Electricity) Could
you be the next Lightening
McQueen?
Science: (Materials) What is our
school made of?
Science: (Heath and growth) How will ‘5 a day’
help keep me healthy?
Science: Plants, animals and the
local environment) How does our
salad grow?
Science: (Seasons and daily weather patterns/
human and physical features of a small area) Why
do we like to be beside the seaside?
History: (The lives of significant
individuals in Britain's past) What was
it like when the Queen came to the
throne?
Geography: (fieldwork to study
school and grounds) What would Ben
Ten find exciting about our school
and town?
Geography: (contrast UK and non-European
country) Where would you prefer to live? England
or Africa?
History: (Significant people and their
achievements) Were Christopher
Columbus and Neil Armstrong
brave?
History: (Significant event) Why did
the Titanic sink?
History: (Significant people from the
past) Could the Beatles have won
the X factor?
Year 2
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Geography: (Seasonal weather. Hot and cold in
relation to the equator) Why can’t a meerkat live
in the North Pole?
History: (Seaside in the past) Why do we like to be
beside the seaside?
How have Rosa Parks and Nelson Mandela helped
to make the world a better place?
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Autumn
Year 3
Science: (Rocks) What do rocks tell
us about the way the Earth was
formed?
Spring
Science: (Animals including humans)
How can Usain Bolt move so quickly?
History: (Ancient Greece) Eureka! What’s
so special about Greece?
History: (Stone to Iron Age) Who first
lived in Britain?
Year 4
Science: (Living things and their
habitats) Which wild animals and
plants thrive in your locality?
Geography: (Human) Why is the
Mersey so important to Liverpool?
History: (Study of a local history) How
did the Victorian era help to shape the
local area?
Geography: (Human) Why do so people
choose the Mediterranean for their
holidays?
Science: (States of Matter) How would
you survive without water?
Science: (Animals including humans)
What happens to the food we eat?
Science: (Sound) Why is the sound that
‘One Direction’ makes enjoyed by so
many?
Science: (Electricity) How could
you cope without electricity for a
day?
History:(A study of an aspect or
theme in British history, beyond
1066) Why were the Norman
castles certainly not bouncy?
Science: (Plants) How did that blossom
become an apple?
Science: (Light) How far can you throw
your shadow?
Science: (Forces and magnets)
Are you magnetically attractive
enough?
Geography: (physical) What
makes the Earth angry?
Summer
Geography (Physical) – Why is Liverpool
such a cool place to live?
History: (A study of an aspect or theme in
British history, beyond 1066) Who were the
early lawmakers?
History: (The Roman Empire and its
impact on Britain) Why were the Romans
so powerful and what did we learn from
them?
Autumn
Year
5
Science: (Animals including humans)
How different will you be when you are
as old as your grandparents?
Spring
Science: (Living things and their
habitats) Do all animals start life as an
egg?
Science: (Forces) Can you feel the force?
History: (Anglo-Saxons) Were the AngloSaxons really smashing?
Geography: (Physical) Why should the
rainforests be important to us all?
Science: (Earth and space)Will we ever
send another human to the moon?
History: (Early civilizations) How can we
re-discover the wonder of Ancient
Egypt?
Science: (Evolution and Inheritance)
Have we always looked like this?
Science: (Living things and their
habitats) Could spider-man really exist?
History: (The Viking and Anglo-Saxon
struggles) Were the Vikings always
vicious and victorious?
Science: (Properties and changes of
materials) Could you be the next CSI
Investigator?
Geography: (Human) Why is Brazil in the
news again?
History: (A study of an aspect or theme
in British history, beyond 1066) Why
should gunpowder, treason and plot
never be forgotten?
Year
6
Summer
Science: (Animals including humans)
What would a journey through your
body be like?
Science: (Light) How can you light up your
life?
Geography: (Physical) Will you ever see
the water you drink again?
History: (A non-European society) Who
were the Mayans and what have we learnt
from them?
Science: (Electricity) Could you be the next
Nintendo apprentice?
Geography: (Human) I’m a Year 6 pupil,
can you get me out of here?
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