Cycle A
Art and Design
Autumn 1
Topic
What makes me
special?
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Light and Dark
Fantasy and
Knights and Castles
Visit to Skipton
Castle
Dinosaurs and
Plants
Clay fossils (salt
dough)
Dinosaur models
Observational
drawing
Printing fossils
History
Collage with natural
materials- Andy
Goldsworthy
Transient Art
(physical artwork)
Summer 1
Dinosaurs and
Summer 2
Plants
The Great Fire of
Fairytales
animals
London
Area of
Study
Self-portraits- Van
Gogh/ Picass
Great fire of London
scene- colour mixing
and collaging.
Fairytale scene
collage
Observational
drawing of
artefacts/ Heraldry
Other
subject
links
PSHCE- Ourselves
Science- body parts
Maths- symmetry
History
Literacy (Samuel
Pepys parchment)
Literacy
History- Castle life
PSHCE- family
Autumn 1
What makes me
Autumn 2
Light and Dark
Spring 1
Fantasy and
Spring 2
Knights and Castles
Science
Science
Topic
special?
The Great Fire of
Fairytales
London
Area of
Study
Other
subject
links
Identify and name
parts of the body
Healthy eating and
exercise
Living and non-living
Senses
Observe changes
across the four
seasons- begin
longitudinal study to
continue throughout
the year
Music
LiteracyFunnybones
Geography
Y1- Everyday
Materials
Y2- Changing
materials- reversible
and irreversible
changes
DT- make a
container for Jack’s
Egg
Visit to Skipton
Castle
Y2- Properties of
materials
animals
Carnivore/
Herbivore/
Omnivore (animals)
Habitats and animals
(food chains)
DT- making bread
Geography
Plants
Observe changes
across the four
seasons- finish
longitudinal study to
continue throughout
the year
Computing
Topic
Autumn 1
What makes me
special?
Autumn 2
Light and Dark
Spring 1
Fantasy and
Fairytales
The Great Fire of
Spring 2
Knights and Castles
Visit to Skipton
Castle
Summer 1
Dinosaurs and
Make leaflet about a
Create a dinosaur
knight- Purple Mash
story- 2create a
Summer 2
Plants
animals
London
Area of
Study
Other
subject
links
E-safety
Creating and storing
pictures- Purple Mash
Science
PSHCE
E-safety
Creating and storing
pictures- Purple
Mash
Internet researchGreat Fire of London
History
Programmingroamers on fairytale
maps
Coding- Princess and
the frog- Purple
Mash
Paint a palacePurple Mash
Literacy
story- Purple Mash
Coding- Guard the
Castle- Purple Mash
Labelling parts of a
plant- Purple Mash
Drawing flowersPurple Mash
Paint- Knight and
Castle- Purple Mask
Me as a knightPurple Mash
History
Literacy
Science/ Art
Geography
Topic
Autumn 1
What makes me
special?
Autumn 2
Light and Dark
The Great Fire of
Spring 1
Fantasy and
Fairytales
Spring 2
Knights and Castles
Visit to Skipton
Castle
Summer 1
Dinosaurs and
Looking at where
Skipton Castle is
based and why?
Geographical
features
Literacy/ History
Looking at Lyme
Regis and describing
features
Summer 2
Plants
animals
London
Area of
Study
Other
subject
links
N/A
Aerial photos/
mapping where the
fire started
Comparing London
then and now
History
Making maps and
exploring
geographical
features
Literacy
Science/ History
N/A
Design Technology
Autumn 1
Topic
What makes me
special?
Autumn 2
Light and Dark
The Great Fire of
Spring 1
Fantasy and
Spring 2
Knights and Castles
Visit to Skipton
Castle
Summer 1
Dinosaurs and
Y1- Make a container
for Jack to carry his
egg and stop it from
breaking
Y2- Frozen puppets
Literacy
Science- materials
Making our own
bread
Bags with dinosaur
prints and sewing
History
History
Science
Spring 1
Fantasy and
Spring 2
Knights and Castles
Visit to Skipton
Castle
Summer 1
Dinosaurs and
Fairytales
Summer 2
Plants
animals
London
Area of
Study
N/A
N/A
Other
subject
links
N/A
History
Topic
Autumn 1
What makes me
special?
Autumn 2
Light and Dark
The Great Fire of
Fairytales
Summer 2
Plants
animals
London
Area of
Study
History of our lives/
timelines
The Great Fire of
London
Language of time
What was it like to
live in a castle?
When did dinosaurs
live?
Other
subject
links
PSHCE
Science
Literacy
Literacy
Literacy
Literacy
Science
N/A
Music
Topic
Autumn 1
What makes me
special?
Autumn 2
Light and Dark
The Great Fire of
Spring 1
Fantasy and
Fairytales
Spring 2
Knights and Castles
Visit to Skipton
Castle
Summer 1
Dinosaurs and
Summer 2
Plants
Singing dinosaur
songs
Sound effects- How
would different
dinosaurs sound?
Record.
Science
Singing songs about
the season ‘Summer’
Summer 2
Plants
animals
London
Area of
Study
Songs about
ourselves and body
parts
Body percussion
Handel fireworksmaking and
recording music
Sing songs related
to literacy
Sound effects for
stories
Medieval musiclistening and
responding to music
Other
subject
links
Science
History
Literacy
PE-dance
Autumn 1
What makes me
Autumn 2
Light and Dark
Spring 1
Fantasy and
Spring 2
Knights and Castles
Visit to Skipton
Castle
Summer 1
Dinosaurs and
Science
PE
Topic
special?
The Great Fire of
Fairytales
animals
London
Area of
Study
Dance
Gymnastics
Gymnastics
Games
Dance
Gymnastics
Dance
Gymnastics
Games
Games
Other
subject
links
Science
Art
Literacy
History
History
Science
Science