Topic
Autumn 2014
What scares you?
Hook Ghost walk around Manchester
Science Working scientifically
Living things and their habitats
Animals including humans
Light
Non – core subjects
History- History of local ghosts and the stories behind them and/or make up stories linked to Denton history, pupils will have to research this.
Computing - Film making
Working scientifically
Electricity
Spring 2015
Far Eastern Wonder
Chinese New Year Workshop
History- The Shang Dynasty of Ancient China
Geography- Earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis. Pollution, climate zones and biomes. Comparing human, physical characteristics and land use.
MFL- Mandarin
Religion- Buddhism
Art and Design - Prepare and cook savoury dishes. Chinese dragons
Computing- App planners, for a holiday to the Far East.
Literacy Ghost stories
Horror stories
Explanations
Playscripts
Evaluations
Journalistic writing
Poetry
Explanation text
Blog writing
Formal letter writing
Non chronological
Evaluations
Autumn 2015
Topic
Hook
Survival
Survival day in Linden Woods
Science Working scientifically
Living things and their habitats
Animals including humans/ nutrition
Non – core subjects
Geography- Geographical skills, map skills and fieldwork. Survival in extreme climate
History- How did we survive without.....?
Computing- Geo-caching
Working scientifically
Properties and changes of materials
Spring 2016
Spies
Literacy Stories that raise issues
Conversations
Evaluations
Biographies
Blog writing
Evaluations
History- WW1 and WWII
DT: Make do and mend- sewing. Plan, design, make, and evaluate a project
Art: propaganda posters, WW2 painting reflecting the mood and relationships of people during war
Geography- knowledge of locations
Computing- Cracking codes
Stories with flashbacks
Mystery stories
Journalistic
Report writing
Persuasive
Evaluations
Argument
Ramp it up
Skateboard, scooter and bike day
Working scientifically
Forces
Summer 2015
History- stone age to modern day, changes in wheels.
Revolution. Changes in an aspect of social history, crime and punishment from Anglo- Saxons to the present day
Music- Composing sound tracks
Art- Environmental art
DT- Designing and making a skate board park
Computing- Blogging and Vlogging
Crime stories
Conversations
Points of view
Persuasive
Argument
Biographies
Evaluations
Summer 2016
Out of this world!
Space dome
Working scientifically
Earth and space
Evolution and Inheritance
Art and Design- Moon buggies
Geography- aerial photos
Computing- Game developers
History- the Vikings and Anglo Saxon, struggle for the
Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the
Confessor
Humorous stories
Stories with a twist
Evaluations
Formal letter writing
Explanation text

Years 3 and 4
Topic
Hook
Science
Non – core subjects
Autumn 2014
Walk like an Egyptian
Archaeology task for the hook into the lesson.
Visit to Manchester Museum Egyptian exhibit.
Working scientifically
Animals including Humans:
Teeth and eating
History – Ancient civilisations (Egypt).
Geography - Compare, maps to satellite images, map reading and grid references.
Comparing countries.
Art and Design – Improve mastery of art techniques in sketching and sculpture.
Computing-
Spring 2015
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s a Transformer!!
Local nature walk comparing Linden Wood, Linden country park and Tame
Valley
Martin Mere Wetland centre
Working scientifically
Living things and their habitats
Plants
Geography- geographical skills and fieldwork
RSPB data count
Art - artist using recycled materials/ sculpture
DT- build a robot
Computing- emails, collaborative presentation, video conference
History - Hall of fame (robots) , History of technology/ robots
Summer 2015
Top of the Pops
Media City, music scene in Manchester
Working scientifically
Sound
Light
Art and Design – Improve mastery of art techniques in sketching and sculpture. Pop Art,
Andy Warhol
History- music through the decades
Geography- locational knowledge, locating the worlds countries and their key physical and human characteristics, countries and major cities, including the United Kingdom
Computing/ music - compose a piece of music to accompany work in another medium
Poetry
Playscripts
Stories with dilemmas
Recounts, magazines and newspapers
Evaluation
Presentation
Discussing ideas
Points of view
Literacy Adventure stories
Historical setting
Newspaper reports
Persuasive arguments
Non chronological reports
Instructions
Fables
Conversation
Stories with familiar settings
Evaluation
Presentation
Factual (information) text
Diaries and blogs
Skype and emailing
Topic
Hook
Science
Non – core subjects
Literacy
Autumn 2015
Feel the Force
Star wars
Working scientifically
Forces and Magnets
Electricity
History- Roman Empire and its impact on
Britain .
History- Ancient Greece
Design- making moon buggies and catapults
Computing- developing a simple educational game
Science fiction
Fantasy
Evaluation
Presentation
Emails
Spring 2016
Yabadabadoo
Hunter gatherer skills day
Working scientifically
Rocks
Geography- settlements and land use
History- Stone age to iron age (late Neolithic hunter gatherers and early farmers)
Anglo Saxons and Scots
Art- Cave painting, Cartoon characters
Design- Design and make a Flintstone car
Computing- short, scripted, animated cartoon
Historical setting
Conversation
Evaluation
Presentation
Factual (information) text
Summer 2016
Amazing South America
Spending a day in Linden Woods
Working scientifically
States of matter chocolate
Geography- physical geography- climate, biomes, vegetatian belts, water cycle.
Place knowledge- similarities and differences in physical and human geography between England and South America
History- Mayan Aztecs
Art and design- carnival art
Poetry
Familiar narrative
Evaluation
Presentation
Non chronological report

Diaries and blogs Informal letters
Instructions
Years 1 and 2
Topic
Hook
Science
Non – core subjects
Autumn 2014
Down in the woods
Working Scientifically
Animals including Humans
Living Things and their habitats
Geography – maps, atlases, compasses- design a Gruffalo trail for Reception.
Simple orienteering and map reading trail for visitors to Linden Wood. Simple fieldwork and observational skills
Art and Design- Bug Hotels
Computing- A number of presentation slides, each with different collections of animals, organised according to rules.
Spring 2015
Dungeons and Dragons
Sir Teachalot to visit school
Working Scientifically
Everyday Materials
Use of everyday materials
Art and Design- design and make castles using appropriate materials.
Catapults
History- Medieval times.
Significant people in the past who have contributed to national achievements,
Winston Churchill, Elizabeth, Queen Victoria, Florence Nightingale and Mary
Seacole.
Computing- Sequence of instruction that will move a programmable toy along a given route.
Summer 2015
Awesome Africa
African treasurehunt
Working Scientifically
Plants
Geography- locating continents, oceans, capital cities and characteristics in the UK. Compare the two countries. Use aerial photos to recognise landmarks
Computing- Create and debug simple programs.
Topic
Hook
Science
Non – core subjects
Autumn 2015
It’s a Bugs Life!
Bug visitor
Working Scientifically
Animals including Humans
Art and Design- 3D bug making, Mother
Nature.
Geography- investigating our local area
Computing- Charts and maps showing bugs found in different locations.
Spring 2016
Pirate Adventure
Johnny Woodham- visitor into school.
Working Scientifically
Everyday Materials
Use of everyday materials
Geography- describe key physical and human features. Use compass directions and directional language. World map; what are other countries like?
Pirate adventure around the world
History- significant people in the past who have contributed to national achievements, Christopher Columbus. What did Pirates do?
Art, Design and Technology – Sewing, puppet animals
Music: Music from around the world, cultural music. Making adventure music using graphic score
Computing- Class portfolio of original photographs. (Pirate hatchers).
Summer 2016
Over the rainbow and Under the sea.
Trip to Sealife centre
Working Scientifically
Seasonal changes
Living Things and their habitats
Geography- identify weather patterns in the UK and a hot and cold location
Art and Design – famous artist, eg Van Gogh
Starry night, Andy Goldsworthy
Music and dance – explore imaginary settings through music (What is at the end of the rainbow?)
Computing- Mind maps and a two minutes multi- media presentation for a specific audience