Year
1
2
3
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Magic Moments
The Great Outdoors
Far, far away…
Science: Seasonal change, Plants, Animals, Materials
History: Magic moments in history, Parties in the
past
Geography: develop key skills through history and
science
Science: Seasonal change, Plants, Animals,
Materials
Geography: develop key skills through fieldwork
History: develop skills through topic
First, furthest, fastest
Wild Adventures
Science: Seasonal change, Plants, Animals,
Materials
Geography: Small area of the UK: Yorkshire Dales
History: homes in the past, famous people linked to
topic/geography
Treasure Island
Science: Living things and their habitats, Plants,
Animals inc humans, Everyday materials
History: history of ‘Firsts, furthest, fastest’ e.g. First
man on the moon, first flight, first train, fastest mile
Geography: develop key skills through history and
science
Science: Living things and their habitats, Plants,
Animals inc humans, Everyday materials
History: famous people – Scott of the Antarctic,
famous events – conquering of Everest
Geography: fieldwork
Science: Living things and their habitats, Plants,
Animals inc humans, Everyday materials
Geography: Small area of contrasting non-European
country – Caribbean Island?
History: famous explorers and development of
history skills
Marvellous, magical, mysterious
Wonders of the World
Giants
Science: Rocks, Plants, Forces (moving on surfaces)
History: Stone Age – Iron Age
Geography: develop key skills through history and
science
Science: Plants, Animals inc humans focus on
skeletons (linked to mummies), Light
History: Ancient Egypt
Geography: develop key skills through history and
science
Science: Plants, Forces and Magnets, Animals
including humans (focus on nutrition and muscles),
could also develop general science skills through
‘Giant’ animals e.g. panda, squid
Geography: develop skills through ‘Giant’ physical
features of the world e.g. Giants Causeway,
Himalayas, Andes, oceans, continents
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Year
4
Autumn
Survival of the Fittest
Spring
War and Peace
Summer
The Golden Ticket
Science: Sound, Electricity
History: WW2
Geography: develop key skills through history
Science: States of matter
Geography: develop key skills through ‘Chocolate’,
5
Science: Living things and their habitats, Food
chains
History: Ancient Greece
Geography: region of a European country –
Greece – Athens?
Y5 Detective Agency
The Incredible Journey
To Infinity and Beyond
Science: Animals inc humans (development to
old age), Life Cycles
History: Romans
Geography: develop key skills through links
with history and literacy
Time Travellers
Science: Earth in Space, Forces
Geography: study of a region of North America:
Florida
Science: Electricity, Light
History: Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons
and Scots
Geography: develop key skills through links
with literacy and history
Science: Living things and their habitats,
Animals inc Humans
History: Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for
the Kingdom of England
Geography: Region of the UK – Whitby
Science: Properties and changes in materials
History: local area study: Saltaire
Geography: study of the local area
6
Amazing people, amazing places
Science: Evolution and Inheritance,
History: Early Islamic Civilization
Geography: develop key skills through links
with literacy and history
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Fairtrade
The Great Escape
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