YEAR THREE
SUBJECT
AUTUMN TERM
SPRING TERM
SUMMER TERM
SCIENCE and
working
scientifically
What are mountains made of?
Rocks
What would I look like without my
skeleton?
Animals, including humans
Are you attractive enough?
Forces and magnets
How does your garden grow?
Plants
Can you make your shadow grow?
Light
My local area – The Peak District
GEOGRAPHY
HISTORY
Who were the first people in my
country?
The Stone Age, Iron Age & Bronze Age
The Victorians in Derby
LOCATIONAL
STUDY
GEOGRAPHY
SKILLS
How did the Victorians make Derby what it
is today? The Victorians
The Peak District
UK – in the World context (continents, 4 parts of the UK, main cities (e.g. Birmingham, Manchester, Derby, Bristol, Liverpool,
Newcastle, Glasgow) capital cities, main rivers and mountains, farming activities)
Map Skills – co-ordinates, plotting, map
reading, knowledge of canals.
Equator, Northern & Southern Hemisphere. Use 8 points of a compass.
RE
Ourselves
Christianity
PSHE
Myself & My
Citizenship
Relationships
Working together /
Beginning &
Diversity &
Belonging / My
Communities
Emotions
Cave Paintings
Hot Chocolate – design and make
Train Ticket design
Christmas Performance
Healthy & Safer
Lifestyles
Managing Risks
ART / DT
Barriers & Bridges
Healthy & Safer
Lifestyles
Safety Contexts
The Twits – Diorama
William Morris – Pattern
Annie
Healthy & Safer
Lifestyles
Healthy Lifestyles
Healthy & Safer
Lifestyles
Sex & Relationships
Making a healthy sandwich
Take One Picture
Enterprise Week
Photographs – Plants
YEAR FOUR
SUBJECT
AUTUMN TERM
SPRING TERM
SUMMER TERM
SCIENCE and
working
scientifically
How could we
cope without
electricity for
one day?
Electricity
What happens to the puddles on our
playground?
States of Matter
Why does it live
there?
Living things and
their habitats
How long does it take
for me to hear that
sound?
Sound
How old is a glass
of water?
The Water Cycle
Why is the River Derwent important to
Derbyshire?
Rivers
How did Roman pottery found in Derby
get there?
The Roman Empire
Climate zones, Biomes and vegetation belts
Europe
GEOGRAPHY
HISTORY
LOCATIONAL
STUDY
GEOGRAPHY
SKILLS
How does my body
keep on growing?
Animals including
humans
How did the Ancient Egyptian
Civilisation survive?
Ancient Egypt
How did farming contribute to the life of
the Ancient Egyptians?
The farming landscape of Ancient Egypt.
UK – in the World context (continents, 4 parts of the UK, main cities (e.g. Birmingham, Manchester, Derby, Bristol, Liverpool,
Newcastle, Glasgow) capital cities, main rivers and mountains and farming activities.
Identifying climate zones
Where did the Romans invade?
Equator, Northern & Southern Hemisphere, Tropics, Artic & Antarctic. Use 8 points of a compass.
RE
What is it like to be a Christian?
What is it like to be a Hindu?
Expressions of Belief
PSHE
Myself & My
Relationships
Beginning &
Belonging / My
Emotions
Portraits
Healthy & Safer
Lifestyles
Managing Risks
Healthy & Safer
Lifestyles
Healthy Lifestyles
ART / DT
Citizenship
Working Together /
Diversity &
Communities
Batik / Making Nets
Healthy & Safer
Lifestyles
Safety Contexts
Healthy & Safer
Lifestyles
Sex & Relationships
European Artist Study
YEAR FIVE
SUBJECT
AUTUMN TERM
SPRING TERM
SUMMER TERM
SCIENCE and
working
scientifically
Can I make a solid disappear?
Properties and changes of materials
Is there anything out there? Earth &
Space
Can you feel the force? Forces &
Magnets
GEOGRAPHY
Why is the rainforest important to
me?
Study of South America, the Amazon
& Brazil
Who are the Mayans?
The Mayan Civilisation
South America
Why does a volcano blow its top?
Volcanoes & Earthquakes
What came first – the chicken or the
egg?
Living things & habitats
Where do babies come from?
Animals including humans.
What is beside the seaside?
Coasts
HISTORY
LOCATIONAL
STUDY
GEOGRAPHY
SKILLS
Could you live like an Anglo-Saxon?
The Anglo-Saxons
Could you survive the plague?
Eyam
Local Study of Eyam
Mapping - North & South America in the context of the world – all main countries, including Caribbean islands, rivers and
mountains, Great Lakes, farming landscape. Equator, northern and southern hemisphere, tropics, Arctic and Antarctic,
time zones, Greenwich Meridian. Use 8 points of a compass. 4 figure grid reference.
RE
Islam
PSHE
Myself & My
Relationships
Beginning &
Belonging / My
relationships
ART / DT
Rainforest Art
Journeys
Citizenship
Healthy & Safer
Working together / Lifestyles
Diversity &
Managing Risk
Communities
Writings
Healthy & Safer
Lifestyles
Safety Contexts
Space Mobiles / Planet Pictures / Moon
paintings
Healthy & Safer
Lifestyles
Healthy
Lifestyles
Healthy & Safer
Lifestyles
Sex & Relationships
Take One Picture - Monet
Enterprise Week
YEAR SIX
SUBJECT
SCIENCE and
working
scientifically
GEOGRAPHY
HISTORY
AUTUMN TERM
SPRING TERM
What would a journey through your
body look like?
Animals including humans
Can Buzz’s laser
save Woody?
Light
Whose bright idea
was the lightbulb?
Electricity
Is war always a negative thing?
World War Two / The Battle of Britain
How would you have survived Viking
Britain?
Vikings & Kingdoms of England
SUMMER TERM
What scientific
Where have I
legacy have the
come from and
Ancient Greeks left
where am I
in the modern
going?
world?
Evolution &
Living things &
inheritance
habitats
Land Use in the UK
What legacy have the Ancient Greeks left
in the modern world?
Ancient Greece
In depth study of a country – Australia
LOCATIONAL
STUDY
Battle of Britain / The Blitz
GEOGRAPHY
SKILLS
Mapping and countries associated with
World War Two
Mapping and countries associated with the
Viking Kingdom
RE
Judaism
Life Stories & Journey’s
Life Questions
PSHE
Citizenship
Rights, Rules &
Responsibilities
Myself & My
Relationships
Family & Friends /
Anti-bullying
Economic
Wellbeing Financial
Capability
Healthy & Safer
Lifestyles
Drug Education /
Sex & Relationships
ART / DT
Picasso
Guernica
Cars / Puppets
Countries associated with the Greek
Empire
Maps and Co-ordinates
Equator, Northern & Southern Hemisphere, Tropics, Artic & Antarctic, time zones, Greenwich Meridian, significance of longitude and
latitude. Use 8 points of a compass, 6 figure grid references.
Healthy & Safer
Lifestyles
Personal Safety
Myself & My
Relationships
Managing Change
Aboriginal Art / Clarice Cliff
Take One Picture – JWM Turner
Enterprise Week