Science Curriculum Map 2015-2016
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Year
Group
KS1
Year 2/1
AUTUMN
AUT 1
Cycle 1
Animals, including
Humans (Yr1)
Creative
Curriculum
7 continents and 5 oceans
Seas, oceans and rivers
SPRING
AUT 2
SUMMER
SUM 1
SUM 2
SPR 1
SCIENCE WEEK
Everyday Materials
(Yr1)
SPR 2
Explorers
(Christopher
Columbus/Drake)
Village in Cornwall/South
American village
Rainforests
First Aeroplane Flight
and Space Exploration
(Neil Armstrong)
Animals and farming
Vegetation
Plants (Yr1)
Art - Create a landscape
drawing
Cycle 2
Living Things and
their Habitats (Yr2)
Seasonal
Changes
(Yr1)
Uses of Everyday
Materials (Yr2)
Animals,
including
Humans (Yr2)
Plants (Yr2)
Creative
Curriculum
4 countries of the UK and
their capital cities
London City
Jobs in the city
Great Fire of
London
(Samuel Pepys)
Art – Silhouettes
Daily weather/Climate:
Uk/Equator/North and
South Pole
Festivals and
Anniversaries
(Elizabeth I and Queen
Victoria – Coronations)
Beach and Seaside
Holidays
D&T - Homes
(Different
Buildings),
paper and
card, cutting,
shaping and
joining
Growing plants in different
environments
Lower KS2
Year 3/4
D&T - Eat
more fruit and
veg –
designing
and reviewing
menus cutting
Cycle 1
Forces and
Magnets (Yr3)
Sound (Yr4)
Animals, including
Humans (Yr3)
Rocks (Yr3)
States of
Matter (Yr4)
Light (Yr3)
Creative
Curriculum
Map skills,
Latitude/Longitude/Equator
Time Zones
D&T - Evaluate
clocks and design,
make and review
one example
Contrast a region of UK
with region in Russia
Legacy of Ancient
Greece Art/Architecture and
Literature
Using clay to make
Greek Pottery and
ceramics
Water Cycle
Great Artist – Turner,
seascapes
Britain’s
settlements Anglo Saxons
and Scots
Cycle 2
Living Things and
their Habitats (Yr4)
Animals,
including
Humans (Yr4)
Electricity (Yr4)
Plants (Yr3)
Rocks
(Yr3)
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Creative
Curriculum
Counties and cities in the
UK (Regions, mountains,
coasts and rivers)
Art – Constable
D&T – Prepare and
cook a variety of
dishes from around
the United
Kingdom using a
range of cooking
techniques
Arctic and Antarctic
Circle (Location/habitats/
environment)
Ancient Egypt (When
and Where it
started/Achievements)
D&T Design and make
in the Egyptian style,
e.g. Everyday objects,
jewellery
Volcanoes and
Earthquakes
D&T Design and
make a volcano
model
Forces
Earth and
Space
Living Things and
their Habitats
Animals,
including
Humans
Properties and
changes of
materials
Northern/Southern
hemisphere (Prosperity Vs
Poverty)
Art – Contrasts in
photography – Social and
Political Awareness
D&T – Bread
Making –
Ingredients,
process, pricing,
testing, evaluating,
presentation to
parents
Manchester City (UK) in
contrast with Madrid
(Spain)
Football and leisure
Art – Great artists –
Cityscapes - Monet,
Lowry, David Hockney
Legacy of Roman
Culture –
Art/Architecture and
Literature
D&T – Understand how
key events and
individuals have
helped to shape the
world – Structures and
Architecture
(Sculptures)
Trade Globalisation and
intercontinental links
Living Things and
their Habitats
Animals,
including
Humans
Electricity
Evolution and
inheritance
Light
Maps, Plans and Digital
Technology
Changing Power of
Monarchs
Art – Portraits, old
and modern
school
Distribution of natural
resources (Energy, food
and minerals)
Battle of Britain
Art – Picasso – War
and Peace (Guernica)
D&T – Seasonality –
To know where and
how a variety of
ingredients are
grown, reared,
caught and
processed
Upper KS2
Year 5
Creative
Curriculum
Upper KS2
Year 6
Creative
Curriculum
All
Notes:
Working Scientifically
Changes in
Britain from
the Stone Age
to Iron Age
(Skara Brae,
Stonehenge,
Hill Forts)
Viking
Invasions,
Anglo-Saxon
Laws and
Justice,
Edward the
Confessor
Biomes and
Vegetation
Belts
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All curriculum topics covered leaving some gaps to be filled on map (Review topic? Create new topic?
Project/investigation work at end of year? Omit science for half term?)
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Transition to new curriculum and mixed classes presented issues as topics have already been covered
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View to alter creative curriculum from next year and allow for greater integration of science with creative
subjects/topics