St Andrew’s Thinking Curriculum KS2 – 2014
Science
Geography
History
ICT
Art
D&T
Rocks – States of matter
Compare rocks on the basis of their
appearance and properties.
Describe how fossils are formed.
Recognise that soils are made from rocks
and organic matter
Change of State -Solid, liquid, gas
Some materials change state when they
are heated or cooled.
Map volcanoes and
earthquakes around the
world – tectonic plates
(housing etc)
How volcanoes work?
What causes
earthquakes/tsunamis?
Safety procedures during
an earthquake – reenact.
The story of Vesuvius
from a Roman
perspective (Plini)
Timeline from Stone Age
to Romans
Life in Pompeii – what
was it like?
Roman Britain – what did
Romans bring to Britain?
Home, language, military,
roads, food etc. Roman
Empire.
Roman withdrawal from
Britain in c. AD 410 and
the fall of the western
Roman Empire
Literacy link:
Persuading someone to
sign up for the Roman
Army
Mayans
On your way to C
America, your plane
crashes in the rainforest.
Only 4 people survive.
You come across a
remote Mayan village
where they have never
seen a Westerner. Write
a diary /report of your
time there.
Generate questions and
find answers about the
Mayans and make
comparisons with life in
Britain at the time.
Control Technology – U5
Coding – Kodu – see ICT
Observational drawing
and painting
Use tone to create 3d
effects
Use knowledge of the
colour wheel to create
effects (warm, cold,
vibrant, subtle)
Mechanisms- wheels
and axles
Design, make and
evaluate a vehicle for a
Roman (Emperor, soldier,
farmer)
3D Construction
Design and make large
scale rainforest plants
from wire and paper
Food and Nutrition
To research, design and
make a healthy,
nutritionally balanced
rainforest wrap
Cycle A Yr3&4
Autumn
Active Planet –
Volcanoes and
earthquakes
Trip: - MOSI Roman
centurion
Trip: - Pantomime
Enquiry –The British
Empire
Novel – Caroline
Lawrence –Roman
Mysteries.
Spring
Saving the World –
Rainforests
Mayans
Trip: - Manchester
Museum – rainforest
exhibits
Trip: - Trafford ecology
Park
Enquiry – Research
Australian aboriginals/
compare with Mayans
Novel – Journey to the
River Sea – Eva
Ibbotson
3x Investigations:
Porosity of rocks – place different rocks in
water. Measure change in mass over time.
Observational: different foods in a pot –
which decays the fastest and why? (Must
be in a sealed container).
Define solids, liquids and gases.
Investigate different materials (jam)
according to definitions.
Plants/Living things and their habitats
Functions of different parts of flowering
plants, inc water transportation
requirements of plants for life and growth
Function of flowers in the life cycle of
flowering plants.
To explore and use classification keys to
group living things
environments changing can sometimes
pose dangers to living things
food chains identifying producers,
predators and prey
3x Investigations:
What do seeds need to germinate?
How can we make broadbeans grow
quickly (measure)
Osmosis/transpiration investigations
(food dye/ plastic bag around leaves)
Literacy link:Discussion about cutting
down the rainforest
Literacy link: Explanation
how volcanoes work/
how fossils are formed/
You work for a European
mining company. You
have been told to visit
central America to trade
for minerals.
Location knowledge
Atlas/latitude, longitude,
Equator, Northern
Hemisphere, Southern
Hemisphere, the Tropics
of Cancer and Capricorn.
Human and physical
geography
land use, economic
activity including trade
links, minerals and water
climate zones, biomes
and vegetation belts.
Study of the rainforest
/plants/medicines/
transport-rivers/
minerals/
mining/deforestation
(not Mexico)
Literacy link: Letter to
the company about
findings
Understand key aspects
of Mayan civilisations.
Food and farming/trade/
Settlements/ families/
religion/ education/ How
did they live in the
rainforest and use its
resources?
Literacy link:Instructions
– How to survive in the
jungle!
2-Simple – 2 animate –
animate a volcanic
eruption
Presentation - Text,
Graphics and Sound – U1
2Simple- 2create a story
2Simple- 2publish
E – Safety week-see ICT
1. Emails
2. Chat rooms
3. Social media
4. Text messages
Global Communication U4
Internet
Laptops
Tablets
Learning Platform
2 Simple –Music toolkit –
Rainforest music
Data Handling –
Animal/habitat info
St Andrew’s Thinking Curriculum KS2 – 2014
Summer
Do you live around
here? Rivers
Trip: - Mosi –
separating mixtures
Trip: - Jewish Museum
(RE)
Enquiry – A European
River
Novel - Corby Flood –
Stewart/ Riddell
Changing state
To know that some materials will dissolve
in liquid to form a solution,
To use knowledge of solids, liquids and
gases to decide how mixtures might be
separated
To demonstrate that dissolving, mixing and
changes of state are reversible changes
The Water Cycle (see Y6)
3x Investigations:
Fair testing – How to make a jelly cube
dissolve quickly (dissolving)
Separating mixtures/ sieving/ filtering/
evaporation.
Literacy link: The story of a water droplet
Y6
Autumn
Time Travellers – Stone
Age to Iron age –
Ancient Greeks.
Trip: - Manchester Art
Gallery
Trip: - Pantomime
Enquiry – Report Greek Life
Novel - Holes
Spring
Intrepid Explorers
Trip: - Chillfactore
climbing wall
Trip:
Science
Electricity
Know some electrical appliances
Series circuits
Electrical conductors and
insulators.
Forces –
To explain the force of gravity
To identify the effects of air
resistance, water resistance and
friction.
Investigate forces involved
floating and sinking – see
Espresso
Changing State
The water cycle –
mountains/rivers/ sea.
Investigate evaporation and
condensation in the water cycle.
Effect of heat on evaporation
and condensation
The story of the River
Irwell (from mountain to
coast), then link to River
Severn.
Location knowledge
Name and locate
counties and cities of the
United Kingdom,
geographical regions and
their identifying human
and physical
characteristics, key
topographical features
(including hills,
mountains, coasts and
rivers),
Where does our fresh
water come from?
Literacy link: River poetry
none
Data Handling - U3
Podcasting/blogging/
emailing
2Simple –2question/
2investigate
3D modelling- clay coil
pots
Make coil technique pots
/ bowls
Mechanisms- levers and
linkages
To make a moving Loch
Ness Monster model or
picture
Presentation - Text,
Graphics and Sound –
Unit 2
MS Word – insert
images/ resize/ insert
text box/ fonts etc
Geography
History
ICT
Art
D&T
Place knowledge
To understand the
similarities and differences
between landscapes of S
Wales (Iron Age) and
Greece.
Compare and contrast Stone
Age/Iron Age/ Greek
settlements
Travel with Dr Who on the
Tardis through time to
solve a murder Mystery
Presentation
Powerpoint slideshow
about aspects of Iron Age or
Greek Life – use advanced
features ie
hyperlinks/sound/ embed
video etc
Drawing and painting
Use perspective and tone
to create distance in
landscapes
Electrical systems- more
complex switches and
circuits
Design, make and evaluate
a practical application for
an electrical system – an
alarmed safe
Printmaking
Screen print mountain
landscape – above / below
horizon
Textiles – combining
fabric shapes
Design, make and evaluate
a textile product for an
explorer (rucksack, utility
gillet / belt)
To know how to read 4 and
6 figure grid references
See maps of Wales
Measure wind and rainfall
Location knowledge
To Identify the position and
significance of key locational
terms (latitude, longitude,
Equator, Northern
Hemisphere, Southern
Hemisphere, the Tropics of
Chronology of changes
from Stone Age to Iron Age
Comparison with Iron
Age/Ancient Greeks
home life/ clothes/
education/ warriors/
religion
BBC Iron Age website
Literacy link: Diary of Iron
Age/Greek day
Follow the ascent of
Everest in 1953 (DVD)
Compare mountaineers
with Polar Explorers
Clothes/ equipment/
dangers/ transport/ food.
Ongoing presentation of
work
E-Safety week
Data Handling
Use a spreadsheet to write
a programme to calculate
the cost of the equipment
for a modern-day team to
climb Everest.
St Andrew’s Thinking Curriculum KS2 – 2014
Enquiry – Intrepid
Explorers – Scott or
Cycle
B Yr3&4
Shackleton
Autumn
Novel – Kensuke’sKingdom
Airports – Ancient
Science Revision
Egypt
Enquiry – All about
materials
Trip: - Manchester City
Airport
Trip: - Pantomime
Enquiry – What is it like
in Egypt today?
Summer
Science Revision
Novel Safety at Sea
Trips: - Lledr Hall
Novel:
Enquiry – Safety at
Sea/ Lighthouses
Or the Titanic
Spring
The Story of
Chocolate Mexico
Trip: - Art related trip
Trip: - RE visit
Enquiry – The tea/
Coffee trade (fairtrade)
Novel -
Science
History
ICTcosts
Literacy link: Explanation –
Cancer andGeography
Capricorn, Arctic
Environment,
animals.
Research
Where does our drinking water
and Antarctic Circle)
Enter formulae
come from?
Identify most significant
Literacy link: Write an
Properties of materials
Alan Sugar
buying City
Sugar
opens
Presentation
- Text,
mountain ranges
on aisWorld
enquiryAlan
about
Scott
or a time-Ongoing
presentation
of
Properties
hardness, Map
Airport (Barton
machine
“airport” We workGraphics and Sound –
Revision
ofof
allmaterials:
KS2 science
Shackleton’s
expedition.
solubility,
transparency,
conductivity
Kagan
visit the REAL Ancient
Unit 2
To
describe
the differences
in
Name andaerodrome).
locate counties
(electrical
andof
thermal),
and an
response
to cities of
teams
are apprentices to
Egypt and then write an
MS Word – insert
the life cycles
a mammal,
and
the UK.
magnets (also
suggest
for a better airline brochure
images/ resize/ insert
amphibian,
an Y5)
insect and a bird
Map and fact
file ofideas
highest
Uses
of everyday
materials,
includingmountainsairport.
Revise historical timeline
text box/ fonts etc
To describe
the life
process of
in UK
Location knowledge
metals, wood in
and
plastic
reproduction
some
plants and
Locate the world’s
Human
Compare ancient Egypt
Global Communication animals life cycle (burials)
countries, using maps to
with modern Egypt
U4
Literacy link: Explanation
focus on Europe
3x
Investigations:
Email/blogging
writing
– What causes tooth
Best
insulating material – keep an ice cube (including the location of
To have a growing
Email Detectives
decay?
Russia) and North andBegin with
from melting
understanding
Wordpress
Revision
of all KS2 science
Location knowledge
the story ofof the Presentation
South America,
Electrical insulators/conductors
achievements
Learningabout
Platform
Key topographical
features
Grace Darling
– Whatof
arethe Powerpointconcentrating on theirlighthouses
Waterproofing
Ancient
EveryDay
child
has
an email
Literacy
link: Instruction
(including coasts)
for?Egyptians
Are they
Seasons/
and
Night
environmental
regions,still used
Technology
address through
RM
How to make jelly
To know the
physical
today?
Coding/Control
technology
physical
andon
human
Literacy link: Report – Egyptian burial
Pyramids/
writing/paperFlowol 4 – with hard ware
features ofkey
coasts.
Effects
The story
of the RNLI
countries,
weather oncharacteristics,
the sea –
from TENs centre
and major cities
lighthouses.
LiteracyReligion/
link: Theburials/
Simulation programming
Place knowledge
society/
settlements/
Lighthouse
Keepers
Lunch
Pelican crossings
Understand
geographical
and
farming/
Literacy link:
Explanation
– writefood
a new
picture
book
Traffic lights
and
Why coastssimilarities
are constantly
versionclothing/ make- up
Lighthouse – including light
differences through the
changing shape.
sensor.
study of human and
How do Egyptians affect
physical geography a
life in Britain today
region in a European
country
Literacy link: Narrative
Literacy link:Persuasion - describing Ancient Egypt
What makes the best
airport?
Changes of materials
Trace a chocolate bar
The origins of chocolate – E – Safety week-see ICT
1. Emails
Reversible and irreversible changes
back to its origins (www.
the Aztecs. Look at how
2. Chat rooms
Heating and cooling/Changing state
Bean to bar) _The story
chocolate has changed
3. Social media
of Mexico city (Aztec
from then to now (bitter
4. Text messages
Animals and humans need right nutrition
origins from swamp to
drink – to what it is
and cannot make their own food
city)
today).
2simple: story. Bean2bar
Skeletons and muscles /human digestive
To compare physical and
system /Teeth
human characteristics of
Literacy link:
Data Handling-U3
cocoa growing areas in
Report – The Story of
2simple Graphs: As a
3x Investigations:
Mexico and Mexico city
Chocolate
class, record how much
Heating/Cooling: Does the size/type of
Bean to Bar Trade links:
chocolate we consume
chocolate change the speed at which it
natural resources in
2Simple –2question/
melts?
Mexico. (Fairtrade)
2investigate
Teeth: What causes tooth decay? – Place
Map climate Zones –
hardboiled eggs in solutions of
perfect coco growing
vinegar/sugar/ coke/water.
conditions.
Observe changes
Literacy link: Explanation – How to look
after your pet.
Art
D&T
Textiles – embroidery
and applique
Use stitches to add fabric
patches and to decorate
a textile piece
Textiles – folding a 2d
shape to make a 3d
product
Design, make and
evaluate textile wallets
3d Modelling
To research, design and
make lighthouse models /
seascapes from Modroc
My Money week
Design an enterprise
activity
Control Technology
Code a Flowol 4 program
to monitor and control
lights and fog horns in a
lighthouse mimic and
model
Digital design
Design and make a
chocolate bar logo
Structures- shell
structures
Design, make and
evaluate packaging for a
new chocolate product
St Andrew’s Thinking Curriculum KS2 – 2014
Summer
Time and Place –
Anglo Saxons and
Vikings
Trip: - Living History
Day/ Tatton trip
Trip: - Viking visitor
Enquiry – Viking
Gods/myths
Novel – How to Train
Your Dragon
Light
We need light to see/ light is reflected
Light travels in straight lines/ Blocked light
forms shadows/patterns
Light sources
How we see
How did Vikings tell the time?
3x Investigations:
Properties of materials
opaque/transparent/ translucent
Shadow investigation
Bending light/splitting colours
Literacy link:
Light/dark/sun/moon poetry
Pupils are the Vikings and
are planning a raid on
Britain. How will you
overcome the Anglo
Saxons ? (Raid each
others class)
What life was like and
different interpretations
based on who was
sharing the information.
Travelling, religion,
housing/boats.
Location knowledge
Locate the world’s
countries, using maps to
focus on Europe
(including the location of
Russia) and North and
South America,
concentrating on their
environmental regions,
key physical and human
characteristics, countries,
and major cities
Why the Angles, Saxons,
Pics and Scots settled in
the British Isles.
Anglo-Saxon invasions,
settlements and
kingdoms: place names
and village life
Christian conversion –
Canterbury, Iona and
Lindisfarne
Literacy link: Recount –
The day of the Raid
Resistance by Alfred the
Great and Athelstan, first
king of England
Literacy link: Beowulf
extract playscript
Control Technology – U5
Coding – Kodu – see ICT
3D simulations – see ICT
Observational drawing
(tonal and colour)
Use lighting to create
shadows on still life
arrangements. Use
charcoal, graphite, chalk
/ oil pastel / water
soluble pencils
Electrical
Systems/Control
Design, make and
evaluate a shadow
nightlight (opaque /
transparent shades)
St Andrew’s Thinking Curriculum KS2 – 2014
Y5
Science
Geography
History
ICT
Art
D&T
Autumn
Echoes of Eccles
Local history/
Victorians
Evolution & Inheritance
How fossils formed
Living things produce nonidentical offspring
How animals change and adapt to
their environment
(evolution)
How the geography of Eccles has
changed and why
Location knowledge
Name and locate counties and
cities of the UK
Victorian life in Eccles
Industrial Revolution
cotton mills
History of Clifton Country
Park(coalmining)Bridgwater
Canal/ Barton river
crossing/ Aqueduct
Presentation and
research on Victorians
Drawing
Use tone to represent
form, space and texture
in observational drawing
Food and Nutrition
Design, make and
evaluate breads that
incorporate seasonal
ingredients
Trips: Clifton Country
Park with ranger –
orienteering/ coal
mining/Bridgewater
canal
Trips: Pantomime
Enquiry: Do all
children go to school
today?
Literacy link: Explanation
How coal is formed
Traffic surveys
Use of local Ordnance Survey
maps
Novel: Street Child
Spring
Manchester and Eccles- study of
River Irwell/ Manchester Ship
Canal/ Aqueduct/Barton Bridge
(Changes over time-see old maps)
Development of railway.
Forces/ Magnets/Sound
Forces – pushes/pulls /levers/
pulleys
Literacy link: Newspaper Report World’s first Swinging Aqueduct
Opens in Eccles
Plan map of your fairground
All the Fun of the
Fair
Magnets - attract and repel
Enquiry: How have
fairground rides
changed?
Trips: See RE
Novel:
Summer
Mission to Mars
– Environments
Enquiry: Information
booklet on the
Planets.
Trips: See RE/Art
Novel:
around poles
Magnetic materials
Sounds are made with vibrations
Pitch/ loud/ quiet
Literacy link: Instructions – How
to make a fairground model
Earth and Space
Changing environments
dangerous to living things
The solar system and how the
Earth moves.
To describe the movement of the
moon relative to the Earth
To describe the sun, Earth and
moon as approximately spherical
bodies.
Explain the Goldilocks Zone – why
we might be able to colonise
Mars, but not other planets.
Literacy link: Explanation of why
we have seasons/ night and day
The first settlement has been built
on Mars. Your family has been
chosen to start the first colony.
Describe why humans are leaving
Earth. Research the Mars
environment
space travel/environment
differences/ conditions needed
for life/ shelter/ water /food/
power
Location knowledge
Identify the position and
significance of the
Prime/Greenwich Meridian and
time zones (including day and
night)
Physical geography, including:
climate zones (Mars geography)
Literacy link: Report – Comparing
environment on Earth and Mars
Education/schools/
childhood/ the Work house
The story of Dr Barnardo.
Literacy link: Diary of a Mill
girl
You are a famous inventor.
Design and run your own
fairground.
The history of the
Fairground.
The lives of fairground
people.
Fairground inventions.
Include costings
Literacy link: Persuasion
Leaflet/Poster about the
new fairground
Description of new ride
The history of Space travel.
Neil Armstrong
Clips from Apollo 13
Literacy link: Report – The
Dangers of Space Travel
Coding
Flowol 4 – Control
technology to make
pelican lights/ school
crossing lights work –
relate to safety lights on
rising bridges
Painting
Still life composition
using tones and tints to
represent form, space
and texture
See V and A Victorian still
life paintings
E-Safety week
Digital Collage
To take photographs and
incorporate them into a
mixed media collage
Mechanisms- gears or
pulleys
Electric systems
Design, make and
evaluate a moving
fairground model
Data Handling
Write a simple
spreadsheet to work out
costs for 1000 people to
live on Mars for one day.
3D Construction
To design and make a
space station using
variety of materials,
joining and finishing
techniques
Structures – frame
structures
Design, make and
evaluate a Martian
shelter that will
withstand storms
Email/Blogs –To Earth
from Mars
Coding - Kodu
create a new world
Digital presentation on
Planets