Meadow Green Primary - Creative Curriculum Coverage Year 1/2 – 2014/15 Cycle 1
TOPIC & VISITS
Special Activities
Toys
*Think-tank –
Toys from the past
workshop
*Teddy Bears’
picnic (linked to
Famous Bears)
Science
*Everyday
materials –
naming and
sorting.
HOMEWORK
PROJECT: Sensory
collage
Transport
*Coventry
Transport Museum
*Severn Valley
Railway
*Wythall Transport
museum
HOMEWORK
PROJECT: I-spy
book
Animals
*West Midlands
Safari park
HOMEWORK
PROJECT: Design a
zoo in a shoebox
*Everyday
materials –
suitability of
materials.
*John Boyd
Dunlop (tyres)
*John Loudon
McAdam
(tarmac)
*Charles
Macintosh
(waterproof
coat)
*Animals
including
Humans
*Steve
Backshall
(Animal
detectives)
*Hygiene
*Exercise
*Healthy food
*Balanced diet
History
Geography
Art
*How are our
toys different
from those in
the past?
*Create a
timeline of our
toys.
*Playground
toys
*Evacuation
*Child labour –
Victorian times
*Toys from
around the
world.
(continents,
countries)
*Use paints to
make
observations
of toys—old
and new.
*Sketching of
toys
*Why do we
remember
George
Stephenson
(trains) /Neil
Armstrong (first
man on the
moon)?
* How have
vehicles
changed over
the years?
*First flight –
the Wright
brothers.
*Transport from
around the
world.
(continents,
countries)
*How do we get
to school?
*Local traffic
survey around
school.
*Road safety.
*Observational
drawing of
Vehicles —
real and toy.
*Photography
of vehicles.
*Animals
around the
world.
(continents,
countries,
climates)
*Human effects
on physical
geography –
Landmarks.
(Images from
space)
*Animal skin
patterns printing
*Self portraits
*Animal
collage
DT
* Make
puppets
Computing
Unit 1.1 – We
are treasure
hunters
(using
programmable
toys)
Unit 1.4 – We
are collectors
(finding
images using
the web)
*Make a
vehicle for a
particular
purpose, using
wheels and
axles.
Unit 2.3 – We
are
photographers
(taking better
photos)
RE
*Who
was/is
Jesus?
*Easter/
Stories
Jesus told
*Family life
– Jewish
*Family life
- Christian
Unit 2.4 – We
are
researchers
(researching a
topic)
Unit 1.6 – We
are
celebrating
(creating a
card
digitally)
*Fruit salad
*Levers and
sliders
Unit 1.4 – We
are collectors
(finding
images using
the web)
Unit 2.6 – We
are zoologists
(Collecting
data about
bugs)
*Christian
places of
Worship
Music
PE
(Outdoor)
PE
(Indoor)
*Pulse and
rhythm
*Following
notation
*Sing songs
about toys
*Perform
Christmas
songs
Games
Gym
*Ball skills
*Throwing
and catching
*Netball
*Rolls, jumps,
balances,
sequences,
wall apparatus
*Singing for
Singing Day
*Perform at
Singing day
*Listen to a
range of
music
*Name, sort
and play
untuned
instruments
*How are
instruments
played?
*Following
notation
Games
Gym
*Ball skills
*Football
*Hockey
*Rolls, jumps,
balances,
sequences,
wall apparatus
*Exploring
pitch using
our voices.
*Listen to a
range of
music
* Name and
play tuned
instruments.
*Following
notation.
Games
Gym
*Athletic
Activities
* Rolls,
jumps,
balances,
sequences,
wall apparatus
Dance
*Toys
*Country
dancing
PSHEC
*New beginnings
*School Rules
*People who help
us
*Getting on and
falling out
*Say no to
bullying
*Good to be me
*Charity Week
*Going for goals
*Money
*Medicines
*Keeping safe
*Road safety
Dance
*Robot/
machine
movements
*Batting
*Fielding
*Rounders
/cricket
Dance
*Animals –
Circus
*Feelings and
Relationships
*Communities
*Changes
*Voting
*Safe in the sun
*Healthy Eating
Meadow Green Primary - Creative Curriculum Coverage Year 1/2 – 2014/15 Cycle 2
TOPIC & VISITS
Special Activities
Houses and
Homes
*Lego man
*Black Country
Museum/
Avoncroft
Science
*Electrical
safety in the
home.
*Living things
and their
habitats
History
Geography
Art
DT
*What were
homes like long
ago?
*How do we
know about the
Great Fire of
London?
*Homes around
the world
(continents and
countries)
*Climate
*Observational
drawings of
houses
*Investigating
materials for
weaving
*Make a
lighthouse
(winding
mechanism
and electrical
light!)
HOMEWORK
PROJECT: Home
of the future
Plants and
Dinosaurs
*Botanical
gardens/
Nature Centre
HOMEWORK
PROJECT:
Plant a seed and
keep a diary of its
growth.
Weather
*BBC weather
centre
HOMEWORK
PROJECT:
Travel brochure for
the island made in
DT.
*Plants and their
habitats.
*Where does
our food come
from?
*Growing plants
*Food chains
*David Bellamy
(Plant detectives)
*Magic flowers
*Joseph
Banks??
*Dinosaurs and
fossils
*Seasonal
changes
*Weather
*Wind power
*Christopher
Columbus
(discovered
America)
*Sir Francis
Drake (British
explorer)
*Pirates
*Food around
the world – why
does it come
from there?
(continents and
countries)
*Weather –
seasonal and in
the UK
*A Scottish
island
*Sculpture—
paper plants
*Observational
drawings of
plants
*Leaf/flower/
potato
printing
*Patterns and
designs in
nature.
*Dinosaur
fossils—clay
tiles
*World food
day
*Create a
fabric collage
*Weather - Hot
and cold areas
of the world,
including St
Lucia
*Flags
*Compass
directions
*Where could
we go to the
seaside?
*Name seaside
resorts in the
UK and the
world.
*Travel agents
*Creating
pictures in the
style of
different
artists
- Mondrian,
Monet,
Kandinsky,
Seurat
*Make a 3D
model of an
Island.
*Make a
weather
station: vane,
rain gauge, air
pressure.
ICT
Unit 1.3 – We
are painters
(illustrating an
e-book)
Unit 2.2 – We
are games
testers
(exploring how
computer games
work)
Unit 1.5 – We
are storytellers
(producing a
talking book)
Unit 1.2 – We
are TV chefs
(filming the steps
of a recipe)
Unit 2.5 – We
are detectives
(collecting
clues)
PE
(Indoor)
Music
*What it
means to
belong
*Following
guidance
– Torah
and Bible
*Sounds –
voices, body
sounds and
instruments
*Duration –
long and short
sounds
*Following
notation
*Perform
Christmas
songs
Games
Gym
*Ball skills
*Throwing
and catching
*Netball
*Rolls, jumps,
balances,
sequences,
wall apparatus
*Singing for
Singing Day
*Perform at
Singing day
*Listen to a
range of
music
*Name, sort
and play
untuned
instruments
*How are
instruments
played?
*Following
notation
*Timbre,
tempo
[fast/slow]
and dynamics
[loud/quiet]
*Weather
music—
different
sounds to
represent
different kinds
of weather.
*Listen to and
compose
weather music
using tuned and
untuned
instruments.
Games
Gym
*Ball skills
*Football
*Hockey
*Rolls, jumps,
balances,
sequences,
wall apparatus
*Following
the
example
of Jesus
*Christian
rites of
passage
Unit 1.6 – We
are celebrating
(creating a card
digitally)
Unit 2.1 – We
are astronauts
(programming
on screen)
PE
(Outdoor)
RE
*God as
creator
*Old
Testament
people
Dance
*Fire dance
PSHEC
*New beginnings
*Keeping safe
*School Rules
*People who help
us
*Getting on and
falling out
*Say no to
bullying
*Road safety
*Good to be me
*Charity Week
*Healthy Eating
*Going for goals
*Money
*Medicines
Dance
*Different
styles of
dance
Games
Gym
*Athletic
Activities
*Rolls, jumps,
balances,
sequences,
wall apparatus
*Batting
*Fielding
*Rounders
/cricket
Dance
*Surfers
module
*Feelings and
Relationships
*Communities
*Changes
*Voting
*Safe in the sun