Year 2 & 3(Cycle A)
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Focus Subject - History
Focus Subject - Geography
Focus Subject - History
Title – Food and Farming
Title- On top of the World
Title – Roman Empire
Main Objectives – History KS1
 Changes within living memory, how these have changed National life.
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History KS 2– Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age
 Late Neolithic hunter gatherers and early farmers
 Bronze age religion, technology and travel
 Iron Age hill forts: tribal kingdoms, farming, art and culture
Main Objectives – Science - Living things and their habitats (Yr 2)
• Explore and compare the difference between things that are living, dead
and things that have never been alive
• Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and
how habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and
plants
• Identify and name plants and animals in their habitats, including microhabitats
• Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals,
using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify and name different
sources of food
Main Objectives – The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain (KS 2)
 Julius Caesar’s attempted invasion in 55 – 54 BC
 The Roman Empire by AD 42 and the power of the army
 The successful invasion by Claudius and conquest, including Hadrian’s
Wall
 British resistance, for example Boudica
 ‘Romanisation’ of Britain and the impact of technology, culture and beliefs,
including early Christianity.
Science – Rocks (Yr 3)
 Compare and group together different kinds of rocks on the basis of their
appearance and simple physical properties
 Describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have
lived are trapped within rock
 Recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter
Geography – Geographical skills and fieldwork (KS1)
 Use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the UK and its countries, as
well as countries, continents and oceans studied
 Use simple compass directions and locational and directional language to
describe the location of features and routes on a map
 Use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognize landmarks and
basic human and physical features; devise a simple map; and use and
construct basic symbols in a key
 Use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of
their school and its grounds and the human and physical features of its
surrounding environment
Geography – Geographical skills and fieldwork (KS2)
 Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate
countries and describe features studied
 Use the eight points of a compass, four and six-figure grid references,
symbols and key (inc OS maps) to build their knowledge of the UK and the
wider world
 Use fieldwork to observe, measure and record human and physical
features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps,
plans and graphs and digital technologies
Science - Animals, including humans (Yr 2 & 3)
• Notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into
adults
• Find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans,
for survival (water, food and air)
• Identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of
nutrition, and that they cannot make their own food; they get nutrition from
what they eat
• Identify that humans and some animals have skeletons and muscles for
support, protection and movement
Geography – Locational Knowledge (KS1)
 Name and locate the seven continents and five oceans
 Name and locate the four countries and capital cities of the UK
Geography – Locational Knowledge (KS2)
 Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including
Russia) and N & S America, concentrating on their environmental regions,
key physical and human characteristics, countries and major cities.
 Name and locate countries and cities in the UK, geographical regions and
identifying human and physical characteristics, key topographical features
(including hills, mountains, coasts and rivers), and land-use patterns; and
understand how some of these aspects have changed over time.
 Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator,
Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and
Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and
time zones (including day and night)
Enrichment – Waitrose/Farm visit/ Anglo-Saxon site
Enrichment – Tyndale hill walk
Term 4
History - Living memory (KS 1)
 Significant historical events, people and places in our locality
Enrichment – Roman site visit
Term 5
Term 6
Focus Subject - Geography
Focus Area – Science
Focus Area - Geography
Title – Jungle Book
Title – Wonderland
Title- On our travels
Main Objectives - History – Significant individuals in the past who have contributed
to national and international achievements. Compare these to aspects of live in
other periods.
 Rudyard Kipling
 Florence Nightingale
Main Objectives – Plants (Yr 2 & 3)
• Observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants
• Find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable
temperature to grow and stay healthy
• Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants:
roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers
• Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water,
nutrients from the soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to
plant
• Investigate the way in which water is transported within plants
• Explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants,
including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal
Main Objectives - History – Events beyond living memory
 Lewis Caroll
Science – Light (Yr 3)
 Recognize that they need light in order to see things and that dark is the
absence of light
 Notice that light is reflected from surfaces
 Recognize that light from the sun can be dangerous and that there are
ways to protect their eyes
 Recognize that shadows are formed when the light from a light source is
blocked by a solid object
 Find patterns in the way that the size of shadows change
Main Objectives – Human & Physical Geography (KS1)
 Identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the UK and the location of
hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the N & S
Poles.
 Use key geographical language; physical and human
Geography – Human & physical geography (KS2)
 Describe and understand the key aspects of:
Physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts,
rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle. Human
geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity
including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including
energy, food, minerals and water
Geography – Place Knowledge (KS1)
 Understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the
human and physical geography of a small area of the UK and a small area
in a contrasting non-European country.
Geography – Place Knowledge (KS2)
 Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of
human and physical geography of a region of the UK, Europe and N & S
America
Science – Forces & magnets (Yr 3)
 Compare how things move on different surfaces
 Notice that some forces need contact between two objects, but magnetic
forces can act at a distance
 Observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some objects
but not others
 Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis
of whether they are attracted to a magnet, and identify some magnetic
materials
 Describe magnets as having two poles
 Predict whether two magnets will attract or repel each other, depending on
which poles are facing
Enrichment –
Enrichment – Topic day
Enrichment – Topic day
Year 2 & 3 (Cycle B)
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Focus Subject - History
Focus Subject - Science/History
Focus Subject – History
Title – Working Children
Title- Canals transport
Title – Anglo-Saxons
Main Objectives - History – Events beyond living memory
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Victorian lives in Gloucestershire ( Cotton trade) Local study
Science - Animals, including humans (Yr 2 & 3)
• Notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into
adults
• Find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans,
for survival (water, food and air)
• Identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of
nutrition, and that they cannot make their own food; they get nutrition from
what they eat
• Identify that humans and some animals have skeletons and muscles for
support, protection and movement
Geography – Locational Knowledge (KS1)
 Name and locate the seven continents and five oceans
 Name and locate the four countries and capital cities of the UK
Main Objectives – Science - Living things and their habitats (Yr 2)
• Explore and compare the difference between things that are living, dead
and things that have never been alive
• Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and
how habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and
plants
• Identify and name plants and animals in their habitats, including microhabitats
• Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals,
using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify and name different
sources of food
Science – Rocks (Yr 3)
 Compare and group together different kinds of rocks on the basis of their
appearance and simple physical properties
 Describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have
lived are trapped within rock
 Recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter
Geography – Locational Knowledge (KS2)
 Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including
Russia) and N & S America, concentrating on their environmental regions,
key physical and human characteristics, countries and major cities.
 Name and locate countries and cities in the UK, geographical regions and
identifying human and physical characteristics, key topographical features
(including hills, mountains, coasts and rivers), and land-use patterns; and
understand how some of these aspects have changed over time.
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Enrichment – Visit to Dursley mills
Main Objectives – History KS1
 Changes within living memory, how these have changed National life.
.
History KS 2– Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age
 Late Neolithic hunter gatherers and early farmers
 Bronze age religion, technology and travel
 Iron Age hill forts: tribal kingdoms, farming, art and culture
Geography – Locational Knowledge (KS2)
 Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including
Russia) and N & S America, concentrating on their environmental regions,
key physical and human characteristics, countries and major cities.
 Name and locate countries and cities in the UK, geographical regions and
identifying human and physical characteristics, key topographical features
(including hills, mountains, coasts and rivers), and land-use patterns; and
understand how some of these aspects have changed over time.

Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator,
Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and
Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and
time zones (including day and night)
Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator,
Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and
Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and
time zones (including day and night)
Enrichment – Stroud canal basin
Term 4
Enrichment – Anglo-Saxon site
Term 5
Term 6
Focus Subject - History
Focus Area - Geography
Focus Area - Geography
Title – Florence Nightingale
Title – Holst
Title- Romans
Main Objectives - History – Significant individuals in the past who have contributed
to national and international achievements. Compare these to aspects of live in
other periods.
 Florence Nightingale
Main Objectives History - Significant historical events, people and places in our
locality (Local study - KS 1)
 Gustav Holst
Main Objectives – Plants (Yr 2 & 3)
• Observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants
• Find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable
temperature to grow and stay healthy
• Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants:
roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers
• Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water,
nutrients from the soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to
plant
• Investigate the way in which water is transported within plants
• Explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants,
including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal
Science – Light (Yr 3)
 Recognize that they need light in order to see things and that dark is the
absence of light
 Notice that light is reflected from surfaces
 Recognize that light from the sun can be dangerous and that there are
ways to protect their eyes
 Recognize that shadows are formed when the light from a light source is
blocked by a solid object
 Find patterns in the way that the size of shadows change
Main Objectives – The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain (KS 2)
 Julius Caesar’s attempted invasion in 55 – 54 BC
 The Roman Empire by AD 42 and the power of the army
 The successful invasion by Claudius and conquest, including Hadrian’s
Wall
 British resistance, for example Boudica
 ‘Romanisation’ of Britain and the impact of technology, culture and beliefs,
including early Christianity.
•
Geography – Geographical skills and fieldwork (KS1)
 Use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the UK and its countries, as
well as countries, continents and oceans studied
 Use simple compass directions and locational and directional language to
describe the location of features and routes on a map
 Use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognize landmarks and
basic human and physical features; devise a simple map; and use and
construct basic symbols in a key
 Use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of
their school and its grounds and the human and physical features of its
surrounding environment
Geography – Geographical skills and fieldwork (KS2)
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Enrichment – Topic day
Enrichment – Seaside visit
Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate
countries and describe features studied
Use the eight points of a compass, four and six-figure grid references,
symbols and key (inc OS maps) to build their knowledge of the UK and the
wider world
Use fieldwork to observe, measure and record human and physical
features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps,
plans and graphs and digital technologies
Enrichment – Roman site