Year 1 & 2 (Cycle A)
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Focus Subject - History
Focus Subject - Science
Focus Subject - History
Title – The Great Fire of London
Title- The Owl Babies
Title – Adventurers and Explorers
Main Objectives – History
Main Objectives – Living things and their habitats Yr 2
Main Objectives – Living memory
 Changes within living memory, how these reveal aspects of change in
national life
 Significant historical events, people and places in our locality
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Events beyond living memory.
How these have changed national life
Compare Samuel Pepys with a diarist in recent history
Science – Every day materials (Yr 1 & 2)
 Distinguished between an object and the material from which it is made
 Identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic,
glass, metal, water and rock
 Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials
 Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis
of their simple physical properties
 Identify and compare the uses of a variety of everyday materials
 Find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials cab be
changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching
Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and how
these meet their basic needs.
• Identify and name plants and animals in their habitats, including microhabitats
• 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
Science – Animals, including humans (Yr 1 & 2)
• Identify and name common animals, including fish, amphibians, reptiles,
birds and mammals
• Identify and name carnivores, herbivores & omnivores
• Describe and compare the structure of a variety of animals.
• Identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say
which part is associated with each sense
• 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)
• Describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of
different types of food, and hygiene.
Geography - Location knowledge
 Name and locate the world's seven continents
 Name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries of the UK
and surrounding seas
Enrichment – Topic day
Enrichment – Forest schools
Term 4
Enrichment – Roman site visit/Dr Edward Wilson exhibition
Term 5
Term 6
Focus Subject - Geography
Focus Area – Science
Focus Area - Geography
Title – Gruffalo
Title – Jack and the Beanstalk
Title- Handa’s Surprise
Main Objective - Geography - Geographical skills and fieldwork
 Use world maps, atlases etc to identify features
 Use simple compass directions and locational & directional language.
 Use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognise landmarks and
basic human and physical features, devise maps, use and construct keys
 Use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of the
school and the human and physical features of the surroundings
Main Objectives – Plants Yr 1 & 2
 Identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants, including
deciduous and evergreen trees.
 Identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering
plants, inc trees
• 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.
Main Objectives - Place knowledge
 Understand similarities and differences of a small area in the UK and a
contrasting Non-European country
Human and Physical Geography
 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
History – the life of a significant individual in the past who has contributed to
national and international achievements. Some should be used to compare
aspects of life in different periods
Science
 Seasonal changes
 How the season is associated with day length
Enrichment – Topic day
Enrichment – Topic day
Enrichment – Gruffalo trail
Year 1 & 2 (Cycle B)
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Focus Subject - History
Focus Subject - Science/History
Focus Subject – History
Title – Kings and Queens
Title- Space
Title – Dinosaurs and all that Rubbish
Main Objectives – History - Changes within living memory
• Royalty and changes to the royal family
History – events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally
Main Objectives – History - Significant Individuals
 the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to
national and international achievements.
 Compare aspects of life indifferent periods
Main Objectives - History
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Events beyond living memory.
How these have changed national life
Science – Animals, including humans (Yr 1 & 2)
• Identify and name common animals, including fish, amphibians, reptiles,
birds and mammals
• Identify and name carnivores, herbivores & omnivores
• Describe and compare the structure of a variety of animals.
• Identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say
which part is associated with each sense
• 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)
• Describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of
different types of food, and hygiene.
Enrichment – Visit to a castle
Science – Every day materials (Yr 1 & 2)
 Distinguished between an object and the material from which it is made
 Identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic,
glass, metal, water and rock
 Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials
 Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis
of their simple physical properties
 Identify and compare the uses of a variety of everyday materials
 Find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials cab be
changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching
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•
Events beyond living memory.
How these have changed national life
Science – Living things and their habitats Yr 2
• Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and
how these meet their basic needs.
• Identify and name plants and animals in their habitats, including microhabitats
• 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
History - Significant historical events, people and places in their own locality. Fossil
hunters.
Enrichment – mobile planetarium
Term 4
Enrichment – Museum visit
Term 5
Term 6
Focus Subject - Science
Focus Area - Geography
Focus Area - Geography
Title – The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Title – Pirates
Title- Rumble in the Jungle
Main Objectives – Plants Yr 1 & 2
 Identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants, including
deciduous and evergreen trees.
 Identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering
plants, inc trees
• 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.
Main Objectives - Location knowledge
 Name and locate the world's seven continents
 Name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries of the UK
and surrounding seas
Main Objectives - Place knowledge
 Understand similarities and differences of a small area in the UK and a
contrasting Non-European country
Geographical skills and fieldwork
 Use world maps, atlases etc to identify features
 Use simple compass directions and locational & directional language.
 Use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognise landmarks and
basic human and physical features, devise maps, use and construct keys
 Use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of the
school and the human and physical features of the surroundings
Geography - Human and Physical Geography
 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
 Key physical, including: beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill, mountain, sea,
ocean, river, soil, valley, vegetation, season and weather.
 Key human features, including: city, town, village, factory, farm, house,
office, port, harbor and shop
Science
 Seasonal changes
 How the season is associated with day length
Enrichment – Topic day
Enrichment – Seaside visit
Enrichment – Topic day