Avenue Primary School – Context for Learning
Context Title:
Richard iii
Year group/Phase:
Y2 Key Stage 1
Term : Autumn 2 (8 weeks)
Context Overview:
Children will be learning about King
Richard iii. They will be looking at
his life and the medieval times.
English:
 Poems 2 weeks divali and
bonfire night
 Instructions 3 weeks – linked
to environmental week
 Story writing narrative 3
weeks, familiar stories,
Christmas themed stories
and the nativity story
They will be exploring materials and
designing a statue of King Richard
iii. They will be experiencing
medieval music and the influences
around it.
PE: Gymnastics
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Explore actions and
shapes.
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Speeds levels and
directions to create
link movement sin a
group.
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Perform and
evaluate
Art andDT:
 What is a moving vehicle?
 Plan, make a moving
carriage
 Decorate the carriage
 Test and evaluate
 Portrait of Richard
 Landscape of the battle field
 Christmas card
 Christmas calendars
Discrete Subjects:
PSHE – Myself and my
relationships
Maths – Measuring, Graphs
and Multiplication and
division
Computing – Algorithims
x4, digital media drawings
PE – Gymnastic
RE – Symbols and Divali
Music – Medieval Music
Geography/History:
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Learn who Richard is.
Timeline of his life.
Battle of Bosworth.
Diary entry of the battle.
King and Queens timeline.
Comparing Eras
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Measuring x 2
weeks
Graphs x 1
week
Multiplication
and division
x3 weeks
Science:
Richard iii
Computing:
 Algorithims x 4
 Design a pennant using
digital media
 Fireworks picture
 Background to santa story
Maths:
Music:
 Medieval music.
 Exploring feelings
throught sound
 Drawing feelings
through sound.
 Different
instruments now
and then.
 Influences of
medieval times
 Materials KWL outside
place outside
 Properties of materials
 Man made/not man made
 Changing solid objects
and materialsby
squashing, bending,
twisting, stretching
 Suitablity of materials
 Review materials outside
 Plan statue which material
would they use and why
Cooking:
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Marshmellow
experiment
change of state.
Make medieval
bread
Home Learning:
Maths and English linked task
Each week a topic based task
will be set either history,
science or art
Challenge:
Can you design and create a
crown to place ontop of King
Richard iii’s tomb in
Leicester Catherdral.
Visits/Visitors/Community
activities
Hindu Temple visit
Medieval royality day
Richard iii Visitors centre and
cathedral
SMSC:
Diwali assembly
Hindu Temple visit
Topic based reflections
See PSHE
Environmental links:
Enviromental Week Energy
Water
Biodiversity
School Grounds
Healthy Living
Transport
Litter
Waste/Recycling
Global Citizenship