Norbury Primary school - 2014 National Curriculum Draft Long Term Topic Planning KS1
Year
2014/15
2015/16
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Knights and Castles
Around the World
Seaside
Poems on a theme.
Use maps and aerial
photographs to recognise local
and/or famous castles.
The first castles – medieval
castles (The Normans).
A history of Britain through
castles – chronology of British
Kings and Queens.
Fairytales – story writing.
Design and make a toy knight.
Stories from other cultures.
Instructions – ourselves and
keeping healthy.
Where does food come from?
Design and create a healthy
meal.
Our world – its 7 Continents
and its 5 Oceans.
Identify characteristics of the 4
countries of the UK and their
capital cities.
Fantasy story writing
Silly poems.
Changes within living memory A study of the seaside then
(when grandparents were
young) and now.
Germination, growth and
survival of plants –
environmental factors Norbury
compared to Aberdovey.
Describe the basic structure of
flowering plants.
Animals
Transport and Travel
The Great Outdoors
Non chronological reports –
animals form hot and cold
areas of the world.
Create an animal dictionary
Animal stories by Eric Carle.
Ourselves compared to
animals, life-cycle and survival
of animals.
A history of Britain - Guy
Fawkes and the gunpowder
plot
Events beyond living memory –
chronology and significance of
transportation and discoveries
(Neil Armstrong
Christopher Columbus).
Design a new form of
transportation.
Explanation texts - A study of
the geographical similarities
and differences between
Norbury and South America
(Columbus).
Stories with familiar settings.
Using our senses poetry.
Design and make a torch (links
to D&T and science).
A study of the four seasons
and weather patterns.
Understanding maps and how
to read a compass – field work.
Information texts – Norbury – a
local study including plants,
animals and their habitats.
Norbury – people and places in
own locality, the school bell.
Year
Autumn
Animals
People & places in own
locality
Spring
Transport and Travel
Explanation texts
Coming of the railways and
contrast to canals and road
Summer
Seaside
Similarities/Differences
between UK & non-EU
country