Grid to indicate how talk for writing could be applied across the curriculum (material for years 3/4; 5/6 often expressed together)
Overall comments: This approach will make literacy a joined up part of the curriculum. New skills based topic approach means literacy strands will fit everywhere.
Text type
Recount:
- Good to use approach
across whole school
- Particularly relevant
to all experiential
learning, eg trips; &
SEAL;
- Multi-cultural trips
- Geography fieldtrips
- Hisorical events & RE
- Appeals to boys
- Critical in supporting
EAL children in
developing confidence
with language and
writing
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Generalisers –
brilliant!
R&Y1 Recount
School events:
Trip to farm/ seaside/
museum/allotment/
wildfowl trust/park/ think
tank – interactive science
museum acquarium
Trips linked to topics
Visits: Police; Firebrigade
WBD events in school
Trip to forest with
Barnaby Bear
Sports day
Summer Fayre
Xmas concert
History:
- Victorian role play;
- Florence Nightingale
- Castles
- Old and modern toys/
household objects
DT:
- moving cards;
- puppets;
- Joseph’s coat
Science
- sound
Space
Geography:
- Houses and homes
Seaside – under the sea
In summertime
Drama
Imaginative trip to moon
Literacy/topics
Anything based on 1st
hand experiences
Things we have enjoyed
in FS
Anything that interests
the children
What did at the weekend
Y2 Recount
School events:
Think tank/ museum trip
Firemen/ Artist visit
Autumn walk around school
Local walk using GPS tracker
as story map
History trip to workhouse – or
Victorian day/visit- Victorian
school morning
Any educational visit eg
concert at Scarborough Spa/
Sculpture Park or visitors
Pond dipping
Summer Fayre
Xmas concert
The day the school roof
leaked
Art:
- Sculpture
Science:
Investigation/ experiments
Geography
- Visit to beach
how local people lived
Geog topic on local area
History
- Tudors kings and queens –
Great Fire of London
- Florence Nightingale’s life work
- Victorian life
- Victorian holiday diary
- Samuel Pepys
- Guy Fawkes
D&T:
Recount of how Yr 2 planned,
made and tested vehicles
Maths
What I did to solve a problem
Science recounts of
observations and
investigations alongside
photos of children
Y3 Recount
School events:
Residential trips
Things we have enjoyed in
KS1 – audience = new Yr 1
children
All school trips to
museums/seaside etc
Sports activities
Special days eg Roman Day
Using photos from think
tank
History:
Ancient Egyptians
Romans/ Vikings/ Greeks
Evacuee recount
Diary of a Roman soldier/
Letter home
Writing as an Aztec
Science:
All topics and planning
investigations
How plants grow
Recounting an experiment
Geography
Fieldwork
RE
rituals
Y4 Recount
School events:
Local visits eg Roman
museum/ Jorvik;
Castleton/ Think Tank
Any special curriculum
day eg History day
O2 dance routine
School visitors
Virtual trips
Residential trips
History:
Tudors
Anne Boleyn in the Tower
Biographies - As if were
wife of Henry 8/on Mary
Rose/ servant
Day in life Victorian
factory worker
Diary entries for Victorian
street child
Science
Day Howard Carter
discovered King T’s tomb
– All topics and planning
investigations
habitats/ environment –
Twinning work with
partner schools
Recounting
sci
experiments
Changing states
filtering
Geog:
- trip out to local fields
RE:
In role at Last Supper
Literacy
Sharing news/
Newspapers
Diary (optional SATs
activity)
Day the aliens landed
Literary recount in role eg
Lady Macbeth
Y5 Recount
School events:
Residential trips
Trip to theatre
Trip to another planet
Contrasting locations visits
trip to evacuee museum
What we found out about...
History :
- Battle of Marathon
biographies
Victorian life of a child
Howard Carter’s Find
(Egyptians)
Titanic – link to video
material
Visit to Athens – written by
Spartan visitor
The Great Race – Scott and
the South Pole
Science
- Recounting experiments
News
Recount about Hudson
River plane miracle
Tunnel by Anthony Browne
to create newspaper report
Link to stories with
flashback – use Jess Story
from U tube (Toy Story)
Y6 Recount
School events: eg
Residential trips
Workshops – eg on Tudors
Visits out eg safety
awareness/ sewage works
- Visit to play
RE trip to mosque/church
Outdoor ed trips/
Special school days – eg Art
Young Shakespeare Co visit
Assembly speakers
History
Declaration of war
Evacuees in WWII
Our journey into country
Goodnight Mr Tom
Letter before going over
top
Anne Frank’s diary
Biography of Churchill
WW2 writing about bomb
raid/day in life of blitz/
news of D-Day landing
Children in WWII
Battle of Marathon
recount of a Victorian day
Biography of Isaac Newton
Geography
floods – Boscastle; coastal
erosion – collapse of hotel
in Scarborough
Kenyan Naasai’s cows dying
from global warming
Aztec market
Literacy
Our time at primary school
– leavers assembly
Journalistic writing – eg
new school playground
World Book Day
Newspaper reports
Climbing a mountain –
Chris Bonnington
Decades project – time
machine
Autobio and biographies:
eg Neil Armstrong
Dictionary entries
Eyewitness statement
UFOs : Lights seen in sky
Instruction:
- Lends itself to all
foundation work and
partic to geog and hist
- Appeals to boys
- Useful for all science
topics
- Can build levels of
difficulty – begin with
dragons in Yr 1 then
Aliens in Yr 2, Ancient
Greeks, mythological
creatures in 3 and a
fictional version of 100
AD by year 4
Use as whole-school
stimulus
Instruction
D&T
making puppets/
jelly/fruit salad/
Smoothies/ sandwich/
healthy snack
How to cook a meal
Model making
Play dough
How to make moveable
pictures/ card with
moving parts
How to build a rocket
How to make a toy / a
moving toy
How to make a ginger
bread man – link to story
How to make a moving
vehicle
Science
– growing things eg plants /
tomatoes
Light and dark
ICT
- How to use a printer
Geography:
- Knowledge & understanding
of world – Big wide world
History –
How to make a shield
How to make a castle –
Battle of Hastings
How to become a knight
How to become a pirate
Literacy
Instructions for giants
How to trap a dinosaur –
children find broken egg
and discover dinosaur
footprint
How to free giant’s wife
from castle in Jack &
Beanstalk
How to grow a beanstalk
for Jack
How to make a potion
Sowing imaginary seed
castles
How to be a knight
How to get on a horse
Links to stories from
different cultures
How to get ready for
school
2. Instruction
Art
- African masks
D&T
Growing food – working with
chef
Link to healthy eating
How to make fruit kebab
How to make a chocolate
factory
How to make a puppet
How to make our role-play
area
How to make a vehicle
How to make a rocket
How to make a fire alarm to
save London
How to make a Christmas
cake/ pizza
How to make a ‘thumb pot’
How to make a scarecrow –
linked to Tatty Bogle
How to make a raincoat from
a black bag
How to design an outside area
How to build a structure
How to make a buggy
How to make an exploding
box
How to make a…
Science
- electrical circuit
How to grow plants
Planting seeds
Changing state
Art/DT/Sci: great outdoors
Minibeasts: How to identify
owl/hedgehog; Making fridge
magnets/insect shapes
Mr Grinling – how to build a
pulley system
How to make a lighthouse
How to put out a fire
How to raise chicks
How to care for an animal
Music
How to make a drum
PE
– planning a trip to a sport event
How to play ...
RE links to St George
How to make a Christingle
Literacy/ PHSE and topics
Monsters topic eg Weston
Instruction
History:
invaders and settlers
Romans; Vikings; Saxons;
Tudors
How to build a Roman villa
How to invade a new land
Recipes: WWII rationing
Dead famous – start with
Roald Dahl
gods/ goddesses
How to make mosaic tiles
How to be a Knight
How to make a medieval
castle
How to build a road
How to capture a Viking
Science:
– how to brush teeth
How to make a rain gauge
How to make something
hot
How to make something
cold
How to grow fabulous
vegetables
Plants – how to grow a..
How to eat healthily
How to make a sun dial –
relate to light and shade
D&T
- D&T topics – stages of planning
and making
- Cookery – alien cake
- How to make Greek/Egyptian
bread
- How to make a moving monster
How to make a healthy snack
Art
How to make a mosque
How to print etc
PE
How to return tennis ball
How to play any game
successfully
Orally explaining step by
step how to execute a good
gym move
PE info about any sport eg
football
PSHE
How to follow core values
How to be a good friend
Literacy and topics
4. Instruction
History:
Tudor and Viking recipes
How to dress like a…
How to dress as a rich /
poor Tudor
How to make tudor hat
How to construct a tudor
house
How to make a Tudor ruff
How to sail a longship
How to make model
Viking village
Explorers –
How to survive being a
slave in Ancient
Egypt/Greece
How to build a paper
Parthenon
Mummification
(Egyptians)
Pyramid building
How to wear a toga
How to heat a Roman
villa
How to capture the
Sphinx
How to pack suitcase –
evacuee
How to make a bomb
shelter
Science
- Watercycle
- Report on animals –
predators, prey, food chains
How to plant bulbs
Instructions relating to solids,
liquids and gases
Electricity
How to make an electric
circuit
How to design a switch
D&T
Moving picture books
How to make a pop-up
book
How to make chocolate
How to make vegetable
soup (health week)
How to light a room
Maths
How to draw and
measure angles
How to work out
Instruction
History:
How to be a good Spartan
Hist: How to catch German
spy?
How to help evacuee settle
How to use a gas mask
How to detect a WWII spy
Greeks – how to make a
democracy
How to make a Trojan horse
How to mummify a body
How to get rid of a wife
(Henry VIII)
DT:
How to make biscuits/bread
How to make a moving toy
How to design a playground
How to let down a
drawbridge (structures)
Science:
- setting up a fair test
Life cycle; snail keeping
Gardening
How to pollinate a flower
(bee’s perspective)
Space topic
How to make a Zoetrope
How to rear butterflies
How to preserve your
internal organs
How to look after African
land snails
Music:
- How to play a musical
instrument
- How to make a musical
instrument
Geography
How to read a map
How to build a dam
How to stop waterflow in a
river
How to stay safe on a beach
How to build the best ever
sand castle
How to have a fantastic
holiday
How to build a well
Art
How to make a canopic jar
How to portray a
relationship visually in a
painting
Instruction
History:
- WW2 – How to prepare for
bomb raid
How to build an Anderson
shelter
How to lay out a WWIIkit
How to prepare for battle –
link to “War Game” by
Michael Foreman
How to dissolve a
monastery
Children in Victorian Britain
How to be an Aztec warrior
How to play Victorian
games
How to become King
Macbeth
Science investigation
Forces
How to plan & conduct an
investigation
How to operate a machine
planning an experiment in
science
How to measure pulse rate
How to catch an illness –
use Terry Dreary
Habitats and adaptations –
Forces
Geography:
- How to stay safe in the
mountains
Mountains – children
choose a mountain range
Rivers around the world
How to cross a river
How to make sewage
D&T
- Materials
How to build working
lighthouse/pulley based on
Lighthouse Keeper’s lunch
How to make clay gargoyle
How to make a kite
Making and baking
How to make Aztec
chocolate
How to make slippers
ICT
- How to digitally alter a picture
PE: How to do a PE activity – to
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How to make a house
Minibeasts
Picture sequencing
How to find treasure
We’re going on Bear hunt
– how to trap a bear
How to be safe on a bike
How to catch an alien
How to make a puppet
How to build a bridge
Bookweek – how to make
a pirate hat
How to feed a very
hungry caterpillar
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Mud Slider – who is
responsible for burning down
of Pier? Who can solve the
mystery?
How to trap the Iron Man
How to trap a crocodile - link
to Alligator Mama
How to travel to an island
How to survive Year 2
How to trap a troll
Trapping ‘bad’ characters
from traditional tales
How to build a wolf trap
How to rescue a teddy
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Non-chron report
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Relevant to all
curriculum areas
and topics –
especially history,
geography,
science, RE.
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Ideas can be
presented as
powerpoint
presentation
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Great for one-off
writing like
exciting or big
write times
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Appeals to boys
R/1 non-chron report
Science:
– habitats
Report on class pet
Looking after pets
Animal classification
Large and small animals
Underground creatures –
mole worm
Night animals – owls
Jungle animals –
chameleons
African nocturnal animals
Penguins - using Lost and
Found by Oliver Jeffers
Topics on minibeasts –
caterpillars, worms,
tadpoles; dinoasaurs,
Imaginary and real fish
Life processes – butterfly
cycle; frog life cycle
What do I know about
Y2 non-chron report
Science
Great outdoors – reports on
mini-beasts/ animals in local
environment
Animal habitats/ info about
living things – children create
posters
Nocturnal animals
Light/dark
Plants
Variation
Moon facts – linked to
Baboon on the Moon
History:
Great Fire London
Good idea/bad idea related to
history issue eg evacuees
Louis Braille
Nelson Mandela
Florence Nightingale
Artefacts from school
How to catch a minotaur
Links to fiction writing –
quest myths
How to survive KS1
Explanation: Let me tell you
all about GoGos =- latest
craze to hit yr 3
Animals topic
Making alien planet
How to make a gift box
Have you seen a golden
child – leading to Have you
seen an effective learner?
Dear Greenpeace
How to make a dream
catcher
Use dragon as vehicle for
Fire and Ice topic
How to mummify your
teacher
Y3 non-chron report
Science:
Sci – healthy eating unit inc
teeth and healthy eating
Moving and growing
Amazing animals
Space travel
Magnets and springs
History:
- Vikings
- Egypt
- Egyptian artefacts
- Romans
Report on ancient
Egyptians/Romans/ Vikings
Romans information
booklet
WWII
Henry VIII and Tudors
Each child takes a Roman
topic and talks it through
with text partner
fractions
PE
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How to win a game of
dodgeball
How to be safe in PE
Literacy and topics
How to weave a spider’s
web
What to do if meet alien/
vampire/werewolf
How to make your
teacher happy
How to use an escalator
How to make an invented
sweet – linked to Roald
Dahl topic week
Y4 non-chron report
Science:
Habitats
Moving and growing/
People in motion
Info on skeletons
what plants need to
grow
Adaptations
History:
Egyptians – gods / temples
Armada - Tudors
Romans
Tudor banquet
About Tudor life
Victorian school report
Explorers
Any historial character
King or Queen’s diary
Dirtiest jobs – link to
Horrible History facts
Geography:
Literacy and topics
How to fly on a broomstick
How to poach (Danny)
How to annoy your teacher
How to trap an alien
How to escape from a
minotaur
How to capture the
Highwayman
Lots of links to Alex Rider
Y5 non-chron report
Science:
Earth, sun, moon/ space
Planets – made up and real
ones
The circulation system
The human skeleton/
difference with animal
skeletons
Buterflies
Owls
Sea creatures
History:
WWII
Tudors
Diary of Victorian child
working underground
famous Victorians
Geography:
India
Eco project
Coastal erosion
present to another class
PE
How to learn dance moves
(their own creative dance
Literacy and topics
Dr Who literacy revision
unit: How to fly the Tardis;
How to fight the
cybermen?
Planning a ‘money making’
week
How to make a rat trap –
Pied Piper
Making modrock
superheroes
Instructions for successful
yr 6 Sats week
Harry Potter- How to look
after a mythical creature
How to open a secret
passage
How to catch a ghost
Anything creative or real
from a decade
How to get to church for
Christmas performance
How to survive secondary
school
How to build an outrigger
Revisit using: How to scare
a monster – use video clip
from Monsters Inc
Y6 non-chron report
Science:
Sci – microbes
How to stop germs
Science - What is a fish (linked
to habits, life-cycle; food
chains
Sci – healthy bodies
Sci – Plant or animal
adaptation
Science: earth/space
revision unit
Illnesses
Interdependence and
adaptation
RE
Islam booklets
Maths
Dictionary about different triangles
etc
History:
Useful for history topics to
spiders
Seaside: Whales;
seahorses; lighthouses
Commotion in the ocean
– one child describes
animal – another guesses
what it is
Rainforest animals –
oragutans/ toucans
Sounds, colour ,
movement
Growing up
Pushes and pulls
Light and dark
Describe a planet / moon
History:
Toys from past
Leaflet for castle
Gunpowder plot
Geography:
Houses and homes
At the farm - Farm
animals – what we get
from farms
Topic on a country
Australia – looking at
animals that live there
Deserts and jungles
Tourist leaflet on area
Seaside creatures – items
at the beach; under sea
Non chron ‘real’ book on
Antartica for Barnaby
Bear
D&T:
Transport and wheeled
vehicles
Toys
Art
Van Gogh
Literacy and topics:
space, machines
Bears – real and story
The Gruffalo
Where Wild things are
What makes a great
circus
Phoenix
Aliens love underpants
Dinosaur project
Superheroes
Reports about wolves
linked to traditional tales
Wanted poster for
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great when using
hoops to clump
ideas
Use as learning logs to
involve parents etc
Good to use sorting
hoops
Gives children focus
and relevance
Use before all major
writing tasks
Presenting as experts
in wide range of
subjects
Use info texts as a way
into discussion –
gathering info;
capturing ideas
Useful approach for
Black History week
Generalisers – brilliant!
museum
Grace Darling
Geography:
Report of a particular country
= food people, industry etc
Study of different locality
Different places – Mexico
Our community
Local area
Environment
Water
Rainforest
Vehicles
Trees
Island research
Mexico – unit of work on
Toccuro
Island life – report of Isle of
Coll/ Isle of Struay
Literacy and topics:
Sports week – interviews
with club about special events
– teach newspaper reports
Ourselves
Dinosaurs
Aliens
Topics on minibeasts; space,
machines
Owls; hedgehogs
Seaside creatures
Plants
Make up imaginary planet
New creature discovered:
children draw head/body/feet
on folded paper – then write
explanation
Make up a planet – then
report on that planet
Report for a new child
starting school
Pets
Nb www.bighugelabs – drop
in image and make info card
Also www.arkive.org videos
and images from Life on earth
Alien landing in school
playground
Recycling project
Geography:
Mining in NE
local area
Kenya
Rocks, materials and soils
Weather around world
Earthquakes and volcanoes
Birds topic
About France
About mountains
About the beach
Out and about topic
Literacy and topics:
How to trap dragon
Imaginary animals
Fits with early topic on non
chron report and moves on
from Y2 sats stuff on
nocturnal report linking
history & DT to literacy
KS1/2 transition project
Theseus & Minotaur
Sports topic
What is a Cyclops?
Famous person – Billy
Wright
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International links –
comparing localities;
lifestyles, culture’
celebrations
Mountain ranges
Village in India
Volcanoes
Reports on a range of
locations
Extreme weather
Temperature
Habitats
The Rainforest – using
‘The Great Kapok Tree’ by
Lynne Cherry
Antartica
Life in Chembakolli (India)
RE
Religious ceremonies
Literacy and topics:
Spiders topic
Norse God / myths
Popular culture –
children’s choice
Report on invented
animal
Bird topic
Guide to Love of Reading
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Holiday brochures
Mountains
Volcanoes
localities in Brazil – detailed
study of street children
Literacy and topics:
Creature hatched from
mysterious egg found in
school
Squirrels
Mythical creatures
Children choose type of
dinosaur
Research topic
Report on animals found in
Kensuke’s Kingdom
All research work
All project work
News report
Sea monsters
Mermaids
Whales
Dolphins
Report on a mythological
creature / Medusa/Cyclops/
Pegasus
3 little Pigs
org paragraphs
Victorian climbing boys
WWII - Blitz
Goodnight Mr Tom
Presentation relating to
WWII
Greek Gods – legacy of
ancient Greeks
Victorian inventions
Evacuation
Geography:
Coastal erosion
Sustainable ed how to
make world better place
Eco systems
Rivers – what is a river? /
Course of a river
Geog: Mountains Lit link –
Waiting for Anya by
Morpurgo
Mountain environment or
specific mountain
Geographical and physical
features of India
Indian tigers and elephants
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Literacy and topics:
Web design – make web
pages about their rtime at
school for Yr 3 audience
Dr Who – Cybermen and
Dalek reports
Aspirations – moving to KS3
Local community festival
Life of someone famous
Decades – The Beatles
All topic work
Using NXT lego robots write
a report for headteacher on
effectiveness of their own
learning
Chicks – report for KSI on
how to care for them
School environment
Report on a specific bird
School prospectus (nb this
should also include
significant persuasive
writing)
The SATs monster
Reports on Bollywoood
actors
The Midnight Fox
UFOs
Discussion
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Relevant across
curriculum
particularly in
Hist; Geog and
PSHE and
especially science
– talking an
experiment
Also for maths
problem solving –
similar to Talk For
Maths
Great for every
foundation
subject
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Relates to
Diamond 9s
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Appeals to boys
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Helps schools
enhance writing
making it
purposeful and
relevant
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Any topical issues
eg homework;
football; uniform
etc etc
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Useful approach
before any signif
icant writing task
Gingerbread man –
1 Discussion
Science:
Saving the planet
Arranging fish facts eg
habitat/movement
Geography:
Geog – local environment
Similarities and
differences between 2
environments
Deserts and jungles
Should we chop down
trees (mostly oral)
Pollution in the sea/
rainforests
Recycling
History
Why are castles built on
hills?
Fire of London
How did Florence
Nightingale improve
nursing>
PSHE/PSED
- Discussions around new toys,
sharing, choosing new
equipment
- Discussions arising from
issues at playtime
What is a healthy lifestyle?
Healthy schools
Literacy and topics:
Message in a bottle –
rescue me
Seaside holidays – were
they better in the past?
2 Discussion
Science:
Endangered animals
Push and Pull forces
Healthy eating – balanced
diet
History:
Why did Florence Nighingale
manage to save so many
lives?
Why did Florence go to
Scutari?
Should Florence Nightingale
have disobeyed her father?
Great fire of Luttenham
Great Fire of London
Was QE1 a good queen
Guy Fawkes – RC/ Protestants
Geography:
- Why would you want to go on
holiday to ...?
- Katie Morag Would you like to live
on Struay or the mainland?
- car parking – town development
issues
- Comparisons between life in
Dartford and St Lucia
Literacy and topics:
How to improve school
playground
Are zoos a good idea?
PSHE topics
SEAL
Rules eg class trips
School council issues
Should children be allowed to
choose where to sit?
Should you walk to school?
What can we do about litter?
Should there be music in the
dining hall?
Is it ever right to use
violence?
Should space travel be
available for all?
Discussion related to
monsters in nearby area
3 Discussion
History:
Fire of London
Why did Boudicca lead a
revolt against the Romans?
Did boys or girls have better
lives in ancient Rome?
Was Henry VIII a kind man?
Why did the Vikings invade
and settle?
Why was the Roman
invasion successful?
Should the Romans have
invaded? (Celts v Romans)
How did the Romans
manage to build a huge
empire?
What did the Romans do
for us?
Aztecs - Was Cortez right to
invade?
Sorting primary and
secondary sources
What are the best things to
pack in your evacuation
suitcase?
Geography:
Our local area – focusing on
a current issue
How to care for
environment - How much
difference can an individual
make ?
What can be done about
global warming?
Is recycling a good idea?
Science
Can you see round corners?
RE
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Worship – comparisons
between different religions
Should Jesus have been
crucified?
Literacy and topics:
Y3 transition – pros and
cons linked to SEAL
Was it fair to send Icarus to
an island?
4 Discussion
History:
Elizabeth’s reign in Tudor
times – who liked her?
What was thought of
her? Was she a popular
queen
Was King Alfred a hero or
a bully? – or any famous
historical figure
Life of Romans
Historical fact books
Highwayman – reopening
a court case relating to a
highwayman
Medical cures in Tudor
times
Geography:
Linked to local area work
Should tourism be
allowed in Himalayas?
Discussion over
development of an area –
viewpoints of different
groups (children/parents/
developers/ retailers/
environmentalists/
tourism industry
Should Scott have used
dogs in his race to South
Pole?
What can be done about
the vanishing Rainforest
and should we be
worried?
Similarities/differences
between two habitats
Should fair trade be
encouraged?
Changes to environment
Pollution
Art:
- Do angels exist ?
How to make a clay monster
RE:
- Should Pharaoh have let the
Israelites go?
PSHE
Is it right for people to fight for
what they believe in?
Maths
Problem solving
School Council – relevant to all
5 Discussion
Science:
Healthy living
Should McDonalds be
banned?
Why should we have a
balanced diet?
Owl boxes should be
compulsory in all gardens
History:
Consequences – debates ;
hot seat;
Why did Victorians end
child labour?
Should Victorian
Whittington have a railway?
Titanic unit
Why would children work in
mines/factories>
Birth of industry and
influence on modern
society
Battle of Marathon
Effects of Tudor exploration
on Roanoke Island
Why did the Aztec empire
end?
Should the Athenians or the
Spartans control a united
Greece?
What factors led to Anne
Frank’s capture?
Eyam – Were the people of
Eyam right to cut
themselves off during the
plague?
Why did Egypt die out as a
world power?
What went wrong at
Arnhem Bridge?
Geography:
Water and water shortages
What will be the effect of
global warming on British
coastline?
Developing local park
Environmental issues
Fair trade
How could we dispose of
rubbishj in our town?
RE
Looking at each other’s
religions
6 Discussion
History:
WWII issues eg treatment of
Jews
What caused WWII?
Should children have been
evacuated?
What if Hitler had succeeded
in 1945?
Should Elgin marbles be
returned
Was Henry VIII a good or bad
king?
Should Mary Q of Scots have
been beheaded?
Victorian reforms for children should children be made to
work?
Should workhouses be
reintroduced in Britain?
Discussion of Victorian
punishments
Should boys and girls be
separated
Should the Victorian education
system be reintroduced?
Why and how was EU formed?
Who was to blame for sinking
of Titanic?
Geography:
Sustainability: how to make
world better place
Is tourism in Snowdonia good
or bad?
Coasts – Should sea defences
be used to protect coastlines
Should coastlines bee
protected / developed?
Trade with other countries
Fair trade
Is being a EU member
beneficial to the UK?
RE/PHSE issues/debates:
Alcohol; smoking
Save world – environmental
issues
Why apostles afraid after
cruxifiction/resurrection
Is there an after life?
Year 6 / 7 transition
Dragons Den event
PSHE links
– school council opportunities/
issues eg new playground/
smoking/drugs
Why are school rules
important?
Friendship
Right and wrong
Should we be educated at
home or school?
Why won’t the council give
us a lolliepop person?
Should football be banned
at break?
SEAL activities
issues debated
Literacy and topics:
Stories with
issues/dilemmas
Persuade someone that X
is a good place to
live/visit
Persuasion – letter to
town hall re award
winning toilets being
locked when school
children need them
New university being
built in town – is this
good or bad for local
people?
Should birds be kept in
captivity?
Animals and us
Contrasting children’s
lives today with other
historical periods or
countries
Literacy and topics:
Should children’s TV be
banned?
Does the Loch Ness monster
exist?
The Apprentice
Do UFOs exist?
Should mobile phones be
banned in schools?
Do we need an Asda in our
town?
How can we stop some
teenagers from causing
havoc at night?
How can we improve the
playground?
Do we need a funfair at our
gala?
The fox hunting debate –
linked to take one picture at
National Gallery
How can bullying be
prevented?
Art
What is art? – linked to
modern art gallery visit
Is graffiti art?
Literacy and topics:
Transition – moving to Yr 7
(working with other schools in
group)
School council discussions eg
school uniform
Local issues: closing library ;
building a new Tescos
News issues
Was capital punishment right?
Should children be encouraged
to think about what work will
do when leave school?
Decades – Roswell sightings
Are residential school trips
a waste of time?
What we would like in our
schools?
SATs revision (boo!) but I can
see this working!
Should SATs be banned?
Should boys and girls have a
different curriculum?
Is the Highwayman a hero or a
villain
Should Shakespeare be taught
in primary schools
What can be done to save
endangered creatures
Should Thesues have killed the
Minotaur
Should sharks be hunted to
extinction?
Should we have a graffiti wall
at school?
Should x’s football ground be
moved?