Key Stage 1 Creative Curriculum Map-2 year Rolling Programme
Cycle 1
Autumn Term
Spring Term
Summer Term
What’s in the Oakdene
Museum Today?
What adventures have
Barnaby & friends been on?
Can you make a coat for
Joseph?
History-homes, objects, keeping clean, toys,
People (Florence Nightingale)
Geography-types of homes in local area and
Around the world
Art- traditional recipes, Moving Pictures linked
& to traditional nursery rhymes
Design make lamps, artwork linked to homes
around the world including Castles
Geography-x5 Bears from x5 different places
Billy from Billingham
Barnaby from Edinburgh
Bjorn from Norway (Arctic)
Bruce from Australia
Buddy from USA/Spain
Research countries & include map
skills, travel & transport.
Science-suitability of clothing, measuring temp
& snowfall/rainfall
Art-traditional Scottish recipes, Shelters
& (structures)
Design Spanish artist Picasso, artwork linked to
the Bears and the Arctic/Antarctic.
RE-story of Joseph, drama & props
Art-Textiles, design & make a coat for Joseph,
& Rainbow fruit kebabs
Design weaving techniques, artist Paul Klee to
explore colour, pattern, line & shape
Music-colourful music, songs from the musical
Joseph
Visits-Raby Castle, Preston Hall Museum, Local
Area Walk
Outdoor Classroom-Oakdene Castle & Gardens
Visits-Toby Carvery
Outdoor Classroom-Arctic Research Station
Visits-Theatre Visit, Y2-Hardwick Park,
Y1-Washington Wetlands Centre
Outdoor Classroom-Plant & Animal Research
Centre
Cycle 2
Where do, and did, the
wheels on the bus go?
How does Percy’s Park change
with each season?
Why to we love to be beside
the seaside?
History-How have cars, buses, trains & bicycles
changed since your grandparents were
little? Event-Great Fire of London
Geography-Identify the UK & its countries,
name key features of our locality,
use maps, atlases, books, internet
Art-design and make a vehicle that can move
& Artist-Lowry, sculptures using wheels &
Design
other artefacts
Geography-Identify seasonal and daily weather
patterns in the UK
Art & Design-Playgrounds (Structures)
Music-4 Seasons Vivaldi
History-How have seasides/holidays in the UK
Changed? People (Grace Darling)
Geography-physical & human features of
Seasides, seaside resorts in the UK
& abroad
DT-Winding up mechanisms link to Lighthouse
Keeper’s Lunch
Art-sand art, natural artwork, seaside collages
Visits-Billingham Fire Station, Bus tour in local
& visit a village & a town
Outdoor Classroom-Oakdene Motors & Bicycle
Repair Centre
Visits-Toby Carvery, John Whitehead Park/
Wynyard Woodland Park/Castle Eden
Invite a Park Keeper to visit
Outdoor Classroom-Percy’s Park and Weather
Station
Visits-Saltburn, RNLI Hartlepool,
Y2-Hardwick Park,
Y1-Washington Wetlands Centre
Outdoor Classroom-The Seaside
Key Stage 1 Autumn Term Cycle 1-What’s in the Oakdene Museum today?
LC1
Who lives in a home like this?
LC2
What types of homes are there in our local area?
How do these compare to homes around the world?
LC3
How did people keep their homes clean in the past?
LC4
Can you follow a traditional recipe to make
scones/bread/cakes?
LC5
How do toys of today compare with those in the past?
LC6
Can you recreate some dance moves from the past?
LC7
How can a moving picture bring a traditional rhyme to
life?
LC8
Who was Florence Nightingale?
Why was she known as the Lady with the Lamp?
Where did Florence Nightingale’s journey take her?
How do hospitals today compare with those in the past?
Cross Curricular Links:
Literacy-Peepo, Instructions, Nursery Rhymes
Numeracy-
Science-Pushes & Pulls/Forces
Visits:
 Local area walk
 Raby Castle
 Preston Hall Museum
Outdoor Classroom:

Oakdene Castle & Gardens
Key Stage 1 Spring Term Cycle 1-What adventures have Barnaby & friends been on?
LC1
What can Barnaby teach us about his city of Edinburgh?
LC2
What can you learn from the things Barnaby found in his
attic?
LC3
What can we teach Buddy about Spain?
LC4
What can we learn from Buddy’s favourite sport?
LC5
What can Bjorn teach us about living in Norway?
LC6
Can Bjorn help us to compare life in the Arctic with that
in the Antarctic?
LC7
Can Bruce help us to understand what Australia is like?
LC8
Can you help Bruce pack for a camping trip?
Cross Curricular Links:
Visits:

Toby Carvery
Outdoor Classroom:

Arctic Research Station
Key Stage 1 Summer Term Cycle 1-Can you make a coat for Joseph?
LC1
Who was Joseph and why did he have a coat of many
colours?
Cross Curricular Links:
LC2
Can we create some colourful music using the songs from
the Joseph musical?
LC3
What can we learn from the artist Paul Klee?
LC4
What is weaving?
LC5
Can we design and make a model coat of many colours for
Joseph?
LC6
Why is it important to plan your design?
Visits:
 Theatre Visit
 Y1 Washington Wetlands Centre
 Y2 Hardwick Park
LC7
What can we use to weave with?
Outdoor Classroom:
LC8
How can we create a colourful, repeating pattern with
food?

Plant and Animal Research Centre
Key Stage 1 Autumn Term Cycle 2-Where do, and did, the wheels on the bus go?
LC1
Where do we live and what’s so special about it?
Cross Curricular Links:
LC2
How far have you travelled around the United Kingdom?
Literacy-Letter writing, Diary entries
Wheels Day-scooters, skateboards, roller
blades
LC3
How many different ways could you travel around our
country?
LC4
How have cars, buses, trains and bicycles changed since
your great-grandparents were little?
LC5
What was the Great Fire of London?
How does fire-fighting today compare with that in 1666?
LC6
How can we create artistic flame effects?
Visits:


Billingham Fire Station
Bus ride/tour/visit a local village and a town
How can we create fiery sound effects?
LC7
How do we know what happened in the Great Fire of
London?
How was London rebuilt?
LC8
What was the plague and how did the Great Fire help it?
Can we design and make a vehicle that moves?
Outdoor Classroom:

Oakdene Motors & Bicycle Repair Centre
Key Stage 1 Spring Term Cycle 2-How does Percy’s Park change with each season?
LC1
What are the signs of new life in Percy’s Park?
LC2
What adventures can be had in Percy’s Park?
LC3
Why are there so many leaves on the ground in Percy’s
Park?
(Autumn)
LC4
How do Percy’s friends keep warm in Winter? (Winter)
LC5
How does Percy maintain the park?
LC6
What types of animals are there and where do they live
in Percy’s Park?
LC7
How does Vivaldi create seasonal moods in his music?
(Spring)
(Summer)
How can we portray the seasons through art?
LC8
Cross Curricular Links:
Can we design and make a piece of playground equipment
for Percy’s Park?
Visits:
 John Whitehead Park
 Invite a Park Keeper to visit school (Care for your
area, SBC)
 Wynyard Woodland Park/Castle Eden
Outdoor Classroom:


Percy’s Park
Weather Station
Key Stage 1 Summer Term Cycle 2-Why do we love to be beside the seaside?
LC1
Where do we go to on holiday and why?
LC2
What attracts visitors to seaside resorts?
LC3
What differences can we discover about seaside holidays
today and in the past?
LC4
LC5
What did you see in the rock pools?
What did the seaside smell like?
Can we use natural materials to create a seaside collage?
Can you create a digital postcard about Saltburn?
Who was Grace Darling and why was she a heroine?
LC6
What is the role of the RNLI?
LC7
How does a Lighthouse work?
LC8
Can we design a way to transport the lighthouse keeper’s
lunch?
Cross Curricular Links:
Visits:
 Saltburn
 RNLI Hartlepool / Souter Lighthouse Sunderland
 Y1 Washington Wetlands Centre
 Y2 Hardwick Park
Outdoor Classroom:

The Seaside