LONGNIDDRY PRIMARY SCHOOL – P5 YEAR PLAN
Class: P5
TIMESCALE
Planning Block 1
Aug-Oct
Teacher: YC Hart
TOPIC TITLE AND MAIN CURRICULAR EMPHASIS
Local Hill Study – North Berwick Law (comparison with Tuscan hills/Barga
People, place & Environment (Scotland’s landscape/volcanoes/shaping the land)
People, past events & societies (Early people of the law/Celts)
Literacy – report/letter writing
Drama/music – King Loth experience
Outdoor Learning – rock climbing/ranger guided walk
English/ Mathematics /Science/Social
Studies/Technologies/RME /
Art/Drama/Music/ HWB PE/French/RRS/Outdoor
China People & Place & Society)
China Mini Topic – Budhism (RME) Geography (mapping skills/atlas work)
Ethical trading game/fair trade/work of charities (Oxfam)
Culture – art/traditional tales/yoga (HWB)
Maths – costings/budgeting for visit to China/timeline investigation of key dates
Literacy – functional writing (leaflets/posters/letters) Imag- A Day In The Life
Discrete strand(s)
Planing Block 2
Oct-Dec
Discrete strand(s)
English/ Mathematics /Science/Social Studies/
Technologies/RME/ Art/Drama/Music/ HWB
PE/ French/RRS/Outdoor
Session: 2011/12
MINI TOPIC(S)
King Loth
Art
HWB
PE
Drama
RME
Music
Science
World of work Week
Class novel studies – Cliffhanger
Danny The Champion of The World
RRS – charter/importance of rules
The Golden Rules
Basketball/Judo taster sessions
Science Study Colour,Light & Sound–China
Mini Topic – Fairtrade/Ethical trading/
Art
Drama
Music
HWB PE
RME
Science
Drama workshops – John Muir/Jacobites
HWB – Cool In School, outdoor learning
Friendship/Bulllying, Walk To School Week
(Theatre Production in school)
Christmas show
Keeping Myself E safe
Planning Block 3
Jan-April
Jacobites People, past events & societies
Rebels & Redcoats – visit to Edinburgh Castle/War Museum
visit from ELC museums service
Enterprise – set up class museum of displays/’artefacts’
Visit from Cllr Peter Mackenzie/Prestonpans Battle Trust
Literacy – Imaginative Writing (stories, letters, diaries) Reading for information
Maths – timelines of key dates & events
key locations (mapping/atlas research)
English/ Mathematics /Science/Social
Studies/Technologies/RME/
Art/Drama/Music/ HWB PE/French/RRS/Outdoor
John Muir Study/Our Big Green Planet
People,place & environment (John Muir- the man & his vision) artefact box on
loan/visit to John Muir Birthplace Museum visit from Biodiversity Officer
Comparison of local env/US national parks/ELC Ranger – school pond
Technologies – Eco schools/conservation & the environment
Science – Biological Systems/Planet Earth energy (sustainable sources)
RME – caring for Planet Earth/country code
English/ Mathematics /Science/Social
Studies/Technologies/RME / Art/Drama/HWB
Discrete strand(s)
PE/French/RRS/Outdoor
Discrete strand(s)
Planning Block 4
April-June
Art
HWB
PE
Drama
Music
RME
Science
Scottish Writers – mini topic (Burns,
Barrie,Stevenson)
Literacy Week
HWB – Keeping Myself Safe
HWB – Club Golf Tag Rugby & Festival
New Year Resolutions/Easter
Science – senses
Enterprise – Marie Curie Daffodil Tea
Innerwick (Residential Experience)
Art
Drama
Music
HWB PE
RME
Science
Health Week, Sports/Athletics,
Outdoor Learning -Innerwick Residential
experience Orienteering/Mapping
Ready, Steady Bike
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