Cornerstones Long Term Curriculum Plan
Class One
CYCLE A
Term 1
Term 2
EYFS: Why do you love me so much? Can I have a dog yet?
SUBJECT FOCUS:
SCIENCE
Splendid Skies (Y1)
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Term 3
EYFS: Why do leaves go crispy? How many colours in the rainbow?
SUBJECT FOCUS:
GEOGRAPHY
Bright Lights, Big City (Y1)
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Term 4
Nature’s treasure walk
Balloon Launch
The North Wind Doth Blow
How big is a raindrop? How wild is the wind?
Recounts: Poetry; Lists and Instructions;
Postcards; Non-Chronological Reports
Collage and Painting
Discrete
Discrete
Seasonal and Daily Weather Patterns
Significant Individuals – Sir Francis Beaufort
Measurement
Weather sounds and songs
Dance
Discrete
Seasonal Changes
EYFS: How does that building stay up?
Paws, Claws and Whiskers (Y1) SUBJECT FOCUS:
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Visit London or another city
TBC
Oranges and Lemons; Dick Whittington
Coming Soon
Character Study, Adventure narrative; Diary;
email; labels and leaflets
Printmaking – Iconic Images (London Buses, Union
Jack and Big Ben)
Logical Reasoning/Debug: Algorithms;
Programmes and E-Safety
Design and make vehicles and mechanisms
Capital cities of the UK (London Focus)
Significant Historical Events (Fire of London, Royal
Wedding)
Position and Direction; Sequencing events and
Telling the Time
Traditional Songs and Nursery Rhymes
Simple Orienteering using maps and landmarks
Travel Safety
Identifying and Use of Everyday Materials;
comparing the properties of everyday materials;
working scientifically.
ART & DESIGN
Visit from an Animal Owner/ Visit to a Zoo / Local
Wildlife Park / Animal Rescue Centre
Pet Detectives
Cats Sleep Anywhere – Eleanor Farjeon: Just So
Stories
Coming Soon
Recounts: Fables; Booklets and Lists; Instructions;
Nursery Rhymes and Poems
Talking about Art; Drawing, Collage, Models
Making; Painting; Sculpture; Animal Masks and
Products.
Retrieving Images; Photography; Using
presentation software
Designing Labels: Designing and Making animal
enclosures
Geography:
Term 5
EYFS: Can we explore it?
Superheroes (Y1)
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Using and Making Maps; Describing Physical
Features
Discrete
Discrete
Animal Songs
Animal movement and dance
Caring for animals
Animals (including humans); working scientifically
SUBJECT FOCUS:
PE
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Superhero Hunt in the School Grounds
Superhero Recue
Superkid – Claire Freedman
Coming Soon
Descriptive Sentences; Comic Strips; narrative;
Fact Files; Labels and Captions.
Drawing and modelling superheroes
Downloading photographs and images; E-Safety;
Animation
Superfoods; Mask-making
Discrete
Historical heroes/Heroines
Discrete
Creating digital superhero sounds
Superhero action movements; dance; agility and
strength
Recognising good and bad choices; keeping safe;
making a positive contribution
Human Body – parts and senses; eating healthy;
working scientifically
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Term 6
EYFS: Am I the fastest?
The Enchanted Woodland (Y1)
SUBJECT FOCUS:
SCIENCE
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
A walk in local woodland
Woodland Party
Trees – Sarah Coleridge; Hansel and Gretel
Coming Soon
Recounts; Information Books and letters; Lists and
Instructions; Narrative; Recounts and Instructions
Drawing; working with natural materials
Sending an Email
Building Structures; Making party food; Using
natural materials
Making Maps; following directions
Discrete
Measuring Length and Height; Using money
Discrete
Team Games
Looking after the environment; feeling positive
Plants and animals; identifying and classifying
SUBJECT FOCUS:
HISTORY
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Teddy Bear’s Picnic
Memory Box
Hush little baby
Coming Soon
Recounts; Diary Writing; Rhymes and Mnemonics;
Descriptions; Information Books
Drawing and Painting; Collage; Family Portraits
Discrete
Making Picnic Food; Celebration cards; Making a
memory box
Fieldwork in the local area
Changes within local memory
Number and Shape patterns; Using calendars
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
EYFS: Did dragons exist?
CYCLE B
Term 1
Memory Box (Y1)
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Term 2
EYFS: Why can’t I have chocolate for breakfast?
SUBJECT FOCUS:
Moon Zoom (Y1)
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Term 3
Term 4
EYFS: What is a shadow? What is a reflection?
EYFS: Why is water wet? Where does snow go?
SUBJECT FOCUS:
Dinosaur Planet (Y1)
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Term 5
Term 6
EYFS: Which was the biggest dinosaur?
EYFS: Are eggs alive? Why do spiders eat flies?
SUBJECT FOCUS:
Rio de Vida (Y1)
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
Songs that help us remember; writing a class song
Dance sequences; traditional games
Caring for babies and toddlers; sharing memories;
playing and working cooperatively; feeling
positive
Animals, including humans – parts and senses;
working scientifically
D&T
Alien Spacecraft Landing in the School Grounds
Finding the Alien
Twinkle. Twinkle little star
Coming Soon
Chronological Report; Poster, Advert; Biography;
Narrative; Science Fiction
Fantasy drawings aliens
Programming a spacecraft
Design and make spacecraft mechanisms
Satellite images
Changes with living memory; space
3D shapes
Space sounds
Dance
Aspirations and setting goals
Properties of everyday materials; working
scientifically
HISTORY
Visit a natural history museum/dinosaur hunt
Dinosaur Museum
Where The Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak;
Bumpus Jumpus Dinosaurumpus – Tony Mitton &
Guy Parker Rees
Whose poo?
Fact files; Poetry and Riddles; Non-chronological
reports; Narrative; Writing for different purposes
Large and small scale modelling
Programming a floor robot; Stop-Frame animation
Designing and Making
Locating continents and oceans
Significant Individuals – Mary Anning
Measurement
Percussion
Dance; Tactical games
Discrete
Plants and Animals
MUSIC
Brazilian Carnival Day in School/ Visit a Local
Celebration
Class Carnival
Brazilian Myths and Legends
Coming Soon
Poetry; Myths and Legends; Information Texts;
Instructions; Postcards
Carnival Masks and Headdresses; Collage
Digital Animations
Carnival Instruments; Flag Making; Recipes
Locating Countries and Cities; Comparing Areas of
UK with Rio
Discrete
Recognising 2D shapes
Carnival Music; Percussion; Song Lyrics
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Dance; Football Athletics
Special Times; Understanding Differences; What is
Fair and Unfair?
Discrete
Class Two
CYCLE A
Term 1
Term 2
Scrumdiddlyumptious (Y3)
Street Detectives (Y2)
SUBJECT FOCUS:
D&T
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Visit a local shop or supermarket
Invent a smoothie
Charlie and the chocolate factory – Roald Dahl
Can you see the C? How much H2O is hidden?
Recounts; recipes and instructions; nonsense
poetry; non-chronological reports; adverts
Sculpture
Web search; emails
Cooking and nutrition
Food miles and fair trade
Significant individuals – James Lind
Measures and Money
Vegetable Orchestra
Exercise
Discrete
Nutrition
SUBJECT FOCUS:
HISTORY
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Walk around the local community
Plan to improve the local area
Old Mother Hubbard – Sarah Catherine Martin
Coming Soon
Recounts and captions; nursery rhymes;
instructions; adverts; diary writing
Famous local artists; drawing, painting or collaging
views from the local area
Photo stories; algorithms
Selecting tools and materials; baking; sign making;
designing buildings
Fieldwork in the local area; human and physical
features; using and making maps with keys;
looking at aerial images
Changes within living memory; significant people,
places and events in local area
Time; data handling
discrete
Keeping fit
Belonging to a community; improving the local
area
Identifying and comparing everyday materials;
identifying plants in the local area
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Term 3
Heroes and Villains (Y3)
SUBJECT FOCUS:
MUSIC
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
TBC
Theme tune for a hero
101 Dalmatians – Dodie Smith; The Lion, the
Witch and the Wardrobe – C.S. Lewis
Coming Soon
Biography; narrative dialogue; comic strips; fairy
tales; riddles
Big art sculpture
Web searches; multimedia presentations
Puppet making/flip books
Discrete
Significant individuals
Measurement
History of music; musical notation
Discrete
Right and wrong
Discrete
SUBJECT FOCUS:
SCIENCE
Love to Investigate:
English:
Term 4
The Scented Garden (Y2)
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Visit to a garden centre or florist
Make a fragranced gift
Mary, Mary; Jack and the Beanstalk
What’s on your willies; How does your garden
grow?
Recounts; non-chronological reports; instructions;
narratives; information books
Observational drawing; sculpture; flower pressing
Presenting information
Making fragrant products
Plants in the local environment; plants of the
world
Discrete
Measurement
Action rhymes
Discrete
Discrete
Plants
SUBJECT FOCUS:
GEOGRAPHY
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Visit a local stream or river
River pollution in the local area
Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
Can you make a soil sausage?
Newspaper reports; poetry; journals; debate;
instructions
Painting
Online research and communication
Mechanical systems; structures
Using maps; fieldwork; water cycle; human and
physical features; rivers of the worlds; counties
and cities of the UK
Discrete
Using data measuring length and water speed
Discrete
Team challenges
Expressing opinions; feeling positive
Soil; aquatic plants; working scientifically
SUBJECT FOCUS:
PE
Memorable Experience:
Visit to a soft play area/group play session with a
local sports team
Organise a sports fun day for grown ups
Skipping rhymes ; The Princess and the Frog
Do all balls bounce?
Recounts; Information books; instructions;
narratives; poetry
Sculpture
Digital Photography
Materials and mechanisms
Discrete
Significant individuals – sporting heroes
Measurement; properties of shapes
Chants and rhymes
Throwing and catching
Teamwork; health and wellbeing
Everyday materials; Forces; the importance of
exercise
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
Term 5
Flow (Y3)
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
Term 6
Bounce (Y2)
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
CYCLE B
Term 1
Towers, Tunnels and Turrets
(Y2)
SUBJECT FOCUS:
D&T
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Visit a local castle
Make a fortress for the Three Little Pigs
London Bridge; Rapunzel
Coming Soon
Recounts; Reported Speech; Narrative; Letters;
Posters
Sculpture using natural materials
Drawing software
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Term 2
Mighty Metals (Y3)
SUBJECT FOCUS:
SCIENCE
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Visit a local playground
A friend for the Iron Man
The Iron Man – Ted Hughes
How mighty are your magnets?
Non-chronological reports; explanations;
instructions; list poetry; recounts
Embossed pattern and pictures; making jewellery
Creating spreadsheets; using presentation
software
Product evaluation; using research to inform
design; selecting materials; making vehicles;
building an iron man; using electrical circuits
Discrete
Discrete
Measuring length
Performing using metal objects for instruments
Using PE equipment to explore forces
Discrete
Forces and magnets; working scientifically
SUBJECT FOCUS:
GEOGRAPHY
Memorable Experience:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Visit a marina/ boat yard / RNLI station / boating
lake
Find pirate treasure
The Owl and the Pussycat; Sinbad the Sailor
Coming Soon
Narrative; information books; descriptions;
poetry; postcards
Observational drawing; printing
Programming; using presentation software
Mechanisms; structures
Using and making maps; location knowledge;
using and giving directions
Significant historical people – Captain James Cook,
Grace Darling; Famous Pirates
Mass; Position; Direction and movement
Sea shanties
Discrete
Feeling positive about themselves
Everyday materials; working scientifically
SUBJECT FOCUS:
HISTORY
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
TBC
TBC
Stig of the Dump – Clive King
Coming Soon
Chronological reports, fact files; latters; adventure
narrative, information books; labels
Patterns and outdoor art
Discrete
Using and making tools
Early settlements and civilisations
Stone age to the iron age
Discrete
Discrete
Improving performance: running, jumping and
throwing
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Term 3
Land Army! (Y2)
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Term 4
Tribal Tales (Y3)
Model making; structures; towers, bridges and
tunnels
Towers and Tunnels around the world; amazing
structures
Castles and castle life
Measures (height)
Discrete
Balance and travel; using equipment
Dilemmas
Tunnelling animals and their habitats; everyday
materials; working scientifically
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
Term 5
Urban Pioneers (Y3)
PSHE:
Science:
Lives of people in different times
Fossils and bones; plants to eat
SUBJECT FOCUS:
ART & DESIGN
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Visit the local city or town on public transport
Urban art piece
Emil and the Detectives – Erich Kastner; The
Family from One End Street – Eve Garnett
Coming Soon
Leaflets; Free Verse Poetry; Autobiography; Email;
Signs and Slogans
Photography; Graffiti Art; Observational Drawing
Digital Maps; Programming; Audio Recording;
Using Search Engines Effectively
Discrete
Geographical skills and fieldwork
A local historical study
Data handling
Discrete
Discrete
Being safe; presenting own opinions
Light and Dark; Sources and Reflectors; Shadows;
Sun Safety; Working Scientifically
Love to Investigate:
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Term 6
Beachcombers (Y2)
SUBJECT FOCUS:
SCIENCE
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Visit a beach
TBC
She Sells Sea Shells
Coming Soon
Explanatory texts; labels; narrative; poetry;
postcards
Sculpture, Printmaking and drawing
Real life uses of technology
Fishing nets and crab pots
Coastal region of the UK and beyond / basic
coastal vocabulary / weather
Discrete
Data and statistics /money
Sounds of the sea composition
Swimming; team games
Caring for the environment
Sea and coastal animals; living things in their
habitats; working scientifically
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
CYCLE C
Term 1
Term 2
Muck, Mess and Mixtures (Y2)
Gods and Mortals ( Y3)
SUBJECT FOCUS:
ART & DESIGN
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Messy Mixtures Day
TBC
Pop goes the Weasel; The Gingerbread Man
Coming Soon
Labels, Leaflets; narratives, play scripts; poetry
Mixed Media and Messy Art
Create, Organise and Store
Food (Baking and Cooking); Food Origins
Discrete
Famous Artists
Measures (Volume and Capacity); 3D shapes
Mixed sounds Composition
Dance
Working Together
Everyday Materials; Working Scientifically
SUBJECT FOCUS:
HISTORY
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Meet Zeus
Pandora’s Box
Greek Myths and Legends; Wishful Thinking – Ali
Sparks
Coming Soon
Character Profiles; Diary Writing; Instructions and
Commands; Myths and Legends; Character
Love to Investigate:
English:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Descriptions
3D Sculpture; Greek Art and Design
Using Presentation Software
Moving parts; Model making
Ancient and modern da Greece; Geographical
Features; Using Maps
Ancient Greece
Positional and Directional Language
Discrete
Athletics; Battle formation; Dance
Resolving Differences
Discrete
SUBJECT FOCUS:
MUSIC
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Watch a brass/ Military band
TBC
This old Man; The Tinder Box
Coming Soon
Instructions, Labels and captions; Newspaper
Reports; Narrative Lyrics; Invitations
Large-Scale Painting
Audio Recording
Making Percussion Instruments
Making Sketch Maps
Discrete
Songs to recall number facts
Percussion, Listening, Improvising, Using Voices
Dance
Discrete
Sound; Working Scientifically
SUBJECT FOCUS:
SCIENCE
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
TBC
TBC
The Sheep Pig – Dick King-Smith
Coming Soon
Dilemma Stories; Posters; Haiku, Speeches;
Reports
Textiles
Programming
Food (Grown, Reared, Caught or Processed)
Geographical similarities and differences
Discrete
Discrete
Composition; Musical notation
Defend and Attack: Competitive Games
Making Choices
Skeletal System; Muscles; Need for Good
Nutrition; Working Scientifically
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
Term 3
Term 4
Beat Band Boogie! (Y2)
Predator! (Y3)
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Term 5
Tremors (Y3)
SUBJECT FOCUS:
GEOGRAPHY
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Visit a seashore, riverbed or rocky outcrop
Emergency plan for volcano eruption
Firework Maker’s Daughter – Philip Pullman;
Secrets of Vesuvius – Caroline Lawrence
What is Sand? Which Rock Erodes the Most?
Recounts; historical narrative; narrative using
personification; newspaper reports; poetry
Sculpture; Photography
Presenting Information
Structures
Volcanoes and Earthquakes
Ancient Rome – Pompeii
Discrete
Composition
Outdoor and Adventure Challenges
Topical Issues
Rocks
SUBJECT FOCUS:
SCIENCE
Love to Investigate:
English:
Term 6
Wriggle and Crawl (Y2)
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Visit a tropical house / Walk in Woodland
TBC
There was an Old Woman who Swallowed a Fly –
Rose Bonne
Do Insects have a favourite colour? Do slugs have
noses?
Comic Strips; Poetry; Chronological Reports; Fact
Files; Traditional Tales
3D Textiles
Digital Photography and Programming Robotic
Animals
Moving Models Creatures
Fieldwork
Extinction
Data and Statistics
Singing
Dance
Caring for Creatures
Animal Offspring; Basic needs for animals and
humans; habitats and micro-habitats; working
scientifically.
Class Three
CYCLE A
Term 1
Gallery Rebels (Y6)
SUBJECT FOCUS:
ART & DESIGN
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Gallery visit
Create gallery exhibits
Dali and the Path of Dreams – Anna Obiofs; Willy’s
Pictures – Anthony Browne
What is in the colour green?
Research; short narrative; expressionist poetry;
surrealist narrative; explanatory text
Great artists of the 19th and 20th centuries
Collecting, evaluating and presenting information
Selecting and using tools and materials
Locational knowledge
Discrete
Discrete
Listening, improvising and composing
Dance
Discrete
Light
SUBJECT FOCUS:
MUSIC
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
Explore a fantasy landscape
Create a computer generated fantasy world
The Wizard of Earthsea – Ursula K. Le Guin
Can you build a jelly tower? Can you separate oil
and water?
Lyrics; imaginative narrative; surrealist poetry;
chronological reports; soliloquy
Mixed media
Algorithms; fantasy world; animation
Fantasy structures
Fantasy landscapes
Discrete
Measures; statistics and data
Fantasy sounds
Dance and movement patterns
Discrete
Properties and uses of materials; reversible and
irreversible reactions; separating mixtures;
working scientifically
Love to Investigate:
English:
Term 2
Alchemy Island (Y5)
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Term 3
1066 (Y4)
SUBJECT FOCUS:
HISTORY
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
Meet Harold Godwinson
A castle for King William
The Striped Ships – Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Coming Soon
English:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Job applications; Kennings; Diaries; Playscripts;
letters
The Bayeux Tapestry; Drawing; Embroidery
Searching the Web; Online Maps; Creating
Presentations; Creating Presentations
Making Norman Helmets; Designing Drawbridges
and Castles; Making a Domesday Book
Human and physical features in the local area
1066 – the Norman Conquest
Data Handling
Discrete
Target Games; Attacking and defending Games
Dealing with conflict
Discrete
SUBJECT FOCUS:
SCIENCE
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Alice in Wonderland Discovery Trail
Create a Potion
Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll; George’s
Marvellous Medicine – Roald Dahl
Does it Melt?
Labels and Instructions; Letter Writing; Play
Scripts; Poetry; Non-Chronological reports
Design; Clay Work; Crayon Art; Photography
Presenting Information
Product Development
Discrete
Historic Use of potions
Measurement
Improvising
Dance
Discrete
States of Matter
SUBJECT FOCUS:
GEOGRAPHY
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
TBC
TBC
The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett
How strong are snails?
Non-Chronological reports; Instructions;
Explanations; Narrative; Poetry
Botanical Drawing and Painting; Wire Sculpture
Using the Web; Word processing
Cooking and Nutrition; Making planters; making
structures for growing plants
Land use; food origin; geographical skills and
fieldwork; map work; climate
Discrete
Recording data; selling produce
Discrete
Discrete
Taking responsibility
Plant reproduction and lifecycles; lifecycles of
mammals, amphibians, insects and birds; Working
scientifically
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Term 4
Potions (Y4)
Love to Investigate:
English:
Term 5
Allotment (Y5)
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Term 6
ID (Y6)
SUBJECT FOCUS:
SCIENCE
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Meet John Doe and Help Build His Identity
Forensic Crime Scene
Bill’s New Frock – Anne fine
Are we 50% banana?
Descriptions/Narrative; Non-Chronological
Reports; Adverts; Facts and Opinions/Tributes;
Calligrams
Portraiture and Figurines
Select, Use and Combine a variety of software;
Photo stories; E-safety
Using tools; Design; Fashion and Clothing
Local Community/Where I live
Social Reformers
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Ratio and Percentages; Data and Statistics
Appraising; Listening to Voices
Physical Challenges
Identity, personal views and opinions; My Place;
Recognising Strengths
Classification; Families and Inheritance; Working
Scientifically
CYCLE B
Term 1
Term 2
Frozen Kingdom (Y6)
Time Traveller (Y5)
SUBJECT FOCUS:
GEOGRAPHY
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Make a giant iceberg!
Polar expedition rescue mission
The Call of the Wild – Jack London
What is Blubber For? Can we Slow Cooling Down?
Chronological Report; Short Narrative; Diaries;
Haiku Poetry; Letter Writing
Photography; Painting; Block Printing
Collecting, Evaluating and presenting Information
Building an igloo
Features of the Polar regions
Emigration and Exploration in the early 1900s
Measurement (Temperature); Negative Numbers
Soundscapes
Outdoor Adventure; Orienteering
Care of the environment
Living things and their habitats
SUBJECT FOCUS:
ART & DESIGN
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Interview people of different generations
Build a time machine!
Tom’s Midnight Garden – Phillipa Pearce; Frozen
in Time – Ali Sparkes
Coming Soon
Character study; narrative – Adventure; leaflets;
free verse poetry; quotations and poems
Photography; great artists – Andy Warhol,
Salvador Dali; Collage
Digital Portraits; Data Logging; Online Research
Selecting Materials
Changes in the local community
Changes over the last century
Time; Interpreting Data
Discrete
Timing Physical Activity
Body Changes Approaching Puberty; Meeting and
Talking with People; reflecting on spiritual, moral,
social and cultural issues; setting personal targets;
feeling positive
Animals Including humans); living things and their
habitats; working scientifically
Love to Investigate:
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Term 3
Term 4
Playlist (Y4)
Revolution (Y6)
SUBJECT FOCUS:
MUSIC
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Live musical performance
Compete in Class Factor
TBC
What can you hear?
Poetry; Short Narrative/Silent Movies; Song Lyrics;
Posters; Information Leaflets
Music-inspired art
Digital recordings
Making instruments
Location of countries
Discrete
Discrete
Music of the 20th century
Dance
Discrete
Sound
SUBJECT FOCUS:
HISTORY
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
TBC
TBC
Black Beauty – Anna Sewell; A Christmas Carol –
Charles Dickens; Wolves of Willoughby Chase –
Joan Aiken
Coming Soon
Biography; Historical Fiction; Newspaper reports;
Limericks; Recounts
Drawing and printmaking
Research and retrieve information
Pattern and textiles
Development of UK industry
Queen Victoria; Victorian Life
Patterns
Victorian Songs and Rhymes
Discrete
Appreciating life in other times; child labour
Discrete
SUBJECT FOCUS:
SCIENCE
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Visit a butterfly, insect or tropical house
Design a super-minibeast and present at a
scientific convention
Charlotte’s Web – E.B White
Do worms have a favourite soil?
Non-chronological reports; instructions and
advertisements; comic strips; limericks and
kennings; fantasy narrative
Drawing; perspectives
Research and presentation
Model making
Local fieldwork; contrasting locations
Discrete
Measurement; Statistics
Discrete
Discrete
Debating ethical issues
Living things and their habitats
SUBJECT FOCUS:
ART & DESIGN
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Aquarium visit
Bioluminescence Night time Gallery
Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson, Pirates
‘n’ Pistols – Chris Mould
Coming Soon
Biography: Dilemma Stories; Personification;
Persuasive Texts and Adverts
Watercolours, 3D sculpture, drawing and painting,
printmaking
Programming
Submarines; Making Working Models
Oceans of the World
Ocean Explorers
Data, Statistics, Volume and Capacity
Discrete
Discrete
Conservation
Food chains, Aquatic Habitats, Electrical circuits,
Working Scientifically
Love to Investigate:
English:
Term 5
Beast Creator (Y5)
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Term 6
Blue Abyss (Y4)
Love to Investigate:
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
CYCLE C
Term 1
A Child’s War (Y6)
SUBJECT FOCUS:
HISTORY
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Become an evacuee
Organise a street party celebration
Goodnight Mr Tom – Michelle Magorian; The
Silver Sword – Ian Serrailler
Coming Soon
Letters; Diary Writing; Persuasive Writing;
Narrative Dialogue; Speeches
Love to Investigate:
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
Term 2
Burps, Bottoms and Bile (Y4)
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Discrete
Using search technologies; using presentation
software
Following Recipes; Building Structures
Human Geography; cities of the UK
The Second World War
Discrete
Listening, Performing and composing
Games; Dance
Empathising with people in different times
Discrete
SUBJECT FOCUS:
SCIENCE
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Visit a local dentist
Make a model of the digestive system
TBC
Why do we use toothpaste?
Fact files; explanatory texts using idioms; fantasy
narrative; slogans; persuasive texts
Discrete
Video; algorithms; digital images
Healthy foods; textiles; working models
Discrete
Discrete
Weight; Measures, Money
Composing Lyrics
Discrete
Healthy Bodies
Teeth Types; Tooth Decay and Hygiene; The
digestive system; working scientifically
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Term 3
Term 4
Hola Mexico! (Y6)
Road Trip USA! (Y4)
SUBJECT FOCUS:
MUSIC
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Mexican Party
Mayan Festival
Holes – Louis Sacher
Coming Soon
Invitations; postcards; Instructions; Myths and
Legends; Poetry
Sculpture, Mayan American Art; Carving
Online research; digital presentations
Food of Mexico
Human and Physical Geography of Mexico
Ancient Mayan Civilisation
Discrete
Mexican Music
Mexican Dance
Discrete
Light and Shadows
SUBJECT FOCUS:
GEOGRAPHY
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
TBC
TBC
The Indian in the Cupboard – Lynne Reid Banks
Coming Soon
Postcards; Narrative Adventures; Myths and
Legends; Email; Poetry
Native American textile weaving/printmaking
Digital Mapping and GPS
Travel Equipment; Electrical models and moving
parts
USA
Native Americans
Position and Direction coordinates
Challenging stereotypes and understanding
difference
Electrical appliances, simple circuits; conductors
and insulators; working scientifically
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Term 5
Off with her Head! (Y5)
SUBJECT FOCUS:
HISTORY
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Meet Elizabeth I
The Trial of Anne Boleyn
At the House of the Magician – Mary Hooper
Coming Soon
Biographies; Poetry and riddles; News reports;
Persuasive Letters; Dialogue
Portraits; Sketching Tudor Fashions, 3D Modelling
Research; Data Handling; presentation
Discrete
Historic Maps
The Tudors
Discrete
Tudor Music; Composition
Tudor Dance
Rules and consequence
Discrete
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Term 6
Peasants, Princes & Pestilence SUBJECT FOCUS:
Memorable Experience:
(Y5)
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Meet the Character ‘Pestilence’
Take action to prevent a new Plague Outbreak
Kiss of Death – Malcolm Rose; Titanic 2020 – Colin
Bateman; At the Sign of the Sugared Plum – Mary
Hooper
How Clean are your Hands? What is the lifecycle
of a mealworm?
Narrative using personification; journals; English
poetry; persuasive speech; letters
Discrete
Collecting, Evaluating and Presenting Data and
information
Sketch Books; Printmaking; Historical Recipes
Using Maps
14th century England
Position and direction
Composing and Singing
Dance; Historical Games; Battle Re-enactment
Discrete
Working scientifically; Living things
SUBJECT FOCUS:
SCIENCE
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Visit an Observatory or Planetarium
Design and Launch a Rocket
Northern Lights – Philip Pullman; Cosmic – Frank
Cottrell Boyce; Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea –
Michael Morpurgo
Coming Soon
Mnemonics; Myths and Legends; Free Verse
Poetry; Newspaper reports; Science
Fiction/Graphic Narrative
Printing; Design
Programming; Stop-frame Animation
Selecting materials; Design research; Structures;
Evaluation
Locating Physical Features
Significant Individuals – Galileo Galilei, Isaac
Newton; 1960s Space Race
Problem Solving Using Measures
Space-Inspired Music and Lyrics
Dance
Discrete
Earth and Space; Forces; Working Scientifically
SUBJECT FOCUS:
GEOGRAPHY
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Visit a local hill or moor
Plan a Mountaineering Holiday
The Hobbit – J.R.R Tolkien
Coming Soon
Recounts and non-chronological reports;
Calligrams; Explanations; Leaflets; narrative
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
Term 1
Stargazers (Y5)
Love to Investigate:
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Term 2
Misty Mountain Sierra (Y4)
HISTORY
Art and Design:
Computing:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Clay Modelling; Weaving
Satellite Mapping; Using GPS Devices; 2D
Animation; Online Research
Discrete
Using maps; Human and Physical Geography
Discrete
Presenting Data; Converting Between Units of
Measure
Writing Song Lyrics
Orienteering
Facing new challenges; Mountain Safety
States of Matter; Working Scientifically
SUBJECT FOCUS:
COMPUTING
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
TBC
TBC
Stormbreaker – Anthony Horowitz
Coming Soon
Science-Fiction Narrative; Instructions; Recount;
Email
Digital Art
Programming Design; Write and Debug
Programmes
Robotics
China; Development of Industry
History of the World Wide Web
Discrete
Sound: Digital Technologies; Recordings
Robotics; Dance
The future; My future
How Light travels; shadows; electrical circuits;
using circuit symbols; working scientifically
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Term 3
Tomorrow’s World (Y6)
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Term 4
I am Warrior! (Y4)
SUBJECT FOCUS:
HISTORY
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
Battle Re-enactment
Become a Roman Soldier
Roman Myths and Legends
Coming Soon
Soliloquies; Historical Narrative; Play Scripts;
Instructions, Invitations and Menus; Letters
Drawing; Sculpture; Mosaic, Jewellery Making
Discrete
Shields and Helmets; Roman Food; Roman Design
Comparing Britain and Italy; Using Maps;
Locational Knowledge; Human and Physical
Geography
The Roman Empire and its Impact on Britain
Reading Roman Numerals
Discrete
Competitive Games; Building Strength and Agility
Recognising Achievements
Discrete
SUBJECT FOCUS:
SCIENCE
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Specimen Observations
TBC
Lost Worlds – Andrew Lane, Sky Hawk – Gill Lewis
Coming Soon
Biography; Information Books; Labels and leaflets;
Narrative Dialogue; Non-chronological reports;
Myths and Legends
Pattern Printmaking; Natural Forms
Algorithms
Discrete
Islands of the World
Darwin: A significant Turning Point in British
History
Data and Statistics
Discrete
Discrete
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
Term 5
Darwin’s Delights (Y6)
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
Term 6
Pharaohs (Y5)
PSHE:
Science:
Evolution Issues
Evidence from Fossils; Inheritance; Evolution of
Species; Working Scientifically
SUBJECT FOCUS:
HISTORY
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
TBC
TBC
Stories from Egyptian Culture
Coming Soon
Play Scripts; Mystery Narrative; Fact-files;
Historical Fiction; Explanatory Texts
Decorative Art; Headdresses; Jewellery; Papyrus
and Hieroglyphics; Drawing Artefacts
Discrete
Models (Pyramid Structures); Canopic Jars
Identify key places and cities of Egypt; Farming,
Weather, Climate, Landscape
Achievements of the earliest civilisations
(Egyptian Timeline, Tutankhamun, Archaeological
Dig)
Discrete
Professional Music
Discrete
Beliefs and Rituals; Values and Customs
Discrete
SUBJECT FOCUS:
SCIENCE
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
UNCOVERED
UNCOVERED
Blood Heart (Y6)
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
UNCOVERED
Scream Machine (Y5)
Organise a heart awareness day
Pig Heart Boy – Malorie Blackman
Co Soon
Non-chronological reports; shape poetry; slogans
and adverts; biography; narrative using
personification
Modelling and Sculpture; Abstract Art
Using Websites – Flow Diagrams
Selecting Tools and Equipment; Healthy Recipes;
Product Packaging; Working Models
Discrete
Discrete
Pie Charts
Pulse; Heart raps
Cardiovascular Exercise
Harmful Substances; Caring about others
Human Circulatory System; Measuring Heart Rate;
History of Blood Groups; Lifestyle Effects; Working
Scientifically
SUBJECT FOCUS:
SCIENCE
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
TBC
TBC
The Fun Fair of Fear – Ian Ogilvy; The Invention of
Hugo Cabaret – Brian Selznick
Coming Soon
Poetry, Email/letter; Narrative Dialogue; Signage;
Persuasive Posters
Discrete
Design, Write and Debug Programmes
Mechanisms (toys with moving parts)
World maps
History of the fairground
Measurement (Interpret data from Speed
Distance)
Fairground Sounds
Distance and Movement Patterns
Extreme Emotion
Contact and non-contact forces; mechanisms;
working scientifically.
Love to Investigate:
English:
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science:
UNCOVERED
Traders and Raiders (Y4)
SUBJECT FOCUS:
HISTORY
Memorable Experience:
Provocation:
Love to read links:
Love to Investigate:
English:
Build a Saxon Boat
TBC
The Saga of Eric the Viking – Terry Jones
Coming Soon
Myths and Legends; Chronological Reports; Poetry
Vows; Newspaper reports; Character Studies
Patterns and Print Making
Digital Images; Animation
Jewellery and Weapon Making
Europe
Anglo Saxons and Vikings
Shape Pattern; Geometry
Traditional Songs
Competitive Games
War and Conflict
Discrete
Art and Design:
Computing:
D & T:
Geography:
History:
Mathematics:
Music:
PE:
PSHE:
Science: