Term 1 

Autumn

Driver project 

Through the Ages 

History

This project teaches children about British prehistory from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, including changes to people and lifestyle caused by ingenuity, invention and technological advancement.

Big outcome will be a Stone Age museum where children and parents can immerse into the topic creating cave art and a walk through experience. 

On the big outcome day, come in dressed as Stone Age people.

Writing

Science

(Cornerstones)

Animal Nutrition and the Skeletal System 

This project teaches children about the importance of nutrition for humans and other animals. They learn about the role of a skeleton and muscles and identify animals with different types of skeleton.

Model hand with elastic bands to demonstrate the muscles and joints part of the skeletal system.

A&D 

(Cornerstones)

Contrast and Complement 

This project is linked to Through the Ages. This project teaches children about colour theory by studying the colour wheel and colour mixing. It includes an exploration of tertiary colours, warm and cool colours, complementary colours and analogous colours, and how artists use colour in their artwork.

Making cave art to go on display for the big outcome.

Prehistoric Pots 

This project is linked to Through the Ages. This project teaches children about Bell Beaker pottery. It allows the children to explore different clay techniques, which they use to make and decorate a Bell Beaker-style pot.

Making the bell beaker pot.

Stone Age Cave Painting

D&T 

(Cornerstones)

Cook Well, Eatwell 

This project is linked to Through the Ages. This project teaches children about food groups and the Eatwell guide. They learn about methods of cooking and explore these by cooking potatoes and ratatouille. The children choose and make a taco filling according to specific design criteria.

Geography 

(Cornerstones)

One Planet, Our World 

This essential skills and knowledge project teaches children to locate countries and cities, and use grid references, compass points and latitude and longitude. They learn about the layers of the Earth and plate tectonics and discover the five major climate zones. They learn about significant places in the United Kingdom and carry out fieldwork to discover how land is used in the locality.

RE 

(Cornerstones)

Ganesh Chaturthi -Hinduism 

Hindus celebrate the birthday of Lord Ganesh during Ganesh Chaturthi. They pray to Ganesh to remove obstacles when starting something new and mention his name first when they perform puja to make sure nothing will get in the way of their worship and prayer.

Guru Nanak Gurpurab -  Sikhism 

Gurpurabs are celebrations which commemorate the anniversaries of the Sikh Gurus. Guru Nanak's Gurpurab is usually celebrated in November

Computing

(Cornerstones, via Barefoot)

You're the jury

Selecting Search

Music

(Charanga)

Writing Music Down

Ocarinas with Licensed Music Teacher

Playing in a Band

Ocarinas with Licensed Music Teacher

MFL - French

(Language Angels)

I am learning French

Animals

Being Me in My World

Setting personal goals 

Self-identity and worth 

Positivity in challenges

Rules, rights and responsibilities Rewards and consequences Responsible choices 

Seeing things from others’ perspectives

Celebrating Difference

Families and their differences Family conflict and how to manage it (child-centred) 

Witnessing bullying and how to solve it 

Recognising how words can be hurtful 

Giving and receiving compliments

Football-To explore dribbling , passing and moving, Striking the ball, tackling and then adding them to a game situation.

Hockey-Control the ball with the stick, pass the ball into space, use defensive body position, stop a moving ball ready to pass or shoot, improve agility and apply in a game situation, and start to use basic rules to a game.

Big outcome - Stone Age ‘Museum’

Diwali

Term 2

Spring

Driver project 

Rocks, Relics and Rumbles

This project teaches children about the features and characteristics of Earth's layers, including a detailed exploration of volcanic, tectonic and seismic activity.

Writing

Science

(Cornerstones)

Forces and Magnets

This project teaches children about contact and non-contact forces, including friction and magnetism. They investigate frictional and magnetic forces, and identify parts of a magnet and magnetic materials.

They will investigate the effects of magnetic fields.

A&D 

(Cornerstones

Ammonite 

This project teaches children about artistic techniques used in sketching, printmaking and sculpture.

We will make a clay ammonite model.

People and Places 

They study the figure drawings and urban landscapes of the artist LS Lowry and create artwork in his style to show scenes from their school.

D&T 

(Cornerstones)

Making It Move 

This project teaches children about cam mechanisms. They experiment with different shaped cams before designing, making and evaluating a child's automaton toy.

Geography 

(Cornerstones)

Geography covered in the main project  

RE 

(Cornerstones)

Lent  -  Christianity

Computing

(Cornerstones, via Barefoot)

2d shape drawing debugging

Decomposition Unplugged

Animated Poem

Scratch tinkering

Music

(Charanga)

Composing Using Your Imagination

Ocarinas with Licensed Music Teacher

More Musical Styles

Ocarinas with Licensed Music Teacher

MFL - French

(Language Angels)

Instruments

I Am Able

Dreams and Goals

Difficult challenges and achieving success 

Dreams and ambitions 

New challenges 

Motivation and enthusiasm Recognising and trying to overcome obstacles 

Evaluating learning processes Managing feelings

Simple budgeting

Healthy Me

Exercise Fitness challenges 

Food labelling and healthy swaps Attitudes towards drugs

 Keeping safe and why it’s important online and offline scenarios 

Respect for myself and others Healthy and safe choices

Gymnastics -Perform an egg roll with control, perform three types of rolls(pencil roll, egg roll, teddy bear roll),perform a variety of exits from a roll showing control, to create contrasting body shapes, communicate using body language and facial expression, create small sequences which connect rolls, shapes and balance

HRE-Understand and explain the importance of warming up, understand how to improve our stamina, understand the importance of strength training, describe the effect of exercise has on your body during different activities, continue to recognise the effects exercise has on our body during different activities, develop our balance and coordination skills in a small circuit.

Natural History Museum

Term 3 

Summer

Driver project 

Emperors and Empires 

History

Children visit a Roman fort. 

Children look at the history and structure of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire.

Children get opportunities to research different aspects looking at life in a Roman fort.

Writing

Science

(Cornerstones)

Plant Nutrition and Reproduction 

Children look at the structure of a plant. They will look more in depth of each of the different structures. Plant a seed in the window to show the growth of a seed into a young plant. 

Experiment looking at stems using food dye

Light and Shadows

Children learn about light, shadows and reflectors. Investigations into light sources, transparent, translucent and opaque. 

Investigation into reflectors using materials and torches.

Working outside looking at how shadows change over the course of a day.

A&D 

(Cornerstones

Beautiful Botanicals 

Children look at the genre of botanical art.

Create sketches using real plants. 

Children look at weaving and create a small weaving pattern.

Mosaic Masters

Children look at the history of mosaics, the different border styles used by the Romans. Children will design and make their own mosaic.

D&T 

(Cornerstones)

Greenhouse

Children look at materials that are the most appropriate for a greenhouse. 

Do an experiment testing the properties of materials.

Investigate structures, using jelly cubes and toothpicks to create a stable structure. 

Design and make their own mini greenhouse

Geography 

(Cornerstones)

Geography revision and retrieval practice

RE 

(Cornerstones)

Vesak -  Buddhism

Shavuot - Judaism

Hajj - Islam 

The Hajj is a pilgrimage Muslims make to the holy city of Mecca. Children make a class book of the five pillars of Islam.

Computing

(Cornerstones, via Barefoot)

Fossil formation

Shapes and crystal flowers

Music

(Charanga)

Enjoying Improvisation

Ocarinas with Licensed Music Teacher

Opening Night

Ocarinas with Licensed Music Teacher

MFL - French

(Language Angels)

Fruits

Ice-creams

Relationships

Family roles and responsibilities Friendship and negotiation Keeping safe online and who to go to for help 

Being a global citizen 

Being aware of how my choices affect others

 Awareness of how other children have different lives 

Expressing appreciation for family and friends

Changing Me

How babies grow Understanding a baby’s needs Outside body changes Inside body changes Family stereotypes Challenging my ideas Preparing for transition

Athletics-Develop awareness of time, reactions and speed, use the correct techniques for long distance running, explore stride pattern/ when approaching obstacles, develop fluency and coordination whilst taking off and landing, execute the correct technique for the triple jump, develop the ability to throw for both distance and accuracy.

Cricket-Develop underarm bowling accuracy, develop overarm bowling technique and accuracy, develop close catching and deep field catching, develop batting accuracy and directional batting,  combine all the skills learnt into a game situation.

Richborough Roman Fort