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Cale Green Primary School
CREATIVE CURRICULUM OVERVIEW - SEPTEMBER 2014
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Theme 2
Theme 3
Year 1
History : Changes within living
memory
NB: Include the Purpose of
study and the Aims for History
and Geography when planning
History: Significant events,
people and places in their own
locality
Comparing Toys
Geography: Name, locate and
identify characteristics of 4
countries and capital cities of
the UK (vocab and fieldwork to
be covered )
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Focus unit: Why is the Wii more
fun than Granddad’s toys?
Science links: Seasonal change
(ongoing)
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Year 2
NB: Include the Purpose of
study and the Aims for History
and Geography when planning
Focus unit: Where do and did the
wheels on the bus go?
Focus unit: What has changes
since your grandparents were
young?
Materials
Animals and senses
Plants
History: Events beyond living
memory that are significant
nationally or globally
Geography: Name and locate
the seven continents and
oceans
Great Fire of London
Geography: Similarities and
differences between small area
of UK and a non-European
country (vocab and fieldwork to
be covered). Unit will link to
Science and to the third theme
History: Lives of significant
individuals in the past who have
contributed to national /
international achievements
(comparative study of
explorers)
Focus: Why were Columbus and
Armstrong brave people?
Focus unit: Where would you
prefer to live – England or Africa?
Science links: Plants (ongoing)
Materials
Living things /
habitats
Animals/humans
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Geography: Describe key
aspects of physical geography
(climate zones, volcanoes,
earthquakes)
History: Early civilisations –
an overview of all and then an
in-depth study of Ancient
Egypt
History: Changes in Britain from the Stone
Age to the Iron Age
Describe key aspects of human
geography – land use,
settlement etc)
Focus: How can we re-discover
the wonders of Ancient Egypt?
VISIT TO BURWARDSLEY
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Year 3
NB: Include the
Purpose of study and
the Aims for History
and Geography when
planning
Include UK geography/mapping skills
Focus: Who first lived in Great Britain?
Linked to History themes for the
year
Science links:
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Year 4
NB: Include the
Purpose of study and
the Aims for History
and Geography when
planning
History: Ancient Greece
Focus: Why were the Romans so
powerful?
History: The Roman Empire
and its impact on Britain
Include UK
geography/mapping skills
Focus: Why were the Romans
so powerful?
Science links:
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Year 5
NB: Include the
Purpose of study and
the Aims for History
and Geography when
planning
History: Britain’s settlement by
the Anglo-Saxons and Scots the Viking and Anglo-Saxon
struggle for the kingdom (up to
1066)
Include UK geography /
mapping skills / counties and
cities of UK
Focus: Were the Vikings always
victorious and vicious?
Geography: Europe study (including
similarities and differences between a
region in Europe and the UK)
Links to Greece / Italy / volcanoes /
earthquakes etc
Focus: Why do people go on holidays to the
Mediterranean?
History: Non-European
Society - Early Islamic
civilisation
Geography: Similarities and differences
between a region in UK and South
America
Focus: Why was the Islamic
civilisation (c.900AD) known as
the golden age?
Links to Science and Eco unit
Include mapping skills, latitude, longitude,
time zones, climates, land use, vegetation
belts etc
Focus: Why is Brazil in the news again?
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Focus: Why are rainforests important to us?
Focus: Were the Anglo-Saxons
really smashing?
Science links:
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Year 6
NB: Include the
Purpose of study and
the Aims for History
and Geography when
planning
History: Study of an aspect or
theme in British History beyond
1066 - WWI centenary
Links to local geography /
geography of European battle
fields
Geography: Locate countries of North
America on a map, concentrating on
environmental regions, key physical and
human characteristics, countries and
major cities
Links to 4th Theme - Environment /
Sustainability
Focus: A depth study linked to
previous area of study over time
tracing how national history are
reflected in the locality
Science links:
MAIN AREAS TO BE COVERED IN GEOGRAPHY PROGRAMME OF STUDY
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Locating world’s countries in Europe, North and South America (including environmental regions, key characteristics, major cities etc)
UK study (counties, cities, regions, land use etc)
Identifying latitude and longitude, time zones etc
Geographical similarities and differences between a region of UK, a region of a European country and a region within North OR South
America
Describe key aspects of physical geography (climate zones, volcanoes, earthquakes)
Describe key aspects of human geography (land use, settlement etc)
Mapping skills