Download Culloden way of learning three year topic cycle

Culloden Way of Learning six-year topic cycle
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There are 15 discrete topics on the KS2 history curriculum. Some have been
combined to fit our cycle.
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There are eight geography topics. Some have been split to fit our cycle.
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Pupils will encounter each RE topic twice during the six-year cycle.
Early years
Autumn term
Ourselves
Spring term
New life
Summer term
Journeys and holidays
Key stage 1 and 2
Y0 first year only (2013-14)
Autumn 1: history
The Stuart period, including the Union of the Crowns, King versus Parliament, Cromwell’s
Commonwealth, the Levellers and the Diggers; the restoration of the monarchy; the Great
Plague and the Great Fire of London; Samuel Pepys and the establishment of the Royal Navy;
the Glorious Revolution, constitutional monarchy and the Union of the Parliaments
Autumn 2: RE
Christianity
Spring 1: geography
Human geography: the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and
water supplies
Spring 2: history
The later Middle Ages and the early modern period, including Chaucer and the revival of
learning, Wycliffe’s Bible, Caxton and the introduction of the printing press, the War of the
Roses, Warwick the Kingmaker
Summer 1: RE
Islam (with comparisons to Christianity)
Summer 2: geography
Local area study: use fieldwork to observe, measure and record the human and physical
features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs,
and digital technologies
Y1 (2014-15)
Autumn 1: history
Early Britons and settlers, including the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages;
Celtic culture and patterns of settlement
Autumn 2: RE
Hinduism
Spring 1: geography
Our country: name and locate counties and cities of the UK, geographical regions and their
identifying human and physical characteristics, including hills, mountains, cities, rivers, key
topographical features and land-use patterns; and understand how some of these aspects have
changed over time.
Spring 2: history
Ancient Greek civilisation
Summer 1: RE
Buddhism
Summer 2: geography
Countries of Europe and the world: environmental regions, key physical and human
characteristics, countries and major cities. Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer
mapping to locate countries and describe features studied
Y2 (2015-16)
Autumn 1: history
Ancient Roman civilisation focusing on Roman conquest and rule- Caesar, Augustus and
Claudius; Britain as part of the Roman Empire; the decline and fall of the Western Roman
Empire
Autumn 2: RE
Sikhism
Spring 1: geography
Longitude and latitude: equator, northern and southern hemispheres, the tropics of Cancer and
Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circles, and time zones (including day and night)
Spring 2: history
Anglo-Saxon and Viking settlement, including the Heptarchy; the spread of Christianity; key
developments in the reigns of Alfred, Athelstan, Cnut and Edward the Confessor
Summer 1: RE
Judaism
Summer 2: geography
Countries of North America and the world: environmental regions, key physical and human
characteristics, countries and major cities. Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/ computer
mapping to locate countries and describe features studied
Y3 (2016-17)
Autumn 1: history
The Norman conquest and Norman rule, including the Domesday book; feudalism; Norman
culture; the Crusades
Autumn 2: RE
Secularism
Spring 1: geography
Physical geography including climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, volcanoes and
earthquakes
Spring 2: history
Plantagenet rule in the 12th and 13th centuries, including key developments in the reign of
Henry II; the murder of Thomas Becket; Magna Carta; de Montfort’s Parliament
Summer 1: RE
Christianity
Summer 2: geography
Countries of South America and the world: environmental regions, key physical and human
characteristics, countries and major cities. Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/ computer
mapping to locate countries and describe features studied
Y4 (2017-18)
Autumn 1: history
Relations between England, Wales, Scotland and France including William Wallace, Robert
the Bruce, Llewelyn and Dafydd ap Gruffydd, and the Hundred Years War
Autumn 2: RE
Islam
Spring 1: geography
Human geography: settlements, land use, economic activity including trade links
Spring 2: history
Life in 14th century England, including chivalry, the Black Death, the Peasants’ Revolt
Summer 1: RE
Hinduism
Summer 2: geography
Regions of the world: understanding geographical similarities and differences through the
study of human and physical geography of a region or area of the UK, a region or area in a
European country and a region or area within north or south America
Y5 (2018-19)
Autumn 1: history
The later Middle Ages and the early modern period, including Chaucer and the revival of
learning, Wycliffe’s Bible, Caxton and the introduction of the printing press, the War of the
Roses, Warwick the Kingmaker
Autumn 2: RE
Buddhism
Spring 1: geography
Physical geography: rivers, mountains and the water cycle
Spring 2: history
The Tudor period, including religious strife and reformation in the reigns of Henry VIII,
Edward VI and Mary; Elizabeth I’s reign and English expansion, including colonisation of the
New World, plantation of Ireland, conflict with Spain
Summer 1: RE
Sikhism
Summer 2: geography
Compasses and maps: use of the eight points of a compass, four-figure grid references,
symbols and a key (including the Ordnance Survey maps) to build knowledge of the UK and
the wider world (choose any areas to focus on)
Y6 (2019-20)
Autumn 1: history
The renaissance in England including the lives and works of individuals such as Shakespeare
and Marlowe
Autumn 2: RE
Judaism
Spring 1: geography
Human geography: the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and
water supplies
Spring 2: history
The Stuart period, including the union of the crowns, king versus parliament, Cromwell’s
commonwealth, the levellers and the diggers; the restoration of the monarchy; the great
plague and the great fire of London; Samuel Pepys and the establishment of the Royal Navy;
the glorious revolution, constitutional monarchy and the union of the parliaments
Summer 1: RE
Secularism
Summer 2: geography
Local area study: use fieldwork to observe, measure and record the human and physical
features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs,
and digital technologies