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Cycle 1 – Spring Term
Year 3/4 Into the Blue
National
Curriculum
objectives
and
coverage
History/Geography
Science
Geography
name and locate key topographical features (including hills, mountains, coasts and rivers), and land-use
patterns; and understand how some of these aspects have changed over time
describe and understand key aspects of rivers and the water cycle
use the eight points of a compass, four and six-figure grid references, symbols and key (including the
use of Ordnance Survey maps) to build their knowledge of the United Kingdom and the wider world
use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical features in the local
area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies.
(Trip to the seaside?)
Suggested resources
Rising Stars Geography Voyagers Lower Key Stage 2;
-Unit 3: Do you like to be beside the seaside?
-Unit 5: How does water go round and round?
Living things and their habitats (Year 4)
recognise that living things can
be grouped in a variety of ways
explore and use classification
keys to help group, identify and
name a variety of living things
in their local and wider
environment
recognise that environments
can change and that this can
sometimes pose dangers to
living things.
Art/DT
Art
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Renoir – The Wave
(watercolour). Using
different mediums to
create a water effect – oil
pastel, paint, chalk ect
Van Gogh – focus on sea
pictures
John Constable
DT
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Moving pictures (using
complex pop ups and nets)
Year 5/6 What a Wonderful World
History/Geography
National
Curriculum
objectives
and
coverage
Geography
locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia) and
North and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human
characteristics, countries, and major cities
identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern
Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich
Meridian and time zones (including day and night)
understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical
geography of a region of the United Kingdom, a region in a European country, and a region within
North or South America
describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes, human
geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity
use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features
studied
Suggested resources
Rising Stars Geography Voyagers Upper Key Stage 2;
Unit 2: Where should we go on holiday (Study of the Alps)
Unit 3: What is it like in the Amazon?
Rising Stars Geography Voyagers Upper Key Stage 2;
Unit 1: Where on Earth are we?
Unit 2: Is climate cool?
Unit 4: Can you come on a great American Road trip?
Science
Evolution and inheritance (Year 6)
recognise that living things
have changed over time and
that fossils provide information
about living things that
inhabited the Earth millions of
years ago
recognise that living things
produce offspring of the same
kind, but normally offspring
vary and are not identical to
their parents
- identify how animals and
plants are adapted to suit their
environment in different ways
and that adaptation may lead
to evolution.
Art/DT
Art
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Aboriginal art (paint)
Rengoli patterns (coloured pencils)
Chinese/oriental art –
water colour
DT
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Focus on famous world
buildings (i.e Taj Mahal,
Eiffel Tower) Children to
design and make a new
building, thinking about
purpose and aesthetics.
Children to use card and
other materials to create
their chosen building