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Worle Village Primary School Creative Curriculum Overview
2014-2015
Stone -Iron
Lower KS2
(2014/15)
Term 4
Term 5
Distinguish between objects and materials
Identify & name common materials
Describe simple properties of some materials
Compare and classify materials
Identify and compare uses of different
materials
Compare how things move on different surfaces
Michael Recycle
Study a region of the UK (not local area –
Wales)
Use fieldwork to observe, measure & record)
Plants, incl. parts, lifecycle, and requirements
for life
Animals: skeletons and nutrition
Charlotte’s Web –
Wonderful Weston
Name & locate the four countries and capital
cities of the UK using atlases & globes
Identify seasonal/daily weather patterns in the
UK and of hot and cold areas of the world
Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to
local & familiar features
Use four compass directions & simple
vocabulary
Observe weather with changes of season
Identify basic plants, plant parts (roots, leaves,
flowers, etc.)
Name & locate world’s continents and oceans
Compare local area to a non- European country
Use basic vocabulary to describe a less familiar
area
Use aerial images and other models to create
simple plans and maps, using symbols
Use simple fieldwork and observational skills to
study the immediate environment
Differentiate living, dead and non living
Growing plants (water, light, warmth)
Stone Age to Iron Age Britain, incl:
Hunter-gatherers and early farmers
Bronze age religion, technology & travel
Iron age hill forts
Classification of rock types
Simple understanding of fossilisation
Simple forces, including magnetism
Stig of the Dump
Harvest
D&T – Seasonality
Catapults
Term 3
Architecture
Yr 2
Seasonal Delights
Year 1
Term 2
Material World
Term 1
Europe& Americas
Year Group
Term 6
Changes in living memory (linked to aspects of
national life where appropriate
Lives of significant historical figures, incl
comparison of those from different periods
Significant local people
Events of local importance
Identify and compare common animals
Identify and name basic body parts
As Year 1
Basic needs of animals and offspring
Simple food chains and habitats
A local history study – Roald Dahl
Sources of light; shadows and reflections
Art – Quentin Blake
D&T: Levers / Shadow Puppets
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Turning Points in British History
Upper KS2
(2014/15)
Ancient Egypt
Digestive system & teeth
Changes of state
Make papyrus
Egyptian Music
R.E – Unit
Art: Sculpture - Shabtis
An extended period study:
Significant turning points in British history –
Crimean War – World War 1
Understand mixtures and solutions
Know about reversible changes; identify
irreversible
Forces, including gravity
Ice Trap – Shackleton’s Incredible Expedition –
Meredith Hooper & MP Robertson
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit – Judith Kerr
Once – Morris Gleitzman
War Horse – Michael Morpurgo
R.E: Unit 12 – Judaism
D&T: mechanical & electrical systems in own
products, including programming
D&T: design and create a Christmas Tree
decoration (Analyse & evaluate existing
products & improve)
Art: Painting – Birds’ Eye view – Patrick
Caulfield
Art: Drawing – Artefacts etc
Baghdad
Egypt
Upper KS2
(2015/16)
Locate world’s countries, focussing on Europe &
Americas focus on key physical & human
features
Describe and understand climate, rivers,
mountains, volcanoes, earthquakes, settlements,
trade links etc.
Italy vs Disneyland (human feature)
Pompeii
Da Vinci
D&T: Food technology – pizza & pasta)
Food chains
Classify living things
Water cycle
The Ice Palace – Robert Swindells
Non-European society, i.e.
Islamic civilisation, including Baghdad
Evolution & Adaption
Health & Lifestyles, incl. circulatory system
Varjak Paw – Dave McKean
R.E: Unit 11 (QCA) – What is it like to be a
Muslim?
D&T: Cook savoury dishes for healthy & varied
diet (FHE: Sleepover)
Art: textiles – prayer mats – punchinella
weaving
Art: Sculpture
Roman Empire & its impact on Britain:
Julius Caesar’s attempted invasion
Roman Empire & successful invasion
British resistance, e.g. Boudicca
Romanisation of Britain
FHE: Trip to Bath
Sound as vibrations
Electricity: simple circuits and conductors
D&T: Roman Chariots /Aqueducts
Understand biomes, vegetation belts, land use,
economic activity, distribution
Use 4 & 6 figure grid references on OS maps
Use fieldwork to record & explain areas
(Locking Castle Pond)
Light & shadows; the eye
Classification, including micro-organisms
Floodland – Marcus Sedgewick
The London Eye Mystery – Siobhan Dowd
Eye of the Wolf – Daniel Penack (MA/G&T
reader)
R.E: Unit 8 – What do people believe about life?
D&T: Design & create Shadow Puppet (Levels)
Art: Printing – Light & Shadow
Anglo Saxons (Main Focus) & Vikings, incl:
Roman withdrawal from Britain; Scots invasion
Invasions, settlements & kingdoms
Viking invasions; Danegold
Edward the Confessor
Classify materials according to a variety of
properties
Electricity; investigating circuits
Brave – visual literacy
D&T:Longboats
D&T: Kilts weaving – food technology – making
Scottish flapjacks / shortbread / Kranakan
R.E: Unit 5 – Why are some Journeys and places
special
Art: Focus on drawing skills
Art: 3D Viking artefacts in style of Alberto
Giacometti
P.E: Scottish dancing – highland fling / highland
games / Edinburgh Tattoo
Ancient Greece
Anglo Saxons
Upper KS2
(2015/16)
Ancient Greece, i.e.
A study of Greek life and achievements and
their influence on the western world.
Understand location and interaction of Sun,
Earth & Moon
Introduce gravity, resistance & mechanical
forces
Adventures of Odysseus – Hugh Lupton, Daniel
Morden
R.E: Unit 10 – Hinduism
D&T: Greek Shoe for a God (Analyse & evaluate
existing products & improve)
D&T: Cook savoury dishes for healthy & varied
diet – Traditional Greek Food
Art: Greek paintings in the fauvist style (Chris
Ofili)
Art: Greek textiles in style of Jean Davywinter
Science Focus History Focus Geography Focus English High Quality Text
Name and locate countries, cities, regions &
features of UK
Understand latitude, longitude, Equator,
hemispheres, tropics, polar circles & time zones
Study a region of Europe and of the Americas
Life cycles of plants & animals (inc. mammal,
insect, bird, amphibian)
Describe changes as humans develop & mature
Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane – Kate
DiCamillo
Clockwork – Philip Pullman
R.E: Unit 9 – John Wesley (Christian)
Art: Dale Devereux Barker (Collage & printing
skills)