Autumn 1

Introducing…me! (1½ weeks)

Literacy

Children’s presentations on themselves
Factfiles about themselves

Geography

Routes and maps of our local area

Science

Human body

Art

Self-portraits

RE & PSHCE

Myself

ICT

Sound recording

Madam Cherie’s Soup Detectives (6 weeks)

Literacy

Instructions
Sense poetry

Design & Technology

Designing and making soups

Science

Growing plants

Geography

Understanding and drawing plans

PSHCE

Healthy Lifestyle (diet and exercise)

ICT

Data handling

Autumn 2

Florence Nightingale (6 weeks)

Literacy

Information texts
Recounts

History

Florence Nightingale and the Victorians

Science & PSHCE

Healthy Lifestyles (including medicines)

ICT

Repeating patterns
Research

Spring 1

Into the Unknown (6 weeks)

Literacy

Stories about fantasy worlds

History

Neil Armstrong & the first moon landing

Science

Air pressure
Light and dark

Art

Clay aliens

Design & Technology

Stomp rockets

ICT

Writing stories combining text, moving pictures and sound

RE

Special people

Spring 2

Toy Museum (6 weeks)

Literacy

Traditional stories and their alternative versions
Playscripts and performing puppet shows

Science

Forces

History

Toys from the past

Design & Technology

Joining techniques
Designing and making puppets

ICT

Cineliteracy
Keyboard skills

Summer 1

A Bug’s Life (6 weeks)

Literacy

Descriptive language
Poems on a theme
Information texts

Geography & PSHCE

Caring for the environment

Science

Plants and animals in their local environment
Variation

Art

Papier-mâché minibeasts
Sketching

Dance

‘Going Buggy!’

ICT

Film making

Summer 2

Mr Fidgety’s World Challenge (6 weeks)

TASC

Thinking skills

Literacy

Information texts
Stories from a range of cultures

Geography

Locating and comparing life in different parts of the world

Science

Science week

Art

Various art to match ‘country of the week’

ICT

Finding and communicating information
Programming

RE

Faiths from around the world

PSHCE

We are all different and all special – respecting one another