Desford Community Primary School Two-Year Programme of Study

Desford Community Primary School Two-Year Programme of Study

This is the two-year framework of cross-curricular themes through which Desford Primary School delivers the content of the statutory Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 National Curriculum. Maths and Literacy are taught separately, although there are also many aspects of Maths and Literacy integrated into each theme. Foundation Stage children follow a different National Curriculum which is described by another document on this webpage. Much of the children’s homework will relate to the theme being taught at the time and parents are encouraged to explore these areas at home with their children. 2014-15 covers the Year A programme YEAR A UPPER KS2

AUTUMN ANCIENT GREECE  Living things and their habitats

SPRING BRITAIN SINCE WORLD WAR II 

Forces

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Earth and Space

SUMMER THE IRON AGE  Evolution and inheritance.

LOWER KS2

THE VIKINGS  Living things and their habitats  Sound

ANCIENT EGYPT  Forces and Magnets  Plants

MOUNTAINS  Rocks

KS1

BODY AND DINOSAURS  Animals  Parts of the human body  Changes within living memory  Guy Fawkes  Great Fire of London  Remembrance  London

HOT AND COLD  Animals  Living things and habitats  Local explorers / Scott  Hot and cold places  Continents  Traditional tales – buildings  Everyday materials

IN THE GARDEN  Animals  Living things and habitats.  Plants

Desford Community Primary School Two-Year Programme of Study

Programme B will be taught in 2015-16

YEAR B UPPER KEY STAGE 2

AUTUMN WORLD WAR II  Light  Animals including Humans

SPRING VICTORIANS  Animals including Humans  Electricity

SUMMER THE MAYAN CIVILISATION  Properties and changing materials

LOWER KEY STAGE 2

THE ROMANS  Light  Animals including Humans

ANGLO SAXONS AND THE SCOTS:  Animals including Humans  Electricity

THE TUDORS  States of matter

KS1

HOLIDAYS & UNDER THE SEA  Animals  Living things and habitats  Holidays in the past  Titanic  Continents and Oceans  Maps and Travel  Neil Armstrong/space race

CASTLES AND TRADITIONAL TALES  Materials  Tudorish King!  Maps  Parts of the human body  Animals  Florence Nightingale; Mary Seacole; Louis Braille, Flemming.

FARMS  Animals  Living things and habitats  Old and new machinery  Maps  King Richard; places (e.g. old school, houses, maps)  Local area maps and keys.