St Gerard’s RC Primary School
Mrs Taylor
Medium term topic plan
Term: autumn 2
Year:
RE
Called,
Judaism &
Gifts
Numeracy
Literacy
Road trip USA
PG&S
(Autumn 1
closing the gap
review)
Science
Electricity
History/
Geography
USA
Week 1
Where is
the USA?
Come and
See
Called
Can I give
reasons for
the
sacrament
of
confirmatio
n?F3/4
Can I solve
calculation
problems?
Recount
Can I recount my
visit to Hollywood
Bowl, making sure key
links to the USA are
included?
Can I use
apostrophes for
omission/contra
ctions?
(Autumn 1
closing the gap
review)
Exciting Electricity
Can I use
straightforward
scientific evidence to
answer questions or to
support their findings
by learning what about
how and why electricity
occurs?
•Can I explain what
electricity is?
Week 2
How is the
USA made
up?
Called
Can I
explain how
we live in
the light
and are
witnesses
to god’s
call?
LF5/6/Resp
ond
booklet?
Can I solve
calculation
problems?
Post cards
Can I use
apostrophes for
possession?
(Autumn 1
closing the gap
review)
Electrical Appliances
Can I Identify common
appliances that run on
electricity by learning
to distinguish between
appliances that use and
do not use electricity,
the different types of
electricity and identify
how to stay safe when
using electricity.
• Can I identify
electrical appliances
and the types of
electricity they use.?
Can I write /work in
mixed pairs – use
maps to plan a road
trip across USA.
Make notes about
advantages and
disadvantages of a
long trip?
4
Topic: Road Trip USA
Art/DT
Can I locate
the US on a
world map,
globe or
satellite map?
ICT
Word Processing
Skills (Closing the
gaps, very poor
autumn 1)
Can I use ICT to
present my recount,
importing in photos
taken on my class
visit.
Can I find out
the name of all
50 states and
label each
state’s capital?
Can I use word
processing to improve
my post card
designs? Focus on
inserting a picture
Can I Look at
examples and
diagrams of Native
Iroquois longhouses
and make a detailed
sketch to show
their shape and
form.
Can I Find out more
detail about New
York State or chosen
state. This could
include climate
information such
as precipitation or
average
temperatures,
population size,
boroughs, and
transport?
WP 1
Can I work in
groups or pairs to
make a model
longhouse, using a
range of natural
materials collected
from outdoors?
Can I display all
finished longhouses
as an Iroquois
village, creating its
PE
Basketball
Music
Can I explore
the skills of
basketball?
Can I
interpret and
give a
personal
response to
music?
Mu 5; En SL 1
Can I explore
the skills of
basketball?
Can I
interpret and
give a
personal
response to
music?
Mu 5; En SL 1
St Gerard’s RC Primary School
Week 3
What
famous
landmarks
are found
in the
USA?
Come and
See
Judaism
The Torah
Week 4
What
famous
landmarks
are found
in the
USA?
Come and
See
Gifts
Can I
explore the
gifts we are
given and
Jesus as
our
greatest
gift?
Can I explore
shape?
Mrs Taylor
Diary Writing
Can I read next
chapters of Indian in
the Cupboard/
Can I Plan and write
4 diary entries to
follow the Indian in
the Cupboard book ?
Can I explore
shape?
Native American
Legend- story writing
Can I plan, draft and
write a legend of
their own using a
story map to help
them plan their ideas
based on themes in
Native American
culture?
Medium term topic plan
Can I use
frontal
adverbials when
writing a
selection of
sentences?
(Autumn 1
closing the gap
review)
Can I use
speech
sentences to
develop
dialogue in my
stories?
(Autumn 1
closing the gap
review)
Chn. to think
carefully about their
legend’s main theme,
characters and
message. Discuss
their legend with a
partner and make
notes to record
their ideas.
Week 5
Who were
the native
Americans?
Gifts
Can I….?
LF1/2.
.
Can I explore
generalising
arithmetic?
American Tales
Presentation
Can I share which
part of the country
they think they would
like to visit the most
and explain why,
speaking clearly
and confidently?
Can I use
commas in lists
and for
parenthesis?
(Autumn 1
closing the gap
review)
Term: autumn 2
Electrical Circuits
Can I use results to
draw simple
conclusions?
Construct a simple
series electrical
circuit, identifying and
naming its basic parts,
•Can I identify
complete and
incomplete circuits?
Conductors and
Insulators Can I
construct a simple
series electrical
circuit, identifying and
naming its basic parts,
including cells, wires,
bulbs, switches and
buzzers?
Can I recognise some
common conductors and
insulators, and
associate metals with
being good conductors
by testing different
materials as part of a
circuit to see whether
or not they conduct
electricity?
• Can I identify and
sort materials into
electrical conductors
or insulators.?
Splendid Switches
Can I construct a
simple series electrical
circuit, identifying and
naming its basic parts?
Can I recognise that a
switch opens and closes
a circuit?
•Can I explain how a
switch works and why
they are needed?
Year:
Can I find out
about some of
the most
famous physical
features of the
US such as the
Mississippi
River, the
Rocky
Mountains,
Grand Canyon,
Everglades
National Park,
Old Faithful
Geyser, Lake
Superior,
Monument
Valley and
Hudson River?
4
Topic: Road Trip USA
Can I use word
processing to
enhance my diary
writing?
own river
and woodland using
other natural
materials?
DT M 2; Hi 9; AD
Can I explore
the skills of
basketball?
Can I
interpret and
give a
personal
response to
music?
Mu 5; En SL 1
Can I use ICT to
edit, enhance and
present my story
writing for classroom
display?
Can I investigate
totem pole designs
by looking at a
range of photos
and illustrations
and find out about
the materials and
techniques used to
make them?
Can I explore
the skills of
basketball?
Can I
interpret and
give a
personal
response to
music?
Mu 5; En SL 1
Christmas
Rehearsal
Can I
interpret and
give a
personal
response to
music?
Mu 5; En SL 1
Look at common
design features and
find out what they
represent.
Can I Use a
range of source
materials to
find out about
the Native
American
Iroquois
tribe.
Can I Use the web to
decide whether a
range of statements
about Native
Americans are fact
or fiction and share
their findings.
Can I think about
ways that I
could refine my
search and how I can
Design their own
totem pole that
includes symbols
and forms and
work alongside a
professional artist
to carve a class
pole.
Co 5, 7; DT M 2;
PSHE 5e;
Hi 9
St Gerard’s RC Primary School
Mrs Taylor
Medium term topic plan
Term: autumn 2
Can I research online
to find images of
their favourite state
and copy and paste
them into a suitable
presentation slide?
Week 6
Assessment
Week
Gifts
Can I ….
LF3/4
Assessment 1:1
PUPIL
REVIEWS
Week 7
Christmas
activity
week
Gifts
Can I LF5/6
Gifts
Can I
RESPOND
4
Topic: Road Trip USA
work out which
search results are
true and which are
false?
Can I explore
generalising
arithmetic?
Assessment
Mixed
Autumn term
Year:
Assessment
Mixed
Autumn term
Investigating Switches
Can I report on
findings from
enquiries, including oral
and written
explanations, displays
or presentations of
results and conclusions
in the context of
making and
investigating different
switches.
• I can record and
report on an
investigation?
Can I use ICT to
present a final draft
of my presentation?
S,L & G?
Can I improve
mastery of my
pencil sketch work
when drawing
backdrops to key
landmarks linked to
the USA?
Curriculum focus on the Christmas Story and a range of Christmas activities.
Christmas
Rehearsal
Can I
Interpret and
give a
personal
response to
music?
Mu 5; En SL 1