Key Stage 2 Creative Curriculum Overview
Year 3 & 4
Year 3
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Year 4
Who lived in Britain first?
Who were the Vikings?
A Prehistoric exploration in which children collaborate in clans to
investigate the Prehistoric world. Don’t forget your spear!
Malodorous, pillaging villains or brave, sea-faring explorers? Make up your
own mind when you find out: Who were the Vikings?
Robots Rule!
Where did the dodo go-go?
What would happen if you took a robot to school? And how do you make Indeed, and where is the Panda headed? Year 4 will investigate
a robot? Year 3 ponder these important questions as they investigate the endangered animals and their habitats in this global geography expedition.
benefits of robotics.
Year 3
Year 4
Spring 1
Folktales of Africa
What’s for Lunch?
How long is my intestine? Why are some teeth sharp and some flat? Year
4 will deliberate on these digestive dilemmas and more as they learn about
the human digestive system and teeth.
Spring 2
‘The Enchantress of the Sands’ draws the children in to discover the
folktales of Africa. Culminating in a mysterious shadow puppet play, the
children investigate the science of light and shadow and the African art of
shadow puppets.
Extreme Earth
Tudors in London
Extreme Earth Alert! Buckle up, Year 3, and get ready to Escape from Year 4 become arty historians as they discover the hidden meaning of
Pompeii! A geographical and scientific study of the most terrifying Tudor Coats of Arms, what the Tudor Rose symbolises and how the Tudors
natural phenomena!
changed London. Look forward to an invitation to a terrific Tudors
Exhibition!
Year 3
Summer 1
Summer2
Who were the Romans?
Year 4
Amazing Aztecs and Mysterious Mayans
“I came, I saw, I conquered!” Julius Caesar will become the focus of Year
3’s attention as they take an epic voyage back to Roma, via Pompeii.
They investigate the lifestyles of the Romans and the incredible journeys
Roman soldiers undertook in the name of the empire. Ending their
journey in Londinium, the children will prepare for an exhibition of epic
proportions!
Human sacrifice, fleeing conquistadors and mystifying temple ruins are just
some of the baffling enigmas Year 4 will encounter on their travels through
South America. Beginning in Mexico with the Aztecs, the children journey
south to the Mayan ruins and further on to the Andes, Amazon and
Atacama – and don’t forget the super perilous Cape Horn! A daring
journey - not for the faint of heart!