YEAR
Skills
Knowledge
Skills
Knowledge
Geography
Skills
Autumn 1
Meet the Flintstones
Autumn 2
Aslan’s Kingdom
Spring 1
The Minotaur
Mysteries
Spring 2
Finding Nemo
Summer 1
Merlin’s Magic
Summer 2
Urban Power
Using classification
keys
Constructing and
interpreting food
chains
Observing plants in
a range of habitats
Field Study - visit
to the Botanical
Gardens
Drawing and
labelling diagrams
Planning a scientific
enquiry – focus on
key question
Identifying how sounds
are made
Scientific enquiry –
focus on variables
Compare and group
materials
Scientific enquiry –
focus on making and
testing predictions
Constructing a simple
circuit including a
working switch
Scientific enquiry –
focus on conclusions
Environments can and
do change
Living things can be
classified
How and why do
environments
change?
Changes can be
problematic. Focus
on threats to the
Taiga Forest
What is a balanced
diet?
How should we care
for our teeth?
Functions and
characteristics of
human teeth
Sequencing events
and artefacts using
dates
Field Study – The
Museum of Classical
Archaeology
Sounds are caused by
vibrations
A sound gets fainter
as the distance
increases
What are solids,
liquids, gases?
Some materials
change state as a
result of heating or
cooling
The Water Cycle
Placing events on a
timeline
Using evidence to
draw conclusions
about the past
Field Study visit to
Warwick Castle
Development of
castles over time
from Motte and
Bailey to Norman
How were castles
defended?
What is electricity
Name the parts of
an electrical circuit
How can a circuit be
represented?
What is a switch and
how does it work?
Examining artefacts
Research
including
the Internet
Place events on a
timeline
Field Study – visit to
Flag Fen
Changes in Britain
from the Stone Age
to the Iron Age
Field study
Recognise
similarities and
differences
between periods.
Greek life and
achievements and
influences on the
Western World
Using maps to
identify
geographical
features
Locate continents and
oceans
Researching food
sources
Construct charts
Orienteering
Use and atlas and
the internet to help
locate key
geographical
features
Knowledge
Design & Technology
Healthy Eating
Development of
settlements
Climate zones and
biomes
Where is Europe?
Greece?
Name and locate
continents and oceans
Why is the barrier
reef under threat?
Stone painting in the
style of Miro
Cave painting
Model making
Colour mixing
Sketching plant
species
Folk art in the style
of Sanna Annuka
Figure forms
Making coil pots and
model owls
Collage techniques
3D fish
Tesselations
Perspective
Heraldry
Cityscapes including
wax resist
Local artist – Mikki
Longley – painting
with acrylics
Bronze Age
technology
Making clay thumb
pots
Food Tech – making
Rock Cakes
Needlework –
Christmas artefacts
Levers and pulleys
Greek inventors and
artefacts
How do musical
instruments work?
Introduction to
working mechanisms
Building model
bridges
Food Tech – making
healthy ice-cream
Food Tech – making
Greek salads for
Greek Banquet
Food Tech - Making
fish cakes
Food Tech – Making
medieval scones
Friendships/New
Beginnings
How do families
care for each
other?
Looking after our
teeth
How are we a
community?
How does our culture
affect our lives?
Percussion
instruments
Preparing for
Christmas
Working
collaboratively
What makes a good
learner?
How can we build
bridges of
friendship?
Medieval music
making
Northamptonshire Scheme Of Work for French
Name and locate
regions and cities in
the UK
How and why does
land use change over
time?
Sex and
Relationships
including Life
Education Bus
Preparing for end
of year production