Whole School Skills Based Thematic Curriculum 2014-15

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I Traction Man (PoR) The Snail and the Whale (PoR) Food Poems Dragon’s Tears (PoR) The Lost Teddy (PoR) D

S L Beegu (PoR) Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Seahorse (PoR) National Geographic Saint George and the Dragon The Rabbit that belongs to I

U 10 Things I Can Do to Help Book? (PoR) Maritime Museum Stories from other cultures Fantasy stories (Where the Emily Brown

C B My World (PoR) Wild Things Are– NB) E

H N Discover Centre KS1 Geog: Human and KS1 Geog: Place knowledge Toy Museum O

KS1 Geog: Human and physical geography – rivers, – study of places and National Gallery E

O K physical geography – KS1 Hist: Study of seas, water cycle peoples around the world, KS1 Hist: Changes in living A environment and weather significant historical figures – including location memory – comparing old and T O heroes / villains from history contrasting with London / modern toys UK L KS1 Geog: Geographical skills – using map to find lost teddy? F O Year 2 C LONDON’S BURNING FIRST IMPRESSIONS U Man on the Moon (PoR) Three Little Pigs (real story) Leila and the Rain (PoR) S How do we know about the fire? Horrid Henry books Space Killer Cat (PoR) (NB – Deborah Fox) Not Now Bernard (NB) Seaside Rescue –The Story of Non-fiction texts Royal Greenwich Grace Darling Planetarium Discover Centre Museum of London RNLI KS1 Hist: Study of KS1 Hist: Study of KS1 Hist: Study of significant significant historical significant historical figures KS1 Geog: Human and historical events (and local figures and events: Buzz - heroes / villains from physical geography – rivers, history) – Fire of London Aldrin / Neil Armstrong, history seas, water cycle moon landing KS1 Hist: Study of KS1 Geog: Location significant figures - Grace knowledge – bird’s eye Darling view of earth; use of globes

Year 3 TIME TRAVELLERS/ MUTANT MONSTERS/ ENCHANTED WORLDS/ WISDOM AND RISE OF THE ROMANS AMAZING CUNNING CREATURES SECRETS OF NATURE WONDER INVENTIONS

H.Mourne 2013 Ug, Boy Genius of the Wolves Footsteps (PoR) Into the Forest… (PoR) Tales of Wisdom and Fly Eagle Fly (PoR) Stone Age (PoR) Greenship (PoR) Wonder (PoR) Greedy Zebra Stone Age related? Science Museum Local woods KS2 Hist: Vikings in KS2 Hist: Roman Empire in KS2 Hist: Benin – Africa WHOLE SCHOOL SKILLS BASED THEMATIC CURRICULUM 2014-15

Green = suggested trips NB = Nina Birch unit PoR = Power of Reading unit Blue = History and Geography units in NC

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