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Drawing: Marvellous marks Lesson 1: Mark making with wax crayons Lesson 2: Mark making with felt tips Lesson 3: Mark making with chalk Lesson 4: Observational pencil drawings Lesson 5: Drawing faces Lesson 6: Drawing faces in colour
Painting and mixed media: Paint my world Lesson 1: Finger painting Lesson 2: Outdoor painting Lesson 3: Painting to music Lesson 4: Collage and transient art Lesson 5: Landscape collage Lesson 6: Group art
Sculpture and 3D: Creation station Lesson 1: Clay Lesson 2: Playdough Lesson 3: 3D landscape art Lesson 4: Designing animal sculptures Lesson 5: Creating animal sculptures Lesson 6: Painting animal sculptures
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Drawing: Exploring line and shape Assessment – Art and design Y1: Drawing Lesson 1: Exploring line Lesson 2: Musical lines Lesson 3: Exploring shapes Lesson 4: Shape in art Lesson 5: Klee portraits Optional: Every picture tells a story
Painting and mixed media: Learning about paint and brush control Lesson 1: Paint and brush control Lesson 2: Exploring brushes Lesson 3: Controlling paint Lesson 4: Planning a painting Lesson 5: Final piece
Painting and mixed media: Colour splash Assessment – Art and design Y1: Painting and mixed media Lesson 1: Making colours Lesson 2: Painting with colour Lesson 3: Printing with paint Lesson 4: Exploring colour mixing Lesson 5: Clarice Cliff plates
Drawing: Understanding tone and texture Assessment – Art and design Y2: Drawing Lesson 1: Exploring drawing materials Lesson 2: Understanding and creating texture Lesson 3: Exploring tonal shading Lesson 4: Sketching and refining a drawing Lesson 5: Creating an observational drawing Optional: Every picture tells a story
Painting and mixed media: Colour mixing Assessment – Art and design Y2: Colour mixing – Coming soon Lesson 1: Exploring primary colours Lesson 2: Primary and secondary colours Lesson 3: Creating secondary colours for a purpose Lesson 4: Using paint in different ways Lesson 5: Applying colour mixing skills
Painting and mixed media: Life in colour Assessment – Art and design Y2: Painting and mixed media Lesson 1: Colour magic Lesson 2: Texture hunt Lesson 3: Making textures Lesson 4: Collage creation Lesson 4: Collage creation – Christmas themed Lesson 5: Developing detail
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Painting and mixed media: Prehistoric painting Assessment – Art and design Y3: Painting and mixed media Lesson 1: Exploring prehistoric art Lesson 2: Charcoal animals Lesson 3: Prehistoric palette Lesson 4: Painting on the cave wall Lesson 5: Hands on a cave wall
Painting & mixed media: Exploring texture with paint and collage Assessment – Painting & Mixed media: Exploring texture Lesson 1: Romare Bearden Lesson 2: Collecting textures Lesson 3: Making textured paper Lesson 4: Story-inspired collages Lesson 5: Adding detail
Drawing: Developing drawing skills Assessment – Art and design Y3: Drawing Lesson 1: See like an artist Lesson 2: Shading Lesson 3: Take a closer look Lesson 4: Imagination in bloom Lesson 5: Paper to pixels Optional: Every picture tells a story
Drawing: Exploring tone, texture and proportion Assessment – Art and design Y4: Drawing Lesson 1: 3D pencil drawings Lesson 2: Texture and tone Lesson 3: Understanding proportion Lesson 4: Creating an effective composition Lesson 5: Using texture, tone and proportion in drawing Optional: Every picture tells a story
Painting & mixed media: Light and dark Assessment – Art Y4: Painting Lesson 1: Tints and shades Lesson 2: Three dimensions Lesson 3: Tone techniques Lesson 4: Composition Lesson 5: Still life
Painting and mixed media: Light and dark Assessment – Art and design Y4: Painting and mixed media Lesson 1: Tints and shades – Option 1 Lesson 1: Tints and shades – Option 2: Christmas themed Lesson 2: Three dimensions Lesson 3: Painting techniques Lesson 4: Composition Lesson 5: Still life
Drawing: Depth, emotion and movement Assessment – Art and design Y5: Drawing Lesson 1: Expressing movement Lesson 2: Showing emotion through line Lesson 3: Showing depth through mark making Lesson 4: Composition for printing Lesson 5: Printing Optional: Every picture tells a story
Painting and mixed media: Portraits Assessment – Art and design Y5: Painting and mixed media Lesson 1: Poem portrait Lesson 2: Developing drawings Lesson 3: Self-portraits Lesson 4: Changing faces Lesson 5: Mixed-media portraits
Sculpture and 3D: Interactive installation Assessment – Art and design Y5: Sculpture and 3D Lesson 1: What is installation art? Lesson 2: Space and scale Lesson 3: Everyday amazing Lesson 4: Creative concepts Lesson 5: Viewer experience
Craft and design: Architecture Assessment – Art and design Y5: Craft and design: Architecture Lesson 1: Observational drawing – houses Lesson 1: Observational drawing – Option 2: Christmas themed Lesson 2: House monoprint Lesson 2: Winter tree monoprint – Option 2: Christmas themed Lesson 3: Be an architect Lesson 4: Friedensreich Hundertwasser Lesson 5: Monument
Drawing: Expressing ideas Assessment – Art and design Y6: Drawing Lesson 1: What is street art? Lesson 2: How do artists use one point perspective? Lesson 3: Scaling up Lesson 4: Planning street art Lesson 5: Making a street-art-inspired piece Optional: Every picture tells a story
Painting and mixed media: World in watercolour Assessment – Art and design Y6: World in watercolour Lesson 1: The natural world Lesson 2: Watercolour Lesson 3: Experimental techniques Lesson 4: Abstract studies Lesson 5: From study to final piece
Painting and mixed media: Artist study Assessment – Art and design Y6: Painting and mixed media Lesson 1: David Hockney – Option 1 Lesson 1: Richard Brakenburg – Option 2 Lesson 2: Paula Rego – The Dance Lesson 3: John Singer Sargent – The Front Line Lesson 4: Fiona Rae – Option 1 Lesson 4: Frank Bowling – Option 2 Lesson 5: Lubaina Himid Lesson 6: Research and planning Lesson 7: Making art!
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Computing systems and networks 1: Using a computer Lesson 1: Keyboards Lesson 2: Logging in and out Lesson 3: Mouse control Lesson 4: Mouse control – clicking Lesson 5: Mouse control – clicking and dragging
Programming 1: All about instructions Lesson 1: Following instructions Lesson 2: Giving simple instructions Lesson 3: Dressing up instructions Lesson 4: Debugging instructions (Washing hands) Lesson 5: Predictions
Computing systems and networks 2: Exploring hardware Lesson 1: Exploring hardware tinker tray Lesson 2: Real world tinker tray Lesson 3: Pictures of play Lesson 4: Picture walk Lesson 5: Class photo album
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Computing systems and networks: Improving mouse skills Assessment – Computing Y1: Improving mouse skills Lesson 1: Logging in Lesson 2: Click and drag skills Lesson 3: Drawing shapes Lesson 4: Drawing a story Lesson 5: Self-portrait
Programming 1:
Skills showcase: Rocket to the moon Assessment – Computing Y1: Rocket to the moon Lesson 1: Rocket materials Lesson 2: Rocket design Lesson 3: Rocket building instructions Lesson 4: Making a rocket Lesson 5: Rocket launching
Programming 2: Bee-Bot
Option 1
Programming 2: Bee-Bots Option 2
Programming 2: Digital Bee-Bots Creating media: Digital imagery Assessment – Computing Y1: Digital imagery Lesson 1: Planning a photo story Lesson 2: Taking photos Lesson 3: Editing photos – Google Lesson 3: Editing photos – Microsoft *New* Lesson 3: Editing photos – Sketchpad Lesson 4: Searching for images Lesson 5: Photo collage
Computing systems and networks 1: What is a computer? Assessment – Computing Y2: What is a computer? Lesson 1: Computer parts Lesson 2: Inputs Lesson 3: Technology safari Lesson 4: Invention Lesson 5: Real-world role play
Programming 1
Computing systems and networks 2: Word processing Assessment – Computing Y2: Word processing Lesson 1: Getting to know the keyboard Lesson 2: Getting started with word processing Lesson 3: Newspaper writer Lesson 4: Poetry book Lesson 5: Digital writer
Programming 2: Introduction to block coding
Creating media: Stop motion
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Computing systems and networks 1: Networks Assessment – Computing Y3: Networks Lesson 1: What is a network? Lesson 2: A file’s journey Lesson 3: How a website works Lesson 4: Routers Lesson 5: What is packet data?
Programming: Scratch Assessment – Computing Y3: *New* Programming Scratch Lesson 1: Tinkering with Scratch Lesson 2: Storytelling in Scratch Lesson 3: Planning a remix Lesson 4: Remixing an animation Lesson 5: Evaluating an animation
Computing systems and networks 2: Emailing
Computing systems and networks 3: Journey inside a computer Assessment – Computing Y3: Journey inside a computer Lesson 1: Inputs and outputs Lesson 2: Building a paper laptop Lesson 3: Following instructions Lesson 4: Computer memory Lesson 5: Dismantling a tablet
Creating media: Video trailers (Previously called ‘Digital literacy’)
Data handling: Comparison cards databases Assessment – Computing Y3: Comparison cards databases Lesson 1: Records, fields and data Lesson 2: Race against the computer Lesson 3: Sorting and filtering – Google Lesson 3: Sorting and filtering – Microsoft Lesson 4: Representing data – Google Lesson 4: Representing data – Microsoft Lesson 5: Planning a holiday
Programming 1: Further coding with Scratch Assessment – Computing Y4: *New* Further coding with Scratch Lesson 1: Exploring variables and conditions Lesson 2: Using conditions and sensors Lesson 3: Planning a game Lesson 4: Programming a game Lesson 5: Evaluating a game
Computing systems and networks: Collaborative learning
Creating media: Website design
Skills showcase: HTML Assessment – Computing Y4: HTML Lesson 1: What is HTML? Lesson 2: Remixing HTML Lesson 3: HTML unplugged Lesson 4: Website hacking Lesson 5: Replacing images
Programming 2: Computational thinking Assessment – Computing Y4: Computational thinking Lesson 1: Decomposition and pattern recognition Lesson 2: Abstraction Lesson 3: Algorithm design Lesson 4: Computational thinking in action Lesson 5: Evaluating computational thinking
Computing systems and networks: Search engines Assessment – Computing Y5: Search engines Lesson 1: Searching basics Lesson 2: Inaccurate information Lesson 3: Web quest Lesson 4: Information poster Lesson 5: Web crawlers
Programming 1: Music Assessment – Computing Y5: Programming: Music Lesson 1: Tinkering with Scratch music elements Lesson 2: Scratch soundtracks Lesson 3: Planning a soundtrack Lesson 4: Programming a soundtrack Lesson 5: Evaluating a soundtrack
Data handling: Mars Rover 1 Assessment – Computing Y5: Mars Rover 1 Lesson 1: Mars Rover Lesson 2: Binary code Lesson 3: Computer architecture Lesson 4: How computers store data using binary Lesson 5: Using binary – text
Programming 2
Creating media: Stop motion animation
Computing systems and networks: Bletchley Park and the history of computers Assessment – Computing Y6: Bletchley Park and the history of computers Lesson 1: Secret codes Lesson 2: Brute force hacking Lesson 3: Computers of the past Lesson 4: Future computer Lesson 5: Audio adverts
Computing systems and networks: Exploring AI Assessment – Computing Y6: Exploring AI Lesson 1: What is AI? Lesson 2: AI and text Lesson 3: AI through images Lesson 4: Coding AI Lesson 5: Ethics and AI
Data handling 1: Big Data 1 Assessment – Computing Y6: Big Data 1 Lesson 1: Barcodes Lesson 2: Transmitting data Lesson 3: RFID Lesson 4: Using RFID Lesson 5: Transport data
Programming
Data handling 2: Big Data 2 Assessment – Computing Y6: Big Data 2 Lesson 1: Transferring data Lesson 2: Data usage Lesson 3: The Internet of Things Lesson 4: Designing a smart school Lesson 5: Smart school presentation
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Structures: Junk modelling Lesson 1: Exploring junk modelling Lesson 2: Cutting and scissor skills Lesson 3: Choosing resources Lesson 4: Making models Lesson 5: Evaluation and presentation Lesson 6: Temporary joins
Cooking and nutrition: Soup Lesson 1: Fantastic fruits and vegetables Lesson 2: Pumpkin soup Lesson 3: Designing soup Lesson 4: Fine motor skills Lesson 5: Making soup Lesson 6: Designing soup packaging
Textiles: Bookmarks Lesson 1: Exploring threading and weaving Lesson 2: Paper weaving Lesson 3: Sewing with hessian Lesson 4: Designing bookmarks Lesson 5: Creating bookmarks Lesson 6: Evaluating bookmarks
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Textiles: Simple stitches Assessment – D&T Y1: Textiles: Simple stitches Lesson 1: What is fabric? Lesson 2: Making stitches Lesson 3: Designing bunting Lesson 4: Stitching a design Lesson 5: Finishing and evaluating bunting
Mechanisms: Matching slider game Assessment – D&T Y1: Matching slider game Lesson 1: Mechanisms and movement Lesson 2: Exploring sliders Lesson 3: Designing a slider game Lesson 4: Making a slider game Lesson 5: Finishing a slider game
Structures: Stable structures Assessment – D&T Y1: Structures: Stable structures Lesson 1: Exploring stability Lesson 2: Building stable towers Lesson 3: Stabilising structures with weight Lesson 4: Designing a stable pencil pot Lesson 5: Making a stable pencil pot
Structures: A chair for a bear Assessment – D&T Y2: A chair for a bear Lesson 1: All about chairs! Lesson 2: How does the shape of something affect its strength? Lesson 3: How does the thickness of a material affect its strength? Lesson 4: Making a chair for a bear Lesson 5: Evaluating, improving and finishing a chair for a bear
Mechanisms: Levers Assessment – D&T Y2: Mechanisms: Levers Lesson 1: Seesaws Lesson 2: Levers in action Lesson 3: Scissors Lesson 4: Two levers together Lesson 5: Everyday levers
Mechanisms: Fairground wheel Assessment – D&T Y2: Fairground wheel Lesson 1: Design a fairground wheel Lesson 2: Planning the build Lesson 3: Building the frame and wheels Lesson 4: Surveying design opinions Lesson 5: Adding pods and decoration
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Textiles: Cushions Assessment – D&T Y3: Textiles: Cushions Lesson 1: Cross-stitch and appliqué Lesson 2: Cushion design Lesson 3: Decorating my cushion Lesson 4: Assembling my cushion
Electrical systems: Electric poster Assessment – D&T Y3: Electrical systems: Electric poster Lesson 1: Information design Lesson 2: Topic research Lesson 3: Design development Lesson 4: Electric poster assembly
Electrical systems: Torches Assessment – D&T Y4: Electrical systems: Torches Lesson 1: Electrical products Lesson 2: Evaluating torches Lesson 3: Torch design Lesson 4: Torch assembly
Digital world: Navigating the world Assessment – D&T Y6: Digital world: Navigating the world Lesson 1: Navigating the world Lesson 2: Programming a navigation tool Lesson 3: Product concept Lesson 4: 3D CAD models Lesson 5: Product pitch
Structures: Product packaging Assessment – D&T Y3: Structures: Product packaging Lesson 1: Exploring product packaging Lesson 2: Using nets Lesson 3: Reviewing designs Lesson 4: Making 3D packaging Lesson 5: Decorating and evaluating
Textiles: Egyptian collars Assessment – D&T Y3: Egyptian collars Lesson 1: Cross-stitch and appliqué Lesson 2: Egyptian collars Lesson 3: Developing the collars Lesson 4: Finishing their collars
Mechanical systems: Pneumatic toys Assessment – D&T Y3 : Mechanical systems: Pneumatic toys Lesson 1: Exploring pneumatics Lesson 2: Drawing diagrams Lesson 3: Designing a pneumatic toy Lesson 4: Making a pneumatic toy Lesson 5: Finishing the toy
Digital world: Wearable technology Assessment – D&T Y3: Digital world: Wearable technology Lesson 1: Analysing wearable technology Lesson 2: Developing design criteria Lesson 3: Using code to control LEDs Lesson 4: Programming the light sensor Lesson 5: Communicating ideas using computer-aided design
Cooking and nutrition: Adapting a recipe Assessment – D&T Y4: Cooking and nutrition: Adapting a recipe Lesson 1: Existing biscuits Lesson 2: Basic biscuits Lesson 3: Designing a biscuit Lesson 4: Testing a new recipe Lesson 5: Evaluating biscuits
Electrical systems: Exploring electrical products Assessment – D&T Y4: Electrical systems: Exploring electrical products Lesson 1: Why are electrical products useful? Lesson 2: Light bulbs and toggle switches Lesson 3: Buzzers and push switches Lesson 4: Researching an electrical product using a survey Lesson 5: Cross-sectional diagrams
Structures: Helmets Assessment – D&T Y4: Structures: Helmets Lesson 1: Exploring shell structures Lesson 2: Making papier-mâché shells Lesson 3: Strengthening techniques Lesson 4: Strengthening shell structures Lesson 5: Evaluating shell structures
Mechanical systems: Mechanical cars Assessment – D&T Y4: Mechanical cars Lesson 1: Prototype one: Inclined plane Lesson 2: Prototype two: Slingshot car Lesson 3: Prototype three: Wind-up car Lesson 4: Mechanical toy car kit: Designing Lesson 5: Mechanical toy car kit: Making and evaluating
Electrical systems: Wobble bots Assessment – D&T Y5: Electrical systems: Wobble bots Lesson 1: Circuits and motors Lesson 2: Meet the Kapow Doodlers Lesson 3: Exploring wobble bots Lesson 4: Designing a wobble bot for a purpose Lesson 5: Making and evaluating a wobble bot
Mechanical systems: Gears and pulleys Assessment – D&T Y5: Gears and pulleys Lesson 1: Gears Lesson 2: Improving your gear design Lesson 3: Pulleys Lesson 4: Eco-gadget bike project: Market research Lesson 5: Eco-gadget bike project: Design
Digital world: Monitoring devices Assessment – D&T Y5: Digital world: Monitoring devices Lesson 1: Monitoring devices Lesson 2: Programming an animal monitor Lesson 3: Plastic Lesson 4: 3D CAD skills
Digital world: Navigating the world Assessment – D&T Y6: Digital world: Navigation Lesson 1: Outdoor adventure Lesson 2: Designing on Tinkercad Lesson 3: Coding a pedometer Lesson 4: Coding a compass Lesson 5: Reflecting on a product
Cooking and nutrition: Come dine with me Assessment – D&T Y6: Cooking and nutrition: Come dine with me Lesson 1: Complementary flavours (optional) Lesson 2: Three ingredients; three courses Lesson 3: Ingredients and skills (optional) Lesson 4: To start… Lesson 5: The main course Lesson 6: Dessert
Structures: Playground pioneers Assessment – D&T Y6: Structures: Playground pioneers Lesson 1: Playground design challenge Lesson 2: Designing structures with Tinkercad Lesson 3: Making a prototype of a structure Lesson 4: Finishing a prototype of a structure Lesson 5: Prototype evaluation
Textiles: Bags Assessment – D&T Y6: Textiles: Bags Lesson 1: Deconstructing a bag Lesson 2: Pattern pieces Lesson 3: Designing a bag Lesson 4: Making a bag prototype Lesson 5: Adding features
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Unit 1: French greetings with puppets Assessment – French Y3: French greetings with puppets Lesson 1: French greetings Lesson 2: French greetings – day and night Lesson 3: How are you feeling – in French? Lesson 4: French finger rhymes
Unit 2: French adjectives of colour, size and shape Assessment – French Y3: French adjectives of colour, size and shape Lesson 1: Colours in French Lesson 2: Shapes and colours in French Lesson 3: Shapes of different colours and sizes in French Lesson 4: Using shapes like the French artist, Matisse Lesson 5: In the style of the French artist, Matisse
Unit 3: French playground games – numbers and age Assessment – French Y3: Playground games – numbers and age Lesson 1: Let’s count in French Lesson 2: Let’s count higher in French Lesson 3: How old are you in French? Lesson 4: Reading French numbers Lesson 5: Outdoor games in France
Unit 4: In a French classroom Assessment – French Y3: In a French classroom Lesson 1: Follow the French teacher Lesson 2: Pencils and things in the French classroom Lesson 3: To have or have not in the French classroom Lesson 4: School bag French detectives Lesson 5: In my French bag
Unit 1: Portraits – describing in French Assessment – French Y4: Portraits Lesson 1: Portraits – getting French adjectives to agree Lesson 2: Simple descriptions in French Lesson 3: Describing people in French Lesson 4: Describing personality traits in French Lesson 5: Writing portraits of friends in French
Unit 2: Clothes – getting dressed in France Assessment – French Y4: Clothes: Getting dressed in France Lesson 1: Clothes in French Lesson 2: Clothes and colours in French Lesson 3: Where do adjectives go in French Lesson 4: A French clothes catalogue Lesson 5: What is our French model wearing
Unit 3: French numbers, calendars and birthdays Assessment – French Y4: Numbers, calendars and birthdays Lesson 1: Learning numbers 1-31 in French Lesson 2: Days of the week in French Lesson 3: Months of the year in French Lesson 4: Seasons and dates in French Lesson 5: Celebrating a French birthday
Unit 4: French weather and the water cycle Assessment – French Y4: French weather and the water cycle Lesson 1: French weather phrases Lesson 2: French weather rap Lesson 3: Compass points in French Lesson 4: The temperature in France Lesson 5: The water cycle in French
Unit 5: French food – Miam, miam ! Assessment – French Y4: Food miam, miam ! Lesson 1: Ordering food and drink in a French café Lesson 2: Managing money in French Lesson 3: French shops Lesson 4: French food Lesson 5: French food – le menu
Unit 6: French and the Eurovision Song Contest Assessment – French Y4: French and the Eurovision Song Contest Lesson 1: Musical instruments in French Lesson 2: Musical genres in French Lesson 3: France and the countries of Europe Lesson 4: Writing songs and rehearsals in French Lesson 5: French singing contest and grand finale
Unit 1: French monster pets Assessment – French Y5: French monster pets Lesson 1: Beware the dragon! Lesson 2: Body parts in French Lesson 3: A French monster mash-up Lesson 4: About a beast with French adjectives Lesson 5: Fantastic French beasts
Unit 2: Space exploration – in French Assessment – French Y5: Space exploration in French Lesson 1: The Solar System in French Lesson 2: French Sun and Moon metaphors Lesson 3: Comparing planets in French Lesson 4: A galaxy guide in French Lesson 5: French alien worlds
Unit 3: Shopping in France Assessment – French Y5: Shopping in France Lesson 1: French money, numbers and prices Lesson 2: French fruit market Lesson 3: Monsieur Mangetout’s French food week Lesson 4: Shopping in French – how much? Lesson 5: French detectives in the kitchen
Unit 4: French-speaking world Assessment – French Y5: French-speaking world Lesson 1: Directions in French Lesson 2: Where in the world is French spoken? Lesson 3: Treasures of the French-speaking world Lesson 4: Investigating climate in the French-speaking world Lesson 5: French globetrotters
Unit 1: French sport and the Olympics Assessment – French Y6: French sport and the Olympics Lesson 1: Sports in French Lesson 2: Olympian opinions Lesson 3: France – ready to go! Lesson 4: A French sporting week Lesson 5: The French Olympic Games
Unit 2: French football champions Assessment – French Y6: French football champions Lesson 1: Football vocabulary in French Lesson 2: Footballer profiles in French Lesson 3: French footballers – where do they come from? Lesson 4: French football vocabulary tournament Lesson 5: Creating a footballer profile in French
Unit 3: In my French house Assessment – French Y6: In my French House Lesson 1: My French house Lesson 2: My French house and family Lesson 3: Describing my French room Lesson 4: Where is it in my French bedroom? Lesson 5: A letter about my French house
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Exploring maps Activity 1: Pirate map bingo Activity 2: Our school from above Activity 3: Let’s build a map! Activity 4: Creating journey sticks Activity 5: Investigating maps Activity 6: Map making
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What is it like here? Assessment – Geography Y1: What is it like here? Lesson 1: Where in the world are we? Lesson 2: What can we see in our classroom? Lesson 3: What can we find in our school grounds? Lesson 4: Where are the different places in our school? Lesson 5: How do we feel about our playground? Lesson 6: Can we make our playground even better?
What is the weather like in the UK? Assessment – Geography Y1: What is the weather like in the UK? Lesson 1: Where is the UK? Lesson 2: What are the four seasons? Lesson 3: What are the compass directions? Lesson 4: What is the weather like today? Lesson 5: Is the weather the same everywhere in the UK? Lesson 6: How do people prepare for the weather? Optional sustainability lesson: How can we look after a garden?
What is it like to live in Shanghai? Assessment – Geography Y1: What is it like to live in Shanghai? Lesson 1: What can we see in our local area? Lesson 2: Can we map our local area? Lesson 3: Where in the world is China? Lesson 4: What can you see in China? Lesson 5: What is Shanghai like? Lesson 6: How is Shanghai different from our local area?
Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place? Assessment – Geography Y2: Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place? Lesson 1: Where are the continents? Lesson 2: Where are the coldest places on Earth? Lesson 3: Where is the Equator? Lesson 4: What is life like in a hot place? Lesson 5: Do we live in a hot or cold place? Lesson 6: Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place?
Why is our world wonderful? Assessment – Geography Y2: Why is our world wonderful? Lesson 1: What are some of the UK’s amazing features and landmarks? Lesson 2: Where are some of the world’s most amazing places? Lesson 3: Where are our oceans? Lesson 4: What is amazing about our local area? Lesson 5: Why are natural habitats special? Lesson 6: How can we look after natural habitats? Optional sustainability lesson: How can our journey to school help the environment?
What is it like to live by the coast? Assessment – Geography Y2: What is it like to live by the coast? Lesson 1: Where are the seas and oceans surrounding the UK? Lesson 2: What is the coast? Lesson 3: What are the features of the Jurassic Coast? Lesson 4: How do people use Weymouth? Lesson 5: How do people use our local coast? (Data collection) Lesson 6: How do people use our local coast? (Findings)
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Why do people live near volcanoes? Assessment – Geography Y3: Why do people live near volcanoes? Lesson 1: How is the Earth constructed? Lesson 2: Where are mountains found? Lesson 3: Why and where do we get volcanoes? Lesson 4: What are the effects of a volcanic eruption? Lesson 5: What are earthquakes and where do we get them? Lesson 6: Where have the rocks around school come from?
Who lives in Antarctica? Assessment – Geography Y3: Who lives in Antarctica? Lesson 1: What is climate? Lesson 2: Where is Antarctica? Lesson 3: Who lives in Antarctica? Lesson 4: Who was Shackleton? Lesson 5: Can we plan an expedition around school? Lesson 6: How did our expedition go? Optional sustainability lesson: How can we use plastic more sustainably? – Recycle Optional sustainability lesson: How can we use plastic more sustainably? – Reuse Optional sustainability lesson: How can we use plastic more sustainably? – Reduce
Are all settlements the same? Assessment – Geography Y3: Are all settlements the same? Lesson 1: What is a settlement? Lesson 2: How is land used in my local area? Lesson 3: Can I explain the location of features in my local area? Lesson 4: How has my local area changed over time? Lesson 5: How is land used in New Delhi? Lesson 6: How does land use in New Delhi compare with my local area?
Why are rainforests important to us? Assessment – Geography Y4: Why are rainforests important to us? Lesson 1: Where in the world are tropical rainforests? Lesson 2: What is the Amazon rainforest like? Lesson 3: Who lives in the rainforest? Lesson 4: How are rainforests changing? Lesson 5: How is our local woodland used?: Data collection Lesson 6: How is our local woodland used?: Findings Optional sustainability lesson: How sustainable is our school?
Where does our food come from? Assessment – Geography Y4: Where does our food come from? Lesson 1: How can our food choices impact the environment? Lesson 2: What does it mean to trade responsibly? Lesson 3: How do we get our chocolate? Lesson 4: Where does our food come from? Lesson 5: Are our school dinners locally sourced? Lesson 6: Is it better to buy local or imported food?
What are rivers and how are they used? Assessment – Geography Y4: What are rivers and how are they used? Lesson 1: What is the water cycle? Lesson 2: How is a river formed? Lesson 3: Where can we find rivers? Lesson 4: How are rivers used? Lesson 5: What can we find out about our local river? Lesson 6: What features does our local river have?
What is life like in the Alps? Assessment – Geography Y5: What is life like in the Alps? Lesson 1: Where are the Alps? Lesson 2: What is it like in the Alps? Lesson 3: Why do people visit the Alps? Lesson 4: What is there to do in our local area? Lesson 5: How are the Alps different from our local area? Lesson 6: What is life like in the Alps?
Why do oceans matter? Assessment – Geography Y5: Why do oceans matter? Lesson 1: How do we use our oceans? Lesson 2: What is the Great Barrier Reef? Lesson 3: Why are our oceans suffering? Lesson 4: What can we do to help our oceans? Lesson 5: How littered is our marine environment? – Data collection Lesson 6: How littered is our marine environment? – Findings Optional sustainability lesson: What is fast fashion and why is it a problem?
Would you like to live in the desert? Assessment – Geography Y5: Would you like to live in the desert? Lesson 1: What is a hot desert biome? Lesson 2: Where are deserts located? Lesson 3: What physical features are found in a desert? Lesson 4: How can people use deserts? Lesson 5: What are the threats to deserts? Lesson 6: Would you like to live in the desert?
Why does population change? Assessment – Geography Y6: Why does population change? Lesson 1: How is the global population changing? Lesson 2: What are birth and death rates? Lesson 3: Why do people migrate? Lesson 4: How is climate change impacting the population? Lesson 5: How is population impacting our environment?: Data collection Lesson 6: How is population impacting our environment?: Findings
Where does our energy come from? Assessment – Geography Y6: Where does our energy come from? Lesson 1: Why is energy important? Lesson 2: What is renewable energy? Lesson 3: How does the United States generate energy? Lesson 4: How does the United Kingdom generate energy? Lesson 5: What is the best way to generate energy? Lesson 6: Where is the best place for a solar panel on the school grounds? Optional sustainability lesson: What actions can we take to make the world more sustainable?
Can I carry out an independent fieldwork enquiry? Assessment – Geography Y6: Can I carry out an independent fieldwork enquiry? Lesson 1: Developing an enquiry question Lesson 2: Creating data collection methods Lesson 3: Mapping a route Lesson 4: Collecting the data Lesson 5: Analysing the data Lesson 6: Presenting the data
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How am I making history? Assessment – History Y1: How am I making history? Lesson 1: What is my history? Lesson 2: How can I find out more about myself? Lesson 3: How are special events remembered? Lesson 4: What was it like for children in the past? Lesson 5: What have I learnt about childhood in the past? Lesson 6: How am I making history? Optional Remembrance lesson: What does the poppy mean and why do people wear it?
How have toys changed? Assessment – History Y1: How have toys changed? Lesson 1: What is your favourite toy? Lesson 2: Did your parents and grandparents play with the same toys as you? Lesson 3: What were toys like in the past? Lesson 4: What is similar and different about toys now and in the past? Lesson 5: How have teddy bears changed over time? Lesson 6: How have toys changed?
How have explorers changed the world? Assessment – History Y1: How have explorers changed the world? Lesson 1: What is an explorer? Lesson 2: Where have explorers travelled and when? Lesson 3: Who was Christopher Columbus and what did he do? Lesson 4: Who was Matthew Henson and what did he do? Lesson 5: How has exploration changed? Lesson 6: How can we remember them?
How was school different in the past? Assessment – History Y2: How was school different in the past? Lesson 1: Were schools different in the past? Lesson 2: How have schools changed within living memory? Lesson 3: How were schools different in the 1900s? Lesson 4: How have schools changed? Lesson 5: What is similar and different about schools now and in the past? Lesson 6: Would you prefer to have gone to school in the past? Optional Remembrance lesson: What can we learn from a soldier’s story?
How did we learn to fly? Assessment – History Y2: How did we learn to fly? Lesson 1: Who were the Wright brothers? Lesson 2: When was the first flight? Lesson 3: Why is Bessie Coleman significant? Lesson 4: Why is Amelia Earhart significant? Lesson 5: Why was the Moon landing special? Lesson 6: How did we learn to fly?
What is a monarch? Assessment – History Y2: What is a monarch? Lesson 1: What is a monarch? Lesson 2: Who is our monarch today? Lesson 3: How did William the Conqueror become King of England? Lesson 4: How did William the Conqueror rule? Lesson 5: How did castles change? Lesson 6: What was a monarch in the past?
Units & lessons
British history 1: Would you prefer to have lived in the Stone Age, Bronze Age or Iron Age? Assessment – History Y3: Stone, Bronze or Iron Age? Lesson 1: How long ago did prehistoric man live? Lesson 2: What does Skara Brae tell us about life in the Stone Age? Lesson 3: Who was this Bronze Age man? Lesson 4: What was the impact of bronze in prehistoric Britain? Lesson 5: How did trade change lives in Iron Age Britain? Lesson 6: What changed between the Stone Age and the Iron Age? Optional Remembrance lesson: How can memorials help us remember?
British history 2: Why did the Romans invade and settle in Britain? Assessment – History Y3: Why did the Romans invade and settle in Britain? Lesson 1: What was it like to live in Ancient Rome? Lesson 2: Why did the Romans invade and settle in Britain? Lesson 3: How did Britons respond to the Roman invasion? Lesson 4: Why was the Roman army so successful? Lesson 5: What do artefacts suggest about the lives of Roman soldiers in Britain? Lesson 6: What was the legacy of the Roman Empire in Britain?
What was important to ancient Egyptians? Assessment – History Y3: What was important to ancient Egyptians? Lesson 1: Where and when did the first civilisations appear? Lesson 2: Why was the River Nile important to ancient Egyptians? Lesson 3: How do we know so much about ancient Egyptians? Lesson 4: What do sources suggest about gods and goddesses? Lesson 5: What did people in Ancient Egypt believe happened after death? Lesson 6: Who ruled ancient Egypt and what happened to them when they died?
How have children’s lives changed? Assessment – History Y4: How have children’s lives changed? Lesson 1: What do sources tell us about how children’s lives have changed? Lesson 2: Why did Tudor children work and what was it like? Lesson 3: What were children’s jobs like in Victorian England? Lesson 4: How did Lord Shaftesbury help to change the lives of children? Lesson 5: How and why has children’s leisure time changed? Lesson 6: What were the diseases children caught and how were they treated? Optional Remembrance lesson: How can we remember the children who were affected by war?
British history 3: What changed in Britain after the Anglo-Saxon invasion? Assessment – History Y4: What changed in Britain after the Anglo-Saxon invasion? Lesson 1: Who were the Anglo-Saxons and the Scots? Lesson 2: What did Anglo-Saxon settlements look like? Lesson 3: What does Sutton Hoo tell us about Anglo-Saxon life? Lesson 4: How did Christianity arrive in Britain? Lesson 5: Was King Alfred really ‘Great’? Lesson 6: How did Anglo-Saxon rule end?
How did the achievements of the ancient Maya impact their society and beyond? Assessment – History Y4: How did the achievements of the ancient Maya impact their society and beyond? Lesson 1: How did the ancient Maya settle in a rainforest? Lesson 2: What do remains tell us about ancient Maya cities? Lesson 3: What did the ancient Maya believe? Lesson 4: How did the Maya reflect world beliefs in their inventions? Lesson 5: How important was cacao to the ancient Maya? Lesson 6: What caused the decline of the ancient Maya cities?
British history 4: Were the Vikings raiders, traders or something else? Assessment – History Y5: The Vikings – raiders, traders or something else? Lesson 1: When and why did the Vikings come to Britain? Lesson 2: Were the Vikings raiders, traders or something else? Lesson 3: Where were the Viking trading routes and why was trade important? Lesson 4: Why are there different Viking sagas explaining the same event and what does this tell us about the Vikings? Lesson 5: What were the impacts of Viking raids and settlements on local communities in Britain? Lesson 6: What were the Vikings’ achievements and how did they impact the world? Optional Remembrance lesson: Who contributed to the war effort?
British history 5: What was life like in Tudor England? Assessment – History, Y5: What was life like in Tudor England? Lesson 1: Henry VIII – fair ruler or tyrant? Lesson 2: Why did Henry VIII have so many wives? Lesson 3: Why was Anne Boleyn executed? Lesson 4: How did Queen Elizabeth I use a royal progress? Lesson 5: What can inventories tell us about life in Tudor times? Lesson 6: What did John Blanke have in his inventory?
What is the legacy of the ancient Greek civilisation? Assessment – History Y5: The legacy of the ancient Greek civilisation Lesson 1: Who were the ancient Greeks and when did they live? Lesson 2: Who lived on Mount Olympus? Lesson 3: How was Ancient Greece governed? Lesson 4: Did the ancient Greeks give us democracy? Lesson 5: How do the ancient Greek philosophers influence us today? Lesson 6: What is the legacy of the ancient Greeks?
What can the census tell us about local areas? Assessment – History Y6: What can the census tell us about local areas? Lesson 1: What is the census? Lesson 2: What can we learn about Victorian children from the census? Lesson 3: What does the census suggest about the jobs available in the 1800s? Lesson 4: Why did some women refuse to fill out the census in 1911? Lesson 5: What changed in the 1921 Census? Lesson 6: Who lived in our local area in the past? Optional Remembrance lesson: How do people mark Remembrance?
What was the impact of World War 2 on the people of Britain? Assessment – History Y6: The impact of World War 2 Lesson 1: Why did Britain go to war in 1939? Lesson 2: How did the Battle of Britain affect the Royal Air Force? Lesson 3: What do sources tell us about the Blitz? Lesson 4: What was evacuation like? Lesson 5: Did World War 2 change women’s roles? Lesson 6: Why did some people migrate to Britain after World War 2?
Transition unit
Assessment – History Y6: Unheard histories: Who should go on the £10 banknote? Lesson 1: Who features on banknotes and why? Lesson 2: Was Alfred the Great or Elizabeth I the more significant monarch? Lesson 3: How were Ellen Wilkinson and Betty Boothroyd historically significant? Lesson 4: Why is Mary Seacole historically significant? Lesson 5: Why are Lily Parr and Betty Snowball historically significant? Lesson 6: Who will be the face of the new £10 note?
Option 2
What was the Sikh Empire? Subjects
Units & lessons
Exploring sound Lesson 1: Vocal sounds Lesson 2: Body sounds Lesson 3: Instrumental sounds Lesson 4: Environmental sounds Lesson 5: Nature sounds
Celebration music Lesson 1: Diwali music Lesson 2: Hanukkah music Lesson 3: Kwanzaa music Lesson 4: Traditional Christmas music Lesson 5: Christmas action songs
Music and movement Lesson 1: Action songs Lesson 2: Finding the beat Lesson 3: Exploring tempo Lesson 4: Exploring tempo and pitch through dance Lesson 5: Music and movement performance
Musical stories Lesson 1: Moving to music Lesson 2: Storytelling with actions Lesson 3: Using instruments to represent actions Lesson 4: Musical story composition Lesson 5: Musical story performance
Units & lessons
My favourite things: Keeping the pulse Assessment – Music Y1: Keeping the pulse Lesson 1: Finding the pulse Lesson 2: Singing a sound pattern Lesson 3: Using a thinking voice Lesson 4: Reading sound patterns Lesson 5: Practice makes perfect
Snail and mouse: Tempo Assessment – Music Y1: Tempo Lesson 1: Snail and mouse Lesson 2: Exploring rhyme with snail and mouse Lesson 3: Singing snail and mouse Lesson 4: Performing snail and mouse Lesson 5: The story of snail and mouse
Seaside: Dynamics Assessment – Music Y1: Dynamics Lesson 1: Vocal and body sounds Lesson 2: Embodying the seaside Lesson 3: Musical treasure hunt Lesson 4: Seaside story Lesson 5: Seaside soundscape
Fairytales: Sound patterns Assessment – Music Y1: Sound patterns Lesson 1: Character voices Lesson 2: Starting with instruments Lesson 3: Sound patterns Lesson 4: Responding to music Lesson 5: Fairytale performance
Animals: Call and response Assessment – Music Y2: Call and response Lesson 1: Animal sounds Lesson 2: Sound pattern safari Lesson 3: Call and response Lesson 4: Instrumental response Lesson 5: Dynamics performance
Musical storytelling: Instruments Assessment – Music Y2: Instruments Lesson 1: Listening for dynamics and tempo Lesson 2: Sound effects and dynamics Lesson 3: Creating a soundscape Lesson 4: Using sound to represent events Lesson 5: Musical story performance
On this island: Singing Assessment – Music Y2: Singing Lesson 1: Seaside sounds Lesson 2: Countryside sounds Lesson 3: City sounds Lesson 4: Structured soundscape Lesson 5: Performing a composition
Space: Contrasting dynamics Assessment – Music Y2: Contrasting dynamics Lesson 1: Vocal soundscape Lesson 2: Creatively responding to music Lesson 3: Comparing music Lesson 4: Pitch patterns Lesson 5: Creating and performing a musical structure
Units & lessons
Ballads Assessment – Music Y3: Ballads Lesson 1: What is a ballad? Lesson 2: Performing a ballad Lesson 3: The story behind the song Lesson 4: Writing lyrics Lesson 5: Singing my ballad
Creating compositions in response to an animation (Theme: Mountains) Assessment – Music Y3: Creating compositions (mountains) Lesson 1: Telling stories through music Lesson 2: Creating a soundscape Lesson 3: Story sound effects Lesson 4: Adding rhythm Lesson 5: Musical mountain
Developing singing technique (Theme: the Vikings) Assessment – Music Y3: Developing singing technique (Vikings) Lesson 1: Here come the Vikings! Lesson 2: Sing like a Viking Lesson 3: Viking notation Lesson 4: Viking battle song Lesson 5: Perform like a Viking
Pentatonic melodies and composition (Theme: Chinese New Year) Assessment – Music Y3: Pentatonic melodies (Chinese New Year) Lesson 1: Dragon dance Lesson 2: Pentatonic scale Lesson 3: Letter notation Lesson 4: Enter the dragon Lesson 5: Final performance
Jazz Assessment – Music Y3: Jazz Lesson 1: Ragtime Lesson 2: Traditional jazz Lesson 3: Scat singing Lesson 4: Jazz motifs Lesson 5: Swung rhythms
Traditional instruments and improvisation (Theme: India) Assessment – Music Y3: India Lesson 1: Introducing traditional Indian music and instruments Lesson 2: Indian music: Playing a rag Lesson 3: Indian music: Adding a drone Lesson 4: Indian music: Introducing the tal Lesson 5: Indian music: Performing Anile vaa
Body and tuned percussion (Theme: Rainforests) Assessment – Music Y4: Body and tuned percussion Lesson 1: Pitter patter raindrops Lesson 2: Rainforest body percussion Lesson 3: The rhythm of the forest floor Lesson 4: The loopy rainforest Lesson 5: Sounds of the rainforest
Rock and roll Assessment – Music Y4: Rock and roll Lesson 1: Hand jive Lesson 2: Rock Around the Clock Lesson 3: Walking bass line Lesson 4: Performing the bass Lesson 5: Rock and roll performance
Changes in pitch, tempo and dynamics (Theme: Rivers) Assessment – Music Y4: Changes in pitch, tempo and dynamics Lesson 1: The singing river Lesson 2: The listening river Lesson 3: The repeating river Lesson 4: The percussive river Lesson 5: The performing river
Haiku, music and performance (Theme: Hanami festival) Assessment – Music Y4: Haiku, music and performance Lesson 1: Describing blossom Lesson 2: Sounds of blossom Lesson 3: Blossom haiku Lesson 4: Haiku melodies Lesson 5: Haiku performance
Composition notation (Theme: Ancient Egypt) Assessment – Music Y5: Composition notation Lesson 1: Here come the Egyptians Lesson 2: Hieroglyphic score Lesson 3: Play like an Egyptian Lesson 4: Pitch pyramids Lesson 5: Egyptian farewell
Blues Assessment – Music Y5: Blues Lesson 1: History of the blues Lesson 2: Playing a chord Lesson 3: The 12-bar blues Lesson 4: Blues scale Lesson 5: Improvisation and the blues
South and West Africa Assessment – Music Y5: South and West Africa Lesson 1: Shosholoza a cappella Lesson 2: Playing Shosholoza Lesson 3: The Shosholoza show Lesson 4: Drumming away to Africa Lesson 5: Eight-beat breaks
Composition to represent the festival of colour (Theme: Holi festival) Assessment – Music Y5: Composition to represent the festival of colour Lesson 1: Hearing colours Lesson 2: Picturing music Lesson 3: Vocal composition Lesson 4: Colour composition Lesson 5: Performing in colour
Dynamics, pitch and texture (Theme: Coast) Assessment – Music Y6: Dynamics, pitch and texture (Theme: Coast) Lesson 1: Exploring Fingal’s Cave Lesson 2: Making waves: Pitch and dynamics Lesson 3: Making waves: Texture Lesson 4: Group compositions Lesson 5: We are waves
Songs of World War 2 Assessment – Music Y6: Songs of World War 2 Lesson 1: Singing for victory Lesson 2: The White Cliffs of Dover Lesson 3: Pitch up Lesson 4: Harmonise Lesson 5: Let’s notate
Film music Assessment – Music Y6: Film music Lesson 1: Soundtracks Lesson 2: Scenes and sounds Lesson 3: Following the score Lesson 4: Composing for film Lesson 5: The soundtrack
Theme and variations (Theme: Pop Art) Assessment – Music Y6: Theme and variations (Theme: Pop Art) Lesson 1: Pop Art and music Lesson 2: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Lesson 3: Learning the theme Lesson 4: Exploring rhythms Lesson 5: Picturing Pop Art
Mountain melodies: Steps and leaps Assessment – Music Y3: Mountain melodies: Steps and leaps Lesson 1: Singing in three parts Lesson 2: Melodic mountains Lesson 3: Dynamic landscapes Lesson 4: Steps and leaps Lesson 5: Compose and perform
Reading rhythms: Patterns and layers Assessment – Music Y3: Reading rhythms: Patterns and layers Lesson 1: Keeping a beat Lesson 2: Crotchets, paired quavers and rests Lesson 3: Playing minims Lesson 4: Writing rhythms Lesson 5: Performing rhythms
Inspired by India: Musical improvisations Assessment – Music Y3: Inspired by India: Musical improvisations Lesson 1: Introduction to traditional Indian music Lesson 2: Improvising a melody Lesson 3: Exploring drone and tala sounds Lesson 4: Musical stories Lesson 5: Practise and perform
Music technology: Introduction to music technology Assessment – Music: Music technology: Introduction to music technology
Singing in parts: Loops and layers Assessment – Music Y4: Singing in parts: loops and layers Lesson 1: Singing in two parts Lesson 2: Singing loops Lesson 3: Composing loops Lesson 4: From loops to songs Lesson 5: Singing in rounds
Musical motifs: Reading the stave Assessment – Music Y4: Musical motifs: Reading the stave Lesson 1: Notes on the stave Lesson 2: Reading the stave Lesson 3: What is a motif? Lesson 4: Composing a motif Lesson 5: Performing a motif
Music in nature: Chords and melodies Assessment – Music Y5: Music in nature: Chords and melodies Lesson 1: Exploring nature’s dynamics Lesson 2: Cloud songs Lesson 3: Creating contrast with chords Lesson 4: Composing the forest Lesson 5: Northern Lights
Three-chord pop: Playing in a band Assessment – Music: Three-chord pop: Playing in a band Lesson 6: : Presentation mode Lesson 1: Singing pop Lesson 2: Playing a pop bass line Lesson 3: Playing pop chords Lesson 4: Rehearsal and performance techniques Lesson 5: Pop star performance
West African rhythms: Create, play and perform Assessment – Music: West African rhythms: Create, play and perform
Four-chord pop: Playing in a band Assessment – Music Y6: Four-chord pop: Playing in a band Lesson 1: Celebration songs Lesson 2: Singing in harmony Lesson 3: Pop bass line Lesson 4: Rhythmic chords Lesson 5: Pop performance
Songs that speak: Lyrics and messages Assessment – Music Y6: Songs that speak: Lyrics and messages Lesson 1: How do lyrics communicate a message? Lesson 2: Writing lyrics Lesson 3: Playing chords Lesson 4: Improving a performance Lesson 5: Performing a message
Units & lessons
Unit 1: South Africa (Instrumental lessons) Assessment – Music KS2: Instrumental: South Africa Lesson 1: Introduction to staff notation Lesson 2: Minims Lesson 3: Semibreves Lesson 4: Crotchets and rests Lesson 5: Gumboot dance
Unit 2: Caribbean (Instrumental lessons) Assessment – Music KS2: Instrumental: Caribbean Lesson 1: What is calypso? Lesson 2: What’s the story? Lesson 3: Instrumental calypso Lesson 4: Calypso quavers Lesson 5: Pentatonic calypso
Unit 3: South America (Instrumental lessons) Assessment – Music KS2: Instrumental: South America Lesson 1: Vamos, let’s go! Lesson 2: History of Latin music Lesson 3: Salsa melodies Lesson 4: Melodic composition Lesson 5: Carnival spirit
Unit 4: Indonesia (Instrumental lessons) Assessment – Music KS2: Instrumental: Indonesia Lesson 1: Review of learning Lesson 2: Gamelan music Lesson 3: Exploring octaves Lesson 4: Cyclic patterns Lesson 5: Finishing touches
Subjects
Units & lessons
Subjects
Units & lessons
What makes us special? Lesson 1: Why are we special? Lesson 2: Who is special to you? Lesson 3: Who helps us? Lesson 4: Why should we care for others? Lesson 5: Why is Jesus special to some people?
What are special times? Lesson 1: What are special times? Lesson 2: What is Diwali? Lesson 3: How do some Hindu people celebrate Diwali? Lesson 4: Why do many Christians celebrate Christmas? Lesson 5: How do some Christian people celebrate Christmas?
Why are some places special? Lesson 1: What places are special to you? Lesson 2: Which places are special to our community? Lesson 3: What makes a place special? Lesson 4: Why are churches special to many Christian people? Lesson 5: Why are mosques special to many Muslim people?
What makes the world special? Lesson 1: What is special about our world? Lesson 2: Where do some people believe the world came from? Lesson 3: Why should we look after our world? Lesson 4: How can we care for the world? Lesson 5: What is the Easter story?
Why are some things special? Lesson 1: What is special to you? Lesson 2: What makes prayer beads special? Lesson 3: What are special symbols? Lesson 4: Why are some books special? Lesson 5: Why are some candles special?
Units & lessons
Respectful Religion and worldviews: What do I believe? Introductory lesson: Respectful Religion and worldviews – What do I believe?
How did the world begin? Assessment – R&W Y1: How did the world begin? Lesson 1: What is creation? Lesson 2: What might some Jewish and Christian people think about creation? Lesson 4: What do creation stories suggest to some people about God? Lesson 3: What do some Hindu people believe about creation? Lesson 5: How do some Humanists believe the world began? Lesson 6: Where did the world come from?
What do some people believe God looks like? Assessment – R&W Y1: What do some people believe God looks like? Lesson 1: How might ideas about God be represented? Lesson 2: What do some Muslim people believe about God? Lesson 3: What do some Hindu people believe God looks like? Lesson 4: What do some Christian people believe God looks like? Lesson 5: Do people all share the same beliefs about what God looks like? Lesson 6: Why do people have different names for God? Optional: Why is Christmas important to so many Christians?
What is God’s job? Assessment – R&W Y1: What is God’s job? Lesson 1: How do the 99 names of God show what some Muslims believe God does? Lesson 2: Why have some people decided to trust God? Lesson 3: What does the Tenak say about God? Lesson 4: What do some people believe God might do as a person? Lesson 5: What do some Hindu people believe about God? Lesson 6: What do some Zoroastrian people believe about God?
Why should we care for the world? Assessment – R&W Y1: Why should we care for the world? Lesson 1: Who owns the world? Lesson 2: Who can care for the world? Lesson 3: Why do some people believe we should care for the world? Lesson 4: What do some Muslim people believe about caring for the world? Lesson 5: What other reasons are there for caring for the world? Lesson 6: Why should we care for the world? Optional Easter lesson: Why is Easter special to many Christians?
How do we know that new babies are special? Assessment – R&W Y1: How do we know that new babies are special? Lesson 1: How do we know that babies are special? Lesson 2: What do some Muslim people do to show a new baby is special? Lesson 3: What is Aqiqah and why is it important to some Muslims? Lesson 4: What is Jatakarma and why is it important to some Hindu people? Lesson 5: What promises might people make for a new baby? Lesson 6: How are some babies named?
Why should we care for others? Assessment – R&W Y1: Why should we care for others? Lesson 1: What can we learn about caring for others from stories? Lesson 2: Why do people care for others? Lesson 3: How might Muslim people show it is important to care for others? Lesson 4: Is giving always the same? Lesson 5: Why might some Humanists choose to care for others? Lesson 6: What inspires some people to care for others?
Respectful Religion and worldviews: What are big questions? Introductory lesson: Respectful Religion and worldviews – What are big questions?
Why do we need to give thanks? Assessment – R&W Y2: Why do we need to give thanks? Lesson 1: How and why do some people show thanks? Lesson 2: Why is harvest an important time for giving thanks? Lesson 3: Why do some people thank God? Lesson 4: How can puja express thanks? Lesson 5: How do some people thank God? Lesson 6: How do some Christians use music to express gratitude?
Why is light important to people? Assessment – R&W Y2: Why is light important to people? Lesson 1: Why are lights used at special times? Lesson 2: Who were Rama and Sita? Lesson 3: Why and how are lights used during Diwali? Lesson 4: How are candles used during Advent? Lesson 5: What do candles symbolise at Hanukkah? Lesson 6: Why are lights used symbolically? Optional: What can light mean at Christmas?
How do we know some people feel a special connection to a god? Assessment – How do we know some people feel a special connection to a god? Lesson 1: How can we tell Jesus is special to some people? Lesson 2: Why might some people believe Guru Nanak was special? Lesson 3: How do religious stories show some people are special? Lesson 4: How do we know that Krishna is special to some people? Lesson 5: What can a story tell us about why Muhammad is special to some people? Lesson 6: Why might some people believe Jesus was special when he grew up?
What is a prophet? Assessment – R&W Y2: What is a prophet? Lesson 1: What characteristics did some prophets have? Lesson 2: How might it feel to be a prophet? Lesson 3: What promises do some people believe God made to some prophets? Lesson 4: How do we know that Muhammad was the last prophet in the Muslim worldview? Lesson 5: Why is Jesus important to some religious people? Lesson 6: Why might some Sikhs believe Guru Nanak is special? Optional Easter lesson: Why does Easter bring hope to many Christians?
How do some people talk to God? Assessment – R&W Y2: How do some people talk to God? Lesson 1: Why do some people talk to God? Lesson 2: How might prayer make some people feel? Lesson 3: How do some people use their bodies in prayer? Lesson 4: What do some people use to help them pray? Lesson 5: How do some Hindu people pray? Lesson 6: Where do prayers come from?
Where do some people talk to God? Assessment – Y2 Where do some people talk to God? Lesson 1: Why are places of worship special? Lesson 2: Why do some Muslims go to the mosque? Lesson 3: Why do some Christians go to church? Lesson 4: Why do some Sikhs go to the gurdwara? Lesson 5: How are places of worship similar and different? Lesson 6: What makes a place of worship special?
Units & lessons
Respectful Religion and worldviews: What are worldviews? Introductory lesson: Respectful Religion and worldviews – What are worldviews?
What makes us human? Assessment – R&W Y3: What makes us human? Lesson 1: What is special about being human? Lesson 2: What is a soul and do we all have one? Lesson 3: What do some people think makes us human? Lesson 4: What is spirituality? Lesson 5: What do some Buddhists do to focus on their inner self? Lesson 6: Does anyone know what makes us human?
Where do our morals come from? Assessment – R&W Y3: Where do our morals come from? Lesson 1: How do we know what is right and wrong? Lesson 2: What do some Christian and Jewish people believe about right and wrong? Lesson 3: How do people remember the rules? Lesson 4: Is all religious guidance the same? Lesson 5: How do some Buddhists make moral decisions? Lesson 6: What helps you make moral decisions? Optional: Why do many Christians think that Christmas is good news?
Is scripture central to religion? Assessment – R&W Y3: Is scripture central to religion? Lesson 1: What do some people mean by revelation? Lesson 2: What’s the difference between a scroll and a book? Lesson 3: How is scripture used by some Muslims? Lesson 4: How are some scriptures both similar and different? Lesson 5: What does the Bible mean to some Christians? Lesson 6: How and why are scriptures central to religion?
What happens if we do wrong? Assessment – R&W Y3: What happens if we do wrong? Lesson 1: When people do wrong, who decides the consequences? Lesson 2: Why is forgiveness important to many Christians? Lesson 3: How do Christians believe they can make things right? Lesson 4: How do some Jewish people seek forgiveness? Lesson 5: How do some Muslim people seek forgiveness? Lesson 6: What do some Hindu people believe about karma? Optional: What can Easter teach about forgiveness?
Why is water symbolic? Assessment – R&W Y3: Why is water symbolic? Lesson 1: Why is water important? Lesson 2: How is water used in some rituals? Lesson 3: What can some religious stories suggest about water? Lesson 4: What is baptism? Lesson 5: How and why do some Hindus celebrate the River Ganges? Lesson 6: Why is water precious?
Why is fire used ceremonially? Assessment – Religion and worldviews: Why is fire used ceremonially? Lesson 1: What can fire symbolise? Lesson 2: How is fire used in some Hindu ceremonies? Lesson 3: Can fire be divine? Lesson 4: What is an eternal flame? Lesson 5: How is fire used to remember? Lesson 6: What happens in the Easter Vigil?
Respectful Religion and worldviews: How can we talk about religions and worldviews respectfully? Introductory lesson: Respectful Religion and worldviews – How can we talk about religions and worldviews respectfully?
Are all religions equal? Assessment – R&W Y4: Are all religions equal? Lesson 1: How are different religious worldviews connected? Lesson 2: Is there more than one way to understand God? Lesson 3: Why is religious harmony important? Lesson 4: How can people from different worldviews live in harmony? Lesson 5: How and why should we celebrate religious equality? Lesson 6: How can we live together in harmony when we have different worldviews?
What makes some texts sacred? Assessment – R&W Y4: What makes some texts sacred? Lesson 1: How do people communicate beliefs without words? Lesson 2: What can we find out about scripture? Lesson 3: What does it mean if scripture was revealed or remembered? Lesson 4: Why do some worldviews have more than one book of scripture? Lesson 5: How do some people demonstrate the value of scripture? Lesson 6: How do sacred texts play a part in some people’s lives? Optional: How is Christmas part of a bigger story?
Just how important are our beliefs? Assessment – R&W Y4: Just how important are our beliefs? Lesson 1: What do promises mean? Lesson 2: What promises do we make? Lesson 3: Can we see the importance of someone’s beliefs on the outside? Lesson 4: How else might some people show their commitment? Lesson 5: What else might people give up for their beliefs? Lesson 6: What might someone sacrifice?
Who was Jesus really? Assessment – R&W Y4: Who was Jesus really? Lesson 1: Who was Jesus? Lesson 2: Why did some people believe Jesus was the Messiah? Lesson 3: What did Jesus do? Lesson 4: Why does Jesus have so many names? Lesson 5: How did Jesus inspire people? Lesson 6: What happened when Jesus died? Optional: How is Easter celebrated around the world?
Why is the Bible the best-selling book of all time? Assessment – R&W: Why is the Bible the best-selling book of all time? Lesson 1: How did the Christian Bible come to be? Lesson 2: What is in the Bible? Lesson 3: How did the Bible become a bestseller? Lesson 4: How can the Bible mean different things to different people? Lesson 5: Where might we find the Bible? Lesson 6: How is the Bible relevant for some people today?
Does the language of scripture matter? Assessment – R&W Y4: Does the language of scripture matter? Lesson 1: What came before written scripture? Lesson 2: Why does original language matter to some believers? Lesson 3: How do some religious communities use scripture? Lesson 4: How can the same scripture be expressed in different ways? Lesson 5: How does the language of scripture support communities? Lesson 6: Does the language of scripture matter?
Respectful Religion and worldviews: What do people think about God? Introductory lesson: Respectful Religion and worldviews – What do people think about God?
Why do people have to stand up for what they believe in? Assessment – R&W Y5: Why do people have to stand up for what they believe in? Lesson 1: What does freedom look like? Lesson 2: How have beliefs been challenged in the past? Lesson 3: How can light represent standing up for what you believe in? Lesson 5: What can inspire people to stand up for their beliefs? Lesson 4: Should we celebrate Bonfire Night? Lesson 6: How can we stand up for what we believe in? Optional: Why do some people use different names for Jesus?
Why doesn’t Christianity always look the same? Assessment – R&W: Why doesn’t Christianity always look the same? Lesson 1: How did Christianity begin? Lesson 2: How have some significant people influenced Christian practices? Lesson 3: Why are there different denominations? Lesson 4: How is the Bible interpreted differently? Lesson 5: How do different denominations practise? Lesson 6: How is Christianity changing?
What happens when we die? (Part 1) Assessment – R&W Y5: What happens when we die? (Part 1) Lesson 1: Why do some people believe in a soul? Lesson 2: How do some people make up for bad deeds? Lesson 3: If there’s a heaven, what might it be like? Lesson 4: What is the purpose of a funeral? Lesson 5: How do some people seek forgiveness in their lives? Lesson 6: How do some people remember those that have died?
What happens when we die? (Part 2) Assessment – R&W Y5: What happens when we die? (Part 2) Lesson 1: If there is a soul, where does it go? Lesson 2: What is samsara? Lesson 3: How might someone reach moksha? Lesson 4: How can people find comfort after death? Lesson 5: What is nirvana? Lesson 6: What does enlightenment look like? Optional Easter lesson: What might the Easter story suggest about life after death?
Who should get to be in charge? Assessment – R&W Y5: Who should get to be in charge? Lesson 1: How are laws created? Lesson 2: How is a leader chosen? Lesson 3: Where do religious laws come from? Lesson 4: How did Guru Nanak choose a successor? Lesson 5: When can someone become a leader? Lesson 6: How can religious texts be leaders?
Why are some places in the world significant to believers? Assessment – R&W Y5: Why are some places in the world significant to believers? Lesson 1: What can make a place significant? Lesson 2: How can religious events make a place significant? Lesson 3: What makes the Harmandir Sahib significant to many Sikhs? Lesson 4: How can a river be a goddess? Lesson 5: Can relics make a place significant? Lesson 6: Who can visit significant places?
Respectful Religion and worldviews: What words can be used to describe God? Introductory lesson: Respectful Religion and worldviews – What words can be used to describe God?
Why does religion look different around the world? (Part 1) Assessment – R&W: Why does religion look different around the world? (Part 1) Lesson 1: Why do some religions believe in the same God? Lesson 2: How might a Jewish person observe Shabbat? Lesson 3: Why is Friday night dinner different? Lesson 4: What can a head covering tell us about identity? Lesson 5: Why might someone want to cover their hair? Lesson 6: How can scripture be expressed?
Why does religion look different around the world? (Part 2) Assessment – R&W Y6: Why does religion look different around the world? (Part 2) Lesson 1: How can God be linked to a place? Lesson 2: What can it be like as a Hindu in the UK? Lesson 3: What does being Sikh mean to different people? Lesson 4: Why are festivals of light important in different worldviews? Lesson 5: How do some Buddhists practise beliefs in their daily lives? Lesson 6: Do all Buddhists practise in the same way? Optional: Who celebrates Christmas?
Why is it better to be there in person? Assessment – R&W Y6: Why is it better to be there in person? Lesson 1: What can make a space significant? People, place or practice? Lesson 2: Why might a Jewish person want to visit Jerusalem? Lesson 3: Why is Jerusalem significant to some Muslim people? Lesson 4: How can shared challenge bring people together? Lesson 5: Are all journeys pilgrimages? Lesson 6: Why is it better to be there in person?
Why is there suffering? (Part 1) Assessment – R&W Y6: Why is there suffering? (part 1) Lesson 1: How do people suffer? Lesson 2: What is free will? Lesson 3: Why do we cause suffering? Lesson 4: Does being good always mean less suffering? Lesson 5: If God is all-powerful, can suffering not be stopped? Lesson 6: How might beliefs about Jesus affect responses to suffering? Optional Easter lesson: Why might some people take part in Easter traditions?
Why is there suffering? (Part 2) Assessment – R&W Y6: Why is there suffering? (Part 2) Lesson 1: What can suffering teach us about happiness? Lesson 2: What can cause suffering? Lesson 3: How do some people overcome suffering? Lesson 4: How can Hukam help in difficult times? Lesson 5: Who is the best at helping? Lesson 6: How can beliefs affect our understanding of suffering?
What place does religion have in our world today? Assessment – R&W Y6: What place does religion have in our world today? Lesson 1: What is my worldview? Lesson 2: What can we find out about religion in the UK from census data? Lesson 3: What can buildings tell us about religion in the UK? Lesson 4: Where and why do religions spread? Lesson 5: What is freedom of religion or belief? Lesson 6: Why should we learn about religions and worldviews?
Subjects
Units & lessons
Building relationships: Special relationships Lesson 1: My family Lesson 2: Special people Lesson 3: Sharing Lesson 4: I am unique Lesson 5: My interests Lesson 6: Similarities and differences
Managing self: Taking on challenges Lesson 1: Why do we have rules? Lesson 2: Building towers Lesson 3: Team den building Lesson 4: Grounding Lesson 5: Team races Lesson 6: Circus skills
Self-regulation: Listening and following instructions Lesson 1: Simon says Lesson 2: Listening to a story Lesson 3: Pass the whisper Lesson 4: Obstacle races Lesson 5: Blindfold walk Lesson 6: Treasure hunt
Units & lessons
My healthy self: How can we look after our emotions? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y1: How can we look after our emotions? Y1: Introductory lesson: Setting rules for RSE & PSHE lessons Lesson 1: What emotions can we recognise? Lesson 2: When and why do people show different emotions? Lesson 3: How can emotions change? Lesson 4: What helps us to feel calm or excited? Lesson 5: What might make us feel worried, annoyed or upset? Lesson 6: What can we do when our feelings get tricky?
Connecting with others: How can I help myself and others feel happy and safe? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y1: Helping myself and others feel happy and safe Lesson 1: What makes me special? Lesson 2: How do families show love and care for each other? Lesson 3: What helps me feel safe and cared for? Lesson 4: What is a friend? Lesson 5: How can we have a kind and friendly class? Lesson 6: How should people behave towards others?
The online world: How do we spend time online? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y1: How do we spend time online? Lesson 1: When am I online? Lesson 2: What can I do online and what can I do in person? Lesson 3: How should I behave when I use a device? Lesson 4: How can I balance screen time with in-person activities? Lesson 5: What should I do if I see something online that worries me? Lesson 6: How can I stay safe online?
Citizenship: How can I help others and the environment? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y1: How can I help others and the environment? Lesson 1: What do babies and toddlers need? Lesson 2: What do animals need? Lesson 3: How can we look after our school environment? Lesson 4: How can I share my ideas respectfully? Lesson 5: Who helps look after our local environment? Lesson 6: How do rules help everyone?
Health protection: How can I protect myself and others in daily life? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y1: Protecting myself and others Lesson 1: How and why do we wash our hands? Lesson 2: How can I protect myself in any weather? Lesson 3: Who helps us stay healthy? Lesson 4: What should I do if I feel unwell? Lesson 5: How serious are different injuries? Lesson 6: How can we get help for serious illnesses or injuries?
Staying safe: How can I stay safe? Assessment – RSE & PHSE Y1: How can I stay safe? Lesson 1: How can I stay safe at home? Lesson 2: What is safe for our bodies? Lesson 3: What rules can keep me safe? Lesson 4: How can I stay safe near roads? Lesson 5: How might my body feel when something is unsafe? Lesson 6: Who can keep me safe?
Y2: Introductory lesson: Setting rules for RSE & PSHE lessons Introductory lesson: Setting rules for RSE & PSHE lessons (Presentation mode)
My healthy self: How can we look after our bodies? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y2: How can we look after our bodies? Lesson 1: How does moving my body make me feel? Lesson 2: Why is sleep important? Lesson 3: What foods can help me stay healthy? Lesson 4: How can I make some healthy food and drink choices? Lesson 5: What can I do to keep my teeth clean and healthy? Lesson 6: How can I make healthy choices every day?
Connecting with others: How can I build safe, kind and caring relationships with others? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y2: Building safe, kind and caring relationships Lesson 1: How are we all different and the same? Lesson 2: How are families different and the same? Lesson 3: How can I show my feelings kindly and calmly? Lesson 4: How can I let others know what is okay or not okay for me? Lesson 5: Who can I talk to if something does not feel right? Lesson 6: What should I do if someone is being unkind again and again?
The online world: How can we stay safe online? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y2: How can we stay safe online? Lesson 1: What can we do online and how can we do it safely? Lesson 2: Who can see information shared online? Lesson 3: What is private information? Lesson 4: How do I know if private information has been shared online? Lesson 5: Is everything we see online real? Lesson 6: What should I do if something online worries me?
Citizenship: How do people belong to a community and earn money? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y2: Citizenship: How do people belong to a community and earn money?
Growing up: How can we look after and respect our bodies as we grow? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y2: Looking after and respecting our bodies as we grow Lesson 1: How do we grow and change? Lesson 2: How will I change as I grow up? Lesson 3: Do I make the rules about my own body? Lesson 4: How can I talk about my body? Lesson 5: How can we show respect for each others bodies? Lesson 6: Who can I talk to if I do not feel safe?
Staying safe: How can I make safe choices in different places? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y2: How can I make safe choices in different places? Lesson 1: What makes my body special? Lesson 2: How can I keep my body safe? Lesson 3: How can I make safe choices at home? Lesson 4: How can I stay safe in different places? Lesson 5: What can I do if I cannot find my trusted adult? Lesson 6: How can I stay safe around water?
Units & lessons
My healthy self: How can I take care of my mind and body? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y3: How can I take care of my mind and body? Introductory lesson: Setting rules for RSE & PSHE lessons Lesson 1: How do emotions affect my body? Lesson 2: How can I tell how someone else might be feeling? Lesson 3: How are my mind and body connected? Lesson 4: How does sleep help my mind and body? Lesson 5: What can I do when I experience strong emotions? Lesson 6: When should I ask an adult for emotional support?
Connecting with others: What helps us feel safe and included? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y3: What helps us feel safe and included? Lesson 1: How can I respect myself? Lesson 2: What are personal boundaries? Lesson 3: What makes a family? Lesson 4: How can I be a good friend? Lesson 5: How can we repair a friendship after a falling-out? Lesson 6: What are the different types of bullying?
The online world: How should we communicate online? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y3: How should we communicate online? Lesson 1: How do we communicate online? Lesson 2: How can we be respectful when we communicate online? Lesson 3: How can communication online sometimes be misunderstood? Lesson 4: How should I respond to online bullying? Lesson 5: Why do we need to be careful when communicating online? Lesson 6: How can I keep myself safe online?
Citizenship: What rights and responsibilities do we have? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y3: What rights and responsibilities do we have? Lesson 1: What are human rights? Lesson 2: What rights should children have? Lesson 3: How can we help the environment by reducing what we use? Lesson 4: How can reusing items help the environment? Lesson 5: Why is recycling important?
My healthy self: How can I make healthy choices? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y4: How can I make healthy choices? Y4 Introductory lesson: Setting rules for RSE & PSHE lessons Lesson 1: What is a balanced diet and why does having one matter? Lesson 2: How can being active help my mind and body? Lesson 3: How can I keep my energy up throughout the day? Lesson 4: How can I get support for myself or others? Lesson 5: How can I respond when things feel hard? Lesson 6: Why is helping others good for me too?
Connecting with others: How can we respect each other? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y4: How can we respect each other? Lesson 1: How can I show self-respect? Lesson 2: How can I show respect to others? Lesson 3: How can I build trusting friendships? Lesson 4: How can we solve friendship challenges? Lesson 5: How should I respond to bullying? Lesson 6: What is a stereotype?
The online world: How can we decide what to trust online? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y4: How can we decide what to trust online? Lesson 1: How can the internet be helpful and challenging? Lesson 2: Is all online content appropriate for me? Lesson 3: Why should we be careful what we trust online? Lesson 4: How can we check if online information is reliable? Lesson 5: How can we use multiple sources to check online information? Lesson 6: Why should we question what we see online?
Citizenship: How can I spend money responsibly? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y4: How can I spend money responsibly?
Growing up: How will my body and emotions change as I grow up? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y4: How will my body and emotions change as I grow up? Lesson 1: What are body boundaries? Lesson 2: How will I grow and change during puberty? Lesson 3: Which emotional changes could I experience when growing up? Lesson 4: What is a period? Lesson 5: How can we show kindness and understanding about body changes? Lesson 6: Who can I talk to about growing up and changes?
Staying safe: What signs help me recognise what is safe or unsafe? Assessment – RSE & PHSE Y4: What signs help me recognise what is safe or unsafe? Lesson 1: How can I tell if a situation is unsafe? Lesson 2: What do I do if a situation feels unsafe? Lesson 3: How can I stay safe around traffic? Lesson 4: Why can water be dangerous? Lesson 5: What drugs are safe or unsafe? Lesson 6: How can I prevent accidents?
Y5: Introductory lesson: Setting rules for RSE & PSHE lessons Introductory lesson: Setting rules for RSE & PSHE lessons: Presentation mode
My healthy self: How can I support my mind and body as I grow? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y5: How can I support my mind and body as I grow? Lesson 1: What do food labels really tell us? Lesson 2: How active am I and how can I move more? Lesson 3: What are the different types of physical activity and how do they affect us? Lesson 4: How can I recognise complex feelings? Lesson 5: How can I respond to strong and complex feelings? Lesson 6: How can we tell when someone might need support with their mental health?
Connecting with others: Why are healthy relationships important? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y5: Why are healthy relationships important? Lesson 1: What makes me who I am? Lesson 2 : How do families show commitment to each other? Lesson 3: How can families support and protect each other? Lesson 4: What helps us make and maintain healthy friendships? Lesson 5: How can we manage challenges in friendships? Lesson 6: How can I be assertive and respectful?
The online world: How am I influenced by what I see online? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y5: How am I influenced by what I see online? Lesson 1: How do adverts try to influence us online? Lesson 2: How are adverts chosen for me online? Lesson 3: How else am I influenced online? Lesson 4: How do online trends shape our choices offline? Lesson 5: How does what we see online influence our viewpoints? Lesson 6: How can some online messages be misleading?
Citizenship: How can we make a difference in our communities and beyond? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y5: How can we make a difference in our communities and beyond? Lesson 1: How can we show care for others? Lesson 2: How do people contribute to the community? Lesson 3: How does the UK Government work? Lesson 4: What is the role of a local councillor? Lesson 5: What are pressure groups? Lesson 6: How can people influence the decisions made by the government?
Growing up: How can I manage the changes to my body and emotions as I grow up? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y5: How can I manage the changes to my body and emotions as I grow up? Lesson 1: How will my body grow during puberty? Lesson 2: How can I keep myself clean and hygienic? Lesson 3: How can we treat others with kindness during puberty? Lesson 4: How can I manage my emotions and feelings during puberty? Lesson 5: What is a period? Lesson 6: How can I challenge behaviour which crosses personal boundaries?
Y6: Introductory lesson: Setting rules for RSE & PSHE lessons Introductory lesson: Setting rules for RSE & PSHE lessons: Presentation mode
My healthy self: How do my choices today shape my future health? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y6: How do my choices today shape my future health? Lesson 1: Why do healthy teeth matter for the future? Lesson 2: How can I eat for a healthier future? Lesson 3: What habits might support my future health? Lesson 4: How can I recognise and regulate complex feelings? Lesson 5: How does my mindset affect my personal growth? Lesson 6: How can I support self-esteem for myself and others?
Connecting with others: What does it mean to stand up for myself and others? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y6: What does it mean to stand up for myself and others? Lesson 1: How does self-esteem help me? Lesson 2: How can I be respectful in different situations? Lesson 3: How can I set and respect boundaries? Lesson 4: How can we challenge unfairness? Lesson 5: How can we work together to stop bullying? Lesson 6: When and how should I seek help?
The online world: How do I feel about the things I see online? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y6: How do I feel about the things I see online? Lesson 1: How do online platforms keep users engaged? Lesson 2: How can I make safe choices if I am gaming online? Lesson 3: Is online content always realistic? Lesson 4: What is harmful online behaviour? Lesson 5: Does what we post online matter? Lesson 6: How does being online make me feel?
Citizenship: How can we protect everyone’s rights? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y6: How can we protect everyone’s rights?
Staying safe: How can I stay safe as I grow up? Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y6: How can I stay safe as I grow up? Lesson 1: How can I stay safe on my own at home? Lesson 2: How can I stay safe outside on my own? Lesson 3: How can I travel safely on my own? Lesson 4: How can I stay safe in, on and around water? Lesson 5: How can I stay safe when I feel peer pressure? Lesson 6: How can I stay safe around drugs?
Sex education/First aid
Assessment – RSE & PSHE Y6: How do people become parents and carers? Lesson 1: Which words can we use to describe our private body parts? Lesson 2: How are babies made? Lesson 3: What happens in pregnancy and how are babies born? Lesson 4: How are families formed? Lesson 5: How does life change after having a baby? Lesson 6: What is consent?
Option 2
Further first aid Subjects
Units & lessons
Animal adventures Lesson 1: Living and non-living Lesson 2: Describing minibeasts Lesson 3: On the farm Lesson 4: Animal homes Lesson 5: Zoo animals
Changing seasons Lesson 1: Autumn treasures Lesson 2: Whatever the weather Lesson 3: Winter wildlife Lesson 4: Springtime magic Lesson 5: Sandcastle science Lesson 6: Summer senses
Units & lessons
Forces and space: Seasonal changes Assessment – Science Y1: Seasonal changes Lesson 1: Wonderful weather Lesson 2: Seasonal activities Lesson 3: How do trees change? Lesson 4: Daylight hours Lesson 5: Observing over time Lesson 6: Weather reports
Materials: Everyday materials Assessment – Science Y1: Everyday materials Lesson 1: Naming materials Lesson 2: Material detectives Lesson 3: Introduction to properties Lesson 4: Is it absorbent? Lesson 5: Is it waterproof? Lesson 6: Is it tough?
Animals: Sensitive bodies Assessment – Science Y1: Sensitive bodies Lesson 1: Body parts Lesson 2: The senses Lesson 3: Taste and touch Lesson 4: Sight and smell Lesson 5: Hearing Lesson 6: Senses in action
Animals: Comparing animals Assessment – Science Y1: Comparing animals Lesson 1: Animal groups Lesson 2: Describing animals Lesson 3: Comparing animals Lesson 4: Carnivore, herbivore or omnivore? Lesson 5: Pets Lesson 6: Jane Goodall
Plants: Introduction to plants Assessment – Science Y1: Introduction to plants Lesson 1: What is a plant? Lesson 2: Parts of a plant Lesson 3: Wild and garden plants Lesson 4: Deciduous and evergreen trees Lesson 5: Sorting seeds Lesson 6: Which plant parts can you eat?
Making connections: Investigating science through stories Assessment – Science Y1: Investigating Science through stories Lesson 1: Do taller trees have wider trunks? Lesson 2: Comparing woodland animals Lesson 3: Measuring animal footprints Lesson 4: Building an animal home Lesson 5: Are birds carnivores, herbivores or omnivores?
Living things: Habitats Assessment – Science Y2: Habitats Lesson 1: Life processes Lesson 2: It feels good to be alive Lesson 3: Introduction to habitats Lesson 4: Woodland habitats Lesson 5: Rainforest and ocean habitats Lesson 6: Food chains
Living things: Microhabitats Assessment – Science Y2: Microhabitats Lesson 1: Identifying and classifying minibeasts Lesson 2: Introduction to scientific enquiry Lesson 3: Minibeast hunt Lesson 4: Planning an experiment Lesson 5: Woodlice experiment Lesson 6: What is a botanist?
Materials: Uses of everyday materials Assessment – Science Y2: Uses of everyday materials Lesson 1: Objects and materials Lesson 2: Which material is suitable? Lesson 3: Stretch it, twist it, bend it, squash it! Lesson 4: Testing stretchiness Lesson 5: Testing strength Lesson 6: Eco-friendly materials
Animals, including humans: Life cycles and health Assessment – Science Y2: Life cycles and health Lesson 1: The human life cycle Lesson 2: Life cycles Lesson 3: Growth Lesson 4: Survival Lesson 5: Exercise and hygiene Lesson 6: Balanced diet
Units & lessons
Animals: Movement and nutrition Assessment – Science Y3: Movement and nutrition Lesson 1: Skeletons Lesson 2: The bones in our body Lesson 3: Muscles and movement Lesson 4: Eating for survival Lesson 5: Nutrient groups Lesson 6: Balanced diets
Forces and space: Forces and magnets Assessment – Science Y3: Forces and magnets Lesson 1: Pushes, pulls and twists Lesson 2: Friction Lesson 3: Investigating friction Lesson 4: Magnets Lesson 5: Investigating magnet strength Lesson 6: Uses of magnets
Materials: Rocks and soil Assessment – Science Y3: Rocks and soil Lesson 1: Rocks: Appearance Lesson 2: Rocks: Physical properties Lesson 3: Fossil formation Lesson 4: Fossils and palaeontology Lesson 5: Soil formation Lesson 6: Soil layers and earthworms
Energy: Light and shadows Assessment – Science Y3: Light and shadows Lesson 1: Sources of light Lesson 2: What is reflection? Lesson 3: Where do shadows come from? Lesson 4: Shadows throughout the day Lesson 5: Investigating shadows Lesson 6: Using light and shadows
Plants: Plant reproduction Assessment – Science Y3: Plant reproduction Lesson 1: Plant growth Lesson 2: Structure and function Lesson 3: Transporting water Lesson 4: Flowers Lesson 5: Evaluating an enquiry Lesson 6: Seed dispersal
Making connections: Does hand span affect grip strength? Assessment – Science Y3: Does hand span affect grip strength? Lesson 1: Investigating grip strength – Planning Lesson 2: Investigating grip strength – Gathering data Lesson 3: Investigating grip strength – Analysing, concluding and evaluating Lesson 4: Investigating grip strength – Extending Lesson 5: Investigating grip strength – Presenting
Animals including humans: Digestion and food Assessment – Science Y4: Digestion and food Lesson 1: The human digestive system Lesson 2: Human teeth Lesson 3: Investigating dental hygiene Lesson 4: Teeth of carnivores, herbivores and omnivores Lesson 5: Producers, predators and prey in food chains Lesson 6: Poo clues
Energy: Electricity and circuits Assessment – Science Y4: Electricity and circuits Lesson 1: Using electricity Lesson 2: Building circuits Lesson 3: Switching on and off Lesson 4: Investigating electrical conductors and insulators Lesson 5: Investigating bulb brightness Lesson 6: Electrical safety
Materials: States of matter Assessment – Science Y4: States of matter Lesson 1: Solids Lesson 2: Liquids and gases Lesson 3: Melting and freezing Lesson 4: Condensing and evaporating Lesson 5: The water cycle Lesson 6: Climate change and the water cycle
Energy: Sound and vibrations Assessment – Science Y4: Sound and vibrations Lesson 1: Vibrations Lesson 2: Sound waves Lesson 3: Volume Lesson 4: Volume and distance Lesson 5: Pitch Lesson 6: Sound insulation
Living things: Classification and changing habitats Assessment – Science Y4: Classification and changing habitats Lesson 1: Grouping living things: Vertebrates and invertebrates Lesson 2: Grouping living things: Plants Lesson 3: Classification keys Lesson 4: Habitats and seasonal change Lesson 5: Human impacts on habitats Lesson 6: Natural changes to habitats
Making connections: How does the flow of liquids compare? Assessment – Science Y4: How does the flow of liquids compare? Lesson 1: Investigating liquids – Planning Lesson 2: Investigating liquids – Gathering data Lesson 3: Investigating liquids – Analysing, concluding and evaluating Lesson 4: Investigating liquids – Extending Lesson 5: Investigating liquids – Presenting
Materials: Mixtures and separation Assessment – Science Y5: Mixtures and separation Lesson 1: Mixtures Lesson 2: Sieving Lesson 3: Filtering Lesson 4: Solutions Lesson 5: Dissolving Lesson 6: Evaporating
Materials: Properties and changes Assessment – Science Y5: Properties and changes Lesson 1: Hardness Lesson 2: Transparency Lesson 3: Conductivity Lesson 4: Reversible changes Lesson 5: Irreversible changes: Burning and rusting Lesson 6: Irreversible changes: Mixing
Forces and space: Earth and space Assessment – Science Y5: Earth and space Lesson 1: Models of our Solar System Lesson 2: Our Solar System Lesson 3: The Moon Lesson 4: Day and night Lesson 5: Time Lesson 6: Satellites and space junk
Living things: Life cycles and reproduction Assessment – Science Y5: Life cycles and reproduction Lesson 1: Life cycles and reproduction in plants Lesson 2: Life cycle of a mammal Lesson 3: Life cycle of a bird Lesson 4: Life cycle of an amphibian Lesson 5: Life cycle of an insect Lesson 6: Asexual reproduction in plants
Forces and space: Unbalanced forces Assessment – Science Y5: Unbalanced forces Lesson 1: Gravity Lesson 2: Air resistance Lesson 3: Water resistance Lesson 4: Friction Lesson 5: Levers, pulleys and gears (Part 1) Lesson 6: Levers, pulleys and gears (Part 2)
Animals: Human timeline Assessment – Science Y5: Human timeline Lesson 1: Growing old Lesson 2: Puberty Lesson 3: Comparing human gestation
Making connections: Does the size of an asteroid affect the diameter of its impact crater? Assessment – Science Y5: Does the size of an asteroid affect its impact crater? Lesson 1: Investigating asteroid craters – Planning Lesson 2: Investigating asteroid craters – Gathering data Lesson 3: Investigating asteroids – Analysing, concluding and evaluating
Living things: Classifying big and small Assessment – Science Y6: Classifying big and small Lesson 1: Carl Linnaeus and classification Lesson 2: Cold-blooded vertebrates Lesson 3: Warm-blooded vertebrates Lesson 4: Invertebrates Lesson 5: Plants Lesson 6: Micro-organisms
Energy: Light and reflection Assessment – Science Y6: Light and reflection Lesson 1: The pathway of light Lesson 2: See the light Lesson 3: Measuring shadows Lesson 4: Reflecting light Lesson 5: Making a periscope Lesson 6: Using mirrors
Living things: Evolution and inheritance Assessment – Science Y6: Evolution and inheritance Lesson 1: Variation Lesson 2: Inheritance Lesson 3: Adaptations Lesson 4: Modelling natural selection Lesson 5: Evolution Lesson 6: Evidence for evolution
Energy: Circuits, batteries and switches Assessment – Science Y6: Circuits, batteries and switches Lesson 1: Components and circuits Lesson 2: Circuit diagrams Lesson 3: Current and resistance Lesson 4: Batteries and voltage Lesson 5: Voltage and bulb brightness Lesson 6: Practical circuits
Animals, including humans: Circulation and health Assessment – Science Y6: Circulation and health Lesson 1: Factors affecting health Lesson 2: The heart and circulatory system Lesson 3: Blood Lesson 4: Heart rate Lesson 5: Investigating exercise and heart rate Lesson 6: Heart rate and fitness
Making connections: Are some sunglasses safer than others? Assessment – Science Y6: Are some sunglasses safer than others? Lesson 1: Investigating sunglasses – Planning Lesson 2: Investigating sunglasses – Gathering data Lesson 3: Investigating sunglasses – Analysing, concluding and evaluating Lesson 4: Investigating sunglasses – Extending Lesson 5: Investigating sunglasses – Presenting
Subjects
Units & lessons
Unit 1: Spanish greetings with puppets Assessment – Spanish Y3: Spanish greetings with puppets Lesson 6: Puppet parade Lesson 1: Introductions Lesson 2: Saying goodbye Lesson 3: Greetings day and night Lesson 4: How are you? Lesson 5: Learning a finger rhyme
Unit 2: Spanish numbers and ages Assessment – Spanish Y3: Spanish numbers and ages Lesson 1: Counting to six Lesson 2: Ten little fingers Lesson 3: How many? Lesson 4: How old are you? Lesson 5: Asking questions Lesson 6: Festivities in Spain
Unit 3: Shapes and colours in Spanish Assessment – Spanish Y3: Shapes and colours Lesson 1: Colours Lesson 2: Describing shapes Lesson 3: Gaudí mosaics Lesson 4: Tile hunt Lesson 5: Tiles of the Alhambra Lesson 6: Tile designs
Unit 4: Classroom objects in Spanish Assessment – Spanish Y3: Classroom objects Lesson 1: Follow the instructions Lesson 2: Un or una? Lesson 3: What classroom items do you have? Lesson 4: I do not have… Lesson 5: What is in your school bag? Lesson 6: En mi mochila
Unit 1: Dates in Spanish Assessment – Spanish Y4: Dates in Spanish Lesson 1: Numbers 13 to 31 Lesson 2: Los meses Lesson 3: Dates Lesson 4: Important dates Lesson 5: Calendario Lesson 6: Birthday celebrations
Unit 2: Pets in Spanish Assessment – Spanish Y4: Pets in Spanish Lesson 1: Las mascotas Lesson 2: Adjectives Lesson 3: Describing animals Lesson 4: La tienda de mascotas Lesson 5: Writing a story Lesson 6: Showtime!
Unit 3: Weather in Spain Assessment – Spanish Y4: Weather in Spain Lesson 1: Weather words Lesson 2: What’s the weather like? Lesson 3: Compass points Lesson 4: Weather forecast Lesson 5: ¿Qué tiempo hace hoy? Lesson 6: Spanish weather presenters
Unit 4: In a Spanish café Assessment – Spanish Y4: In a Spanish café Lesson 1: Reading a menu Lesson 2: Ordering food and drink Lesson 3: Café conversations Lesson 4: Menú del día Lesson 5: Writing a café conversation Lesson 6: Role play performances
Unit 1: Describing family and friends in Spanish Assessment – Spanish Y5: Describing family and friends Lesson 1: Hermanos Lesson 2: Family tree Lesson 3: Third person singular Lesson 4: Describing what someone likes to do Lesson 5: Describing people Lesson 6: Identifying people
Unit 2: Spanish portraits Assessment – Spanish Y5: Spanish portraits Lesson 1: Portrait puzzles Lesson 2: ¿Quién es? Lesson 3: Cubism Lesson 4: Describing plural nouns Lesson 5: Portrait dictation Lesson 6: Describing portraits
Unit 3: Sports in Spanish Assessment – Spanish Y5: Sports in Spanish Lesson 1: Finding out about sports Lesson 2: Imperative verbs Lesson 3: The Maya ball game Lesson 4: Playing the Maya ball game Lesson 5: Identifying keywords Lesson 6: Creating a ball game
Unit 4: Spanish food and drink Assessment – Spanish Y5: Spanish food and drink Lesson 1: Food likes and dislikes Lesson 2: Finding out food preferences Lesson 3: Café conversations Lesson 4: Guess my pizza Lesson 5: Personalised pizzas Lesson 6: Guess your partner’s answers
Unit 1: Clothes in Spanish Assessment – Spanish Y6: Clothes in Spanish Lesson 1: Identifying meaning Lesson 2: Describing clothes Lesson 3: Giving reasons Lesson 4: Designing an outfit Lesson 5: Creating an outfit Lesson 6: Presenting an outfit
Unit 2: School life in Spanish Assessment – Spanish Y6: School life Lesson 1: A busy week Lesson 2: Likes and dislikes Lesson 3: Making comparisons Lesson 4: Giving opinions Lesson 5: My favourite day Lesson 6: Writing to a friend
Unit 3: Household tasks in Spanish Assessment – Spanish Y6: Household tasks Lesson 1: I don’t want to! Lesson 2: Robot helpers Lesson 3: Adverbs and purpose Lesson 4: Design a robot Lesson 5: Using persuasive language in Spanish Lesson 6: Which robot to buy?
Unit 4: Shopping in Spain Assessment – Spanish Y6: Shopping Lesson 1: Let’s go to the market Lesson 2: Where is it? Lesson 3: How much is it? Lesson 4: How much? How many? Lesson 5: Going shopping Lesson 6: Playing a shopping game
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Art and design
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Drawing: Marvellous marks Lesson 1: Mark making with wax crayons Lesson 2: Mark making with felt tips Lesson 3: Mark making with chalk Lesson 4: Observational pencil drawings Lesson 5: Drawing faces Lesson 6: Drawing faces in colour
Painting and mixed media: Paint my world Lesson 1: Finger painting Lesson 2: Outdoor painting Lesson 3: Painting to music Lesson 4: Collage and transient art Lesson 5: Landscape collage Lesson 6: Group art
Sculpture and 3D: Creation station Lesson 1: Clay Lesson 2: Playdough Lesson 3: 3D landscape art Lesson 4: Designing animal sculptures Lesson 5: Creating animal sculptures Lesson 6: Painting animal sculptures
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Drawing: Exploring line and shape Assessment – Art and design Y1: Drawing Lesson 1: Exploring line Lesson 2: Musical lines Lesson 3: Exploring shapes Lesson 4: Shape in art Lesson 5: Klee portraits Optional: Every picture tells a story
Painting and mixed media: Learning about paint and brush control Lesson 1: Paint and brush control Lesson 2: Exploring brushes Lesson 3: Controlling paint Lesson 4: Planning a painting Lesson 5: Final piece
Painting and mixed media: Colour splash Assessment – Art and design Y1: Painting and mixed media Lesson 1: Making colours Lesson 2: Painting with colour Lesson 3: Printing with paint Lesson 4: Exploring colour mixing Lesson 5: Clarice Cliff plates
Drawing: Understanding tone and texture Assessment – Art and design Y2: Drawing Lesson 1: Exploring drawing materials Lesson 2: Understanding and creating texture Lesson 3: Exploring tonal shading Lesson 4: Sketching and refining a drawing Lesson 5: Creating an observational drawing Optional: Every picture tells a story
Painting and mixed media: Colour mixing Assessment – Art and design Y2: Colour mixing – Coming soon Lesson 1: Exploring primary colours Lesson 2: Primary and secondary colours Lesson 3: Creating secondary colours for a purpose Lesson 4: Using paint in different ways Lesson 5: Applying colour mixing skills
Painting and mixed media: Life in colour Assessment – Art and design Y2: Painting and mixed media Lesson 1: Colour magic Lesson 2: Texture hunt Lesson 3: Making textures Lesson 4: Collage creation Lesson 4: Collage creation – Christmas themed Lesson 5: Developing detail
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Painting and mixed media: Prehistoric painting Assessment – Art and design Y3: Painting and mixed media Lesson 1: Exploring prehistoric art Lesson 2: Charcoal animals Lesson 3: Prehistoric palette Lesson 4: Painting on the cave wall Lesson 5: Hands on a cave wall
Painting & mixed media: Exploring texture with paint and collage Assessment – Painting & Mixed media: Exploring texture Lesson 1: Romare Bearden Lesson 2: Collecting textures Lesson 3: Making textured paper Lesson 4: Story-inspired collages Lesson 5: Adding detail
Drawing: Developing drawing skills Assessment – Art and design Y3: Drawing Lesson 1: See like an artist Lesson 2: Shading Lesson 3: Take a closer look Lesson 4: Imagination in bloom Lesson 5: Paper to pixels Optional: Every picture tells a story
Drawing: Exploring tone, texture and proportion Assessment – Art and design Y4: Drawing Lesson 1: 3D pencil drawings Lesson 2: Texture and tone Lesson 3: Understanding proportion Lesson 4: Creating an effective composition Lesson 5: Using texture, tone and proportion in drawing Optional: Every picture tells a story
Painting & mixed media: Light and dark Assessment – Art Y4: Painting Lesson 1: Tints and shades Lesson 2: Three dimensions Lesson 3: Tone techniques Lesson 4: Composition Lesson 5: Still life
Painting and mixed media: Light and dark Assessment – Art and design Y4: Painting and mixed media Lesson 1: Tints and shades – Option 1 Lesson 1: Tints and shades – Option 2: Christmas themed Lesson 2: Three dimensions Lesson 3: Painting techniques Lesson 4: Composition Lesson 5: Still life
Drawing: Depth, emotion and movement Assessment – Art and design Y5: Drawing Lesson 1: Expressing movement Lesson 2: Showing emotion through line Lesson 3: Showing depth through mark making Lesson 4: Composition for printing Lesson 5: Printing Optional: Every picture tells a story
Painting and mixed media: Portraits Assessment – Art and design Y5: Painting and mixed media Lesson 1: Poem portrait Lesson 2: Developing drawings Lesson 3: Self-portraits Lesson 4: Changing faces Lesson 5: Mixed-media portraits
Sculpture and 3D: Interactive installation Assessment – Art and design Y5: Sculpture and 3D Lesson 1: What is installation art? Lesson 2: Space and scale Lesson 3: Everyday amazing Lesson 4: Creative concepts Lesson 5: Viewer experience
Craft and design: Architecture Assessment – Art and design Y5: Craft and design: Architecture Lesson 1: Observational drawing – houses Lesson 1: Observational drawing – Option 2: Christmas themed Lesson 2: House monoprint Lesson 2: Winter tree monoprint – Option 2: Christmas themed Lesson 3: Be an architect Lesson 4: Friedensreich Hundertwasser Lesson 5: Monument
Drawing: Expressing ideas Assessment – Art and design Y6: Drawing Lesson 1: What is street art? Lesson 2: How do artists use one point perspective? Lesson 3: Scaling up Lesson 4: Planning street art Lesson 5: Making a street-art-inspired piece Optional: Every picture tells a story
Painting and mixed media: World in watercolour Assessment – Art and design Y6: World in watercolour Lesson 1: The natural world Lesson 2: Watercolour Lesson 3: Experimental techniques Lesson 4: Abstract studies Lesson 5: From study to final piece
Painting and mixed media: Artist study Assessment – Art and design Y6: Painting and mixed media Lesson 1: David Hockney – Option 1 Lesson 1: Richard Brakenburg – Option 2 Lesson 2: Paula Rego – The Dance Lesson 3: John Singer Sargent – The Front Line Lesson 4: Fiona Rae – Option 1 Lesson 4: Frank Bowling – Option 2 Lesson 5: Lubaina Himid Lesson 6: Research and planning Lesson 7: Making art!
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Drawing: Marvellous marks Painting and mixed media: Paint my world Sculpture and 3D: Creation station Craft and design: Let's get crafty Seasonal crafts View all Units
Drawing: Exploring line and shape Painting and mixed media: Learning about paint and brush control Painting and mixed media: Colour splash Sculpture and 3D: Paper play Craft and design: Woven wonders Drawing: Understanding tone and texture Painting and mixed media: Colour mixing Painting and mixed media: Life in colour Sculpture and 3D: Clay houses Craft and design: Map it out View all Units
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Painting and mixed media: Prehistoric painting Painting & mixed media: Exploring texture with paint and collage Drawing: Developing drawing skills Sculpture and 3D: Abstract shape and space Craft and design: Ancient Egyptian scrolls Drawing: Exploring tone, texture and proportion Painting & mixed media: Light and dark Painting and mixed media: Light and dark Sculpture and 3D: Mega materials Craft and design: Fabric of nature Drawing: Depth, emotion and movement Painting and mixed media: Portraits Sculpture and 3D: Interactive installation Craft and design: Architecture Drawing: Expressing ideas Painting and mixed media: World in watercolour Painting and mixed media: Artist study Sculpture and 3D: Making memories Craft and design: Photo opportunity View all Units
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Lesson 1: Mark making with wax crayons Lesson 2: Mark making with felt tips Lesson 3: Mark making with chalk Lesson 4: Observational pencil drawings Lesson 5: Drawing faces Lesson 6: Drawing faces in colour
Lesson 1: Finger painting Lesson 2: Outdoor painting Lesson 3: Painting to music Lesson 4: Collage and transient art Lesson 5: Landscape collage Lesson 6: Group art
Lesson 1: Clay Lesson 2: Playdough Lesson 3: 3D landscape art Lesson 4: Designing animal sculptures Lesson 5: Creating animal sculptures Lesson 6: Painting animal sculptures
Lesson 1: Cutting skills Lesson 2: Threading skills Lesson 3: Joining materials Lesson 4: Paper snakes Lesson 5: Flower designs Lesson 6: Tissue paper flowers
Spring craft: Petal mandala suncatchers Summer craft: Salt painting Autumn craft: Nature wreaths Winter craft: Threaded snowflakes Christmas craft: Salt dough decorations Easter craft: Egg threading
Assessment - Art and design Y1: Drawing Lesson 1: Exploring line Lesson 2: Musical lines Lesson 3: Exploring shapes Lesson 4: Shape in art Lesson 5: Klee portraits Optional: Every picture tells a story
Lesson 1: Paint and brush control Lesson 2: Exploring brushes Lesson 3: Controlling paint Lesson 4: Planning a painting Lesson 5: Final piece
Assessment - Art and design Y1: Painting and mixed media Lesson 1: Making colours Lesson 2: Painting with colour Lesson 3: Printing with paint Lesson 4: Exploring colour mixing Lesson 5: Clarice Cliff plates
Assessment - Art and design Y1: Sculpture and 3D Lesson 1: Tube towers Lesson 2: 3D drawings Lesson 3: Tree of life Lesson 4: Giant spider model part 1 Lesson 5: Giant spider model part 2
Assessment - Art and design Y1: Craft and design Lesson 1: Is it art? Lesson 2: Wool wrapping Lesson 3: Exploring thread Lesson 4: Warp and weft Lesson 5: Fibre art
Assessment - Art and design Y2: Drawing Lesson 1: Exploring drawing materials Lesson 2: Understanding and creating texture Lesson 3: Exploring tonal shading Lesson 4: Sketching and refining a drawing Lesson 5: Creating an observational drawing Optional: Every picture tells a story
Assessment – Art and design Y2: Colour mixing – Coming soon Lesson 1: Exploring primary colours Lesson 2: Primary and secondary colours Lesson 3: Creating secondary colours for a purpose Lesson 4: Using paint in different ways Lesson 5: Applying colour mixing skills
Assessment - Art and design Y2: Painting and mixed media Lesson 1: Colour magic Lesson 2: Texture hunt Lesson 3: Making textures Lesson 4: Collage creation Lesson 4: Collage creation - Christmas themed Lesson 5: Developing detail
Assessment - Art and design Y2: Sculpture and 3D: Clay houses Lesson 1: Exploring clay Lesson 2: Pinch pots Lesson 3: Applying skills in clay Lesson 4: Designing a tile Lesson 5: House tiles
Assessment - Art and design Y2: Craft and design: Map it out Lesson 1: Creative journey Lesson 2: Relief maps Lesson 3: Abstract maps Lesson 4: Print possibilities Lesson 5: Gallery experience
Assessment - Art and design Y3: Painting and mixed media Lesson 1: Exploring prehistoric art Lesson 2: Charcoal animals Lesson 3: Prehistoric palette Lesson 4: Painting on the cave wall Lesson 5: Hands on a cave wall
Assessment - Painting & Mixed media: Exploring texture Lesson 1: Romare Bearden Lesson 2: Collecting textures Lesson 3: Making textured paper Lesson 4: Story-inspired collages Lesson 5: Adding detail
Assessment - Art and design Y3: Drawing Lesson 1: See like an artist Lesson 2: Shading Lesson 3: Take a closer look Lesson 4: Imagination in bloom Lesson 5: Paper to pixels Optional: Every picture tells a story
Assessment - Art and design Y3: Sculpture and 3D Lesson 1: Structural shapes Lesson 2: Constructing in 3D Lesson 2: Constructing in 3D - Christmas themed Lesson 3: Seeing space Lesson 4: Abstract sculpture Lesson 5: Surface decoration
Assessment - Art and design Y3: Craft and design Lesson 1: Exploring Ancient Egyptian art Lesson 2: Designing scrolls Lesson 3: Making paper Lesson 4: Scroll making Lesson 5: Making zines
Assessment - Art and design Y4: Drawing Lesson 1: 3D pencil drawings Lesson 2: Texture and tone Lesson 3: Understanding proportion Lesson 4: Creating an effective composition Lesson 5: Using texture, tone and proportion in drawing Optional: Every picture tells a story
Assessment - Art Y4: Painting Lesson 1: Tints and shades Lesson 2: Three dimensions Lesson 3: Tone techniques Lesson 4: Composition Lesson 5: Still life
Assessment - Art and design Y4: Painting and mixed media Lesson 1: Tints and shades - Option 1 Lesson 1: Tints and shades - Option 2: Christmas themed Lesson 2: Three dimensions Lesson 3: Painting techniques Lesson 4: Composition Lesson 5: Still life
Assessment - Art and design Y4: Sculpture and 3D Lesson 1: From 2D to 3D Lesson 2: Soap sculptures Lesson 3: Working with wire Lesson 4: Shadow sculpture Lesson 5: Recycle and recreate
Assessment - Art and design Y4: Craft and design Lesson 1: Inspired by the rainforest Lesson 2: One picture, four views Lesson 3: Creating patterns Lesson 4: Repeating patterns Lesson 5: Fabric design
Assessment - Art and design Y5: Drawing Lesson 1: Expressing movement Lesson 2: Showing emotion through line Lesson 3: Showing depth through mark making Lesson 4: Composition for printing Lesson 5: Printing Optional: Every picture tells a story
Assessment - Art and design Y5: Painting and mixed media Lesson 1: Poem portrait Lesson 2: Developing drawings Lesson 3: Self-portraits Lesson 4: Changing faces Lesson 5: Mixed-media portraits
Assessment - Art and design Y5: Sculpture and 3D Lesson 1: What is installation art? Lesson 2: Space and scale Lesson 3: Everyday amazing Lesson 4: Creative concepts Lesson 5: Viewer experience
Assessment - Art and design Y5: Craft and design: Architecture Lesson 1: Observational drawing - houses Lesson 1: Observational drawing - Option 2: Christmas themed Lesson 2: House monoprint Lesson 2: Winter tree monoprint - Option 2: Christmas themed Lesson 3: Be an architect Lesson 4: Friedensreich Hundertwasser Lesson 5: Monument
Assessment - Art and design Y6: Drawing Lesson 1: What is street art? Lesson 2: How do artists use one point perspective? Lesson 3: Scaling up Lesson 4: Planning street art Lesson 5: Making a street-art-inspired piece Optional: Every picture tells a story
Assessment – Art and design Y6: World in watercolour Lesson 1: The natural world Lesson 2: Watercolour Lesson 3: Experimental techniques Lesson 4: Abstract studies Lesson 5: From study to final piece
Assessment - Art and design Y6: Painting and mixed media Lesson 1: David Hockney - Option 1 Lesson 1: Richard Brakenburg - Option 2 Lesson 2: Paula Rego - The Dance Lesson 3: John Singer Sargent - The Front Line Lesson 4: Fiona Rae - Option 1 Lesson 4: Frank Bowling - Option 2 Lesson 5: Lubaina Himid Lesson 6: Research and planning Lesson 7: Making art!
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Computing systems and networks 1: Using a computer Lesson 1: Keyboards Lesson 2: Logging in and out Lesson 3: Mouse control Lesson 4: Mouse control – clicking Lesson 5: Mouse control – clicking and dragging
Programming 1: All about instructions Lesson 1: Following instructions Lesson 2: Giving simple instructions Lesson 3: Dressing up instructions Lesson 4: Debugging instructions (Washing hands) Lesson 5: Predictions
Computing systems and networks 2: Exploring hardware Lesson 1: Exploring hardware tinker tray Lesson 2: Real world tinker tray Lesson 3: Pictures of play Lesson 4: Picture walk Lesson 5: Class photo album
Units & lessons
Computing systems and networks: Improving mouse skills Assessment – Computing Y1: Improving mouse skills Lesson 1: Logging in Lesson 2: Click and drag skills Lesson 3: Drawing shapes Lesson 4: Drawing a story Lesson 5: Self-portrait
Programming 1:
Skills showcase: Rocket to the moon Assessment – Computing Y1: Rocket to the moon Lesson 1: Rocket materials Lesson 2: Rocket design Lesson 3: Rocket building instructions Lesson 4: Making a rocket Lesson 5: Rocket launching
Programming 2: Bee-Bot
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Programming 2: Bee-Bots Option 2
Programming 2: Digital Bee-Bots Creating media: Digital imagery Assessment – Computing Y1: Digital imagery Lesson 1: Planning a photo story Lesson 2: Taking photos Lesson 3: Editing photos – Google Lesson 3: Editing photos – Microsoft *New* Lesson 3: Editing photos – Sketchpad Lesson 4: Searching for images Lesson 5: Photo collage
Computing systems and networks 1: What is a computer? Assessment – Computing Y2: What is a computer? Lesson 1: Computer parts Lesson 2: Inputs Lesson 3: Technology safari Lesson 4: Invention Lesson 5: Real-world role play
Programming 1
Computing systems and networks 2: Word processing Assessment – Computing Y2: Word processing Lesson 1: Getting to know the keyboard Lesson 2: Getting started with word processing Lesson 3: Newspaper writer Lesson 4: Poetry book Lesson 5: Digital writer
Programming 2: Introduction to block coding
Creating media: Stop motion
Units & lessons
Computing systems and networks 1: Networks Assessment – Computing Y3: Networks Lesson 1: What is a network? Lesson 2: A file’s journey Lesson 3: How a website works Lesson 4: Routers Lesson 5: What is packet data?
Programming: Scratch Assessment – Computing Y3: *New* Programming Scratch Lesson 1: Tinkering with Scratch Lesson 2: Storytelling in Scratch Lesson 3: Planning a remix Lesson 4: Remixing an animation Lesson 5: Evaluating an animation
Computing systems and networks 2: Emailing
Computing systems and networks 3: Journey inside a computer Assessment – Computing Y3: Journey inside a computer Lesson 1: Inputs and outputs Lesson 2: Building a paper laptop Lesson 3: Following instructions Lesson 4: Computer memory Lesson 5: Dismantling a tablet
Creating media: Video trailers (Previously called ‘Digital literacy’)
Data handling: Comparison cards databases Assessment – Computing Y3: Comparison cards databases Lesson 1: Records, fields and data Lesson 2: Race against the computer Lesson 3: Sorting and filtering – Google Lesson 3: Sorting and filtering – Microsoft Lesson 4: Representing data – Google Lesson 4: Representing data – Microsoft Lesson 5: Planning a holiday
Programming 1: Further coding with Scratch Assessment – Computing Y4: *New* Further coding with Scratch Lesson 1: Exploring variables and conditions Lesson 2: Using conditions and sensors Lesson 3: Planning a game Lesson 4: Programming a game Lesson 5: Evaluating a game
Computing systems and networks: Collaborative learning
Creating media: Website design
Skills showcase: HTML Assessment – Computing Y4: HTML Lesson 1: What is HTML? Lesson 2: Remixing HTML Lesson 3: HTML unplugged Lesson 4: Website hacking Lesson 5: Replacing images
Programming 2: Computational thinking Assessment – Computing Y4: Computational thinking Lesson 1: Decomposition and pattern recognition Lesson 2: Abstraction Lesson 3: Algorithm design Lesson 4: Computational thinking in action Lesson 5: Evaluating computational thinking
Computing systems and networks: Search engines Assessment – Computing Y5: Search engines Lesson 1: Searching basics Lesson 2: Inaccurate information Lesson 3: Web quest Lesson 4: Information poster Lesson 5: Web crawlers
Programming 1: Music Assessment – Computing Y5: Programming: Music Lesson 1: Tinkering with Scratch music elements Lesson 2: Scratch soundtracks Lesson 3: Planning a soundtrack Lesson 4: Programming a soundtrack Lesson 5: Evaluating a soundtrack
Data handling: Mars Rover 1 Assessment – Computing Y5: Mars Rover 1 Lesson 1: Mars Rover Lesson 2: Binary code Lesson 3: Computer architecture Lesson 4: How computers store data using binary Lesson 5: Using binary – text
Programming 2
Creating media: Stop motion animation
Computing systems and networks: Bletchley Park and the history of computers Assessment – Computing Y6: Bletchley Park and the history of computers Lesson 1: Secret codes Lesson 2: Brute force hacking Lesson 3: Computers of the past Lesson 4: Future computer Lesson 5: Audio adverts
Computing systems and networks: Exploring AI Assessment – Computing Y6: Exploring AI Lesson 1: What is AI? Lesson 2: AI and text Lesson 3: AI through images Lesson 4: Coding AI Lesson 5: Ethics and AI
Data handling 1: Big Data 1 Assessment – Computing Y6: Big Data 1 Lesson 1: Barcodes Lesson 2: Transmitting data Lesson 3: RFID Lesson 4: Using RFID Lesson 5: Transport data
Programming
Data handling 2: Big Data 2 Assessment – Computing Y6: Big Data 2 Lesson 1: Transferring data Lesson 2: Data usage Lesson 3: The Internet of Things Lesson 4: Designing a smart school Lesson 5: Smart school presentation
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Computing systems and networks 1: Using a computer Programming 1: All about instructions Computing systems and networks 2: Exploring hardware Programming 2: Programming Bee-Bots Data handling: Introduction to data View all Units
Computing systems and networks: Improving mouse skills Skills showcase: Rocket to the moon Creating media: Digital imagery Data handling: Introduction to data Online safety: Year 1 Computing systems and networks 1: What is a computer? Computing systems and networks 2: Word processing Data handling: International Space Station Online safety: Year 2 View all Units
Computing systems and networks 1: Networks Programming: Scratch Computing systems and networks 3: Journey inside a computer Data handling: Comparison cards databases Online safety: Year 3 Programming 1: Further coding with Scratch Skills showcase: HTML Programming 2: Computational thinking Data handling: Investigating weather Online safety: Year 4 Computing systems and networks: Search engines Programming 1: Music Data handling: Mars Rover 1 Skills showcase: Mars Rover 2 Online safety: Year 5 Computing systems and networks: Bletchley Park and the history of computers Computing systems and networks: Exploring AI Data handling 1: Big Data 1 Data handling 2: Big Data 2 Skills showcase: Inventing a product Online safety: Year 6 View all Units
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Lesson 1: Keyboards Lesson 2: Logging in and out Lesson 3: Mouse control Lesson 4: Mouse control - clicking Lesson 5: Mouse control - clicking and dragging
Lesson 1: Following instructions Lesson 2: Giving simple instructions Lesson 3: Dressing up instructions Lesson 4: Debugging instructions (Washing hands) Lesson 5: Predictions
Lesson 1: Exploring hardware tinker tray Lesson 2: Real world tinker tray Lesson 3: Pictures of play Lesson 4: Picture walk Lesson 5: Class photo album
Lesson 1: Understanding arrows Lesson 2: Introducing the Bee-Bot Lesson 3: Simple Bee-Bot programming Lesson 4: Understanding algorithms Lesson 5: Programming a Bee-Bot
Lesson 1: Loose parts play Lesson 2: Sorting ourselves Lesson 3: Yes or no? Lesson 4: Creating a branching database Lesson 5: Exploring pictograms
Assessment - Computing Y1: Improving mouse skills Lesson 1: Logging in Lesson 2: Click and drag skills Lesson 3: Drawing shapes Lesson 4: Drawing a story Lesson 5: Self-portrait
Assessment - Computing Y1: Programming 1: Commands unplugged Lesson 1: Command games Lesson 2: Computing commands Lesson 3: Following instructions Lesson 4: Creating instructions Lesson 5: Fixing instructions
Assessment - Computing Y1: Algorithms unplugged Lesson 1: What is an algorithm? Lesson 2: Algorithm pictures Lesson 3: Virtual assistants Lesson 4: Step by step Lesson 5: Debugging directions
Assessment - Computing Y1: Rocket to the moon Lesson 1: Rocket materials Lesson 2: Rocket design Lesson 3: Rocket building instructions Lesson 4: Making a rocket Lesson 5: Rocket launching
Assessment - Computing Y1: *New* Bee-Bots Lesson 1: Classroom robots Lesson 2: Exploring Bee-Bots Lesson 3: Programming Bee-Bots Lesson 4: Bee-Bot mazes Lesson 5: Bee-Bot mystery
Assessment - Computing Y1: *New* Digital Bee-Bots Lesson 1: Digital classroom robots Lesson 2: Exploring digital Bee-Bots Lesson 3: Programming digital Bee-Bots Lesson 4: Digital Bee-Bot game Lesson 5: Digital Bee-Bot mystery
Assessment - Computing Y1: Programming: Bee-Bot Lesson 1: Getting to know a Bee-Bot Lesson 2: Making a Bee-Bot video Lesson 3: Precise instructions Lesson 4: Bee-Bot world Lesson 5: Three little pigs
Assessment - Computing Y1: Programming: Virtual Bee-Bot Lesson 1: Getting to know a virtual device Lesson 2: Making a virtual Bee-Bot video Lesson 3: Precise instructions Lesson 4: Bee-Bot world virtual Lesson 5: Bee-Bot adventures
Assessment - Computing Y1: Digital imagery Lesson 1: Planning a photo story Lesson 2: Taking photos Lesson 3: Editing photos - Google Lesson 3: Editing photos - Microsoft *New* Lesson 3: Editing photos - Sketchpad Lesson 4: Searching for images Lesson 5: Photo collage
Assessment - Computing Y1: Introduction to data Lesson 1: Zoo data Lesson 2: Picture data Lesson 3: Minibeast hunt Lesson 4: Animal branching databases Lesson 5: Inventions
Assessment - Computing Y1: Online safety Lesson 1: Using the internet safely Lesson 2: Online emotions Lesson 3: Always be kind and considerate Lesson 4: Posting and sharing online Lesson 5: How much time should we spend on technology?
Assessment - Computing Y2: What is a computer? Lesson 1: Computer parts Lesson 2: Inputs Lesson 3: Technology safari Lesson 4: Invention Lesson 5: Real-world role play
Assessment – Computing Y2: Programming 1: Algorithms and debugging Lesson 1: Dance algorithms Lesson 2: Treasure algorithms Lesson 3: Coding puzzles Lesson 4: Coding challenges Lesson 5: Dance mistakes
Assessment - Computing Y2: Algorithms and debugging Lesson 1: Dinosaur algorithm Lesson 2: Machine learning Lesson 3: Through the maze Lesson 4: Making maps Lesson 5: Unplugged debugging
Assessment - Computing Y2: Word processing Lesson 1: Getting to know the keyboard Lesson 2: Getting started with word processing Lesson 3: Newspaper writer Lesson 4: Poetry book Lesson 5: Digital writer
Assessment - Computing Y2: MakeCode Lesson 1: Tinkering with code Lesson 2: Tinkering with MakeCode Lesson 3: What does the code mean? Lesson 4: Building a program Lesson 5: Evaluating a program
Assessment - Computing Y2: ScratchJr Lesson 1: Using ScratchJr Lesson 2: Creating an animation Lesson 3: Making a musical instrument Lesson 4: Programming a joke Lesson 5: 'The Three Little Pigs' algorithms
Assessment - Computing Y2: Stop motion (Option 1: Using tablet devices) Lesson 1: What is animation? Lesson 2: My first animation Lesson 3: Planning my project Lesson 4: Creating my project Lesson 5: Creating my project
Assessment - Computing Y2: Stop motion (Option 2: Devices with cameras) Lesson 1: What is animation? Lesson 2: Taking photographs Lesson 3: My first animation Lesson 4: Planning my project Lesson 5: Creating my project
Assessment - Computing Y2: International Space Station Lesson 1: Homes in space Lesson 2: Space bag Lesson 3: Warmer, colder Lesson 4: Experiments in space Lesson 5: Goldilocks planets
Assessment - Computing Y2: Online safety Lesson 1: What happens when I post online? Lesson 2: How do I keep my things safe online? Lesson 3: It's my choice Lesson 4: Is it true?
Assessment - Computing Y3: Networks Lesson 1: What is a network? Lesson 2: A file's journey Lesson 3: How a website works Lesson 4: Routers Lesson 5: What is packet data?
Assessment - Computing Y3: *New* Programming Scratch Lesson 1: Tinkering with Scratch Lesson 2: Storytelling in Scratch Lesson 3: Planning a remix Lesson 4: Remixing an animation Lesson 5: Evaluating an animation
Assessment - Computing Y3: Emailing Lesson 1: Communicating with technology Lesson 2: Sending an email Lesson 3: Adding attachments Lesson 4: Be kind online Lesson 5: Fake emails
Assessment - Computing Y3: Emailing Lesson 1: Communicating with technology Lesson 2: Sending an email Lesson 3: Adding attachments Lesson 4: Be kind online Lesson 5: Fake emails
Assessment - Computing Y3: Journey inside a computer Lesson 1: Inputs and outputs Lesson 2: Building a paper laptop Lesson 3: Following instructions Lesson 4: Computer memory Lesson 5: Dismantling a tablet
Assessment - Computing Y3: Video trailers (Option 1: Using devices other than iPads) Lesson 1: Planning a book trailer Lesson 2: Filming Lesson 3: Editing the trailer Lesson 4: Transitions and text Lesson 5: Video review
Assessment - Computing Y3: Video trailers (Option 2: Using iPads) Lesson 1: Planning a book trailer Lesson 2: Filming Lesson 3: Editing the trailer Lesson 4: Transitions and text Lesson 5: Video reviews
Assessment - Computing Y3: Comparison cards databases Lesson 1: Records, fields and data Lesson 2: Race against the computer Lesson 3: Sorting and filtering - Google Lesson 3: Sorting and filtering - Microsoft Lesson 4: Representing data - Google Lesson 4: Representing data - Microsoft Lesson 5: Planning a holiday
Assessment - Computing Y3: Online safety Lesson 1: Beliefs, opinions and facts on the internet Lesson 2: Who should I ask? Lesson 3: When being online makes me upset Lesson 4: Sharing of information Lesson 5: Rules of social media platforms
Assessment - Computing Y4: *New* Further coding with Scratch Lesson 1: Exploring variables and conditions Lesson 2: Using conditions and sensors Lesson 3: Planning a game Lesson 4: Programming a game Lesson 5: Evaluating a game
Assessment - Computing Y4: Collaborative learning Lesson 1: Teamwork Lesson 2: Sharing a document Lesson 3: Microsoft Forms 1 Lesson 4: Microsoft Forms 2 Lesson 5: Shared spreadsheets
Assessment - Computing Y4: Collaborative learning Lesson 1: Teamwork Lesson 2: Sharing a document Lesson 3: Slide presentations Lesson 4: Google Forms Lesson 5: Shared spreadsheets
Assessment - Computing Y4: Website design Lesson 1: Getting to know Microsoft Sway Lesson 2: Book review webpage Lesson 3: Adding features Lesson 4: Planning my website Lesson 5: Creating my website
Assessment - Computing Y4: Website design Lesson 1: Getting to know Google Sites Lesson 2: Book review web page Lesson 3: Creating a web page Lesson 4: Planning my website Lesson 5: Creating my website
Assessment - Computing Y4: HTML Lesson 1: What is HTML? Lesson 2: Remixing HTML Lesson 3: HTML unplugged Lesson 4: Website hacking Lesson 5: Replacing images
Assessment - Computing Y4: Computational thinking Lesson 1: Decomposition and pattern recognition Lesson 2: Abstraction Lesson 3: Algorithm design Lesson 4: Computational thinking in action Lesson 5: Evaluating computational thinking
Assessment - Computing Y4: Investigating weather Lesson 1: What is the weather? Lesson 2: Weather stations Lesson 3: Extreme weather Lesson 4: Satellites and forecasts Lesson 5: Presenting forecasts
Assessment - Computing Y4: Online safety Lesson 1: What happens when I search online? Lesson 2: How do companies encourage us to buy online? Lesson 3: Fact, opinion or belief? Lesson 4: What is a bot? Lesson 5: What is my #TechTimetable like?
Assessment - Computing Y5: Search engines Lesson 1: Searching basics Lesson 2: Inaccurate information Lesson 3: Web quest Lesson 4: Information poster Lesson 5: Web crawlers
Assessment - Computing Y5: Programming: Music Lesson 1: Tinkering with Scratch music elements Lesson 2: Scratch soundtracks Lesson 3: Planning a soundtrack Lesson 4: Programming a soundtrack Lesson 5: Evaluating a soundtrack
Assessment - Computing Y5: Mars Rover 1 Lesson 1: Mars Rover Lesson 2: Binary code Lesson 3: Computer architecture Lesson 4: How computers store data using binary Lesson 5: Using binary - text
Assessment - Computing Y5: Programming 2: *New* BBC micro:bit Lesson 1: Tinkering with BBC micro:bit Lesson 2: Programming an animation Lesson 3: Programming a pedometer Lesson 4: Using the temperature sensor Lesson 5: Debug and evaluate
Assessment - Computing Y5: Micro:bit Lesson 1: Tinkering with BBC micro:bit Lesson 2: Programming an animation Lesson 3: Polling program Lesson 4: Programming a pedometer Lesson 5: Programming a scoreboard
Assessment - Computing Y5: Animation Stop Motion Studio Lesson 1: Animation explored Lesson 2: Exploring stop-motion Lesson 3: Planning my stop-motion project Lesson 4: Stop motion creation Lesson 5: Editing my stop-motion project
Assessment - Computing Y5: Animation with cameras Lesson 1: Animation explored Lesson 2: Exploring stop-motion Lesson 3: Planning my stop motion project Lesson 4: Stop-motion creation Lesson 5: Editing my stop motion project
Assessment - Computing Y5: Mars Rover 2 Lesson 1: Pixels Lesson 2: Compressing images Lesson 3: Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle Lesson 4: Tinkering with CAD Lesson 5: Tinkercad design
Assessment - Computing Y5: Online safety Lesson 1: Online protection Lesson 2: Online communication Lesson 3: Online reputation Lesson 4: Online bullying Lesson 5: Online health
Assessment - Computing Y6: Bletchley Park and the history of computers Lesson 1: Secret codes Lesson 2: Brute force hacking Lesson 3: Computers of the past Lesson 4: Future computer Lesson 5: Audio adverts
Assessment - Computing Y6: Exploring AI Lesson 1: What is AI? Lesson 2: AI and text Lesson 3: AI through images Lesson 4: Coding AI Lesson 5: Ethics and AI
Assessment - Computing Y6: Big Data 1 Lesson 1: Barcodes Lesson 2: Transmitting data Lesson 3: RFID Lesson 4: Using RFID Lesson 5: Transport data
Assessment – Computing Y6: Programming: Exploring Python Lesson 1: From blocks to text Lesson 2: Syntax rules Lesson 3: Nested loops in Python Lesson 4: Remixing Python Lesson 5: Debugging Python
Assessment - Computing Y6: Introduction to Python Lesson 1: Tinkering with Logo Lesson 2: Nested loops Lesson 3: Using Python Lesson 4: Using loops in Python Lesson 5: Coding Mondrian
Assessment - Computing Y6: Big Data 2 Lesson 1: Transferring data Lesson 2: Data usage Lesson 3: The Internet of Things Lesson 4: Designing a smart school Lesson 5: Smart school presentation
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Structures: Junk modelling Lesson 1: Exploring junk modelling Lesson 2: Cutting and scissor skills Lesson 3: Choosing resources Lesson 4: Making models Lesson 5: Evaluation and presentation Lesson 6: Temporary joins
Cooking and nutrition: Soup Lesson 1: Fantastic fruits and vegetables Lesson 2: Pumpkin soup Lesson 3: Designing soup Lesson 4: Fine motor skills Lesson 5: Making soup Lesson 6: Designing soup packaging
Textiles: Bookmarks Lesson 1: Exploring threading and weaving Lesson 2: Paper weaving Lesson 3: Sewing with hessian Lesson 4: Designing bookmarks Lesson 5: Creating bookmarks Lesson 6: Evaluating bookmarks
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Textiles: Simple stitches Assessment – D&T Y1: Textiles: Simple stitches Lesson 1: What is fabric? Lesson 2: Making stitches Lesson 3: Designing bunting Lesson 4: Stitching a design Lesson 5: Finishing and evaluating bunting
Mechanisms: Matching slider game Assessment – D&T Y1: Matching slider game Lesson 1: Mechanisms and movement Lesson 2: Exploring sliders Lesson 3: Designing a slider game Lesson 4: Making a slider game Lesson 5: Finishing a slider game
Structures: Stable structures Assessment – D&T Y1: Structures: Stable structures Lesson 1: Exploring stability Lesson 2: Building stable towers Lesson 3: Stabilising structures with weight Lesson 4: Designing a stable pencil pot Lesson 5: Making a stable pencil pot
Structures: A chair for a bear Assessment – D&T Y2: A chair for a bear Lesson 1: All about chairs! Lesson 2: How does the shape of something affect its strength? Lesson 3: How does the thickness of a material affect its strength? Lesson 4: Making a chair for a bear Lesson 5: Evaluating, improving and finishing a chair for a bear
Mechanisms: Levers Assessment – D&T Y2: Mechanisms: Levers Lesson 1: Seesaws Lesson 2: Levers in action Lesson 3: Scissors Lesson 4: Two levers together Lesson 5: Everyday levers
Mechanisms: Fairground wheel Assessment – D&T Y2: Fairground wheel Lesson 1: Design a fairground wheel Lesson 2: Planning the build Lesson 3: Building the frame and wheels Lesson 4: Surveying design opinions Lesson 5: Adding pods and decoration
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Textiles: Cushions Assessment – D&T Y3: Textiles: Cushions Lesson 1: Cross-stitch and appliqué Lesson 2: Cushion design Lesson 3: Decorating my cushion Lesson 4: Assembling my cushion
Electrical systems: Electric poster Assessment – D&T Y3: Electrical systems: Electric poster Lesson 1: Information design Lesson 2: Topic research Lesson 3: Design development Lesson 4: Electric poster assembly
Electrical systems: Torches Assessment – D&T Y4: Electrical systems: Torches Lesson 1: Electrical products Lesson 2: Evaluating torches Lesson 3: Torch design Lesson 4: Torch assembly
Digital world: Navigating the world Assessment – D&T Y6: Digital world: Navigating the world Lesson 1: Navigating the world Lesson 2: Programming a navigation tool Lesson 3: Product concept Lesson 4: 3D CAD models Lesson 5: Product pitch
Structures: Product packaging Assessment – D&T Y3: Structures: Product packaging Lesson 1: Exploring product packaging Lesson 2: Using nets Lesson 3: Reviewing designs Lesson 4: Making 3D packaging Lesson 5: Decorating and evaluating
Textiles: Egyptian collars Assessment – D&T Y3: Egyptian collars Lesson 1: Cross-stitch and appliqué Lesson 2: Egyptian collars Lesson 3: Developing the collars Lesson 4: Finishing their collars
Mechanical systems: Pneumatic toys Assessment – D&T Y3 : Mechanical systems: Pneumatic toys Lesson 1: Exploring pneumatics Lesson 2: Drawing diagrams Lesson 3: Designing a pneumatic toy Lesson 4: Making a pneumatic toy Lesson 5: Finishing the toy
Digital world: Wearable technology Assessment – D&T Y3: Digital world: Wearable technology Lesson 1: Analysing wearable technology Lesson 2: Developing design criteria Lesson 3: Using code to control LEDs Lesson 4: Programming the light sensor Lesson 5: Communicating ideas using computer-aided design
Cooking and nutrition: Adapting a recipe Assessment – D&T Y4: Cooking and nutrition: Adapting a recipe Lesson 1: Existing biscuits Lesson 2: Basic biscuits Lesson 3: Designing a biscuit Lesson 4: Testing a new recipe Lesson 5: Evaluating biscuits
Electrical systems: Exploring electrical products Assessment – D&T Y4: Electrical systems: Exploring electrical products Lesson 1: Why are electrical products useful? Lesson 2: Light bulbs and toggle switches Lesson 3: Buzzers and push switches Lesson 4: Researching an electrical product using a survey Lesson 5: Cross-sectional diagrams
Structures: Helmets Assessment – D&T Y4: Structures: Helmets Lesson 1: Exploring shell structures Lesson 2: Making papier-mâché shells Lesson 3: Strengthening techniques Lesson 4: Strengthening shell structures Lesson 5: Evaluating shell structures
Mechanical systems: Mechanical cars Assessment – D&T Y4: Mechanical cars Lesson 1: Prototype one: Inclined plane Lesson 2: Prototype two: Slingshot car Lesson 3: Prototype three: Wind-up car Lesson 4: Mechanical toy car kit: Designing Lesson 5: Mechanical toy car kit: Making and evaluating
Electrical systems: Wobble bots Assessment – D&T Y5: Electrical systems: Wobble bots Lesson 1: Circuits and motors Lesson 2: Meet the Kapow Doodlers Lesson 3: Exploring wobble bots Lesson 4: Designing a wobble bot for a purpose Lesson 5: Making and evaluating a wobble bot
Mechanical systems: Gears and pulleys Assessment – D&T Y5: Gears and pulleys Lesson 1: Gears Lesson 2: Improving your gear design Lesson 3: Pulleys Lesson 4: Eco-gadget bike project: Market research Lesson 5: Eco-gadget bike project: Design
Digital world: Monitoring devices Assessment – D&T Y5: Digital world: Monitoring devices Lesson 1: Monitoring devices Lesson 2: Programming an animal monitor Lesson 3: Plastic Lesson 4: 3D CAD skills
Digital world: Navigating the world Assessment – D&T Y6: Digital world: Navigation Lesson 1: Outdoor adventure Lesson 2: Designing on Tinkercad Lesson 3: Coding a pedometer Lesson 4: Coding a compass Lesson 5: Reflecting on a product
Cooking and nutrition: Come dine with me Assessment – D&T Y6: Cooking and nutrition: Come dine with me Lesson 1: Complementary flavours (optional) Lesson 2: Three ingredients; three courses Lesson 3: Ingredients and skills (optional) Lesson 4: To start… Lesson 5: The main course Lesson 6: Dessert
Structures: Playground pioneers Assessment – D&T Y6: Structures: Playground pioneers Lesson 1: Playground design challenge Lesson 2: Designing structures with Tinkercad Lesson 3: Making a prototype of a structure Lesson 4: Finishing a prototype of a structure Lesson 5: Prototype evaluation
Textiles: Bags Assessment – D&T Y6: Textiles: Bags Lesson 1: Deconstructing a bag Lesson 2: Pattern pieces Lesson 3: Designing a bag Lesson 4: Making a bag prototype Lesson 5: Adding features
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Structures: Junk modelling Cooking and nutrition: Soup Textiles: Bookmarks Structures: Boats Seasonal projects View all Units
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Lesson 1: Exploring junk modelling Lesson 2: Cutting and scissor skills Lesson 3: Choosing resources Lesson 4: Making models Lesson 5: Evaluation and presentation Lesson 6: Temporary joins
Lesson 1: Fantastic fruits and vegetables Lesson 2: Pumpkin soup Lesson 3: Designing soup Lesson 4: Fine motor skills Lesson 5: Making soup Lesson 6: Designing soup packaging
Lesson 1: Exploring threading and weaving Lesson 2: Paper weaving Lesson 3: Sewing with hessian Lesson 4: Designing bookmarks Lesson 5: Creating bookmarks Lesson 6: Evaluating bookmarks
Lesson 1: Waterproof materials Lesson 2: Floating and sinking Lesson 3: Boats Lesson 4: Investigating boats Lesson 5: Designing boats Lesson 6: Creating and testing boats
Autumn: Hibernation boxes Christmas: Sliding Santa chimneys Easter: Hanging egg decoration Spring: Flower threading Summer: Designing a rainbow salad Summer: Making a rainbow salad
Assessment - D&T Y1: Making a moving storybook Lesson 1: Exploring sliders and movement Lesson 2: Design Lesson 3: Construction Lesson 4: Testing and evaluation
Assessment - D&T Y1: Puppets Lesson 1: Joining fabrics Lesson 2: Designing my puppet Lesson 3: Making and joining my puppet Lesson 4: Decorating my puppet
Assessment - D&T Y1: Textiles: Simple stitches Lesson 1: What is fabric? Lesson 2: Making stitches Lesson 3: Designing bunting Lesson 4: Stitching a design Lesson 5: Finishing and evaluating bunting
Assessment - D&T Y1: Matching slider game Lesson 1: Mechanisms and movement Lesson 2: Exploring sliders Lesson 3: Designing a slider game Lesson 4: Making a slider game Lesson 5: Finishing a slider game
Assessment - D&T Y1: Structures: Stable structures Lesson 1: Exploring stability Lesson 2: Building stable towers Lesson 3: Stabilising structures with weight Lesson 4: Designing a stable pencil pot Lesson 5: Making a stable pencil pot
Assessment - D&T Y1: Mechanisms: Wheels and axles Lesson 1: Wheels Lesson 2: Improving wheels: Part one Lesson 3: Improving wheels: Part two Lesson 4: Designing a pull-along toy Lesson 5: Making a pull-along toy
Assessment - D&T Y1: Cooking and nutrition: Smoothies Lesson 1: Fruits Lesson 2: Growing Lesson 3: Cutting and juicing Lesson 4: Testing ingredients Lesson 5: Making smoothies Lesson 6: Evaluating
Assessment - D&T Y2: Moving monsters Lesson 1: Pivots, levers and linkages Lesson 2: Making linkages Lesson 3: Designing my monster Lesson 4: Making my monster
Assessment - D&T Y2: Baby bear's chair Lesson 1: Exploring stability Lesson 2: Strengthening materials Lesson 3: Making Baby Bear’s chair Lesson 4: Fixing and testing Baby Bear’s chair
Assessment - D&T Y2: A chair for a bear Lesson 1: All about chairs! Lesson 2: How does the shape of something affect its strength? Lesson 3: How does the thickness of a material affect its strength? Lesson 4: Making a chair for a bear Lesson 5: Evaluating, improving and finishing a chair for a bear
Assessment - D&T Y2: Mechanisms: Levers Lesson 1: Seesaws Lesson 2: Levers in action Lesson 3: Scissors Lesson 4: Two levers together Lesson 5: Everyday levers
Assessment - D&T Y2: Fairground wheel Lesson 1: Design a fairground wheel Lesson 2: Planning the build Lesson 3: Building the frame and wheels Lesson 4: Surveying design opinions Lesson 5: Adding pods and decoration
Assessment - D&T Y2: Cooking and nutrition: Balanced diet Lesson 1: Food groups Lesson 2: Balanced meals Lesson 3: Preparing ingredients Lesson 4: Taste testing ingredients Lesson 5: Planning recipes Lesson 6: Creating and evaluating wraps
Assessment - D&T Y2: Pouches Lesson 1: Running stitch Lesson 2: Using a template Lesson 3: Making a pouch Lesson 4: Decorating a pouch
Assessment - D&T Y3: Textiles: Cushions Lesson 1: Cross-stitch and appliqué Lesson 2: Cushion design Lesson 3: Decorating my cushion Lesson 4: Assembling my cushion
Assessment - D&T Y3: Electrical systems: Electric poster Lesson 1: Information design Lesson 2: Topic research Lesson 3: Design development Lesson 4: Electric poster assembly
Assessment - D&T Y3: Structures: Constructing a castle Lesson 1: Features of a castle Lesson 2: Designing a castle Lesson 3: Nets and structures Lesson 4: Building a castle
Assessment - D&T Y3: Digital world: Wearable technology Lesson 1: Evaluating wearable technology Lesson 2: Light-up wearables Lesson 3: Programming wearable technology Lesson 4: Product concept Lesson 5: Point of sale displays Lesson 6: Focus groups
Assessment - D&T Y3: Structures: Product packaging Lesson 1: Exploring product packaging Lesson 2: Using nets Lesson 3: Reviewing designs Lesson 4: Making 3D packaging Lesson 5: Decorating and evaluating
Assessment - D&T Y3: Egyptian collars Lesson 1: Cross-stitch and appliqué Lesson 2: Egyptian collars Lesson 3: Developing the collars Lesson 4: Finishing their collars
Assessment - D&T Y3 : Mechanical systems: Pneumatic toys Lesson 1: Exploring pneumatics Lesson 2: Drawing diagrams Lesson 3: Designing a pneumatic toy Lesson 4: Making a pneumatic toy Lesson 5: Finishing the toy
Assessment – D&T Y3: Digital world: Wearable technology Lesson 1: Analysing wearable technology Lesson 2: Developing design criteria Lesson 3: Using code to control LEDs Lesson 4: Programming the light sensor Lesson 5: Communicating ideas using computer-aided design
Assessment - D&T Y3: Cooking and nutrition: Eating seasonally Lesson 1: Food around the world Lesson 2: Seasonal food Lesson 3: Cutting and peeling Lesson 4: Tasting seasonal ingredients Lesson 5: Making a mock-up Lesson 6: Evaluating seasonal tarts
Assessment - D&T Y4: Electrical systems: Torches Lesson 1: Electrical products Lesson 2: Evaluating torches Lesson 3: Torch design Lesson 4: Torch assembly
Assessment - D&T Y4: Cooking and nutrition: Adapting a recipe Lesson 1: Existing biscuits Lesson 2: Basic biscuits Lesson 3: Budgeting Lesson 4: Packaging Lesson 5: Testing a new recipe Lesson 6: Evaluating biscuits
Assessment - D&T Y4: Structure: Pavilions Lesson 1: Exploring frame structures Lesson 2: Designing a pavilion Lesson 3: Pavilion frame Lesson 4: Pavilion cladding
Assessment - D&T Y4: Cooking and nutrition: Adapting a recipe Lesson 1: Existing biscuits Lesson 2: Basic biscuits Lesson 3: Designing a biscuit Lesson 4: Testing a new recipe Lesson 5: Evaluating biscuits
Assessment - D&T Y4: Electrical systems: Exploring electrical products Lesson 1: Why are electrical products useful? Lesson 2: Light bulbs and toggle switches Lesson 3: Buzzers and push switches Lesson 4: Researching an electrical product using a survey Lesson 5: Cross-sectional diagrams
Assessment - D&T Y4: Structures: Helmets Lesson 1: Exploring shell structures Lesson 2: Making papier-mâché shells Lesson 3: Strengthening techniques Lesson 4: Strengthening shell structures Lesson 5: Evaluating shell structures
Assessment - D&T Y4: Mechanical cars Lesson 1: Prototype one: Inclined plane Lesson 2: Prototype two: Slingshot car Lesson 3: Prototype three: Wind-up car Lesson 4: Mechanical toy car kit: Designing Lesson 5: Mechanical toy car kit: Making and evaluating
Assessment - D&T Y4: Digital world: Mindful moment timer Lesson 1: Analysing timers Lesson 2: Designing for the user Lesson 3: Programming the timer Lesson 4: Prototypes Lesson 5: Brand identity Lesson 6: An exhibition
Assessment - D&T Y4: Textiles: Fastenings Lesson 1: Evaluating fastenings Lesson 2: Designing my book sleeve Lesson 3: Paper mock-up and preparing fabric Lesson 4: Assembling my book sleeve
Assessment - D&T Y5: Structures: Bridges Lesson 1: Arch and beam bridges Lesson 2: Spaghetti truss bridges Lesson 3: Building bridges Lesson 4: Finalising bridges
Assessment - D&T Y5: Electrical systems: Doodlers Lesson 1: Electrical systems and motors Lesson 2: Meet the Doodlers Lesson 3: Doodler design and construction Lesson 4: Doodler DIY kits
Assessment - D&T Y5: Electrical systems: Wobble bots Lesson 1: Circuits and motors Lesson 2: Meet the Kapow Doodlers Lesson 3: Exploring wobble bots Lesson 4: Designing a wobble bot for a purpose Lesson 5: Making and evaluating a wobble bot
Assessment - D&T Y5: Gears and pulleys Lesson 1: Gears Lesson 2: Improving your gear design Lesson 3: Pulleys Lesson 4: Eco-gadget bike project: Market research Lesson 5: Eco-gadget bike project: Design
Assessment - D&T Y5: Digital world: Monitoring devices Lesson 1: Monitoring devices Lesson 2: Programming an animal monitor Lesson 3: Plastic Lesson 4: 3D CAD skills
Assessment - D&T Y5: Cooking and nutrition: Developing a recipe Lesson 1: From farm to fork Lesson 2: Different choices Lesson 3: Nutritional value Lesson 4: Preparing ingredients Lesson 5: Designing labels Lesson 6: Making bolognese
Assessment - D&T Y5: Textiles: Stuffed toys Lesson 1: Designing a stuffed toy Lesson 2: Blanket stitch Lesson 3: Details and appendages Lesson 4: Stuffed toy assembly
Assessment - D&T Y6: Digital world: Navigating the world Lesson 1: Navigating the world Lesson 2: Programming a navigation tool Lesson 3: Product concept Lesson 4: 3D CAD models Lesson 5: Product pitch
Assessment - D&T Y6: Structures: Playgrounds Lesson 1: Design a new playground Lesson 2: Building structures Lesson 3: Perfecting structures Lesson 4: Playground landscapes
Assessment - D&T Y6: Textiles: Waistcoats Lesson 1: Waistcoat design Lesson 2: Preparing fabric Lesson 3: Assembling my waistcoat Lesson 4: Decorating my waistcoat
Assessment - D&T Y6: Digital world: Navigation Lesson 1: Outdoor adventure Lesson 2: Designing on Tinkercad Lesson 3: Coding a pedometer Lesson 4: Coding a compass Lesson 5: Reflecting on a product
Assessment - D&T Y6: Cooking and nutrition: Come dine with me Lesson 1: Complementary flavours (optional) Lesson 2: Three ingredients; three courses Lesson 3: Ingredients and skills (optional) Lesson 4: To start... Lesson 5: The main course Lesson 6: Dessert
Assessment - D&T Y6: Structures: Playground pioneers Lesson 1: Playground design challenge Lesson 2: Designing structures with Tinkercad Lesson 3: Making a prototype of a structure Lesson 4: Finishing a prototype of a structure Lesson 5: Prototype evaluation
Assessment - D&T Y6: Textiles: Bags Lesson 1: Deconstructing a bag Lesson 2: Pattern pieces Lesson 3: Designing a bag Lesson 4: Making a bag prototype Lesson 5: Adding features
Units & lessons
Unit 1: French greetings with puppets Assessment – French Y3: French greetings with puppets Lesson 1: French greetings Lesson 2: French greetings – day and night Lesson 3: How are you feeling – in French? Lesson 4: French finger rhymes
Unit 2: French adjectives of colour, size and shape Assessment – French Y3: French adjectives of colour, size and shape Lesson 1: Colours in French Lesson 2: Shapes and colours in French Lesson 3: Shapes of different colours and sizes in French Lesson 4: Using shapes like the French artist, Matisse Lesson 5: In the style of the French artist, Matisse
Unit 3: French playground games – numbers and age Assessment – French Y3: Playground games – numbers and age Lesson 1: Let’s count in French Lesson 2: Let’s count higher in French Lesson 3: How old are you in French? Lesson 4: Reading French numbers Lesson 5: Outdoor games in France
Unit 4: In a French classroom Assessment – French Y3: In a French classroom Lesson 1: Follow the French teacher Lesson 2: Pencils and things in the French classroom Lesson 3: To have or have not in the French classroom Lesson 4: School bag French detectives Lesson 5: In my French bag
Unit 1: Portraits – describing in French Assessment – French Y4: Portraits Lesson 1: Portraits – getting French adjectives to agree Lesson 2: Simple descriptions in French Lesson 3: Describing people in French Lesson 4: Describing personality traits in French Lesson 5: Writing portraits of friends in French
Unit 2: Clothes – getting dressed in France Assessment – French Y4: Clothes: Getting dressed in France Lesson 1: Clothes in French Lesson 2: Clothes and colours in French Lesson 3: Where do adjectives go in French Lesson 4: A French clothes catalogue Lesson 5: What is our French model wearing
Unit 3: French numbers, calendars and birthdays Assessment – French Y4: Numbers, calendars and birthdays Lesson 1: Learning numbers 1-31 in French Lesson 2: Days of the week in French Lesson 3: Months of the year in French Lesson 4: Seasons and dates in French Lesson 5: Celebrating a French birthday
Unit 4: French weather and the water cycle Assessment – French Y4: French weather and the water cycle Lesson 1: French weather phrases Lesson 2: French weather rap Lesson 3: Compass points in French Lesson 4: The temperature in France Lesson 5: The water cycle in French
Unit 5: French food – Miam, miam ! Assessment – French Y4: Food miam, miam ! Lesson 1: Ordering food and drink in a French café Lesson 2: Managing money in French Lesson 3: French shops Lesson 4: French food Lesson 5: French food – le menu
Unit 6: French and the Eurovision Song Contest Assessment – French Y4: French and the Eurovision Song Contest Lesson 1: Musical instruments in French Lesson 2: Musical genres in French Lesson 3: France and the countries of Europe Lesson 4: Writing songs and rehearsals in French Lesson 5: French singing contest and grand finale
Unit 1: French monster pets Assessment – French Y5: French monster pets Lesson 1: Beware the dragon! Lesson 2: Body parts in French Lesson 3: A French monster mash-up Lesson 4: About a beast with French adjectives Lesson 5: Fantastic French beasts
Unit 2: Space exploration – in French Assessment – French Y5: Space exploration in French Lesson 1: The Solar System in French Lesson 2: French Sun and Moon metaphors Lesson 3: Comparing planets in French Lesson 4: A galaxy guide in French Lesson 5: French alien worlds
Unit 3: Shopping in France Assessment – French Y5: Shopping in France Lesson 1: French money, numbers and prices Lesson 2: French fruit market Lesson 3: Monsieur Mangetout’s French food week Lesson 4: Shopping in French – how much? Lesson 5: French detectives in the kitchen
Unit 4: French-speaking world Assessment – French Y5: French-speaking world Lesson 1: Directions in French Lesson 2: Where in the world is French spoken? Lesson 3: Treasures of the French-speaking world Lesson 4: Investigating climate in the French-speaking world Lesson 5: French globetrotters
Unit 1: French sport and the Olympics Assessment – French Y6: French sport and the Olympics Lesson 1: Sports in French Lesson 2: Olympian opinions Lesson 3: France – ready to go! Lesson 4: A French sporting week Lesson 5: The French Olympic Games
Unit 2: French football champions Assessment – French Y6: French football champions Lesson 1: Football vocabulary in French Lesson 2: Footballer profiles in French Lesson 3: French footballers – where do they come from? Lesson 4: French football vocabulary tournament Lesson 5: Creating a footballer profile in French
Unit 3: In my French house Assessment – French Y6: In my French House Lesson 1: My French house Lesson 2: My French house and family Lesson 3: Describing my French room Lesson 4: Where is it in my French bedroom? Lesson 5: A letter about my French house
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Unit 1: French greetings with puppets Unit 2: French adjectives of colour, size and shape Unit 3: French playground games - numbers and age Unit 4: In a French classroom Unit 5: French transport Unit 6: A circle of life in French Unit 1: Portraits - describing in French Unit 2: Clothes - getting dressed in France Unit 3: French numbers, calendars and birthdays Unit 4: French weather and the water cycle Unit 5: French food - Miam, miam ! Unit 6: French and the Eurovision Song Contest Unit 1: French monster pets Unit 2: Space exploration - in French Unit 3: Shopping in France Unit 4: French-speaking world Unit 5: Verbs in a French week Unit 6: Meet my French family Unit 1: French sport and the Olympics Unit 2: French football champions Unit 3: In my French house Unit 4: Planning a French holiday Unit 5: Visiting a town in France View all Units
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Assessment - French Y3: French greetings with puppets Lesson 1: French greetings Lesson 2: French greetings - day and night Lesson 3: How are you feeling - in French? Lesson 4: French finger rhymes
Assessment - French Y3: French adjectives of colour, size and shape Lesson 1: Colours in French Lesson 2: Shapes and colours in French Lesson 3: Shapes of different colours and sizes in French Lesson 4: Using shapes like the French artist, Matisse Lesson 5: In the style of the French artist, Matisse
Assessment - French Y3: Playground games - numbers and age Lesson 1: Let's count in French Lesson 2: Let's count higher in French Lesson 3: How old are you in French? Lesson 4: Reading French numbers Lesson 5: Outdoor games in France
Assessment - French Y3: In a French classroom Lesson 1: Follow the French teacher Lesson 2: Pencils and things in the French classroom Lesson 3: To have or have not in the French classroom Lesson 4: School bag French detectives Lesson 5: In my French bag
Assessment - French Y3: Transport Lesson 1: French transport language detectives Lesson 2: How shall we travel in France? Lesson 3: On the road in France Lesson 4: Travel the French speaking world Lesson 5: Journey to a French school
Assessment - French Y3: Circle of Life Lesson 1: French animal nouns and sounds Lesson 2: French habitats Lesson 3: Life cycle French detectives Lesson 4: French food chains Lesson 5: French food chain flips
Assessment - French Y4: Portraits Lesson 1: Portraits – getting French adjectives to agree Lesson 2: Simple descriptions in French Lesson 3: Describing people in French Lesson 4: Describing personality traits in French Lesson 5: Writing portraits of friends in French
Assessment - French Y4: Clothes: Getting dressed in France Lesson 1: Clothes in French Lesson 2: Clothes and colours in French Lesson 3: Where do adjectives go in French Lesson 4: A French clothes catalogue Lesson 5: What is our French model wearing
Assessment - French Y4: Numbers, calendars and birthdays Lesson 1: Learning numbers 1-31 in French Lesson 2: Days of the week in French Lesson 3: Months of the year in French Lesson 4: Seasons and dates in French Lesson 5: Celebrating a French birthday
Assessment - French Y4: French weather and the water cycle Lesson 1: French weather phrases Lesson 2: French weather rap Lesson 3: Compass points in French Lesson 4: The temperature in France Lesson 5: The water cycle in French
Assessment - French Y4: Food miam, miam ! Lesson 1: Ordering food and drink in a French café Lesson 2: Managing money in French Lesson 3: French shops Lesson 4: French food Lesson 5: French food - le menu
Assessment - French Y4: French and the Eurovision Song Contest Lesson 1: Musical instruments in French Lesson 2: Musical genres in French Lesson 3: France and the countries of Europe Lesson 4: Writing songs and rehearsals in French Lesson 5: French singing contest and grand finale
Assessment - French Y5: French monster pets Lesson 1: Beware the dragon! Lesson 2: Body parts in French Lesson 3: A French monster mash-up Lesson 4: About a beast with French adjectives Lesson 5: Fantastic French beasts
Assessment - French Y5: Space exploration in French Lesson 1: The Solar System in French Lesson 2: French Sun and Moon metaphors Lesson 3: Comparing planets in French Lesson 4: A galaxy guide in French Lesson 5: French alien worlds
Assessment - French Y5: Shopping in France Lesson 1: French money, numbers and prices Lesson 2: French fruit market Lesson 3: Monsieur Mangetout's French food week Lesson 4: Shopping in French - how much? Lesson 5: French detectives in the kitchen
Assessment - French Y5: French-speaking world Lesson 1: Directions in French Lesson 2: Where in the world is French spoken? Lesson 3: Treasures of the French-speaking world Lesson 4: Investigating climate in the French-speaking world Lesson 5: French globetrotters
Assessment - French Y5: Verbs in a French week Lesson 1: French - action! Lesson 2: Who is doing what in French? Lesson 3: French verbs in a spin Lesson 4: French irregulars - to have and to be Lesson 5: A French week
Assessment - French Y5: Meet my French Family Lesson 1: My French brothers and sisters Lesson 2: A French family tree Lesson 3: Describing my French family Lesson 4: What my French family likes Lesson 5: My extraordinary French family
Assessment - French Y6: French sport and the Olympics Lesson 1: Sports in French Lesson 2: Olympian opinions Lesson 3: France - ready to go! Lesson 4: A French sporting week Lesson 5: The French Olympic Games
Assessment - French Y6: French football champions Lesson 1: Football vocabulary in French Lesson 2: Footballer profiles in French Lesson 3: French footballers - where do they come from? Lesson 4: French football vocabulary tournament Lesson 5: Creating a footballer profile in French
Assessment - French Y6: In my French House Lesson 1: My French house Lesson 2: My French house and family Lesson 3: Describing my French room Lesson 4: Where is it in my French bedroom? Lesson 5: A letter about my French house
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Geography
Units & lessons
Exploring maps Activity 1: Pirate map bingo Activity 2: Our school from above Activity 3: Let’s build a map! Activity 4: Creating journey sticks Activity 5: Investigating maps Activity 6: Map making
Units & lessons
What is it like here? Assessment – Geography Y1: What is it like here? Lesson 1: Where in the world are we? Lesson 2: What can we see in our classroom? Lesson 3: What can we find in our school grounds? Lesson 4: Where are the different places in our school? Lesson 5: How do we feel about our playground? Lesson 6: Can we make our playground even better?
What is the weather like in the UK? Assessment – Geography Y1: What is the weather like in the UK? Lesson 1: Where is the UK? Lesson 2: What are the four seasons? Lesson 3: What are the compass directions? Lesson 4: What is the weather like today? Lesson 5: Is the weather the same everywhere in the UK? Lesson 6: How do people prepare for the weather? Optional sustainability lesson: How can we look after a garden?
What is it like to live in Shanghai? Assessment – Geography Y1: What is it like to live in Shanghai? Lesson 1: What can we see in our local area? Lesson 2: Can we map our local area? Lesson 3: Where in the world is China? Lesson 4: What can you see in China? Lesson 5: What is Shanghai like? Lesson 6: How is Shanghai different from our local area?
Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place? Assessment – Geography Y2: Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place? Lesson 1: Where are the continents? Lesson 2: Where are the coldest places on Earth? Lesson 3: Where is the Equator? Lesson 4: What is life like in a hot place? Lesson 5: Do we live in a hot or cold place? Lesson 6: Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place?
Why is our world wonderful? Assessment – Geography Y2: Why is our world wonderful? Lesson 1: What are some of the UK’s amazing features and landmarks? Lesson 2: Where are some of the world’s most amazing places? Lesson 3: Where are our oceans? Lesson 4: What is amazing about our local area? Lesson 5: Why are natural habitats special? Lesson 6: How can we look after natural habitats? Optional sustainability lesson: How can our journey to school help the environment?
What is it like to live by the coast? Assessment – Geography Y2: What is it like to live by the coast? Lesson 1: Where are the seas and oceans surrounding the UK? Lesson 2: What is the coast? Lesson 3: What are the features of the Jurassic Coast? Lesson 4: How do people use Weymouth? Lesson 5: How do people use our local coast? (Data collection) Lesson 6: How do people use our local coast? (Findings)
Units & lessons
Why do people live near volcanoes? Assessment – Geography Y3: Why do people live near volcanoes? Lesson 1: How is the Earth constructed? Lesson 2: Where are mountains found? Lesson 3: Why and where do we get volcanoes? Lesson 4: What are the effects of a volcanic eruption? Lesson 5: What are earthquakes and where do we get them? Lesson 6: Where have the rocks around school come from?
Who lives in Antarctica? Assessment – Geography Y3: Who lives in Antarctica? Lesson 1: What is climate? Lesson 2: Where is Antarctica? Lesson 3: Who lives in Antarctica? Lesson 4: Who was Shackleton? Lesson 5: Can we plan an expedition around school? Lesson 6: How did our expedition go? Optional sustainability lesson: How can we use plastic more sustainably? – Recycle Optional sustainability lesson: How can we use plastic more sustainably? – Reuse Optional sustainability lesson: How can we use plastic more sustainably? – Reduce
Are all settlements the same? Assessment – Geography Y3: Are all settlements the same? Lesson 1: What is a settlement? Lesson 2: How is land used in my local area? Lesson 3: Can I explain the location of features in my local area? Lesson 4: How has my local area changed over time? Lesson 5: How is land used in New Delhi? Lesson 6: How does land use in New Delhi compare with my local area?
Why are rainforests important to us? Assessment – Geography Y4: Why are rainforests important to us? Lesson 1: Where in the world are tropical rainforests? Lesson 2: What is the Amazon rainforest like? Lesson 3: Who lives in the rainforest? Lesson 4: How are rainforests changing? Lesson 5: How is our local woodland used?: Data collection Lesson 6: How is our local woodland used?: Findings Optional sustainability lesson: How sustainable is our school?
Where does our food come from? Assessment – Geography Y4: Where does our food come from? Lesson 1: How can our food choices impact the environment? Lesson 2: What does it mean to trade responsibly? Lesson 3: How do we get our chocolate? Lesson 4: Where does our food come from? Lesson 5: Are our school dinners locally sourced? Lesson 6: Is it better to buy local or imported food?
What are rivers and how are they used? Assessment – Geography Y4: What are rivers and how are they used? Lesson 1: What is the water cycle? Lesson 2: How is a river formed? Lesson 3: Where can we find rivers? Lesson 4: How are rivers used? Lesson 5: What can we find out about our local river? Lesson 6: What features does our local river have?
What is life like in the Alps? Assessment – Geography Y5: What is life like in the Alps? Lesson 1: Where are the Alps? Lesson 2: What is it like in the Alps? Lesson 3: Why do people visit the Alps? Lesson 4: What is there to do in our local area? Lesson 5: How are the Alps different from our local area? Lesson 6: What is life like in the Alps?
Why do oceans matter? Assessment – Geography Y5: Why do oceans matter? Lesson 1: How do we use our oceans? Lesson 2: What is the Great Barrier Reef? Lesson 3: Why are our oceans suffering? Lesson 4: What can we do to help our oceans? Lesson 5: How littered is our marine environment? – Data collection Lesson 6: How littered is our marine environment? – Findings Optional sustainability lesson: What is fast fashion and why is it a problem?
Would you like to live in the desert? Assessment – Geography Y5: Would you like to live in the desert? Lesson 1: What is a hot desert biome? Lesson 2: Where are deserts located? Lesson 3: What physical features are found in a desert? Lesson 4: How can people use deserts? Lesson 5: What are the threats to deserts? Lesson 6: Would you like to live in the desert?
Why does population change? Assessment – Geography Y6: Why does population change? Lesson 1: How is the global population changing? Lesson 2: What are birth and death rates? Lesson 3: Why do people migrate? Lesson 4: How is climate change impacting the population? Lesson 5: How is population impacting our environment?: Data collection Lesson 6: How is population impacting our environment?: Findings
Where does our energy come from? Assessment – Geography Y6: Where does our energy come from? Lesson 1: Why is energy important? Lesson 2: What is renewable energy? Lesson 3: How does the United States generate energy? Lesson 4: How does the United Kingdom generate energy? Lesson 5: What is the best way to generate energy? Lesson 6: Where is the best place for a solar panel on the school grounds? Optional sustainability lesson: What actions can we take to make the world more sustainable?
Can I carry out an independent fieldwork enquiry? Assessment – Geography Y6: Can I carry out an independent fieldwork enquiry? Lesson 1: Developing an enquiry question Lesson 2: Creating data collection methods Lesson 3: Mapping a route Lesson 4: Collecting the data Lesson 5: Analysing the data Lesson 6: Presenting the data
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What is it like here? What is the weather like in the UK? What is it like to live in Shanghai? Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place? Why is our world wonderful? What is it like to live by the coast? View all Units
Why do people live near volcanoes? Who lives in Antarctica? Are all settlements the same? Why are rainforests important to us? Where does our food come from? What are rivers and how are they used? What is life like in the Alps? Why do oceans matter? Would you like to live in the desert? Why does population change? Where does our energy come from? Can I carry out an independent fieldwork enquiry? View all Units
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Activity 1: Pirate map bingo Activity 2: Our school from above Activity 3: Let's build a map! Activity 4: Creating journey sticks Activity 5: Investigating maps Activity 6: Map making
Activity 1: Nature catchers Activity 2: Observational painting Activity 3: Exploring the weather Activity 4: Senses in nature Activity 5: Exploring the seasons Activity 6: Dress the teddy Optional sustainability lesson: How can we welcome animals on the school grounds?
Activity 1: Home or away? Activity 2: Bear's UK travels Activity 3: City or countryside? Activity 4: Exploring world landscapes Activity 5: Desert explorers Activity 6: Polar explorers
Assessment - Geography Y1: What is it like here? Lesson 1: Where in the world are we? Lesson 2: What can we see in our classroom? Lesson 3: What can we find in our school grounds? Lesson 4: Where are the different places in our school? Lesson 5: How do we feel about our playground? Lesson 6: Can we make our playground even better?
Assessment - Geography Y1: What is the weather like in the UK? Lesson 1: Where is the UK? Lesson 2: What are the four seasons? Lesson 3: What are the compass directions? Lesson 4: What is the weather like today? Lesson 5: Is the weather the same everywhere in the UK? Lesson 6: How do people prepare for the weather? Optional sustainability lesson: How can we look after a garden?
Assessment - Geography Y1: What is it like to live in Shanghai? Lesson 1: What can we see in our local area? Lesson 2: Can we map our local area? Lesson 3: Where in the world is China? Lesson 4: What can you see in China? Lesson 5: What is Shanghai like? Lesson 6: How is Shanghai different from our local area?
Assessment - Geography Y2: Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place? Lesson 1: Where are the continents? Lesson 2: Where are the coldest places on Earth? Lesson 3: Where is the Equator? Lesson 4: What is life like in a hot place? Lesson 5: Do we live in a hot or cold place? Lesson 6: Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place?
Assessment - Geography Y2: Why is our world wonderful? Lesson 1: What are some of the UK’s amazing features and landmarks? Lesson 2: Where are some of the world’s most amazing places? Lesson 3: Where are our oceans? Lesson 4: What is amazing about our local area? Lesson 5: Why are natural habitats special? Lesson 6: How can we look after natural habitats? Optional sustainability lesson: How can our journey to school help the environment?
Assessment - Geography Y2: What is it like to live by the coast? Lesson 1: Where are the seas and oceans surrounding the UK? Lesson 2: What is the coast? Lesson 3: What are the features of the Jurassic Coast? Lesson 4: How do people use Weymouth? Lesson 5: How do people use our local coast? (Data collection) Lesson 6: How do people use our local coast? (Findings)
Assessment - Geography Y3: Why do people live near volcanoes? Lesson 1: How is the Earth constructed? Lesson 2: Where are mountains found? Lesson 3: Why and where do we get volcanoes? Lesson 4: What are the effects of a volcanic eruption? Lesson 5: What are earthquakes and where do we get them? Lesson 6: Where have the rocks around school come from?
Assessment - Geography Y3: Who lives in Antarctica? Lesson 1: What is climate? Lesson 2: Where is Antarctica? Lesson 3: Who lives in Antarctica? Lesson 4: Who was Shackleton? Lesson 5: Can we plan an expedition around school? Lesson 6: How did our expedition go? Optional sustainability lesson: How can we use plastic more sustainably? - Recycle Optional sustainability lesson: How can we use plastic more sustainably? - Reuse Optional sustainability lesson: How can we use plastic more sustainably? - Reduce
Assessment - Geography Y3: Are all settlements the same? Lesson 1: What is a settlement? Lesson 2: How is land used in my local area? Lesson 3: Can I explain the location of features in my local area? Lesson 4: How has my local area changed over time? Lesson 5: How is land used in New Delhi? Lesson 6: How does land use in New Delhi compare with my local area?
Assessment - Geography Y4: Why are rainforests important to us? Lesson 1: Where in the world are tropical rainforests? Lesson 2: What is the Amazon rainforest like? Lesson 3: Who lives in the rainforest? Lesson 4: How are rainforests changing? Lesson 5: How is our local woodland used?: Data collection Lesson 6: How is our local woodland used?: Findings Optional sustainability lesson: How sustainable is our school?
Assessment - Geography Y4: Where does our food come from? Lesson 1: How can our food choices impact the environment? Lesson 2: What does it mean to trade responsibly? Lesson 3: How do we get our chocolate? Lesson 4: Where does our food come from? Lesson 5: Are our school dinners locally sourced? Lesson 6: Is it better to buy local or imported food?
Assessment - Geography Y4: What are rivers and how are they used? Lesson 1: What is the water cycle? Lesson 2: How is a river formed? Lesson 3: Where can we find rivers? Lesson 4: How are rivers used? Lesson 5: What can we find out about our local river? Lesson 6: What features does our local river have?
Assessment - Geography Y5: What is life like in the Alps? Lesson 1: Where are the Alps? Lesson 2: What is it like in the Alps? Lesson 3: Why do people visit the Alps? Lesson 4: What is there to do in our local area? Lesson 5: How are the Alps different from our local area? Lesson 6: What is life like in the Alps?
Assessment - Geography Y5: Why do oceans matter? Lesson 1: How do we use our oceans? Lesson 2: What is the Great Barrier Reef? Lesson 3: Why are our oceans suffering? Lesson 4: What can we do to help our oceans? Lesson 5: How littered is our marine environment? - Data collection Lesson 6: How littered is our marine environment? - Findings Optional sustainability lesson: What is fast fashion and why is it a problem?
Assessment - Geography Y5: Would you like to live in the desert? Lesson 1: What is a hot desert biome? Lesson 2: Where are deserts located? Lesson 3: What physical features are found in a desert? Lesson 4: How can people use deserts? Lesson 5: What are the threats to deserts? Lesson 6: Would you like to live in the desert?
Assessment - Geography Y6: Why does population change? Lesson 1: How is the global population changing? Lesson 2: What are birth and death rates? Lesson 3: Why do people migrate? Lesson 4: How is climate change impacting the population? Lesson 5: How is population impacting our environment?: Data collection Lesson 6: How is population impacting our environment?: Findings
Assessment - Geography Y6: Where does our energy come from? Lesson 1: Why is energy important? Lesson 2: What is renewable energy? Lesson 3: How does the United States generate energy? Lesson 4: How does the United Kingdom generate energy? Lesson 5: What is the best way to generate energy? Lesson 6: Where is the best place for a solar panel on the school grounds? Optional sustainability lesson: What actions can we take to make the world more sustainable?
Units & lessons
How am I making history? Assessment – History Y1: How am I making history? Lesson 1: What is my history? Lesson 2: How can I find out more about myself? Lesson 3: How are special events remembered? Lesson 4: What was it like for children in the past? Lesson 5: What have I learnt about childhood in the past? Lesson 6: How am I making history? Optional Remembrance lesson: What does the poppy mean and why do people wear it?
How have toys changed? Assessment – History Y1: How have toys changed? Lesson 1: What is your favourite toy? Lesson 2: Did your parents and grandparents play with the same toys as you? Lesson 3: What were toys like in the past? Lesson 4: What is similar and different about toys now and in the past? Lesson 5: How have teddy bears changed over time? Lesson 6: How have toys changed?
How have explorers changed the world? Assessment – History Y1: How have explorers changed the world? Lesson 1: What is an explorer? Lesson 2: Where have explorers travelled and when? Lesson 3: Who was Christopher Columbus and what did he do? Lesson 4: Who was Matthew Henson and what did he do? Lesson 5: How has exploration changed? Lesson 6: How can we remember them?
How was school different in the past? Assessment – History Y2: How was school different in the past? Lesson 1: Were schools different in the past? Lesson 2: How have schools changed within living memory? Lesson 3: How were schools different in the 1900s? Lesson 4: How have schools changed? Lesson 5: What is similar and different about schools now and in the past? Lesson 6: Would you prefer to have gone to school in the past? Optional Remembrance lesson: What can we learn from a soldier’s story?
How did we learn to fly? Assessment – History Y2: How did we learn to fly? Lesson 1: Who were the Wright brothers? Lesson 2: When was the first flight? Lesson 3: Why is Bessie Coleman significant? Lesson 4: Why is Amelia Earhart significant? Lesson 5: Why was the Moon landing special? Lesson 6: How did we learn to fly?
What is a monarch? Assessment – History Y2: What is a monarch? Lesson 1: What is a monarch? Lesson 2: Who is our monarch today? Lesson 3: How did William the Conqueror become King of England? Lesson 4: How did William the Conqueror rule? Lesson 5: How did castles change? Lesson 6: What was a monarch in the past?
Units & lessons
British history 1: Would you prefer to have lived in the Stone Age, Bronze Age or Iron Age? Assessment – History Y3: Stone, Bronze or Iron Age? Lesson 1: How long ago did prehistoric man live? Lesson 2: What does Skara Brae tell us about life in the Stone Age? Lesson 3: Who was this Bronze Age man? Lesson 4: What was the impact of bronze in prehistoric Britain? Lesson 5: How did trade change lives in Iron Age Britain? Lesson 6: What changed between the Stone Age and the Iron Age? Optional Remembrance lesson: How can memorials help us remember?
British history 2: Why did the Romans invade and settle in Britain? Assessment – History Y3: Why did the Romans invade and settle in Britain? Lesson 1: What was it like to live in Ancient Rome? Lesson 2: Why did the Romans invade and settle in Britain? Lesson 3: How did Britons respond to the Roman invasion? Lesson 4: Why was the Roman army so successful? Lesson 5: What do artefacts suggest about the lives of Roman soldiers in Britain? Lesson 6: What was the legacy of the Roman Empire in Britain?
What was important to ancient Egyptians? Assessment – History Y3: What was important to ancient Egyptians? Lesson 1: Where and when did the first civilisations appear? Lesson 2: Why was the River Nile important to ancient Egyptians? Lesson 3: How do we know so much about ancient Egyptians? Lesson 4: What do sources suggest about gods and goddesses? Lesson 5: What did people in Ancient Egypt believe happened after death? Lesson 6: Who ruled ancient Egypt and what happened to them when they died?
How have children’s lives changed? Assessment – History Y4: How have children’s lives changed? Lesson 1: What do sources tell us about how children’s lives have changed? Lesson 2: Why did Tudor children work and what was it like? Lesson 3: What were children’s jobs like in Victorian England? Lesson 4: How did Lord Shaftesbury help to change the lives of children? Lesson 5: How and why has children’s leisure time changed? Lesson 6: What were the diseases children caught and how were they treated? Optional Remembrance lesson: How can we remember the children who were affected by war?
British history 3: What changed in Britain after the Anglo-Saxon invasion? Assessment – History Y4: What changed in Britain after the Anglo-Saxon invasion? Lesson 1: Who were the Anglo-Saxons and the Scots? Lesson 2: What did Anglo-Saxon settlements look like? Lesson 3: What does Sutton Hoo tell us about Anglo-Saxon life? Lesson 4: How did Christianity arrive in Britain? Lesson 5: Was King Alfred really ‘Great’? Lesson 6: How did Anglo-Saxon rule end?
How did the achievements of the ancient Maya impact their society and beyond? Assessment – History Y4: How did the achievements of the ancient Maya impact their society and beyond? Lesson 1: How did the ancient Maya settle in a rainforest? Lesson 2: What do remains tell us about ancient Maya cities? Lesson 3: What did the ancient Maya believe? Lesson 4: How did the Maya reflect world beliefs in their inventions? Lesson 5: How important was cacao to the ancient Maya? Lesson 6: What caused the decline of the ancient Maya cities?
British history 4: Were the Vikings raiders, traders or something else? Assessment – History Y5: The Vikings – raiders, traders or something else? Lesson 1: When and why did the Vikings come to Britain? Lesson 2: Were the Vikings raiders, traders or something else? Lesson 3: Where were the Viking trading routes and why was trade important? Lesson 4: Why are there different Viking sagas explaining the same event and what does this tell us about the Vikings? Lesson 5: What were the impacts of Viking raids and settlements on local communities in Britain? Lesson 6: What were the Vikings’ achievements and how did they impact the world? Optional Remembrance lesson: Who contributed to the war effort?
British history 5: What was life like in Tudor England? Assessment – History, Y5: What was life like in Tudor England? Lesson 1: Henry VIII – fair ruler or tyrant? Lesson 2: Why did Henry VIII have so many wives? Lesson 3: Why was Anne Boleyn executed? Lesson 4: How did Queen Elizabeth I use a royal progress? Lesson 5: What can inventories tell us about life in Tudor times? Lesson 6: What did John Blanke have in his inventory?
What is the legacy of the ancient Greek civilisation? Assessment – History Y5: The legacy of the ancient Greek civilisation Lesson 1: Who were the ancient Greeks and when did they live? Lesson 2: Who lived on Mount Olympus? Lesson 3: How was Ancient Greece governed? Lesson 4: Did the ancient Greeks give us democracy? Lesson 5: How do the ancient Greek philosophers influence us today? Lesson 6: What is the legacy of the ancient Greeks?
What can the census tell us about local areas? Assessment – History Y6: What can the census tell us about local areas? Lesson 1: What is the census? Lesson 2: What can we learn about Victorian children from the census? Lesson 3: What does the census suggest about the jobs available in the 1800s? Lesson 4: Why did some women refuse to fill out the census in 1911? Lesson 5: What changed in the 1921 Census? Lesson 6: Who lived in our local area in the past? Optional Remembrance lesson: How do people mark Remembrance?
What was the impact of World War 2 on the people of Britain? Assessment – History Y6: The impact of World War 2 Lesson 1: Why did Britain go to war in 1939? Lesson 2: How did the Battle of Britain affect the Royal Air Force? Lesson 3: What do sources tell us about the Blitz? Lesson 4: What was evacuation like? Lesson 5: Did World War 2 change women’s roles? Lesson 6: Why did some people migrate to Britain after World War 2?
Transition unit
Assessment – History Y6: Unheard histories: Who should go on the £10 banknote? Lesson 1: Who features on banknotes and why? Lesson 2: Was Alfred the Great or Elizabeth I the more significant monarch? Lesson 3: How were Ellen Wilkinson and Betty Boothroyd historically significant? Lesson 4: Why is Mary Seacole historically significant? Lesson 5: Why are Lily Parr and Betty Snowball historically significant? Lesson 6: Who will be the face of the new £10 note?
Option 2
What was the Sikh Empire? Units
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How am I making history? How have toys changed? How have explorers changed the world? How was school different in the past? How did we learn to fly? What is a monarch? View all Units
British history 1: Would you prefer to have lived in the Stone Age, Bronze Age or Iron Age? British history 2: Why did the Romans invade and settle in Britain? What was important to ancient Egyptians? How have children's lives changed? British history 3: What changed in Britain after the Anglo-Saxon invasion? How did the achievements of the ancient Maya impact their society and beyond? British history 4: Were the Vikings raiders, traders or something else? British history 5: What was life like in Tudor England? What is the legacy of the ancient Greek civilisation? What can the census tell us about local areas? What was the impact of World War 2 on the people of Britain? View all Units
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Activity 1: Can you guess who? Activity 2: Past and present Activity 3: My life timeline Activity 4: Toy box Activity 5: Spot the difference Optional Remembrance lesson: What does it mean to remember?
Activity 1: Family tree Activity 2: My achievements Activity 3: Wearing the crown Activity 4: Picture detective Activity 5: Transport through time
Assessment - History Y1: How am I making history? Lesson 1: What is my history? Lesson 2: How can I find out more about myself? Lesson 3: How are special events remembered? Lesson 4: What was it like for children in the past? Lesson 5: What have I learnt about childhood in the past? Lesson 6: How am I making history? Optional Remembrance lesson: What does the poppy mean and why do people wear it?
Assessment - History Y1: How have toys changed? Lesson 1: What is your favourite toy? Lesson 2: Did your parents and grandparents play with the same toys as you? Lesson 3: What were toys like in the past? Lesson 4: What is similar and different about toys now and in the past? Lesson 5: How have teddy bears changed over time? Lesson 6: How have toys changed?
Assessment - History Y1: How have explorers changed the world? Lesson 1: What is an explorer? Lesson 2: Where have explorers travelled and when? Lesson 3: Who was Christopher Columbus and what did he do? Lesson 4: Who was Matthew Henson and what did he do? Lesson 5: How has exploration changed? Lesson 6: How can we remember them?
Assessment - History Y2: How was school different in the past? Lesson 1: Were schools different in the past? Lesson 2: How have schools changed within living memory? Lesson 3: How were schools different in the 1900s? Lesson 4: How have schools changed? Lesson 5: What is similar and different about schools now and in the past? Lesson 6: Would you prefer to have gone to school in the past? Optional Remembrance lesson: What can we learn from a soldier’s story?
Assessment - History Y2: How did we learn to fly? Lesson 1: Who were the Wright brothers? Lesson 2: When was the first flight? Lesson 3: Why is Bessie Coleman significant? Lesson 4: Why is Amelia Earhart significant? Lesson 5: Why was the Moon landing special? Lesson 6: How did we learn to fly?
Assessment - History Y2: What is a monarch? Lesson 1: What is a monarch? Lesson 2: Who is our monarch today? Lesson 3: How did William the Conqueror become King of England? Lesson 4: How did William the Conqueror rule? Lesson 5: How did castles change? Lesson 6: What was a monarch in the past?
Assessment - History Y3: Stone, Bronze or Iron Age? Lesson 1: How long ago did prehistoric man live? Lesson 2: What does Skara Brae tell us about life in the Stone Age? Lesson 3: Who was this Bronze Age man? Lesson 4: What was the impact of bronze in prehistoric Britain? Lesson 5: How did trade change lives in Iron Age Britain? Lesson 6: What changed between the Stone Age and the Iron Age? Optional Remembrance lesson: How can memorials help us remember?
Assessment - History Y3: Why did the Romans invade and settle in Britain? Lesson 1: What was it like to live in Ancient Rome? Lesson 2: Why did the Romans invade and settle in Britain? Lesson 3: How did Britons respond to the Roman invasion? Lesson 4: Why was the Roman army so successful? Lesson 5: What do artefacts suggest about the lives of Roman soldiers in Britain? Lesson 6: What was the legacy of the Roman Empire in Britain?
Assessment - History Y3: What was important to ancient Egyptians? Lesson 1: Where and when did the first civilisations appear? Lesson 2: Why was the River Nile important to ancient Egyptians? Lesson 3: How do we know so much about ancient Egyptians? Lesson 4: What do sources suggest about gods and goddesses? Lesson 5: What did people in Ancient Egypt believe happened after death? Lesson 6: Who ruled ancient Egypt and what happened to them when they died?
Assessment - History Y4: How have children's lives changed? Lesson 1: What do sources tell us about how children's lives have changed? Lesson 2: Why did Tudor children work and what was it like? Lesson 3: What were children's jobs like in Victorian England? Lesson 4: How did Lord Shaftesbury help to change the lives of children? Lesson 5: How and why has children's leisure time changed? Lesson 6: What were the diseases children caught and how were they treated? Optional Remembrance lesson: How can we remember the children who were affected by war?
Assessment - History Y4: What changed in Britain after the Anglo-Saxon invasion? Lesson 1: Who were the Anglo-Saxons and the Scots? Lesson 2: What did Anglo-Saxon settlements look like? Lesson 3: What does Sutton Hoo tell us about Anglo-Saxon life? Lesson 4: How did Christianity arrive in Britain? Lesson 5: Was King Alfred really 'Great'? Lesson 6: How did Anglo-Saxon rule end?
Assessment - History Y4: How did the achievements of the ancient Maya impact their society and beyond? Lesson 1: How did the ancient Maya settle in a rainforest? Lesson 2: What do remains tell us about ancient Maya cities? Lesson 3: What did the ancient Maya believe? Lesson 4: How did the Maya reflect world beliefs in their inventions? Lesson 5: How important was cacao to the ancient Maya? Lesson 6: What caused the decline of the ancient Maya cities?
Assessment - History Y5: The Vikings - raiders, traders or something else? Lesson 1: When and why did the Vikings come to Britain? Lesson 2: Were the Vikings raiders, traders or something else? Lesson 3: Where were the Viking trading routes and why was trade important? Lesson 4: Why are there different Viking sagas explaining the same event and what does this tell us about the Vikings? Lesson 5: What were the impacts of Viking raids and settlements on local communities in Britain? Lesson 6: What were the Vikings’ achievements and how did they impact the world? Optional Remembrance lesson: Who contributed to the war effort?
Assessment - History, Y5: What was life like in Tudor England? Lesson 1: Henry VIII - fair ruler or tyrant? Lesson 2: Why did Henry VIII have so many wives? Lesson 3: Why was Anne Boleyn executed? Lesson 4: How did Queen Elizabeth I use a royal progress? Lesson 5: What can inventories tell us about life in Tudor times? Lesson 6: What did John Blanke have in his inventory?
Assessment - History Y5: The legacy of the ancient Greek civilisation Lesson 1: Who were the ancient Greeks and when did they live? Lesson 2: Who lived on Mount Olympus? Lesson 3: How was Ancient Greece governed? Lesson 4: Did the ancient Greeks give us democracy? Lesson 5: How do the ancient Greek philosophers influence us today? Lesson 6: What is the legacy of the ancient Greeks?
Assessment - History Y6: What can the census tell us about local areas? Lesson 1: What is the census? Lesson 2: What can we learn about Victorian children from the census? Lesson 3: What does the census suggest about the jobs available in the 1800s? Lesson 4: Why did some women refuse to fill out the census in 1911? Lesson 5: What changed in the 1921 Census? Lesson 6: Who lived in our local area in the past? Optional Remembrance lesson: How do people mark Remembrance?
Assessment - History Y6: The impact of World War 2 Lesson 1: Why did Britain go to war in 1939? Lesson 2: How did the Battle of Britain affect the Royal Air Force? Lesson 3: What do sources tell us about the Blitz? Lesson 4: What was evacuation like? Lesson 5: Did World War 2 change women’s roles? Lesson 6: Why did some people migrate to Britain after World War 2?
Assessment - History Y6: Unheard histories: Who should go on the £10 banknote? Lesson 1: Who features on banknotes and why? Lesson 2: Was Alfred the Great or Elizabeth I the more significant monarch? Lesson 3: How were Ellen Wilkinson and Betty Boothroyd historically significant? Lesson 4: Why is Mary Seacole historically significant? Lesson 5: Why are Lily Parr and Betty Snowball historically significant? Lesson 6: Who will be the face of the new £10 note?
Assessment - History: What was the Sikh Empire? Lesson 1: How did the Sikh Empire begin? Lesson 2: How do Sikh beliefs impact society? Lesson 3: What made Lahore important to the Sikh Empire? Lesson 4: Why is Ranjit Singh historically significant? Lesson 5: How do different interpretations shape our understanding of the Sikh Empire? Lesson 6: How do the achievements of Sophia Duleep Singh compare to Ranjit Singh?
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Exploring sound Lesson 1: Vocal sounds Lesson 2: Body sounds Lesson 3: Instrumental sounds Lesson 4: Environmental sounds Lesson 5: Nature sounds
Celebration music Lesson 1: Diwali music Lesson 2: Hanukkah music Lesson 3: Kwanzaa music Lesson 4: Traditional Christmas music Lesson 5: Christmas action songs
Music and movement Lesson 1: Action songs Lesson 2: Finding the beat Lesson 3: Exploring tempo Lesson 4: Exploring tempo and pitch through dance Lesson 5: Music and movement performance
Musical stories Lesson 1: Moving to music Lesson 2: Storytelling with actions Lesson 3: Using instruments to represent actions Lesson 4: Musical story composition Lesson 5: Musical story performance
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My favourite things: Keeping the pulse Assessment – Music Y1: Keeping the pulse Lesson 1: Finding the pulse Lesson 2: Singing a sound pattern Lesson 3: Using a thinking voice Lesson 4: Reading sound patterns Lesson 5: Practice makes perfect
Snail and mouse: Tempo Assessment – Music Y1: Tempo Lesson 1: Snail and mouse Lesson 2: Exploring rhyme with snail and mouse Lesson 3: Singing snail and mouse Lesson 4: Performing snail and mouse Lesson 5: The story of snail and mouse
Seaside: Dynamics Assessment – Music Y1: Dynamics Lesson 1: Vocal and body sounds Lesson 2: Embodying the seaside Lesson 3: Musical treasure hunt Lesson 4: Seaside story Lesson 5: Seaside soundscape
Fairytales: Sound patterns Assessment – Music Y1: Sound patterns Lesson 1: Character voices Lesson 2: Starting with instruments Lesson 3: Sound patterns Lesson 4: Responding to music Lesson 5: Fairytale performance
Animals: Call and response Assessment – Music Y2: Call and response Lesson 1: Animal sounds Lesson 2: Sound pattern safari Lesson 3: Call and response Lesson 4: Instrumental response Lesson 5: Dynamics performance
Musical storytelling: Instruments Assessment – Music Y2: Instruments Lesson 1: Listening for dynamics and tempo Lesson 2: Sound effects and dynamics Lesson 3: Creating a soundscape Lesson 4: Using sound to represent events Lesson 5: Musical story performance
On this island: Singing Assessment – Music Y2: Singing Lesson 1: Seaside sounds Lesson 2: Countryside sounds Lesson 3: City sounds Lesson 4: Structured soundscape Lesson 5: Performing a composition
Space: Contrasting dynamics Assessment – Music Y2: Contrasting dynamics Lesson 1: Vocal soundscape Lesson 2: Creatively responding to music Lesson 3: Comparing music Lesson 4: Pitch patterns Lesson 5: Creating and performing a musical structure
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Ballads Assessment – Music Y3: Ballads Lesson 1: What is a ballad? Lesson 2: Performing a ballad Lesson 3: The story behind the song Lesson 4: Writing lyrics Lesson 5: Singing my ballad
Creating compositions in response to an animation (Theme: Mountains) Assessment – Music Y3: Creating compositions (mountains) Lesson 1: Telling stories through music Lesson 2: Creating a soundscape Lesson 3: Story sound effects Lesson 4: Adding rhythm Lesson 5: Musical mountain
Developing singing technique (Theme: the Vikings) Assessment – Music Y3: Developing singing technique (Vikings) Lesson 1: Here come the Vikings! Lesson 2: Sing like a Viking Lesson 3: Viking notation Lesson 4: Viking battle song Lesson 5: Perform like a Viking
Pentatonic melodies and composition (Theme: Chinese New Year) Assessment – Music Y3: Pentatonic melodies (Chinese New Year) Lesson 1: Dragon dance Lesson 2: Pentatonic scale Lesson 3: Letter notation Lesson 4: Enter the dragon Lesson 5: Final performance
Jazz Assessment – Music Y3: Jazz Lesson 1: Ragtime Lesson 2: Traditional jazz Lesson 3: Scat singing Lesson 4: Jazz motifs Lesson 5: Swung rhythms
Traditional instruments and improvisation (Theme: India) Assessment – Music Y3: India Lesson 1: Introducing traditional Indian music and instruments Lesson 2: Indian music: Playing a rag Lesson 3: Indian music: Adding a drone Lesson 4: Indian music: Introducing the tal Lesson 5: Indian music: Performing Anile vaa
Body and tuned percussion (Theme: Rainforests) Assessment – Music Y4: Body and tuned percussion Lesson 1: Pitter patter raindrops Lesson 2: Rainforest body percussion Lesson 3: The rhythm of the forest floor Lesson 4: The loopy rainforest Lesson 5: Sounds of the rainforest
Rock and roll Assessment – Music Y4: Rock and roll Lesson 1: Hand jive Lesson 2: Rock Around the Clock Lesson 3: Walking bass line Lesson 4: Performing the bass Lesson 5: Rock and roll performance
Changes in pitch, tempo and dynamics (Theme: Rivers) Assessment – Music Y4: Changes in pitch, tempo and dynamics Lesson 1: The singing river Lesson 2: The listening river Lesson 3: The repeating river Lesson 4: The percussive river Lesson 5: The performing river
Haiku, music and performance (Theme: Hanami festival) Assessment – Music Y4: Haiku, music and performance Lesson 1: Describing blossom Lesson 2: Sounds of blossom Lesson 3: Blossom haiku Lesson 4: Haiku melodies Lesson 5: Haiku performance
Composition notation (Theme: Ancient Egypt) Assessment – Music Y5: Composition notation Lesson 1: Here come the Egyptians Lesson 2: Hieroglyphic score Lesson 3: Play like an Egyptian Lesson 4: Pitch pyramids Lesson 5: Egyptian farewell
Blues Assessment – Music Y5: Blues Lesson 1: History of the blues Lesson 2: Playing a chord Lesson 3: The 12-bar blues Lesson 4: Blues scale Lesson 5: Improvisation and the blues
South and West Africa Assessment – Music Y5: South and West Africa Lesson 1: Shosholoza a cappella Lesson 2: Playing Shosholoza Lesson 3: The Shosholoza show Lesson 4: Drumming away to Africa Lesson 5: Eight-beat breaks
Composition to represent the festival of colour (Theme: Holi festival) Assessment – Music Y5: Composition to represent the festival of colour Lesson 1: Hearing colours Lesson 2: Picturing music Lesson 3: Vocal composition Lesson 4: Colour composition Lesson 5: Performing in colour
Dynamics, pitch and texture (Theme: Coast) Assessment – Music Y6: Dynamics, pitch and texture (Theme: Coast) Lesson 1: Exploring Fingal’s Cave Lesson 2: Making waves: Pitch and dynamics Lesson 3: Making waves: Texture Lesson 4: Group compositions Lesson 5: We are waves
Songs of World War 2 Assessment – Music Y6: Songs of World War 2 Lesson 1: Singing for victory Lesson 2: The White Cliffs of Dover Lesson 3: Pitch up Lesson 4: Harmonise Lesson 5: Let’s notate
Film music Assessment – Music Y6: Film music Lesson 1: Soundtracks Lesson 2: Scenes and sounds Lesson 3: Following the score Lesson 4: Composing for film Lesson 5: The soundtrack
Theme and variations (Theme: Pop Art) Assessment – Music Y6: Theme and variations (Theme: Pop Art) Lesson 1: Pop Art and music Lesson 2: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Lesson 3: Learning the theme Lesson 4: Exploring rhythms Lesson 5: Picturing Pop Art