KS2 Yearly Curriculum Overviews (4 Year Cycle)
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Year A
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Aut1
Ancient Egypt
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Aut2
Light
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Spr1
Essex
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Spr2
Local History
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Sum1 Humans
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Sum2 Lulworth
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Learning
Challenge
Question
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How can we discover the wonders of
Ancient Egypt?
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What would life be like without light?
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What makes
Essex a good place to live?
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What is the story of Rayne?
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Are we really what we eat?
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Why is
Lulworth a great place to visit?
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Maths
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White Rose Maths Units
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White Rose Maths Units
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White Rose Maths Units
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White Rose Maths Units
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White Rose Maths Units
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White Rose Maths Units
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English
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Multiple Narrator
Story LS2 each group has a character
perspective
UKS2 write more than one perspective
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Warning Story –
e.g. Icarus
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Defeating the
Monster Story –
e.g. Familiar setting
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Portal Story – e.g. Historical setting
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Meeting Story -
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Scene Story –
(seasons, time etc.)
e.g. Model – Lulworth
Chn – Rayne
(Swap)
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Recount/ Newspaper
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Instructions – make a …
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Persuasive – visit Essex
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Non-Chron
Report – Local
History
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Explanation – how the … system works
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Non-Chron
Report – Research
Lulworth
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Structured Poetry
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Free Verse Poetry
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Structured Poetry
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Free Verse Poetry
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Structured Poetry
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Free Verse Poetry
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History
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Egyptians
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Local History
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Geography
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Places - Essex
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Places – Compare/
Lulworth
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Science
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Light
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Humans
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PE
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LKS2 – Tennis
Fitness
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LKS2 –Games
(Basketball)
Gymnastics
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LKS2 – Games
(Netball)
Dance
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LKS2 – Games
(Hockey)
Swimming
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LKS2 – Athletics
Swimming
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LKS2 – Games
(Rounders)
Athletics
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UKS2 – Games
(Rugby)
Fitness
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UKS2 – Games
(Football)
Gymnastics
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UKS2 – Games
(Basketball)
Dance
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UKS2 – Games
(Dodgeball)
Swimming/
Gymnastics
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UKS2 – Athletics
Swimming/
Fitness
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UKS2 – Games
(Cricket)
Athletics
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Computing
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LKS2 Emailing
(Y3)
UKS2 Online
Safety (Y5)
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LKS2 Scratch
(Y3)
UKS2 Micro:bit (Y5)
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LKS2 Journey inside a computer
(Y3)
UKS2 Sonic Pi (Y5)
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LKS2 Networks
(Y3)
UKS2 Search
Engines (Y5)
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LKS2 Digital
Literacy (Y3)
UKS2 Mars
Rover 1 (Y5)
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LKS2 Top Trumps Databases (Y3)
UKS2 Mars Rover (Y5)
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RE
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Judaism (Moses, synagogue)
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Islam (Qur’an)
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Christianity (The Bible)
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PSHE
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LKS2 – What is diversity? (Y4)
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LKS2 – How can we be a good
friend? (Y4)
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LKS2 – Growing and Changing (Y4)
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LKS2 – Safe in our Local Area (Y4)
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UKS2 - What makes a healthy and happy relationship? (Y6)
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UKS2 -What are human rights? (Y6)
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UKS2 - How can money affect us? (Y6)
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UKS2 - How can we stay healthy? (Y6)
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UKS2 - How can we manage risk? (Y6)
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French
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Family Members
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Presents
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Drinks/Food
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Music
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Charanga –
Dancing in the Street
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Christmas Songs
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Charanga – A New Year Carol
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Charanga –
Fresh Prince of Bel Air
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Charanga –
Hands, Feet, Heart
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Charanga – Don’t Stop Believing!
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Art
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Local Artist
Study and
Photography
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Expressionism - Picasso
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Landscapes /
Seascapes - Turner
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DT
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Structures – Shell structure
(Sarcophagus)
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Mechanisms – pop up cards
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Textiles
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Food – balanced meal
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Year B
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Aut1 Tudors
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Aut2
Electricity
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Spr1
Invaders &
Settlers
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Spr2
Settlements &
Land Use
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Sum1
Earth & Space
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Sum2
Volcanoes/
Earth
Rocks
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Learning
Challenge
Question
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What was it like to be a Tudor?
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Is our power sustainable?
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Who lived in
Britain long ago?
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Where would I site a Grand Design?
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Is the Earth the centre of the universe?
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What makes the Earth angry?
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Maths
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White Rose Maths Units
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White Rose Maths Units
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White Rose Maths Units
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White Rose Maths Units
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White Rose Maths Units
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White Rose Maths Units
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English
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Character Flaw Story – e.g.
Leadership,
King/Queen flaws
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LKS2 Voyage and Return story
UKS2 Quest Story
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Triumphing Story
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Tricking the Monster – e.g.
Familiar Setting
UKS2 Monster is invader
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Journey Story –
e.g. space travel
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Losing Story
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Recount/
Biography –
Tudors Kings and Queens book
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Instructions
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Non-chron report
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Discussion text – Should …
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Mixed genre –
NC a planet, incl.
explanation, description etc.
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Explanation – How …
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Structured Poetry
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Free Verse Poetry
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Structured Poetry
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Free Verse Poetry
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Structured Poetry
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Free Verse Poetry
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History
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Tudors
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Invaders and Settlers
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Geography
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Settlements and Land Use
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Volcanoes/
Earth
Rocks
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Science
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Electricity
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Earth & Space
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PE
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LKS2 – Games
(Rugby)
Fitness
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LKS2 – Games
(Netball)
Gymnastics
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LKS2 – Games
(Basketball)
Dance
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LKS2 – Games
(Hockey)
Swimming
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LKS2 – Athletics
Swimming
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LKS2 – Games
(Cricket)
Athletics
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UKS2 – Games
(Tennis)
Fitness
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UKS2 – Games
(Football)
Gymnastics
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UKS2 – Games
(Basketball)
Dance
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UKS2 – Games
(Dodgeball)
Swimming/
Gymnastics
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UKS2 – Athletics
Swimming/
Fitness
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UKS2 – Games
(Rounders)
Athletics
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Computing
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LKS2 Investigating
Weather (Y4)
UKS2 Intro to Python (Y6)
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LKS2 The Internet
(Y4)
UKS2 Big Data 1 (Y6)
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LKS2 Website
Design (Y4)
UKS2 Big Data 2 (Y6)
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LKS2 HTML (Y4)
UKS2 Bletchley Park 1 (Y6)
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LKS2 Collaborative
Learning (Y4)
UKS2 Bletchley Park 2 (Y6)
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LKS2 Top
Computational
Thinking (Y4)
UKS2 Skills
Showcase (Y6)
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RE
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Sikhism (Gurus, 5Ks, Gurdwara)
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Christianity (The Church)
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Buddhism (Living as a Buddhist)
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PSHE
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LKS2 – What are the rules that keep us safe? (Y3)
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LKS2 – What can we do about bullying? (Y3)
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LKS2 – What are we responsible for? (Y3)
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LKS2 – How can we describe our feelings? (Y3)
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LKS2 – How can we eat well? (Y3)
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LKS2 – What jobs would we like? (Y3)
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UKS2 – What makes a
community? (Y5)
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UKS2 – What does discrimination mean? (Y5)
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UKS2 - How can we manage our money? (Y5)
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UKS2 – What
choices help health? (Y5)
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UKS2 – How can we be safe online
and using social media? (Y5)
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UKS2 – What makes us
enterprising? (Y5)
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French
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Toys
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Minibeasts/Garden
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School Subjects
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Music
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Charanga –
Bringing Us Together
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Christmas Songs
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Charanga – Happy
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Charanga – Hey You!
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Charanga – I’ll Be There
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Charanga –
Lean on Me
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Art
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Portraiture and
Photography –
Holbein
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Art history – Celtic Art
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Comparison
Study – Hardy and Thorpe
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Sculpture –
Henry Moore
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DT
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Mechanisms – switches and circuits
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Frame Structures
– Wattle and
Daube Saxon Homes
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Year C
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Aut1
Animals
Environmental Issue
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Aut2 Magnets
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Spr1 Victorians
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Spr2 Victorians
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Sum1
WW2
Water
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Sum2
WW2
Materials
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Learning
Challenge
Question
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How can we
take better care of our planet?
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What are the real
superpowers?
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What would it be like to be
Oliver Twist?
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What was the
Industrial
Revolution?
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Who started World War 2?
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How did materials help
Britain win the war?
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Maths
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White Rose Maths Units
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White Rose Maths Units
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White Rose Maths Units
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White Rose Maths Units
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White Rose Maths Units
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White Rose Maths Units
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English
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Warning Story –
e.g. Icarus
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Defeating the
Monster Story –
e.g. Familiar setting
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Multiple
Narrator Story
LKS2 each group has a character perspective
UKS2 write more than one perspective
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Portal Story – e.g. Historical setting
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Meeting Story –
e.g. Goodnight
Mr Tom
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Losing Story –
UKS2 ‘Thing’ could be a person
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Persuasive – environmental issue
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Explanation – how…
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Non-Chron
Report – Local
History
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Instructions – link to DT
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Non-Chron Report – WW2
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Recount/ Diary – solider, evacuee etc.
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Structured Poetry
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Free Verse Poetry
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Structured Poetry
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Free Verse Poetry
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Structured Poetry
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Free Verse Poetry
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History
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Victorians
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Victorians
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WW2
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WW2
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Geography
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Environmental Issue
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Water
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Science
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Animals
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Magnets
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Materials
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PE
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LKS2 – Tennis
Fitness
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LKS2 –Games
(Basketball)
Gymnastics
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LKS2 – Games
(Netball)
Dance
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LKS2 – Games
(Hockey)
Swimming
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LKS2 – Athletics
Swimming
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LKS2 – Games
(Rounders)
Athletics
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UKS2 – Games
(Rugby)
Fitness
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UKS2 – Games
(Football)
Gymnastics
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UKS2 – Games
(Basketball)
Dance
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UKS2 – Games
(Dodgeball)
Swimming/
Gymnastics
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UKS2 – Athletics
Swimming/
Fitness
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UKS2 – Games
(Cricket)
Athletics
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Computing
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LKS2 Emailing
(Y3)
UKS2 Online Safety (Y5)
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LKS2 Scratch
(Y3)
UKS2 Micro:bit (Y5)
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LKS2 Journey inside a
computer (Y3)
UKS2 Sonic Pi (Y5)
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LKS2 Networks
(Y3)
UKS2 Search Engines (Y5)
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LKS2 Digital
Literacy (Y3)
UKS2 Mars
Rover 1 (Y5)
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LKS2 Top
Trumps
Databases (Y3)
UKS2 Mars
Rover (Y5)
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RE
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Christianity (Jesus & Teachings)
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Islam (5 Pillars)
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Buddhism (The Buddha)
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PSHE
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LKS2 – What is diversity? (Y4)
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LKS2 – How can we be a good
friend? (Y4)
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LKS2 – Growing and Changing (Y4)
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LKS2 – Safe in our Local Area (Y4)
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UKS2 - What makes a healthy and happy relationship? (Y6)
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UKS2 -What are human rights? (Y6)
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UKS2 - How can money affect us? (Y6)
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UKS2 - How can we stay healthy? (Y6)
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UKS2 - How can we manage risk? (Y6)
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French
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In my pencil case
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Shapes
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Sports
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Music
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Charanga – Livin’ on a Prayer
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Charanga – Let Your Spirit Fly
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Charanga –
Make You Feel My Love
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Charanga –
Mamma Mia
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Charanga – The Dragon Song
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Charanga – Stop!
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Art
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Collage – Peter Clark
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Cubism – Chagall
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Art Nouveau –
William Morris
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Artist Study – Lowry etc.
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DT
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Textiles – Pin cushions
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Food – Grow your own
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Year D
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Aut1
Modern Britain Sound
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Aut2
States of
Matter
Climate
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Spr1
Romans
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Spr2
Romans
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Sum1
Amazon
Rainforest
Plants
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Sum2
Mountains and Rivers
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Learning
Challenge
Question
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What makes
Britain Great?
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How can we save the polar bears?
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Who built
Colchester Castle?
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What did the
Romans do for us?
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Do we really need
rainforests?
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What does it take to climb
Mount Everest?
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Maths
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White Rose Maths Units
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White Rose Maths Units
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White Rose Maths Units
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White Rose Maths Units
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White Rose Maths Units
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White Rose Maths Units
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English
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Scene Story –
e.g. Decades
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Tricking the Monster – e.g.
Fire monster, Water monster,
Gas monster etc.
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Triumphing Story
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Character Flaw Story – e.g.
Leadership,
King/Queen flaws
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LKS2 Voyage and Return story
UKS2 Quest Story
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Diary story – e.g.
Climbing the mountain,
travelling down the river etc.
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Recount/ Newspaper –
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Instructions -
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Non-chron report –
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Persuasion text – Joining the army
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Non-chron report –
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Explanation – How …
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Structured Poetry
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Free Verse Poetry
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Structured Poetry
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Free Verse Poetry
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Structured Poetry
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Free Verse Poetry
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History
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Modern Britain
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Romans
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Romans
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Geography
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Climate
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Amazon
Rainforest
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Mountains and Rivers
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Science
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Sound
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States of Matter
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Plants
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PE
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LKS2 – Games
(Rugby)
Fitness
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LKS2 – Games
(Netball)
Gymnastics
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LKS2 – Games
(Basketball)
Dance
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LKS2 – Games
(Hockey)
Swimming
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LKS2 – Athletics
Swimming
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LKS2 – Games
(Cricket)
Athletics
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UKS2 – Games
(Tennis)
Fitness
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UKS2 – Games
(Football)
Gymnastics
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UKS2 – Games
(Basketball)
Dance
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UKS2 – Games
(Dodgeball)
Swimming/
Gymnastics
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UKS2 – Athletics
Swimming/
Fitness
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UKS2 – Games
(Rounders)
Athletics
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Computing
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LKS2
Investigating
Weather (Y4)
UKS2 Intro to Python (Y6)
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LKS2 The
Internet (Y4)
UKS2 Big Data 1 (Y6)
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LKS2 Website
Design (Y4)
UKS2 Big Data 2 (Y6)
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LKS2 HTML (Y4)
UKS2 Bletchley Park 1 (Y6)
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LKS2
Collaborative
Learning (Y4)
UKS2 Bletchley Park 2 (Y6)
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LKS2
Computational
Thinking (Y4)
UKS2 Skills
Showcase (Y6)
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RE
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Hinduism (Trimurti, Brahman,
Creation)
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Islam (Holy Places)
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Humanism
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PSHE
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LKS2 – What are the rules that keep us safe? (Y3)
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LKS2 – What can we do about bullying? (Y3)
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LKS2 – What are we responsible for? (Y3)
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LKS2 – How can we describe our feelings? (Y3)
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LKS2 – How can we eat well? (Y3)
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LKS2 – What jobs would we like? (Y3)
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UKS2 – What makes a
community? (Y5)
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UKS2 – What does
discrimination mean? (Y5)
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UKS2 - How can we manage our money? (Y5)
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UKS2 – What choices help health? (Y5)
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UKS2 – How can we be safe online
and using social media? (Y5)
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UKS2 – What makes us
enterprising? (Y5)
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French
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Clothes
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Body
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Pastimes
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Music
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Charanga – Blackbird
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Charanga – Ho Ho Ho
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Charanga –
Three Little Birds
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Charanga –
You’ve Got a Friend
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Charanga –
Classroom Jazz
Stage 1
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Charanga –
Classroom Jazz
Stage 2
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Art
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Contemporary – Banksy
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Art history –
Roman
Sculptures
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Artist Study -
O’Keefe
Exotic landscapes
– Rousseau
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DT
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Food – chocolate
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Structures - Romans
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Mechanisms – pneumatics e.g.
Loch Ness Monster
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