| Autumn 1
Why was the fire of London so great? |
Autumn 2
Who is Queen Elizabeth and how has Stoke-on-Trent changed since she became Queen? |
Spring 1
Why wouldn’t a dinosaur make a good pet? |
Spring 2
Why doesn’t a meerkat live on Antarctica? |
Summer 1
Would you prefer to live in England or Africa? |
Summer 2
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| Literacy | Instructions
Diary- faction recount Retelling a story with a new character. Character descriptions. Letter in role Newspaper Article
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story with familiar setting
letters postcard description and vocabulary setting and character descriptions
The Queen’s Hat The Queen’s handbag The Queen’s Christmas What am I poetry. |
Story fantasy description and vocabulary
diary postcard retell of the story in role. character study sentence types explanation adventure story sequel to a story (familiar setting) Report Science
The dinosaur’s diary. The Bear and the Piano Tyrannosaurus Drip.
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Instructions
Adventure stories Comparing characters and building character profiles Comparing settings and describing them Vocabulary linked to these Non chronological report Diary letter The Bear and the Piano. Meerkat Mail Lost and Found
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Fable
Uplevelling vocabulary and punctuation Retelling the story from the character’s point of view Letter Diary Play script (short unit) Comparing stories from the same author Retelling stories Speech Oliver Jeffers Collection Lila and the Secret of Rain. |
Persuasive writing
Poetry- rhyming and the senses.
Text linked to plants? |
| History | The Great Fire of London | Queen Elizabeth.
Changes in Kidsgrove/ Stoke-on-Trent over the past 100 years. Emma Bridgewater/ Steelite |
Dinosaur era, fossils, Mary Anning. | History of the lifeboats (linked with Geography topic) | ||
| Geography | Countries in the United Kingdom | Local Area Kidsgrove and Stoke-on-Trent | Fossils and Land | Countries, continents and climates | Weather contrast. Beaches and tourist attractions. | Oceans, seas, rivers, continents |
| Science | Materials- everyday materials and their uses. | Living things and their habitats. Local and world habitats. | Living things and their habitats. Dinosaurs | Animals including humans | Animals including humans | Plants |
| Art | John Virtue- London Paintings. | Leonid Afremov- Water modern paintings. | Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins- Sketching dinosaurs. | Leo Sewell. Creating animal sculptures using materials. | Giuseppe Arcimboldo- creating vegetable pictures. | Georgia O’Keeffe- flowers
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| DT | Bread Baking | Clay Pottery | Fossil Making | Printing using tiles and ink. | Sewing | Building a raft/ lifeboat for the sea. |
| RE | Caring for the natural world | Christian Nativity story- valuing new life | Worship and ceremonies | Belonging to a group | Storytelling through sacred writing | Showing kindness and goodness |
| SEAL | New Beginnings | Say No to Bullying | Going for Goals | Good to be Me | Relationships | Changes |
| Music | Charanga Music Topic | Charanga Music Topic | Charanga Music Topic | Charanga Music Topic | Charanga Music Topic | Charanga Music Topic |
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