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Stanley Grove Primary Academy Key Stage 1 Topic Planning and Key Skills Audit
Stanley Grove Primary Academy Lower Key Stage 2 Topic Planning and Milestones Audit
Area
Milestones
Topic & Activity No.
Literacy Writing (LW)
Composition.
To write
with purpose
1. Write for a wide range of purposes using the main features identified in reading.
2. Use techniques used by authors to create characters and settings.
3. Compose and rehearse sentences orally.
4. Plan, write, edit and improve.
To use
imaginative description
5. Create characters, settings and plots.
6. Use alliteration effectively.
7. Use similes effectively.
8. Use a range of descriptive phrases including some collective nouns.
To organise writing appropriately
9. Use organisational devices such as headings and sub headings.
10. Use the perfect form of verbs to mark relationships of time and cause.
11. Use connectives that signal time, shift attention, inject suspense and shift the setting.
To use paragraphs
12. Organise paragraphs around a theme.
13. Sequence paragraphs.
To use
sentences appropriately
14. Use a mixture of simple, compound and complex sentences.
15. Write sentences that include:
conjunctions
adverbs
direct speech, punctuated correctly
clauses
adverbial phrases.
Transcription
To present
neatly
16. Join letters, deciding which letters are best left un-joined.
17. Make handwriting legible by ensuring downstrokes of letters are parallel and letters are spaced appropriately.
To spell correctly
1. Use prefixes and suffixes and understand how to add them.
2. Spell further homophones.
3. Spell correctly often misspelt words.
4. Place the possessive apostrophe accurately in words with regular plurals (for example, girls, boys) and in words with irregular plurals (for example, childrens).
5. Use the first two or three letters of a word to check its spelling in a dictionary.
6. Write from memory simple sentences, dictated by the teacher, that include words and punctuation taught so far.
To punctuate accurately
7. Develop understanding of writing concepts by:
Extending the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including when, if, because, although.
Using the present perfect form of verbs in contrast to the past tense.
Choosing nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition.
Using conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause.
Using fronted adverbials.
(LW)
8. Indicate grammatical and other features by:
Using commas after fronted adverbials.
Indicating possession by using the possessive apostrophe with plural nouns.
Using and punctuating direct speech.
Analysis and presentation
To analyse writing
Use and understand grammatical terminology when discussing writing and reading:
9. Year 3 - word family, conjunction, adverb, preposition, direct speech, inverted commas (or speech marks), prefix, consonant, vowel, clause, subordinate clause.
10. Year 4 - pronoun, possessive pronoun, adverbial.
To present writing
11. Read aloud writing to a group or whole class, using appropriate intonation.
Area
Milestones
Topic & Activity No.
Literacy Reading (LR)
To read
words accurately
1. Apply a growing knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes (etymology and morphology).
2. Read further exception words, noting the spellings.
To
understand texts
3. Draw inferences from reading.
4. Predict from details stated and implied.
5. Recall and summarise main ideas.
6. Discuss words and phrases that capture the imagination.
7. Retrieve and record information from non-fiction, using titles, headings, sub-headings and indexes.
8. Prepare poems and plays to read aloud with expression, volume, tone and intonation.
9. Identify recurring themes and elements of different stories (e.g. good triumphing over evil).
10. Recognise some different forms of poetry.
11. Explain and discuss understanding of reading, maintaining focus on the topic.
12. Draw inferences such as inferring characters feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence.
13. Predict what might happen from details stated and implied.
14. Identify main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph and summarise these.
15. Identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning.
16. Ask questions to improve understanding of a text.
Area
Milestones
Topic & Activity No.
Literacy Communication (LC)
To listen carefully and understand
1. Engage in discussions, making relevant points.
2. Ask for specific additional information to clarify.
3. Understand the meaning of some phrases beyond the literal interpretation.
To develop a wide and interesting vocabulary
4. Use time, size and other measurements to quantify.
5. Use interesting adjectives, adverbial phrases and extended noun phrases in discussion.
6. Use vocabulary that is appropriate to the topic being discussed or the audience that is listening.
To speak
with clarity
7. Use verbs with irregular endings.
8. Use a mixture of sentence lengths to add interest to discussions and explanations.
9. Use intonation to emphasise grammar and punctuation when reading aloud.
To tell stories with structure
10. Bring stories to life with expression and intonation.
11. Read the audience to know when to add detail and when to leave it out.
To hold conversations and debates
12. Make relevant comments or ask questions in a discussion or a debate.
13. Seek clarification by actively seeking to understand others points of view.
14. Respectfully challenge opinions or points, offering an alternative.
Area
Milestones
Topic & Activity No.
Numeracy (N)
To know and use numbers
Counting
1. Count in multiples of 2 to 9, 25, 50, 100 and 1000.
2. Find 1000 more or less than a given number.
3. Count backwards through zero to include negative numbers.
Representing
4. Identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations.
5. Read Roman numerals to 100 (I to C) and know that over time, the numeral system changed to include the concept of zero and place value.
Comparing
6. Order and compare numbers beyond 1000.
Place value
7. Recognise the place value of each digit in a four-digit number. (thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones)
8. Round any number to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000.
Solving problems
9. Solve number and practical problems with increasingly large positive numbers.
To add and subtract
Complexity
10. Solve two-step addition and subtraction problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why.
Methods
11. Add and subtract numbers with up to 4 digits using the formal written methods of columnar addition and subtraction where appropriate.
12. Add and subtract numbers mentally, including:
A three-digit number and ones.
A three-digit number and tens.
A three-digit number and hundreds.
Checking
13. Estimate and use inverse operations to check answers to a calculation.
Using number facts
14. Solve problems, including missing number problems, using number facts, place value and more complex addition and subtraction.
To multiply and divide
Complexity
15. Solve problems involving multiplying and adding, including using the distributive law to multiply two digit numbers by one digit, integer scaling problems and harder correspondence problems (such as n objects are connected to m objects).
Methods
16. Multiply two-digit and three-digit numbers by a one-digit number using formal written layout.
17. Use place value, known and derived facts to multiply and divide mentally, including: multiplying by 0 and 1; dividing by 1; multiplying together three numbers.
18. Recognise and use factor pairs and commutativity in mental calculations.
Checking
19. Recognise and use the inverse relationship between multiplication and division and use this to check calculations and solve missing number problems.
Using multiplication and division facts
20. Recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 12.
Numeracy (N)
Fractions (including decimals, %, ratio & proportion)
Recognising fractions
21. Recognise, find and write fractions of a discrete set of objects: unit fractions and non-unit fractions with small denominators.
22. Recognise and use fractions as numbers: unit fractions and non-unit fractions with small denominators.
23. Round decimals with one decimal place to the nearest whole number.
24. Compare numbers with the same number of decimal places up to two decimal places.
25. Count up and down in tenths; recognise that tenths arise from dividing an object into 10 equal parts and in dividing one-digit numbers or quantities by 10.
26. Count up and down in hundredths; recognise that hundredths arise when dividing an object by one hundred and dividing tenths by ten.
27. Compare and order unit fractions and fractions with the same denominators.
Equivalence
28. Recognise and show, using diagrams, families of common equivalent fractions.
29. Recognise and write decimal equivalents of any number of tenths or hundredths.
30. Recognise and write decimal equivalents to 1/4, 1/2, 3/4.
Solving problems
31. Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator within one whole.
32. Solve problems involving increasingly harder fractions.
33. Calculate quantities and fractions to divide quantities (including non-unit fractions where the answer is a whole number).
34. Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator.
35. Find the effect of dividing a one- or two-digit number by 10 and 100, identifying the value of the digits in the answer as ones, tenths and hundredths.
36. Solve simple measure and money problems involving fractions and decimals to two decimal places.
To understand the
properties of shapes
37. Draw 2-D shapes and make 3-D shapes using modelling materials; recognise 3-D shapes in different orientations and describe them.
38. Recognise angles as a property of shape or a description of a turn.
39. Identify right angles, recognise that two right angles make a half-turn, three make three quarters of a turn and four a complete turn; identify whether angles are greater than or less than a right angle.
40. Identify horizontal and vertical lines and pairs of perpendicular and parallel lines.
41. Compare and classify geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and triangles, based on their properties and sizes.
42. Identify acute and obtuse angles and compare and order angles up to two right angles by size.
43. Identify lines of symmetry in 2-D shapes presented in different orientations.
44. Complete a simple symmetric figure with respect to a specific line of symmetry.
Numeracy (N)
To describe position, direction and movement
45. Recognise angles as a property of shape and as an amount of rotation.
46. Identify right angles, recognise that 2 right angles make a half turn and 4 make a whole turn.
47. Identify angles that are greater than a right angle.
48. Describe positions on a 2-D grid as coordinates in the first quadrant.
49. Describe movements between positions as translations of a given unit to the left/right and up/down.
50. Plot specified points and draw sides to complete a given polygon
To use measures
51. Measure, compare, add and subtract: lengths (m/cm/mm); mass (kg/g); volume/capacity (l/ml).
52. Measure the perimeter of simple 2-D shapes.
53. Add and subtract amounts of money to give change. ( and p)
54. Tell and write the time from an analogue clock, including using Roman numerals from I to XII, and 12-hour and 24-hour clocks.
55. Estimate and read time with increasing accuracy to the nearest minute; record and compare time in terms of seconds, minutes and hours; use appropriate vocabulary.
56. Know the number of seconds in a minute and the number of days in each month, year and leap year.
57. Compare durations of events.
58. Convert between different units of measure. (for example, kilometre to metre; hour to minute)
59. Measure and calculate the perimeter of a rectilinear figure (including squares) in centimetres and metres.
60. Find the area of rectilinear shapes by counting squares.
61. Estimate, compare and calculate different measures, including money in pounds and pence.
62. Read, write and convert time between analogue and digital 12- and 24-hour clocks.
63. Solve problems involving converting from hours to minutes; minutes to seconds; years to months; weeks to days.
To use statistics
64. Interpret and present data using bar charts, pictograms and tables.
65. Solve one-step and two-step questions (for example, How many more? and How many fewer?) using information presented in scaled bar charts, pictograms and tables.
66. Interpret and present discrete and continuous data using appropriate graphical methods, including bar charts and time graphs.
67. Solve comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented in bar charts, pictograms, tables and other graphs.
To use algebra
68. Solve addition and subtraction, multiplication and division problems that involve missing numbers.
Area
Milestones
Topic & Activity No.
Science (Sc)
To work scientifically
1. Ask relevant questions.
2. Set up simple, practical enquiries and comparative and fair tests.
3. Make accurate measurements using standard units, using a range of equipment, e.g. thermometers and data loggers.
4. Gather, record, classify and present data in a variety of ways to help in answering questions.
5. Record findings using simple scientific language, drawings, labelled diagrams, bar charts and tables.
6. Report on findings from enquiries, including oral and written explanations, displays or presentations of results and conclusions.
7. Use results to draw simple conclusions and suggest improvements, new questions and predictions for setting up further tests.
8. Identify differences, similarities or changes related to simple, scientific ideas and processes.
9. Use straightforward, scientific evidence to answer questions or to support their findings.
Biology
To understand plants
10. Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem, leaves and flowers.
11. Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant.
12. Investigate the way in which water is transported within plants.
13. Explore the role of flowers in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal.
To understand animals and humans
14. Identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amounts of nutrition, that they cannot make their own food and they get nutrition from what they eat.
15. Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey.
16. Identify that humans and some animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement.
17. Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans.
18. Identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions.
To investigate living things
19. Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways.
20. Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment.
21. Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things.
To understand evolution and inheritance
22. Identify how plants and animals, including humans, resemble their parents in many features.
23. Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago.
24. Identify how animals and plants are suited to and adapt to their environment in different ways.
Statements in italics are not statutory in the English National Curriculum.
Science (Sc)
Chemistry
To investigate materials
Rocks and Soils
25. Compare and group together different kinds of rocks on the basis of their simple, physical properties.
26. Relate the simple physical properties of some rocks to their formation (igneous or sedimentary).
27. Describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within sedimentary rock.
28. Recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter.
States of Matter
29. Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases.
30. Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (C), building on their teaching in mathematics.
31. Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature.
Physics
To understand movement, forces and magnets
32. Compare how things move on different surfaces.
33. Notice that some forces need contact between two objects, but magnetic forces can act at a distance.
34. Observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others.
35. Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of whether they are attracted to a magnet, and identify some magnetic materials.
36. Describe magnets as having two poles.
37. Predict whether two magnets will attract or repel each other, depending on which poles are facing.
To understand light and seeing
38. Recognise that they need light in order to see things and that dark is the absence of light.
39. Notice that light is reflected from surfaces.
40. Recognise that light from the sun can be dangerous and that there are ways to protect their eyes.
41. Recognise that shadows are formed when the light from a light source is blocked by a solid object.
42. Find patterns in the way that the size of shadows change.
To investigate sound and hearing
43. Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating.
44. Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear.
To understand electrical circuits
45. Identify common appliances that run on electricity.
46. Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers.
47. Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery.
48. Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit.
49. Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors.
Sc
Physics
To understand the Earths movement in space
50. Describe the movement of the Earth relative to the Sun in the solar system.
51. Describe the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth.
Statements in italics are not statutory in the English National Curriculum.
Opportunities:
Across all year groups scientific knowledge and skills should be learned by working scientifically.
Biology
Plants
Look at the function of parts of flowering plants, requirements of growth, water transportation in plants, life cycles and seed dispersal.
Evolution and inheritance
Look at resemblance in offspring.
Look at changes in animals over time.
Look at adaptation to environments.
Look at differences in offspring.
Look at adaptation and evolution.
Look at changes to the human skeleton over time.
Animals and humans
Look at nutrition, transportation of water and nutrients in the body, and the muscle and skeleton system of humans and animals.
Look at the digestive system in humans.
Look at teeth.
Look at the human circulatory system.
All living things
Identify and name plants and animals
Look at classification keys.
Look at the life cycle of animals and plants.
Look at classification of plants, animals and micro-organisms.
Look at reproduction in plants and animals, and human growth and changes.
Look at the effect of diet, exercise and drugs.
Chemistry
Rocks and fossils
Compare and group rocks and describe the formation of fossils.
States of matter
Look at solids, liquids and gases, changes of state, evaporation, condensation and the water cycle.
Materials
Examine the properties of materials using various tests.
Look at solubility and recovering dissolved substances.
Separate mixtures.
Examine changes to materials that create new materials that are usually not reversible.
Physics
Light
Look at sources, seeing, reflections and shadows.
Explain how light appears to travel in straight lines and how this affects seeing and shadows.
Sound
Look at sources, vibration, volume and pitch.
Electricity
Look at appliances, circuits, lamps, switches, insulators and conductors.
Look at circuits, the effect of the voltage in cells and the resistance and conductivity of materials.
Forces and magnets
Look at contact and distant forces, attraction and repulsion, comparing and grouping materials.
Look at poles, attraction and repulsion.
Look at the effect of gravity and drag forces.
Look at transference of forces in gears, pulleys, levers and springs.
Earth and space
Look at the movement of the Earth and the Moon
Explain day and night
Area
Milestones
Topic & Activity No.
Art and Design (ADT)
To develop ideas
1. Develop ideas from starting points throughout the curriculum.
2. Collect information, sketches and resources.
3. Adapt and refine ideas as they progress.
4. Explore ideas in a variety of ways.
5. Comment on artworks using visual language.
To master techniques
Painting
6. Use a number of brush techniques using thick and thin brushes to produce shapes, textures, patterns and lines.
7. Mix colours effectively.
8. Use watercolour paint to produce washes for backgrounds then add detail.
9. Experiment with creating mood with colour.
Collage
10. Select and arrange materials for a striking effect.
11. Ensure work is precise.
12. Use coiling, overlapping, tessellation, mosaic and montage.
Sculpture
13. Create and combine shapes to create recognisable forms (e.g. shapes made from nets or solid materials).
14. Include texture that conveys feelings, expression or movement.
15. Use clay and other mouldable materials.
16. Add materials to provide interesting detail.
Drawing
17. Use different hardnesses of pencils to show line, tone and texture.
18. Annotate sketches to explain and elaborate ideas.
19. Sketch lightly (no need to use a rubber to correct mistakes).
20. Use shading to show light and shadow.
21. Use hatching and cross hatching to show tone and texture.
22. Use layers of two or more colours.
23. Replicate patterns observed in natural or built environments.
24. Make printing blocks (e.g. from coiled string glued to a block).
25. Make precise repeating patterns.
Textiles
26. Shape and stitch materials.
27. Use basic cross stitch and back stitch.
28. Colour fabric.
29. Create weavings.
30. Quilt, pad and gather fabric.
Digital media
31. Create images, video and sound recordings and explain why they were created.
To take inspiration from the greats (classic and modern)
32. Replicate some of the techniques used by notable artists, artisans and designers.
33. Create original pieces that are influenced by studies of others.
Opportunities
Use experiences, other subjects across the curriculum and ideas as inspiration for artwork.
Develop and share ideas in a sketchbook and in finished products.
Improve mastery of techniques.
Learn about the great artists, architects and designers in history.
Design and Technology (ADT)
To master practical skills
Food
34. Prepare ingredients hygienically using appropriate utensils.
35. Measure ingredients to the nearest gram accurately.
36. Follow a recipe.
37. Assemble or cook ingredients (controlling the temperature of the oven or hob, if cooking).
Materials
38. Cut materials accurately and safely by selecting appropriate tools.
39. Measure and mark out to the nearest millimetre.
40. Apply appropriate cutting and shaping techniques that include cuts within the perimeter of the material (such as slots or cut outs).
41. Select appropriate joining techniques.
Textiles
42. Understand the need for a seam allowance.
43. Join textiles with appropriate stitching.
44. Select the most appropriate techniques to decorate textiles.
Electricals and electronics
45. Create series and parallel circuits.
Computing
46. Control and monitor models using software designed for this purpose.
Construction
47. Choose suitable techniques to construct products or to repair items.
48. Strengthen materials using suitable techniques.
Mechanics
49. Use scientific knowledge of the transference of forces to choose appropriate mechanisms for a product (such as levers, winding mechanisms, pulleys and gears).
To design, make, evaluate and improve
50. Design with purpose by identifying opportunities to design.
51. Make products by working efficiently (such as by carefully selecting materials).
52. Refine work and techniques as work progresses, continually evaluating the product design.
53. Use software to design and represent product designs.
To take inspiration from design throughout history
54. Identify some of the great designers in all of the areas of study (including pioneers in horticultural techniques) to generate ideas for designs.
55. Improve upon existing designs, giving reasons for choices.
56. Disassemble products to understand how they work.
Opportunities
Evaluate
investigate and analyse a range of existing products.
evaluate their ideas and products against their own design criteria and consider the views of others to improve their work.
understand how key events and individuals in design and technology have helped shape the world
Technical knowledge
apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures.
understand and use mechanical systems in their products, such as gears, pulleys, cams, levers and linkages.
understand and use electrical systems in their products, such as series circuits incorporating switches, bulbs, buzzers and motors.
apply their understanding of computing to programme, monitor and control their products.
Cooking and nutrition
understand and apply the principles of a healthy and varied diet.
prepare and cook a variety of predominantly savoury dishes using a range of cooking techniques.
understand seasonality and know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown, reared, caught and processed.
Through a variety of creative and practical activities, pupils should be taught the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to engage in an iterative process of designing and making. They should work in a range of relevant contexts, such as the home, school, leisure, culture, enterprise, industry and the wider environment.
When designing and making, pupils should be taught to:
Design
use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose, aimed at particular individuals or groups.
generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, pattern pieces and computer-aided design..
Make
select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks, such as cutting, shaping, joining and finishing, accurately.
select from and use a wider range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities.
Area
Milestones
Topic & Activity No.
Historical, and Geographical (HG)
Geography
To investigate places
1. Ask and answer geographical questions about the physical and human characteristics of a location.
2. Explain own views about locations, giving reasons.
3. Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features.
4. Use fieldwork to observe and record the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods including sketch maps, plans and graphs and digital technologies.
5. Use a range of resources to identify the key physical and human features of a location.
6. Name and locate counties and cities of the United Kingdom, geographical regions and their identifying human and physical characteristics, including hills, mountains, cities, rivers, key topographical features and land-use patterns; and understand how some of these aspects have changed over time.
7. Name and locate the countries of Europe and identify their main physical and human characteristics.
To investigate patterns
8. Name and locate the Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle and date time zones. Describe some of the characteristics of these geographical areas.
9. Describe geographical similarities and differences between countries.
10. Describe how the locality of the school has changed over time.
To communicate geographically
11. Describe key aspects of:
physical geography, including: rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes and the water cycle.
12. human geography, including: settlements and land use.
13. Use the eight points of a compass, four-figure grid references, symbols and key to communicate knowledge of the United Kingdom and the wider world.
History
To investigate and interpret the past
14. Use evidence to ask questions and find answers to questions about the past
15. Suggest suitable sources of evidence for historical enquiries.
16. Use more than one source of evidence for historical enquiry in order to gain a more accurate understanding of history.
17. Describe different accounts of a historical event, explaining some of the reasons why the accounts may differ.
18. Suggest causes and consequences of some of the main events and changes in history.
To build an overview of world history
19. Describe changes that have happened in the locality of the school throughout history.
20. Give a broad overview of life in Britain from ancient until medieval times.
21. Compare some of the times studied with those of other areas of interest around the world.
22. Describe the social, ethnic, cultural or religious diversity of past society.
23. Describe the characteristic features of the past, including ideas, beliefs, attitudes and experiences of men, women and children.
To understand chronology
24. Place events, artefacts and historical figures on a time line using dates.
25. Understand the concept of change over time, representing this, along with evidence, on a time line.
26. Use dates and terms to describe events.
(HG)
To communicate historically
27. Use appropriate historical vocabulary to communicate, including:
dates
time period
era
change
chronology.
28. Use literacy, numeracy and computing skills to a good standard in order to communicate information about the past.
Opportunities
Geography
History
Locate the worlds countries, with a focus on Europe and countries of particular interest to pupils.
Locate the worlds countries, with focus on North and South America and countries of particular interest to pupils.
Identify key geographical features of the countries of the United Kingdom, and show an understanding of how some of these aspects have changed over time.
Locate the geographic zones of the world.
Understand the significance of the geographic zones of the world.
Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region or area of the United Kingdom (different from that taught at Key Stage 1).
Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region or area in a European country.
Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of the human and physical geography of a region or area within North or South America.
Describe and understand key aspects of:
physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers,
mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes and the water cycle
human geography, including: settlements, land use, economic activity including trade
links and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and
water supplies.
Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied.
Use the eight points of a compass, four-figure grid references, symbols and keys (including the use of Ordnance Survey maps) to build knowledge of the United Kingdom and the world.
Use a wide range of geographical sources in order to investigate places and patterns.
Use fieldwork to observe, measure and record the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs and digital technologies.
Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age.
The Roman Empire and its Impact on Britain.
Britains settlement by Anglo Saxons and Scots.
The Viking and Anglo Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England.
A local history study.
A study of a theme in British history.
Early Civilizations achievements and an in-depth study of one of the following: Ancient Sumer; The Indus Valley; Ancient
Egypt; The Shang Dynasty.
Ancient Greece.
A non- European society that contrasts with British history
chosen from:
Early Islamic Civilization
Mayan Civilization
Benin.
History of interest to pupils*
* Items marked * are not statutory.
Area
Milestones
Topic & Activity No.
Music (M)
To perform
1. Sing from memory with accurate pitch.
2. Sing in tune.
3. Maintain a simple part within a group.
4. Pronounce words within a song clearly.
5. Show control of voice.
6. Play notes on an instrument with care so that they are clear.
7. Perform with control and awareness of others
To compose
8. Compose and perform melodic songs.
9. Use sound to create abstract effects.
10. Create repeated patterns with a range of instruments.
11. Create accompaniments for tunes.
12. Use drones as accompaniments.
13. Choose, order, combine and control sounds to create an effect.
14. Use digital technologies to compose pieces of music.
To transcribe
15. Devise non-standard symbols to indicate when to play and rest.
16. Recognise the notes EGBDF and FACE on the musical stave.
17. Recognise the symbols for a minim, crotchet and semibreve and say how many beats they represent.
To describe music
18. Use the terms: duration, timbre, pitch, beat, tempo, texture and use of silence to describe music.
19. Evaluate music using musical vocabulary to identify areas of likes and dislikes.
20. Understand layers of sounds and discuss their effect on mood and feelings.
Opportunities
Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using voice and playing instruments with increasing accuracy, control and expression.
Improvise and compose music using the inter-related dimensions of music separately and in combination.
Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory.
Use and understand the basics of the stave and other musical notations.
Appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music from different traditions and from great musicians and composers.
Develop an understanding of the history of music.
Area
Milestones
Topic & Activity No.
Physical Education (PE)
To develop practical skills in order to participate, compete and lead a healthy lifestyle
Games
1. Throw and catch with control and accuracy.
2. Strike a ball and field with control.
3. Choose appropriate tactics to cause problems for the opposition.
4. Follow the rules of the game and play fairly.
5. Maintain possession of a ball (with, e.g. feet, a hockey stick or hands).
6. Pass to team mates at appropriate times.
7. Lead others and act as a respectful team member.
Dance
8. Plan, perform and repeat sequences.
9. Move in a clear, fluent and expressive manner.
10. Refine movements into sequences.
11. Create dances and movements that convey a definite idea.
12. Change speed and levels within a performance.
13. Develop physical strength and suppleness by practising moves and stretching.
Gymnastics
14. Plan, perform and repeat sequences.
15. Move in a clear, fluent and expressive manner.
16. Refine movements into sequences.
17. Show changes of direction, speed and level during a performance.
18. Travel in a variety of ways, including flight, by transferring weight to generate power in movements.
19. Show a kinesthetic sense in order to improve the placement and alignment of body parts (e.g. in balances experiment to find out how to get the centre of gravity successfully over base and organise body parts to create an interesting body shape).
20. Swing and hang from equipment safely (using hands).
Swimming
21. Swim between 25 and 50 metres unaided.
22. Use more than one stroke and coordinate breathing as appropriate for the stroke being used.
23. Coordinate leg and arm movements.
24. Swim at the surface and below the water.
Athletics
25. Sprint over a short distance up to 60 metres.
26. Run over a longer distance, conserving energy in order to sustain performance.
27. Use a range of throwing techniques (such as under arm, over arm).
28. Throw with accuracy to hit a target or cover a distance.
29. Jump in a number of ways, using a run up where appropriate.
30. Compete with others and aim to improve personal best performances.
Outdoor and adventurous activities
31. Arrive properly equipped for outdoor and adventurous activity.
32. Understand the need to show accomplishment in managing risks.
33. Show an ability to both lead and form part of a team.
34. Support others and seek support if required when the situation dictates.
35. Show resilience when plans do not work and initiative to try new ways of working.
36. Use maps, compasses and digital devices to orientate themselves.
37. Remain aware of changing conditions and change plans if necessary
Opportunities
Perform dances.
Take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team.
Swimming and water safety: take swimming instruction either in Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2..
Play competitive games, modified where appropriate, such as football, netball, rounders, cricket, hockey, basketball, badminton and tennis and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending.
Take part in gymnastics activities.
Take part in athletics activities.
Area
Milestones
Topic & Activity No.
Computing (C)
To code (using Scratch)
Motion
1. Use specified screen coordinates to control movement.
Looks
2. Set the appearance of objects and create sequences of changes.
Sound
3. Create and edit sounds. Control when they are heard, their volume, duration and rests.
Draw
4. Control the shade of pens.
Events
5. Specify conditions to trigger events.
Control
6. Use IF THEN conditions to control events or objects.
Sensing
7. Create conditions for actions by sensing proximity or by waiting for a user input (such as proximity to a specified colour or a line or responses to questions).
Variables and lists
8. Use variables to store a value.
9. Use the functions define, set, change, show and hide to control the variables.
Operators
10. Use the Reporter operators () + () () - () () * () () / () to perform calculations.
To connect
11. Contribute to blogs that are moderated by teachers.
12. Give examples of the risks posed by online communications.
13. Understand the term copyright.
14. Understand that comments made online that are hurtful or offensive are the same as bullying.
15. Understand how online services work.
To communicate
16. Use some of the advanced features of applications and devices in order to communicate ideas, work or messages professionally.
To collect
17. Devise and construct databases using applications designed for this purpose in areas across the curriculum.
Opportunities
Design and write programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts.
Use sequence, selections and repetition in programs; work with variables and various forms of input and output; generate appropriate inputs and predicted outputs to test programs.
Use logical reasoning to explain how a simple algorithm works, detect and correct errors in algorithms and programs.
Understand computer networks including the internet; how they can provide multiple services, such as the world wide web; and the opportunities they offer for communication and collaboration.
Describe how internet search engines find and store data; use search engines effectively; be discerning in evaluating digital content; respect individuals and intellectual property; use technology responsibly, securely and safely.
Select, use and combine a variety of software (including internet services) on a range of digital devices to accomplish given goals, including collecting, analysing, evaluating and presenting data and information.
Area
Milestones
Topic & Activity No.
Religious Education (RE)
To understand beliefs and teachings
1. Present the key teachings and beliefs of a religion.
2. Refer to religious figures and holy books to explain answers.
To understand practices and lifestyles
3. Identify religious artefacts and explain how and why they are used.
4. Describe religious buildings and explain how they are used.
5. Explain some of the religious practices of both clerics and individuals.
To understand how beliefs are conveyed
6. Identify religious symbolism in literature and the arts.
To reflect
7. Show an understanding that personal experiences and feelings influence attitudes and actions.
8. Give some reasons why religious figures may have acted as they did.
9. Ask questions that have no universally agreed answers.
To understand values
10. Explain how beliefs about right and wrong affect peoples behaviour.
11. Describe how some of the values held by communities or individuals affect behaviour and actions.
12. Discuss and give opinions on stories involving moral dilemmas.
Opportunities
Study the beliefs, festivals and celebrations of Christianity.
Study at least two other religions in depth. Choose from Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam,Judaism or Sikhism.
Study three of the major six religions not studied in depth in order to gain a briefoutline.
Study other religions of interest to pupils.
Area
Milestones
Topic & Activity No.
Modern Foreign Languages (MFL)
To read fluently
1. Read and understand the main points in short written texts.
2. Read short texts independently.
3. Use a translation dictionary or glossary to look up new words.
To write imaginatively
4. Write a few short sentences using familiar expressions.
5. Express personal experiences and responses.
6. Write short phrases from memory with spelling that is readily understandable.
To speak confidently
7. Understand the main points from spoken passages.
8. Ask others to repeat words or phrases if necessary.
9. Ask and answer simple questions and talk about interests.
10. Take part in discussions and tasks.
11. Demonstrate a growing vocabulary.
To understand the culture of the countries in which the language is spoken
12. Describe with some interesting details some aspects of countries or communities where the language is spoken.
13. Make comparisons between life in countries or communities where the language is spoken and this country.
Opportunities
In the chosen modern language:
Speak
Read
Write
Look at the culture of the countries where the language is spoken.
If an ancient language is chosen, read, translate and explore the culture of the time.
Area
Topic & Activity No.
SMSC and Personal Development (SMSCPD)
Developing confidence and responsibility and making the most of their abilities.
1. to talk and write about their opinions, and explain their views, on issues that affect themselves and society
2. to recognise their worth as individuals by identifying positive things about themselves and their achievements, seeing their mistakes, making amends and setting personal goals
3. to face new challenges positively by collecting information, looking for help, making responsible choices, and taking action
4. to recognise, as they approach puberty, how people's emotions change at that time and how to deal with their feelings towards themselves, their family and others in a positive way
5. about the range of jobs carried out by people they know, and to understand how they can develop skills to make their own contribution in the future
6. to look after their money and realise that future wants and needs may be met through saving.
Preparing to
play an active role as citizens.
7. to research, discuss and debate topical issues, problems and events
8. why and how rules and laws are made and enforced, why different rules are needed in different situations and how to take part in making and changing rules
9. to realise the consequences of anti-social and aggressive behaviours, such as bullying and racism, on individuals and communities
10. that there are different kinds of responsibilities, rights and duties at home, at school and in the community, and that these can sometimes conflict with each other
11. to reflect on spiritual, moral, social, and cultural issues, using imagination to understand other people's experiences
12. to resolve differences by looking at alternatives, making decisions and explaining choices
13. what democracy is, and about the basic institutions that support it locally and nationally
14. to recognise the role of voluntary, community and pressure groups
15. to appreciate the range of national, regional, religious and ethnic identities in the United Kingdom
16. that resources can be allocated in different ways and that these economic choices affect individuals, communities and the sustainability of the environment
17. to explore how the media present information.
Developing a healthy, safer lifestyle.
18. what makes a healthy lifestyle, including the benefits of exercise and healthy eating, what affects mental health, and how to make informed choices
19. that bacteria and viruses can affect health and that following simple, safe routines can reduce their spread
20. about how the body changes as they approach puberty
21. which commonly available substances and drugs are legal and illegal, their effects and risks
22. to recognise the different risks in different situations and then decide how to behave responsibly, including sensible road use, and judging what kind of physical contact is acceptable or unacceptable
23. that pressure to behave in an unacceptable or risky way can come from a variety of sources, including people they know, and how to ask for help and use basic techniques for resisting pressure to do wrong
24. school rules about health and safety, basic emergency aid procedures and where to get help.
(SMSCPD)
Developing good relationships and respecting the differences between people.
25. that their actions affect themselves and others, to care about other people's feelings and to try to see things from their points of view
26. to think about the lives of people living in other places and times, and people with different values and customs
27. to be aware of different types of relationship, including marriage and those between friends and families, and to develop the skills to be effective in relationships
28. to realise the nature and consequences of racism, teasing, bullying and aggressive behaviours, and how to respond to them and ask for help
29. to recognise and challenge stereotypes
30. that differences and similarities between people arise from a number of factors, including cultural, ethnic, racial and religious diversity, gender and disability
31. where individuals, families and groups can get help and support.
Promoting British Values:
Democracy: Making decisions together.Individual Liberty: Freedom for all.
Rule of Law: Understanding rules matter.Mutual Respect and Tolerance: Treat others as you want to be treated.
Personal Development:
The eight areas of success:
Try new things
Work hard
Concentrate
Push themselves
To imagine
Improve
Understand other
Not give up
Opportunities
Discuss and learn techniques to improve in the eight areas of success.
Study role models who have achieved success.
Areas of success
Bronze
Silver
Gold
To try new things
Try new things with the help of others.
Talk about some things of personal interest.
Join in with familiar activities.
Concentrate on things of interest.
Try new things when encouraged.
Enjoy new experiences.
Join clubs or groups.
Talk about new experiences with others.
Enjoy new things and take opportunities whereverpossible.
Find things to do that give energy.
Become fully involved in clubs or groups.
Meet up with others who share interests in a safeenvironment.
To work hard
Work hard with the help of others.
Enjoy the results of effort in areas of interest.
Take encouragement from others in areas ofinterest.
Enjoy working hard in a range of activities.
Reflect on how effort leads to success.
Begin to encourage others to work hard.
Have fun working hard.
Understand the benefits of effort and commitment.
Continue to practise even when accomplished.
Encourage others by pointing out how their effortsgain results.
To concentrate
Give attention to areas of interest.
Begin to tune out distractions.
Begin to show signs of concentration.
Begin to seek help when needed.
Focus on activities.
Tune out some distractions.
Search for methods to help with concentration.
Develop areas of deep interest.
Give full concentration.
Tune out most distractions.
Understand techniques and methods that aidconcentration.
Develop expertise and deep interest in some things.
To push themselves
Express doubts and fears.
Explain feelings in uncomfortable situations.
Begin to push past fears (with encouragement).
Listen to people who try to help.
Begin to try to do something more than once.
Begin to understand why some activities feeluncomfortable.
Show a willingness to overcome fears.
Push past fears and reflect upon the emotions feltafterwards.
Begin to take encouragement and advice from others.
Keep trying after a first attempt.
Find ways to push past doubts, fears, or a drop inmotivation even in challenging circumstances.
Push oneself in areas that are not so enjoyable.
Listen to others who encourage and help, thankingthem for their advice.
Reflect upon how pushing past doubts, fears or a dropin motivation leads to a different outlook.
To imagine
With help, develop ideas.
Respond to the ideas of others.
Respond to questions about ideas.
Act on some ideas.
Begin to enjoy having new ideas.
Show some enthusiasm for the ideas of others.
Ask some questions in order to develop ideas.
Show enjoyment in trying out some ideas.
Generate lots of ideas.
Show a willingness to be wrong.
Know which ideas are useful and have value.
Act on ideas.
Ask lots of questions.
To improve
Share with others likes about own efforts.
Choose one thing to improve (with help).
Make a small improvement (with help).
Share with others a number of positive features ofown efforts.
Identify a few areas for improvement.
Attempt to make improvements.
Clearly identify own strengths.
Identify areas for improvement.
Seek the opinion of others to help identifyimprovements.
Show effort and commitment in refining and adjustingwork.
To understand others
Show an awareness of someone who is talking.
Show an understanding that ones own behaviouraffects other people.
Listen to other peoples point of view.
Listen to others, showing attention.
Think of the effect of behaviour on others beforeacting.
Describe the points of view of others.
Listen first to others before trying to be understood.
Change behaviours to suit different situations.
Describe and understand others points of view.
To not give up
Try again with the help of others.
Try to carry on even if a failure causes upset.
Keep going in activities of interest.
Try to think of oneself as lucky.
Find alternative ways if the first attempt does notwork.
Bounce back after a disappointment or failure.
Show the ability to stick at an activity (or a club orinterest).
See oneself as lucky.
Show a determination to keep going, despite failures orset backs.
Reflect upon the reasons for failures and find ways tobounce back.
Stick at an activity even in the most challenging ofcircumstances.
See possibilities and opportunities even after adisappointment.
Consider oneself to be lucky and understand the need tolook for luck.
Highlight objectives: red - objective not taught/achieved; yellow - not fully achieved; green - achieved by majority
Promoting British Values: Democracy Rule of Law Individual Liberty Mutual Respect and Tolerance
Highlight objectives: red - objective not taught/achieved; yellow - not fully achieved; green - achieved by majority
Promoting British Values: Democracy Rule of Law Individual Liberty Mutual Respect and Tolerance