North Wheatley Primary School / Class 2 Long term Topic Plans

Curriculum
Area
TOPIC TITLE
Season Events

Topic Trips /
Special Events

English

Maths
(any key areas
that can be
linked into topic
work)

Science

Art & Design

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Misty Mountains

Heroes and Villains

Urban Pioneers

Harvest Festival, St Andrews Day,

Remembrance Sunday, Christmas
Events and Play with YTC
3 Day residential to Hathersage.
Meet a mountaineer ask Si

SATS, St Davids Day, St Patricks Day,

Mothers Day, Easter Celebrations

St Georges Day, Kingswood Residential,

Fathers Day, YTC Summer Production,
Transition Week, Pupils as Teacher, Leavers.
Visit to a city?

Cruella Di Vil biography.

Dialogue Bonnie and Clyde. Using
speech.
Riddles Famous heroes and heroines.
Fairy Tales
Comic Strips link to Fairy Tales

Leaflets leaflet to advertise a city.

Free verse poetry Last night I saw the city
breathing by Andrew Fusek Peters
Autobiography Boy by Roald Dahl
Letters and email Emil and the Detectives
by Erich Kastner.
Signs and slogans persuasive writing.

Multiplication and division Dalmatian

spots.

Survey parents jobs how far do they

travel, how does their line of work
contribute to the city/towns economy?
variety of graphing methods.

Science day?

Light and Dark describe what dark is, light

is needed in order to see, light sources,
reflective surfaces, how shadows are
formed, danger of direct sunlight.
Setting up investigations shadows.

Clay bust of hero or heroine sculpt

clay and other mouldable materials.
Fairy tales illustrations facial
expressions in art work, different
grades of pencil to shade and show

Urban art work Banksy experiment with

styles used by other artists, compare the
work of different artists, marks and lines to
show texture in art.
Light graffiti long-exposure photography.

Calligrams (Shape poems) The

Mountain by Emily Dickinson Week 1
Story writing Irish Legends Week 2 and
3
Recounts and Non Chron Reports Peak
District trip Week 6, 7
Leaflets Adi Week 9 and 10
Explanations Water Cycle and its effect
on mountainous areas 4 and 5
Calculating costs for an Everest
expedition use Adventure peaks
website.

The water cycle link to geog. Rainfall

collection and comparing to a
mountainous area.
High altitude animals grouping,
describing how changes in environment
can effect living things,
High altitude Plants explore the needs
of different plants for survival.
3-D clay model of a mountainsculpt and model clay.
Wool and cotton contour lines
Adi weaving recognise art from a
different culture,

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Computing

Seasonal Christmas Cards

tones and texture. Experiment using

styles of different artists.
Creating a class gallery complete with
catalogue to show parents.

Learn how to use search engine

commands effectively to search.
Identifying mountains and images
collecting information, use different
search engines
Creating presentation for the innovate
challenge.

Learn how to use search engine

commands effectively to search
researching heroes and heroines for a
timeline.
Garage band innovate challenge.
Researching and making a fact file
about a hero or heroine theyre
interested in link to PSHE.
Research charities what sort of a
person would be best to work in those
situations. Create a presentation for
the charity they have researched.
Coding (Mr Andrews Planning)
Junk 101 Dalmatians link to Cruella
Di Vil following a step by step plan
link to instructional writing.
Cruella Di Vil sock puppet meeting
set criteria, work accurately to
measure, make holes make cuts,
choose a textile for its appearance and
suitability. Measure accurately,
101 Dalmatian flip-book animation evaluate products for both purpose
and appearance.

Coding Mr Andrews planning.

Adi weaving produce a plan and

explain, use ideas from other people
when designing, evaluate and suggest
improvements for design.

Design &
Technology

Geography

Research where the mountain ranges

are using atlases use the index of an
atlas.
Using a compass to describe where
mountainous regions in the UK are in
comparison to us, and why people
would/wouldnt choose to live there
explain why people would choose to live
in one place rather than the other. Find

Where are the heroes and heroines we

have researched from?

Historical statues using different grades of

pencil to shade and show different tones
and texture.
Urban art work on the berlin wall
recognise when art is from different
cultures.
Learn how to use search engine commands
effectively to search research traffic
controls, famous people in the local area.
Digital mapping tools
Algorithms barriers
Coding (Mr Andrews Planning)

Web-based mapping
Comparing area around the Berlin Wall and
our area
Make a map of communal area of a fantasy
city.

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at least 6 cities in the UK on a map.
Locate some of the main islands around
the UK.
Exploring contour lines and OS maps
use some basic Ordinance survey map
symbols.
The 5 main types of mountains and how
they are formed can describe how
volcanoes are formed, describe and
explain the difference between
sedimentary and igneous rock.

History

Music/
Expressive Arts

Foreign
Languages
Physical
Education

Link to mountain ranges research how

long have people been climbing
mountains?
Homework factfile about
mountaineers. Create a timeline of
significant mountaineering events.
Music Focus (Instruments) Developing
skill and technical knowledge
producing and writing music.
Music in Art Music to represent
emotion and mood in a painting.

Heroes and heroines throughout

history timeline.

Conduct a local history study

History of local buildings
Timeline of historical events in the local
area.

Drama Focus Henry the 8th the

Musical?
Greensleeves and Tudor Music With
Miss Taylor

Song and Dance Focus Mixing Dance,

Singing and Musical instruments to create
performances. Links to Topic Rollercoaster
Dance and Songs Chants with actions
incorporating poetry.

Innovate challenge writing a rap

After October Half Term KS2 children to about a hero.
Production Songs
compete in Sing Up, practise this wed
pm.
Leavers Songs
Mrs Taylor teaching singing across the year See Long Term Plan for more detail
See computing for digital music.
Allez
Lecole
Le monde
En famille
Lheure
On mange
Espresso learning.
Espresso learning.
Espresso Learning
Orienteering
Swimming

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Religious
Education

Dectectives
Investigating Jesus

Visiting and
reviewing a local
Church

Hindu Worship

Hindu family
celebtrations
Easter (3)

Amazing men and women in the Bible.

Christmas (3)

PSHE

What is a villain? Presenting own

opinions and views.
Could you be tempted to be a villain?
describing ways of resisting negative
peer pressure, considering social and
moral dilemmas.
Pay it forward day 30th April make
positive comments about themselves
and others.
Hot air balloon debate which
contemporary heroes and heroines
should be in the balloon? research,
discuss and debate topical issues.

Emils journey around Berlin dealing with

different emotions.
Promotional speech for local area.