Living Things

• Identify common plant species

• Growing plants

• Human characteristics

• Caring for living things

• Weather and Seasons

Energy and Forces

• Heat, Light and Sound

Earth and Space

• Common materials, their properties and uses

My School

• Learn basic directions

• Become familiar with classroom layout

• Use direction skills to locate specific places and people within school

My Family

• Talk about themselves and their families

• Create a time sequence booklet

• Express and draw special events in their lives

• Develop understanding of need to respect others and their feelings

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Living Things

• Sorting into groups

• Habitats

• Need for food

• Simple food chains

Earth and Space

• The Sun, Moon, Earth and Stars

• Day and Night

• Weather Survey

• Seasons

School Life Long Ago

• Knowledge and understanding of what school life was like in the family's past

• Opportunities to listen, observe and talk about know school life has changed over the years

• Opportunities to role-play

• Appreciate how the passage of time has influenced school life

People Who Help Us

• Meet key members of local community

• Develop an understanding of how a job contributes to meeting community needs

• Visit key members their work place

• Recognise and value the role of key community members

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Earth and Space

• Rain, snow and ice

Living Things

• Simple life cycles

• Senses

Energy and Forces

• Pushing, puling, friction

• Floating

• Magnetism

My Seaside Town

• Gain knowledge of their own local environment

• Learn the key features of a seaside town

• Recognise simple symbols and features on a map

• See the need for promoting a clean environment

Victorian Christmas

• Knowledge and understanding of what life was like in Victorian times

• Opportunities to observe and compare Victorian artefacts with these of present day

• Appreciate and take a responsible part in preserving evidence and experience of the present and past

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Living Things

• Characteristics of birds and insects

• Grouping animals

• Classifying invertebrates

Energy and Forces

• Electricity - conductors, insulators

• Simple circuits

• Colour mixing

Earth and Space

• Dissolving

• Growth and conservation

• The water cycle

• Freezing

Scotland

• Basic knowledge of physical features of Scotland

• To compare location of main cities, population, setting and communication

• Opportunities to use and interpret maps of Scotland

The Ancient World

•  Knowledge and understanding of what life was like in a set period of the Ancient world

• Opportunities to observe, discuss and compare artefacts of past with present day

• An awareness of where their studied periods fits on a time line

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Living Things

• Teeth and the digestive system

• Endangered species

• Classifying plants, structure and function

• Structure and function of the skeletal system

Energy and Forces

• Sound and light

• Mirrors and reflection

Earth and Space

• Water and materials

• Changing materials

• Dissolving

• Sewage treatment

The British Isles

• Basic knowledge of physical features of British Isles

• Opportunities to use and interpret maps of British Isles

• Understanding of the influence of the oil/gas industry, on jobs, communication, energy supply, families

The Middle Ages

• Knowledge and understanding of what life was like

• Opportunities discuss and compare past with present

• Some awareness of where the topic studied sits on a time line

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Energy and Forces

• Forms and sources of energy

• Forces and their effects

• Properties and uses of energy

Earth and Space

• Evaporation

• The Solar System

• Air

Europe

• Basic knowledge of physical, geographical and social features of European countries

• Opportunities to co-operate with others in order to present a factual report about a given country

• Ability to use acquired knowledge to compare and contrast various aspects of each country

Jacobites

• Knowledge and understanding of life at the time of the Jacobites

• Opportunities to observe, discuss and study artefacts

• Opportunities to develop opinion based on factual evidence

• Awareness of where their topic sits on the time line

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Living Things

• Fruit and seed dispersal

• Plants and micro organisms, plant life cycles

• Reproduction

• Food chains and food webs

Energy and Forces

• Energy sources

• Measurement of forces

• Levers

Earth and Space

• The Solar System

• Day and night, the lunar month

• Major features of the universe

France

• Knowledge of physical, geographical and social features of France

• Ability to interpret and apply detail to maps

• Opportunities to plan a visit to France

• Opportunities to compare and contrast family lifestyles

Children at War

• Information on causes of the war and how it effected the lives of children

• Opportunities for hands on study of family artefacts relating to WW2 and the need to preserve them

• Sequencing of events leading up to and during the war

• Developing understanding of circumstances and motives behind individual life decisions