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Curriculum overview

Cycle A

  autumn 1 autumn 2 spring 1 spring 2 summer 1 summer 2
Class 1

Seaside locations

Where bears live in the world

Cold areas in world

People who help us local area

Location of school in village

Houses in village

Class 2

Volcanoes, mountains and Earthquakes

Settlements 

Local area linked to History

Class 3

World Physical Geography

rivers, water cycle, lakes and deserts

South America/ rainforests 

South America 

Cycle B

  autumn 1 autumn 2 spring 1 spring 2 summer 1 summer 2
Class 1

Where we live…

Countries in UK and surrounding seas

Oceans and continents

Compass directions and directional language

England and the capital city London

Africa

Class 2

North America

Italy 

Map skills compass, co ordinates, aerial photographs, atlas work

Class 3

continents/ Europe - countries, seas and capitals

compass points, co-ordinates, maps, aerial photographs 

Trade and Transport 

Time zones, tropics