Year group

Autumn term

Spring term

Summer term

1

Topic: This is me
Aut 1: Art driver
(portraits)

Aut 2: History driver

 (Changes in living memory)

Topic: What makes Britain great?

Spr 1: Geography driver (Local area and Great Britain)

Spr 2: DT driver
(Cooking eg afternoon tea/ Great British Bake Off)

Topic: Pirates
Sum 1: Geography driver
(weather, continents, poles)

Sum 2: Art driver
(under the sea theme?)

2

Topic: Flames and fireworks
Aut 1: History driver
(GFOL and Gunpowder plot)

Aut 2: Art driver
(Fireworks/ colour themed)

Topic: Knights and castles

Spr 1: DT driver

(Structures such as drawbridge)

Spr 2: History driver
(Robin Hood)
 

Topic: Farm to fork
Sum 1: Geography
(Comparison with an African Country- farming)

Sum 2: Dt
(Cooking)

3

Topic: Horrible Histories

Aut 1: History driver

(Stone Age to the Iron Age)

Aut 2: History driver
(Romans)

Topic: Iron Man

Spr 1: Art driver

(Sketching?)
Spr2 : DT driver
(Cooking)

Topic: Explosions

Sum 1: Geography driver
(Volcanoes)

Sum 2: Art driver
(building on the work from y2’s colour work?)

4

Topic: Migration

Aut1: Geography driver

(Biomes)

Aut2: Art
(Sculptures)

Topic: Egypt

Spr1: Geography driver

(River Nile including History)

Spr 2: DT
(Cooking)

Topic: Vikings
Sum 1: History driver
(Vikings)

Sum 2: DT driver
(Science link to electricity)

5

Topic: North America
Aut 1: Geography driver
Aut 2: History driver
(settlements/ thanksgiving)

Topic: Space
Spr 1: DT driver
(Textiles)

Spr 2: Art driver
(?)

Topic: Greeks
Sum 1: History driver
(Ancient Greece)
Sum 2: DT driver
(cooking)

6

Topic: Castaway
Aut 1: Geography
(Islands)
Aut 2: History
(WW11)

Topic: Superheroes
Spr 1: Art driver
(pop art)

Spr 2: DT driver
(Cooking)

Topic: Amazon
Sum driver: Geography
(South America)