Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Year 1 and 2

Fire, fire!

Food - Making bread

Vocab: ingredients, salt, flour, yeast, water, dough, smooth,  teaspoon, mixing, bake, measure,  surface, kneading, basic diet

Our Town (Local adventure)

Into the Woods!

Study of National Fairy Tales (National adventure)

Mechanisms e.g. make a puppet using various mechanisms like split pins

Vocab: Design, mechanism, function, fabric,  split pin, template, puppet, movement

All about Orang-utan’s/Rainforests

Materials (use cardboard to make a layered

Orang-utan)

Vocab: cardboard, layering, cutting, shaping, folding, materials, measure, mark out, score

Here we are (Global adventure)

Textiles e.g. make a reusable bag

Vocab: Textiles, sewing, needle, tools, techniques, reusable,, upcycle, fabric, embellishment, join, running stitch, template, cut

Years 3 and 4

The Terrible Tudors

Textiles (make a Tudor rose)

Vocab: Textiles, sewing, needle, tools, techniques, fabric, embellishment, join, running stitch, template, cut

Our local library (Local adventure)

The Stone Age

Town is by the sea (National adventure)

Electricals and electronics (make a lighthouse)

Vocab: electrical systems, circuits, switch, bulb, motor, battery, wires, lighthouse, light, switch, insulator, conductor

Blue Abyss

Materials (make a mindfulness wave machine)

Vocab: mindfulness, calming, materials, techniques, plastic, water,

Clean Water and Sanitation (Global adventure)

Mechanics (water flow system)

Vocab: Mechanical system, linages, lever, hot water, cold water, product

Years 5 and 6

Romans

Mechanisms (create their own Roman catapult)

Vocab: Design, mechanism, function, movement, wood, measure, mark out, length, structure, specification, lever, elastic

Rugeley Miners (Local adventure)

Mexico

Food (research a traditional Mexican dish and make their own)

Ingredients, diet, Mexican, culture, research, chop, slice, peel, grate, mix, seasonal, grown, processed

Sports Relief (National adventure)

Food (make Sports relief biscuits)

Vocab: ingredients, salt, flour, sugar, water, dough, smooth,  teaspoon, mixing, bake, measure,  surface, kneading, basic diet, decorate

Inventions

Materials/Electronics (create their own invention that a incorporates switches, bulbs, buzzers and motors)

Vocab: electrical systems, circuits, switch, bulb, motor, battery, wires, lighthouse, light, switch, insulator, conductor

Deforestation (Global adventure)

Materials (create a terrarium using recycled bottles)

Vocab: recycle, upcycle, environment, plant, plastic, container, climate, modify, cut, score

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Years 1 and 2

The Victorians

Materials (create Victorian room by using a shoe box)

Vocab: layer, material, cardboard, cutting, shaping, folding, materials, measure, mark out, score

Materials (make a Zoetrope using cardboard)

Our School (Local adventure)

All About Chocolate!

Food (explore where chocolate comes from e.g. the cocoa beans)

Explore the process practically.

Vocab: process, climate, ingredients, cocoa, melting, change shape, milk, sugar                 

Bright Lights, Big Cities (National adventure)

Construction (construct various landmarks of London e.g. London Bridge, Big Ben)

Vocab: construct, material, cardboard, stiff, strength, stable

Growing Up

At the seaside, beach pollution (Global adventure)

Construction e.g. use recycled materials

Vocab: construct, material, cardboard, stiff, strength, stable

Years 3 and 4

Egyptians

Materials (Egyptian masks)

Vocab: Template, mask, score, paper mache, newspaper, blend, paint, cut, cardboard, mark out

Etching hill Rock (Local adventure)

Oh, the Places You’ll Go (Places in Europe)

Food (explore the food from different places/cultures)

Ingredients, diet, Mexican, culture, research, chop, slice, peel, grate, mix, seasonal, grown, processed

St. George and the Dragon (National adventure)

Mechanisms (castle or make a Marionette puppet dragon)

Vocab: mechanical systems, products, gears, pulleys, cams, levers and linkages).

Misty Mountains

Climate Action (Global adventure)

Materials (create a display using recycled materials)

Vocab: construct, material, cardboard, stiff, strength, stable

Years 5 and 6

Battles of Britain

Mechanism (make their own aeroplane including a moving propeller)

mechanical systems, product, gears, pulleys, propeller

The use of Cannock Chase during WW1(Local adventure)

Computing (create contrasting image of Cannock Chase during WW1 and Cannock Chase today)

Food – Explore rationing recipes

Ingredients, diet, Mexican, culture, research, chop, slice, peel, grate, mix, seasonal, grown, processed

The Ancient Greeks

Shakespeare Week

(National adventure)

Forces of Nature

Sustainability and Recycling (Global adventure)

Materials (children to use recycled materials for an upcycled project and decide what they would like to make. Ideas might be tins into a bug hotel, plastic into a planter)

Vocab: recycle, upcycle, environment, plant, plastic, container, climate, modify, cut, score