LKS2 Topic Overview | Hamilton School

Lower Key Stage 2 Topic Overview

Lower KS2
Terms	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Main topic heading	Food Glorious Food (Human and Physical Geography)	Music, Lights and Action	Zoological Adventure	Flowers, Plants and Trees	What do you do? (different people in the community)	I like to move it, move it!
English Fiction	The Tiger Who Came to Tea	The Bear and the Piano	Poo at the Zoo	Little Acorns	Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do	Luna Loves to Dance
English Non-Fiction	Food from Farms	Parts of a Theatre	Dudley Zoo – Animal Information	My Bean Diary	Information Text about their families’ jobs or Teachers	Hello World! My Body
Poetry	Don’t Put Your Finger in the Jelly Nelly!	Lights	One, Two, Zoo	Parts of a Plant Song	Acrostic Poems for Different Jobs	Everybody is Doing It.
Maths	Refer to weekly overviews
Science	Weather and the seasons	Movement	Animals and habitats	Plants Caring for plants	Materials/rocks	My body Healthy eating
RE	Being fair and just – The Sikh Faith and celebrations/ Bandi Chhor	Being attentive to the sacred, as well as the precious – religious music and worship (Christianity, Islam, The Sikh Faith, Hinduism, Judaism and Buddhism)	Caring for Others, Animals and the Environment – caring for animals	Remembering Roots – special celebrations and memories of special events	Creating inclusion, identity and belonging - (class / school/family)	Being reflective and self-critical – mindfulness, calm time, yoga
History			Dinosaurs and Fossils		Hospitals and their history (Florence Nightingale)	Medieval life (Castles and Knights)
Geography	Farming	To the rescue - oceans		Rainforests
Outdoor Learning	Exploring the Seasons – Autumn Changes	Woodland Wonders & Outdoor Adventures	Water & Weather Exploration	Growing & Life Cycles	Outdoor Movement & Adventure	Wildlife & Conservation
Music		Dynamics and tempo		Simple notation		Musical games
Art	Printing – layered printing		Painting – mixing colours, shades and tones		Cultural and Historical Art Exploration - Pablo Picasso
Food Technology	Fried, Roasted and mashed		Cake making and decorating		Fruit kebabs
Design Technology		Design Challenge		Structures		Games and Puzzles
My Personal Social and Emotional Wellbeing	Self-Awareness Things we are good at; Kind and unkind behaviours’	Self-care, Support and Safety: Taking care of ourselves; Safety in the community, Trust in relationships; Asking for Help	Managing Feelings: Expressing feelings; choices and behaviour	Changing and Growing; growth and gender differences	Healthy Lifestyles: Taking care of physical health	The World I Live In: Jobs people do; Rules and Law
My Physical and Sensory Wellbeing	Alongside the ABC scheme; Opportunities to also do the following in focused groups:
My Physical and Sensory Wellbeing	Multi-skills; Running and Jumping	Gymnastics: developing confidence and co-ordination	Dance and Movement; moving like a ...	Invasion games; pinball, coconut shy, travelling with a ball	Pair and Teams Games	Athletics