--- title: "LKS2 Topic Overview" url: "https://hamilton.bham.sch.uk/lks2-topic-overview" school: "Hamilton School" --- # LKS2 Topic Overview ### **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:** | | **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** | ##### Location Hamilton Road Handsworth Birmingham B21 8AH ##### Contact Us 0121 464 1676 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/HamiltonSch) - [X](https://twitter.com/HamiltonSch) - [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdnyACV5ag5pGIuVnXcA2CQ) - [Pinterest](https://uk.pinterest.com/hamilton_sch/) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/hamiltonschoolbrum/) © Copyright 2017–2026 Hamilton School – [View Privacy Notice](https://hamilton.bham.sch.uk/gdpr-and-privacy) School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://hamilton.bham.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)