At North Mead Primary Academy we teach art, DT, geography and history predominantly through our own topic themed curriculum. Each year group in KS1 and KS2 has two eight-week topics across the year. These fit alongside the science and RE blocks.
Here are the topics and what subjects need to be covered in them: | Art | DT | Geography | History | RE |
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Y1 – The Gruffalo | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y1 – Peepo! | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y1 – George Saves the World by Lunchtime | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y1 – Stanley Stick | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y1 – Haseen and Aneesa Love Ramadam | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y1 – Rama and Sita | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y2 – Man on the Moon | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y2 – The Baker’s Boy and the Great Fire of London | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y2 – Macbeth | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y2 – Chopsticks | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y2 – Found | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y2 – Festivals and Celebrations | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y3 – Brother Eagle, Sister Sky | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y3 – Escape from Pompeii | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y3 – Stone Age Boy | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y3 – Outlaw | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y3 – Hindu Stories | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y3 – Our House is on Fire | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y4 – The Butterfly Lion | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y4 – Escape from Rome | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y4 – The Iron Man | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y4 – Harry Potter | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y4 – We are Sikhs | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y4 – Marli’s Tangled Tale | ✔ | ||||
Y5 – Percy Jackson | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y5 – How to be a Pirate | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y5 – The Great Kapok Tree | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y5 – Stormbreaker | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y5 – The Good Samaritan | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y5 – Grandad’s Island | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y6 – The Red Pyramid | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y6 – War Horse | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y6 – Fantastic Beasts | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y6 – Seasons of Splendour | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y6 – Planet Omar | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Y6 – Azzi in Between | ✔ |
Each topic has key national curriculum objectives that needs to be covered and these are listed on topic MTP. These must be covered in the topic. The rest of the topic is encouraged to be creative and child led.
Our topic curriculum is underpinned by our four curriculum drivers which were chosen in collaboration with staff, children, parents and governors. They reflect what we as a school community believe are important. They are:
- Awe and Wonder: This driver is important as it is what captures the children interest. It can include trips and visitors but does not always have to be. It could be an object, picture, problem or activity.
- 6Rs: These should be referred to all the time. There should be a particular focuses so that children understand them more and develop the learning behaviour. Try this in topic – but please don’t over use ‘Risk Taker.’
- Aspiration: The focus of this driver is to expose children to the wider world (Global Citizenship) and to raise the own expectations of themselves.
- Inclusion: This driver promotes the whole of society. Topics should reflect all ages, genders, physical abilities etc. Core British Values!
All topics should be cross-curricular and be used to develop the children’s skills across the whole curriculum. Each topic should show evidence of cross-curricular maths, English and ICT and this should be shown in both the planning and evidenced in the children’s books.
We assess all the topic subjects twice a year. There are separate assessment sheets for art, DT, geography and history.
Subject Policies/Plans
Subject Leader/s
Various