Topic Medium Term Plan

Grade 1 Term 2

National Curriculum requirements:

History
changes within living memory. Where appropriate, these should be used to reveal
aspects of change in national life
events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally [for example, the
Great Fire of London, the first aeroplane flight or events commemorated through festivals
or anniversaries]
the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and
international achievements. Some should be used to compare aspects of life in different
periods

Art
to use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and
imagination to develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour,
pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space about the work of a range of artists, craft
makers and designers, describing the differences and similarities between different
practices and disciplines, and making links to their own work

DT
Design purposeful, functional and appealing products.
Generate, develop, model and communicate ideas.
Select from a range of tools and materials.

Music- Sing songs and speak chants and rhymes.

Make and combine songs musically.

Cross Curricular Links:

Art, DT, Music

Week Topic Curriculum Outcome/Learning Intention

1 Great fire of London events beyond living memory that are significant
7 Jan
th nationally or globally
to use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop
and share their ideas, experiences and imagination
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Introduce the topic and give children time to make

a new title page and KWL chart for great fire of
London.
ART- Show children a picture of London in 1666 and
ask them to sketch how it looked before the fire.
2 Great fire of London events beyond living memory that are significant
14th nationally or globally
Jan
To understand why the fire broke out
To understand the main events
of the fire
To sequence the events correctly

Art- to create fire painting using the correct colours

and shapes.
3 Great fire of London events beyond living memory that are significant
21st nationally or globally
Jan Sing songs and speak chants and rhymes.

To understand why the fire spread so

far for so long
To understand what makes cities safer from great
fires today
To discuss fire safety then and now- there was no fire
brigade then but there is now.

Music- Learn the song Londons Burning.

4 Great fire of London to use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop

28th and share their ideas, experiences and imagination
Jan
To look at paintings done of the great fire and
discuss and fill write a review. To create some
artwork based on the great fire- link to any famous
artist.
5 Great fire of London events beyond living memory that are significant
4th Feb nationally or globally

To recognise what a diary is

To understand what an eyewitness is
To read the diary of Samuel pepys and talk about
how he felt and how we know
To write a diary entry in the role of Samuel Pepys
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6 Great fire of London events beyond living memory that are significant
11th nationally or globally
Feb
To understand that London was rebuilt after the fire.
To understand that different building materials were
used. To know that there is a monument to
remember the GFOL. To design a new monument
for GFOL.
To create a ‘what I have learned’ page in books.

7 Florence Nightingale the lives of significant individuals in the past who

18th have contributed to national and international
feb achievements. Some should be used to compare
aspects of life in different periods

Introduce the topic and ask children to create their

title pages and KWL grids.

To understand the concept of a famous person and

how people can get famous.
To explore the role of a nurse.

8 Florence Nightingale the lives of significant individuals in the past who

25th have contributed to national and international
Feb achievements. Some should be used to compare
aspects of life in different periods

To understand the significance of Florence

nightingale and to investigate: who she was, why
she is famous, where she was from, what she did.
Children will re-tell the story of Florence nightingale
using a cartoon strip.
4th Florence Nightingale the lives of significant individuals in the past who
March have contributed to national and international
achievements. Some should be used to compare
aspects of life in different periods

To compare hospitals then and now.

To list 5 good things that Florence nightingale did.
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To know why injured soldiers called her ‘The Lady

with the Lamp’ To design and create a lamp.
To complete ‘what I have learned’ grid in books.

10 Assessment week Ongoing assessments and catch up time.

11th
March
11 Spring DT week Art DT
18th to use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop
March and share their ideas, experiences and imagination
to develop a wide range of art and design
techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line,
shape, form and space about the work of a
range of artists, craft makers and designers,
describing the differences and similarities between
different practices and disciplines, and making links
to their own work

To create paintings, drawings and models based on

the theme of spring. To look at the work of Van
Gough and his ‘Sunflowers’ painting. Turn cluster
area into a spring garden.