Whole school theme

Term 1

Digging up the past

Term 2

World around us

Term 3

Events in history

Term 4

What makes us human?

Term 5

Our planet and us

Term 6

On our doorstep

Key concepts running through for whole school

racism (Black History Month)

identity

childhood 

survival

nature

knowledge

life/death

truth

fairness

difference

humanity

human rights

art

environment

responsibility

tolerance

reality

beauty

equality

Reception

Learning Journey

Marvellous Me

From ant to elephant

What’s in the toy box?

Spring to life

From farm to fork

Coast to Country

Enquiry question

What makes you special?

What creatures do we share our planet with?

How do toys work?

What is growth?

Where does our food come from?

What is good about living by the sea?

Whole school theme

Term 1

Digging up the past

Term 2

World around us

Term 3

Events in history

Term 4

What makes us human?

Term 5

Our planet and us

Term 6

On our doorstep

Key concepts running through for whole school

racism (Black History Month)

identity

childhood 

survival

nature

knowledge

life/death

truth

fairness

difference

humanity

human rights

art

environment

responsibility

tolerance

reality

beauty

equality

Year 1/2  (Cycle A)

Learning Journey topic

Castles

The land before time. (Dinosaurs)

Up, up and away (Space)

The circle of  life

Creepy crawlies – mini beasts.

Lighthouses

Enquiry question

Would you swap your home for a castle?

Could Dinosaurs survive today?

Should humans move to space?

How do things change over time?

Can little things have a big impact?

What makes you brave? (Grace Darling)

Science topic

Animals including

humans

Everyday materials

Plants

Seasonal changes

Year 1/2 (cycle b)

Learning journey

Surviving the Stone Age

Inventors (The Greater Good)

Great fire of London (The 1660s)

Roll up! Roll up!

Yanomami

From the sea to the sky.

Enquiry question

How did tools change humanity?

Who will save this world?

Which event of the 1660’s had the biggest impact on today?

Should animals be a form of entertainment?

Should the Yanomami adjust, or is it their right to thrive?

Do seagulls have a right to live in Hastings?

Science topic

Everyday materials

Animals including humans

Plants

Living things and their habitats

Whole school theme

Term 1

Digging up the past

Term 2

World around us

Term 3

Events in history

Term 4

What makes us human?

Term 5

Our planet and us

Term 6

On our doorstep

Key concepts running through for whole school

racism (Black History Month)

identity

childhood 

survival

nature

knowledge

life/death

truth

fairness

difference

humanity

human rights

art

environment

responsibility

tolerance

reality

beauty

equality

Year 3/4 (cycle a)

Learning journey

Anglo-Saxons

Bitter chocolate

Titanic

Vikings!

Endangered UK

Mary Stanford

Enquiry question

Would you trade your life with an Anglo-Saxon?

What is the true price of chocolate?

Can good come from a major tragedy?

Were the Vikings raiders or traders?

Dependent on the current issue.

Do we learn from tragedies?

Science topic

Rocks

States of matter

Forces and magnets

Plants

Animals and humans

Electricity

Year 3/4 (cycle b)

Learning journey

Egyptians

Natural disasters

1066

Explorers

Endangered worldwide (Current)

Smugglers

Enquiry question

How ‘civil’ was the Egyptian civilisation?

Can you prevent natural disasters?

Did England really lose?

Why are we driven to explore?

Current global issues

Is it ever okay to break the rules?

Science topic

Sound

States of matter

Animals including humans

Living things and their habitats

Light

Whole school theme

Term 1

Digging up the past

Term 2

World around us

Term 3

Events in history

Term 4

What makes us human?

Term 5

Our planet and us

Term 6

On our doorstep

Key concepts running through for whole school

racism (Black History Month)

identity

childhood 

survival

nature

knowledge

life/death

truth

fairness

difference

humanity

human rights

art

environment

responsibility

tolerance

reality

beauty

equality

Year 5/6 (cycle a)

Learning journey

Tudors

Survival

Heroes and Villains

Crime and punishment

Global warming

Hastings at War

Enquiry question

What Tudor influences do we see in Britain today?

What is the difference between surviving and thriving?

Hero or villain is it all down to interpretation?

Does the criminal justice system represent everyone fairly?

Who pays the biggest price?

Is it beneficial to be by the coast during a war?

Science topic

Evolution and inheritance

Earth and space

Living things and their habitats

Animals inc humans (1)

Living things and their habitats (1)

Electricity

Flight and forces

Year 5/6 (cycle b)

Learning journey

Greek Philosophy

Flood lands

The Space Race

Apartheid

Deserts

Refugees

Enquiry question

How did the ideas of the Greek Philosophers influence our lives today?

Are we living through a warning story?

Were the costs worth the benefit of landing on the moon?

Nelson Mandela - terrorist or freedom fighter?

Are humans to blame for encroaching deserts?

Is Hastings a safe space for all?

Science topic

Living things and their habitats

Light

Electricity

Animals including humans

Evolution and inheritance.