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Knowledge Organisers

Click on the links below to learn more about our curriculum.

Art Knowledge Organisers

 Year 1

Autumn term Paper play

Spring term - Colour splash

Summer term - Paper Play

 Year 2

Autumn term - Clay houses

Spring term - Tell a story

Summer term - Self Portraits

 Year 3

Autumn term - Prehistoric art

Spring term - Growing artists

Summer term - Famous Buildings dgd  Famous Buildings

Year 4

Autumn term - Power prints

Spring term - Mega structures

Summer term - At the Pantomime

 Year 5

Autumn term - Architecture

Spring term - I need space

Summer term - Leonardo da Vinci

 Year 6

Autumn term - Make my voice heard

Spring term - Artist study

Summer term - Famous Fashions

Computing Knowledge Organisers

 Year 1

Autumn 1 - Online Safety 

Autumn 2 - Lego builders

Spring 1 - Animated Storybooks

Spring 2 - Spreadsheets

Summer 1 - Grouping and sorting, Pictograms

Summer 2 - Coding

 Year 2

Autumn 1 - Online Safety

Autumn 2 - Effective Searching

Spring 1 - Creating Pictures

Spring 2 - Making Music

Summer 1 - Coding

Summer 2 - Spreadsheets

 Year 3

Autumn 1 - Online Safety

Autumn 2 - Email

Spring 1 -Spreadsheets

Spring 2 - Coding

Summer 1 - Branching Databases

Summer 2 - Presenting

 Year 4

Autumn 1 - Online Safety

Autumn 2 - Effective searching

Spring 1 - Hardware Investigators, Making music

Spring 2 - Coding

Summer 1 - Animation

Summer 2 - Spreadsheets

 Year 5

Autumn 1 - Online Safety

Autumn 2 - 3D Modelling

Spring 1 - Coding

Spring 2 - Spreadsheets

Summer 1 - Game Creator

Summer 2 - Concept Maps

 Year 6

Autumn 1 - Online Safety

Autumn 2 - Spreadsheets

Spring 1 - Blogging

Spring 2 - Quizzing

Summer 1 - Coding

Summer 2 - Text Adventures

Design and Technology Knowledge Organisers

 Year 1 

Autumn 2 - Puppets

Spring 2 -  Making a moving storybook

Summer 2 - Constructing a windmill

 Year 2

Autumn 2 - Pouches

Spring 2 - Baby bear's chair

Summer 2 - Balanced Diet

 Year 3

Autumn 2 - Cushions

Spring 2 - Pneumatic Toys

Summer 2 - Constructing a Castle

 Year 4

Autumn 2 - Fastenings

Spring 2 - Torches

Summer 2 - Adapting a recipe

 Year 5

Autumn 2 - Stuffed Toys

Spring 2 - Bridges

Summer 2 - Making a pop-up book

 Year 6

Autumn 2 - Waistcoats

Spring 2 - Steady Hand game

Summer 2 - Come dine with me

Geography Knowledge Organisers

 Year 2

Autumn 1 - Continents and Oceans

Spring 1 - Hot and Cold Places

Summer 1 - Mugumareno Village, Zambia

 Year 3

Autumn 1 - Climate Zones

Spring 1 North America

Summer 1 - Our Local Area- Horsforth

 Year 4

Autumn 1 - Rivers

Spring 1 - Rainforests

Summer 1 - South America and Rio De Janeiro

 Year 5

Autumn 1 - Mountains

Spring 1 - Volcanoes and Earthquakes

Summer 1 - European Region

 Year 6

Autumn 1 The United Kingdom

Spring 1 - Our Local Area- Leeds

Summer 1 - Coasts

 

History Knowledge Organisers

 Year 1

Autumn term - Kings and Queens

Spring term - Toys Old and New 

Summer term - Seaside Holidays in the Past

 Year 2

Autumn term - Great Fire of London

Spring term - Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole

Summer term - Moon Landing

 Year 3

Autumn term - Stone Age

Spring term - Bronze Age to the Iron Age

Summer term - Ancient Egypt

 Year 4

Autumn term - Shang Dynasty

Spring term - Ancient Greece

Summer term - Romans

 Year 5

Autumn term - Anglo Saxons

Spring term - Anglo Saxons Continued

Summer term - Benin

 Year 6

Autumn term - Industrial Revolution

Spring term - WW2

Summer term - WW2 Continued

 Music Knowledge Organisers

Year 1 

Autumn 1 - Hey You

Autumn 2 - Christmas Production

Spring 1 - Exploring Sounds

Spring 2 - Rhythm in the Way we Walk

Summer 1 -In the Groove

Summer 2 - Round and Round

 Year 2

Autumn 1 - Hey Friends

Autumn 2 - Christmas Production

Spring 1 - Inventing a Musical Story

Spring 2 - Recognising Different Sounds

Summer 1 -Hands Feet Heart

Summer 2 -Friendship Song 

Year 3

Autumn 1 - Let Your Spirit Fly

Autumn 2 - Glockenspiel Stage 1

Spring 1 - Compose Using Your Imagination

Spring 2 - Glockenspiel Stage 2

Summer 1 -Three Little Birds

Summer 2- Dragon Song

 

 Year 4

Whole Class Instrumental lessons- recorder 

 Year 5 

Autumn 1 - Melody and Harmony in Music

Autumn 2 - Classroom Jazz 1

Spring 1 - Sing and Play in Different Styles

Spring 2 - Make You Feel My Love

Summer 1 -Living on a Prayer

Summer 2 - Yu Studio- Hip Hop 

 Year 6 

Autumn 1 - Happy

Autumn 2 - Classroom Jazz 2

Spring 1 - Music and Me

Summer 1 -Music and Technology 

Summer 2 - Summer Production

Personal Development including PSHE, Virtues, Mindmate and RSE

 PE Knowledge Organisers

 Year 1

Autumn 1 - Ball Skills

Autumn 2 - Dance

Spring 1 - Gymnastics

Spring 2 - Invasion Games

Summer 1 - Athletics

Summer 2 - Striking and Fielding

 Year 2

Autumn 1 - Ball Skills

Autumn 2 - Dance

Spring 1 - Gymnastics

Spring 2 - Invasion Games

Summer 1 - Athletics

Summer 2 - Striking and Fielding

 Year 3

Autumn 1 - Netball and Golf

Autumn 2 - Dance

Spring 1 - Gymnastics and Tennis

Spring 2 - Invasion Games (Tag Rugby)

Summer 1 - Athletics, Handball and Football

Summer 2 - Rounders

Fitness and Swimming

Year 4

Autumn 1 - Basketball

Autumn 2 - Dance

Spring 1 - Gymnastics

Spring 2 - Invasion Games (Hockey)

Summer 1 - Athletics

Summer 2 - Cricket

Fitness

 Year 5

Autumn 1 - Netball

Autumn 2 - Dance

Spring 1 - Gymnastics and Tennis

Spring 2 - Invasion Games (Tag Rugby)

Summer 1 - Athletics and Handball

Summer 2 - Rounders

Fitness

 Year 6

Autumn 1 - Basketball

Autumn 2 - Dance and Dodgeball

Spring 1 - Gymnastics

Spring 2 - Invasion Games (Hockey) and Badminton

Summer 1 - Athletics and Volleyball

Summer 2 - Cricket and Football

Fitness

RE Knowledge Organisers

 Year 1

Autumn 1 - God's Great Plan

Autumn 2 - Mary Our Mother

Spring 1 - Families and Celebrations

Spring 2 - Following Jesus

Summer 1 - Resurrection

Summer 2 - Miracles

 Year 2

Autumn 1 - Chosen People

Autumn 2 - Mysteries

Spring 1 - The Good News

Spring 2 - The Mass

Summer 1 - Eastertide

Summer 2 - Birth of the Church

 Year 3

Autumn 1 - The Christian Family

Autumn 2 - Mary, Mother of God

Spring 1 - Jesus the Teacher

Spring 2 - Reconciliation

Summer 1 - Celebrating Easter and Pentecost

Summer 2 - Being a Christian

 Year 4

Autumn 1 - The Bible

Autumn 2 - Trust in God

Spring 1 - Celebrating the Mass

Spring 2 - Jesus the Saviour 

Summer 1 - The Early Christians

Summer 2 - The Church

 Year 5

Autumn 1 - Creation

Autumn 2 - God's Covenants

Spring 1 - Inspirational People

Spring 2 - Reconciliation

Summer 1 - Life in the Risen Jesus

Summer 2 - The Transforming Spirit

 

 Year 6

Autumn 1 - Called to Serve

Autumn 2 - Justice

Spring 1 - Exploring the Mass

Spring 2 - Jesus the Messiah

Summer 1 - The Kingdom of God

Summer 2 - Catholic Social Teaching

Science Knowledge Organisers

Spanish Knowledge Organisers

 Year 3

Autumn 1 - I am learning Spanish

Autumn 2 - Animals

Spring 1 - Instruments

Spring 2 - I know how to...

Summer 1 - Fruits

Summer 2 - Ice creams

 Year 4

Autumn 1 - Fruits

Autumn 2 - I know how to...

Spring 1 - Vegetables

Spring 2 - Presenting myself

Summer 1 - In the Classroom

Summer 2 - At the café

 Year 5

Autumn 1 - Seasons

Autumn 2 - Ice creams

Spring 1 - Presenting myself

Spring 2 - My family

Summer 1 - At the café

Summer 2 - My home

 Year 6

Autumn 1 - Presenting Myself

Autumn 2 - My family

Spring 1 - The date

Spring 2 - Do you have a pet?

Summer 1 - My home

Summer 2 - Clothes