Learning Themes

The tables below outline our school themes for this year and last year.

This table shows the learning themes for this academic year – 2024 – 2025

	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	Term 4	Term 5	Term 6
Foundation Stage	Where am I?	How will we celebrate?	Where would you like to live?	How high is the sky?	Who lived Happily Ever After?	What happened to the dinosaurs?
Year 1 & 2	What shall I wear today?	Why do things change?	How is India different?	What was it like being a pirate?	Why do we remember the Queen of Scots?	Where could you find Punch & Judy?
Year 3 & 4	What evidence did the first civilisation leave behind?	What was life like in WW1?	How did the Victorian Era influence life today?	Where in the world is Mother Nature most destructive?	What was the greatest Egyptian discovery?	How have explorers changed the world?
Year 5 & 6	Would the Titanic disaster still happen today?	How are the deserts different around the world?	How has the British Justice System changed over time?	How did the Viking invasion change Britain?	How easy is it to survive in a mountainous region?	What is the 'Sunshine State' really like?

This table shows the learning themes for the last academic year – 2023 – 2024

	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	Term 4	Term 5	Term 6
Foundation Stage	Who am I?	Why are the lights shining?	Are all houses the same?	What can I be when I am older?	What grows on a farm?	Where are the Olympics?
Year 1 & 2	How do you find a mini beast?	Who's awake at night?	Where is 'The Outback?	What happened in Pudding Lane?	When do we need change?	Why is sport important?
Year 3 & 4	How has Ancient Greece influenced our lives today?	How have rainforests changed over time?	What was life like in Ancient Benin?	Why did the Anglo Saxons come to Britain?	Who were The Tudors?	Why is France an ideal country to host the Olympics?
Year 5 & 6	Why are rivers important?	How has theatre evolved over time?	How did the Roman Invasion change Britain?	Why does farming matter?	Why do we remember World War 2?	How can sport change lives?