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  • Word familiesWords related in form and meaning, such as solve, solution, solver, dissolve and insoluble
  • Adding and subtractingColumn addition and subtraction with up to three digits, estimating answers and checking them with the inverse, and solving problems including missin…
  • HomophonesHomophones such as accept and except, affect and effect, here and hear, and whose and who's

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Feelings & Friendships 25 ideas
  • Naming feelingsRecognising and naming emotions in ourselves and others
  • Calm-down breathingSimple breathing and calming techniques
  • When you feel worriedWhat worry feels like and things that help
  • Handling angerNoticing anger and safe ways to let it out
  • Mistakes help us learnA growth mindset, and trying again
  • Gratitude and happinessNoticing good things and what helps us feel good
  • Why sleep mattersWhat happens while we sleep and good bedtime habits
  • Coping with changeMoving house, a new school and other big changes
  • MindfulnessNoticing the present moment with calm attention
  • Loss and grief (KS2 / KS3)Understanding grief and supporting someone who is grieving (handle with care)
  • Making friendsJoining in, sharing and being a good friend
  • Families are differentThe many kinds of families and what makes them special
  • Kindness and empathyUnderstanding how others feel and acting kindly
  • My body belongs to mePersonal space, privacy, safe and unsafe touch, and telling a trusted adult
  • Sorting out argumentsCalm ways to solve disagreements
  • Respecting differencesCelebrating differences and treating everyone fairly
  • TeamworkWorking together, taking roles and sharing ideas
  • Bullying: what to doRecognising bullying, including online bullying, and how to get help
  • Online friendshipsHow online friends differ from real-life friends, and staying safe
  • Periods explainedWhat periods are, why they happen and how to manage them (handle with care)
  • Personal hygiene as you growWashing, deodorant and looking after a changing body
  • Being braveTrying new things and facing fears
  • Honesty and responsibilityOwning our actions and telling the truth
  • Giving clear instructionsExplaining how to do something step by step
  • Prejudice and being an upstander (KS2 / KS3)Spotting prejudice and discrimination and safely speaking up
Healthy Me 22 ideas
  • Handwashing and germsHow germs spread and how washing hands stops them
  • Looking after teethBrushing, sugar and visits to the dentist
  • Drinking waterWhy our bodies need water, and how much
  • Why exercise mattersHow moving keeps the heart, muscles and mind healthy
  • Knife skills: bridge and clawCutting food safely with the bridge and claw grips
  • Safety at homeSpotting hazards at home and how to avoid them
  • Road safetyCrossing roads, being seen and staying safe near traffic
  • Fire safetyPreventing fires and what to do if there is one
  • Staying safe outdoorsGetting lost, staying with your group and knowing who to ask
  • Water safetyStaying safe near water and performing safe self-rescue in different water situations
  • Float to Live (KS2 / KS3)What to do if you fall into cold water
  • Calling 999When and how to call for help in an emergency
  • Burns and scaldsCooling a burn and when to get help
  • Choking (KS2 / KS3)How to help someone who is choking
  • Asthma and allergic reactions (KS2 / KS3)Spotting an asthma attack or anaphylaxis and how to help
  • 111 or 999? (KS2 / KS3)Choosing the right help for different emergencies
  • Warming up and stretchingWhy and how to warm up before exercise
  • Fair playWinning, losing and playing fairly
  • Rules of the gameHow rules make sports fair, from football to netball and cricket
  • The Olympic GamesThe history of the Olympics and its sports
  • Gymnastics: balance and controlDeveloping flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance through gymnastics
  • Dance: creating and performingPerforming dances using a range of movement patterns, and improving your own performance
Money & Life Skills 17 ideas
  • MoneyAdding and subtracting amounts of money using both £ and p, and giving change in real-life situations
  • Needs and wantsTelling things we need from things we want, and making choices when money is limited
  • How adverts persuade usThe tricks adverts use and thinking before we buy
  • Giving and charityHow charities work and ways to help with money and time
  • Earning money (KS1 / KS2)The ways people earn money and why we work
  • Paying by card and onlineHow cards, phones and online payments work, and staying safe
  • Jobs people doWhat different jobs involve and how work helps our community
  • Team roles (KS2 / KS3)The different roles in a team and playing to strengths
  • Job stereotypes (KS1–KS3)Why any job can be for anyone
  • Kitchen safety and simple cookingCooking safely and hygienically: clean hands, using tools safely and following a recipe step by step
  • Reading a recipe and measuringMeasuring ingredients in g, kg, ml and l on scales and jugs, adding and subtracting amounts, and scaling a recipe up or down for more or fewer people
  • Looking after a petWhat pets need every day and caring for animals responsibly
  • Growing your own foodPlanting seeds, caring for plants and growing vegetables
  • Asking for helpAsking clearly for help, including making an emergency call
  • Recycling and sorting wasteWhat can be recycled, composted or reused, and why it matters
  • Organising my thingsTidying, sorting and keeping track of belongings
  • Sewing on a button (KS2 / KS3)Simple repairs with a needle and thread
Earth & Geography 16 ideas
  • Map keys, symbols and scaleMap symbols and keys, including on Ordnance Survey maps, using scale to measure distance, and drawing maps
  • Using atlases, globes and digital mapsUsing maps, atlases, globes and digital mapping to find countries and describe the features studied
  • EuropeLocating countries of Europe (including Russia) on maps, their environmental regions, key human and physical features and major cities
  • Famous landmarksLandmarks around the world and the stories behind them
  • Flags of the worldWhat flags show and how their designs tell stories
  • UK counties, cities and regionsCounties, cities and regions of the UK, their human and physical features, hills, mountains, coasts and rivers, land use, and how these have changed…
  • CloudsTypes of cloud and what they tell us about the weather
  • RocksComparing and grouping different kinds of rocks by their appearance and simple physical properties
  • How soils formHow soils are made from rocks and organic matter
  • Where our food comes fromWhere food is grown, reared and caught, how food is shared around the world as a resource, and trade links that bring it to us
  • Towns, cities and villagesTypes of settlement, why they grow, and how land is used
  • Plastic and the oceanHow plastic reaches the sea and what we can do
  • Saving energy and water at home (KS1 / KS2)Simple ways families can use less energy and water
  • Nature walk explorerNoticing plants, animals and seasonal changes on a walk
  • StargazingSpotting planets, the Moon and constellations
  • Be a wildlife scientist (KS1–KS3)Surveying plants and animals in your school grounds or park
English 15 ideas
  • Joined handwritingJoining letters with diagonal and horizontal strokes, knowing which letters are best left unjoined, and making handwriting more legible and consistent
  • Using a dictionaryUsing a dictionary to check meanings, and the first 2 or 3 letters of a word to check its spelling
  • Predicting from clues in the textPredicting what might happen from details that are stated and those that are only implied
  • Finding information: retrievalFinding and recording information from non-fiction, and reading books structured in different ways for different purposes
  • SummarisingIdentifying the main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph and summarising them
  • How texts are builtHow language, structure and presentation help a text make sense, and themes and conventions across different books
  • Words in contextChecking that a text makes sense, explaining the meaning of words in context, and asking questions to understand a text better
  • Write your own storyPlanning a story by looking at similar ones, then writing it with a setting, characters and a plot, rehearsing sentences and dialogue aloud first
  • Writing clear instructionsNumbered steps, commands, time words, headings and diagrams that make instructions easy to follow, after studying similar writing
  • Writing a reportOrganising facts into paragraphs around a theme, with headings and subheadings
  • Letters and emailsWriting letters and emails for different readers and reasons, after looking at examples and planning ideas
  • Editing your writingJudging how well writing works, suggesting improvements to grammar and vocabulary (including pronouns), and proofreading for spelling and punctuation
  • ParagraphsGrouping related ideas into paragraphs, with headings and subheadings to help the reader
  • Describing settings and charactersCreating settings and characters in stories with well-chosen words and description
  • Poetic tricksWords and phrases that catch the reader's interest (alliteration, onomatopoeia) and different forms of poetry, such as free verse, narrative poems an…
World & Society 13 ideas
  • Festivals around the worldHow people celebrate festivals such as Diwali, Eid, Christmas, Hanukkah and Lunar New Year
  • Food around the worldTraditional dishes and where they come from
  • Games from around the worldTraditional children's games from many countries
  • ChristianityWhat Christians believe, their special places, books and celebrations
  • IslamWhat Muslims believe, their special places, books and celebrations
  • JudaismWhat Jewish people believe, their special places, books and celebrations
  • HinduismWhat Hindus believe, their special places, books and celebrations
  • SikhismWhat Sikhs believe, their special places, books and celebrations
  • BuddhismWhat Buddhists believe, their special places and celebrations
  • Rules and fairnessWhy we have rules and how they keep things fair
  • Children's rightsThe rights every child has and why they matter
  • What makes a good friend?Exploring friendship through questions and stories
  • What is fair?Thinking about fairness with puzzles and stories
Science 12 ideas
  • Fair testsSetting up simple practical enquiries and comparative and fair tests, making careful observations and accurate measurements, and using results to dra…
  • Recording results: tables and bar chartsGathering, recording and presenting data with drawings, labelled diagrams, keys, tables and bar charts, and reporting findings
  • Ocean lifeCreatures of the ocean zones and how they survive
  • Bees and pollinatorsHow bees and other pollinators help plants make seeds and food
  • Birds around usCommon garden birds, how to identify them and what they need
  • What plants needThe jobs of roots, stem or trunk, leaves and flowers, and what plants need for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, room to grow)…
  • Light and shadowsNeeding light to see, dark as the absence of light, light reflecting from surfaces, and how shadows form when an opaque object blocks light and chang…
  • Sun safetyWhy light from the sun can be dangerous and how to protect your eyes
  • Floating and sinkingWhy some things float, upthrust and density
  • Life on the space stationHow astronauts live, eat, sleep and work in orbit
  • DinosaursHow dinosaurs lived, what they ate and why they disappeared
  • Mary Anning, fossil hunterMary Anning's life and the fossils she found, and how fossils form when things that have lived are trapped in rock
Technology 12 ideas
  • Hardware and softwareThe difference between hardware and software, and choosing and combining software on different devices to reach a goal
  • Sequences and loopsUsing sequence and repetition in programs, and spotting and fixing errors in them
  • Staying safe online: the basicsUsing technology safely and respectfully: personal information, acceptable and unacceptable behaviour, and ways to report worries about content or co…
  • Kindness onlineBeing kind online, cyberbullying and what to do
  • Healthy screen timeBalancing screens with sleep, play and people, and avoiding harmful content online
  • Online gaming safetyChat, strangers, in-game purchases and taking breaks
  • Cyberbullying: spot it, stop it, report it (KS2 / KS3)Recognising online bullying, responding and getting help
  • How planes flyLift, thrust, drag and weight
  • How a bicycle worksGears, brakes, and how pedalling moves you
  • The design processResearching users and design criteria, sharing ideas with annotated sketches and prototypes, then making, testing and improving a product with others…
  • Seasonal food and food milesSeasonality, and where and how ingredients are grown, reared, caught and processed
  • RobotsHow robots sense, decide and move
Languages 11 ideas
  • French greetingsGreeting people, saying your name and asking how someone is in French, listening and responding, with accurate pronunciation
  • Numbers and colours in FrenchCounting to 20 and naming colours in French, with accurate pronunciation, and using them in short sentences
  • French songs and rhymesExploring the sounds and patterns of French through songs and rhymes, and linking spelling, sound and meaning
  • Stories and poems in FrenchEnjoying simple stories, songs and poems in French, understanding new words with help from a dictionary
  • French phonics and pronunciationThe sounds of French, linking spelling, sound and meaning, and reading words aloud with accurate pronunciation and intonation
  • Spanish greetingsGreeting people, saying your name and asking how someone is in Spanish, listening and responding, with accurate pronunciation
  • Numbers and colours in SpanishCounting to 20 and naming colours in Spanish, with accurate pronunciation, and using them in short sentences
  • Spanish songs and rhymesExploring the sounds and patterns of Spanish through songs and rhymes, and linking spelling, sound and meaning
  • Stories and poems in SpanishEnjoying simple stories, songs and poems in Spanish, understanding new words with help from a dictionary
  • Hello around the worldGreetings in many languages and where they are spoken
  • British Sign Language basicsFingerspelling and first signs in BSL
Maths 8 ideas
  • Times tablesThe 3, 4 and 8 times tables and the division facts that go with them
  • Multiplication and divisionWriting and working out multiplication and division using the tables you know, including two-digit times one-digit numbers, first mentally and then w…
  • Mental maths strategiesAdding and subtracting ones, tens and hundreds to and from a three-digit number in your head
  • Telling the timeTelling the time on analogue clocks with Roman numerals I to XII and on 12-hour and 24-hour clocks, to the nearest minute; am, pm, noon and midnight;…
  • MeasuringMeasuring, comparing, adding and subtracting lengths (m, cm, mm), mass (kg, g) and volume or capacity (l, ml)
  • PerimeterMeasuring the perimeter of simple 2D shapes
  • AnglesAngles as a turn and as part of a shape, right angles (2 make a half turn, 3 a three-quarter turn, 4 a whole turn), and whether angles are bigger or…
  • Properties of shapesDrawing 2D shapes and making 3D shapes, recognising 3D shapes in different orientations, and spotting horizontal, vertical, perpendicular and paralle…
Arts & Music 8 ideas
  • Listening and remembering soundsListening with attention to detail and recalling sounds and patterns from memory
  • Famous paintersGreat artists in history, such as Van Gogh and Monet, and their styles and techniques
  • Keeping a sketchbookCreating a sketchbook to record observations and using it to review and revisit ideas
  • OrigamiFolding paper into shapes and animals
  • Build a model townPlanning and building a model from recycled materials
  • Weaving and knotsSimple weaving and useful knots
  • How animation worksFrames, flipbooks and stop motion
  • Making a comicPanels, speech bubbles and telling a story in pictures
Thinking Skills 8 ideas
  • Logic puzzlesReasoning step by step to solve puzzles
  • Patterns and codesSpotting patterns and cracking simple codes
  • Shape puzzlesRecognising 3D shapes in different orientations and from 2D drawings, building shapes from nets, and sorting and fitting 2D shapes together in tangra…
  • Asking good questionsCuriosity, and questions that help us learn
  • Think like a scientistAsking questions, choosing the right type of enquiry, fair tests, making predictions, and drawing conclusions from results
  • Who made this and why? (KS2 / KS3)Thinking about who made a post, advert or article, and what they want
  • Solve it step by stepBreaking big problems into small steps
  • Creative thinking challengesComing up with many original ideas and improving them
History 5 ideas
  • Stone Age to Iron AgeHow life in Britain changed from the Stone Age to the Iron Age: hunter-gatherers, the first farmers, Bronze Age metalwork and Iron Age hill forts
  • Ancient EgyptWhere and when the first civilizations appeared, and the achievements of Ancient Egypt: pharaohs, pyramids, the Nile, mummies and hieroglyphs
  • How we know about the pastHow historians find out about the past from different sources, asking good questions about change, cause and significance, and noting connections and…
  • The wheel and early inventionsInventions that changed daily life long ago
  • From telephone to smartphoneHow talking at a distance developed

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