Knowledge Organisers
These documents outline the key knowledge, vocabulary and skills that children will be taught for a given topic in science, history and geography. They are based on the National Curriculum for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.
- Year 1
- KO Art Year 1
- Year 1 Autumn 1 Geography Where are the Poles
- Year 1 Autumn 1 Music Space
- Year 1 Autumn 1 Science Parts of the Body and Senses
- Year 1 Autumn 2 DT Making a Christmas Decoration
- Year 1 Autumn 2 History How have toys changed over time
- Year 1 Autumn 2 Science Everyday Materials
- Year 1 Spring 1 DT Making a wheeled toy
- Year 1 Spring 1 Geography Can I make a map of the UK
- Year 1 Spring 1 Science Classifying animals
- Year 1 Spring 2 Art Viva la Vida Frida Kahlo
- Year 1 Spring 2 Science Plants and Trees
- Year 1 Summer 1 DT Making a salad
- Year 1 Summer 1 History Castles
- Year 1 Summer 1 Science Sorting Materials
- Year 1 Summer 2 Geography Beside the Seaside
- Year 1 Summer 2 Science Seasonal Change
- Year 2
- KO Art Year 2
- Year 2 Autumn 1 Music Sounds of the Seaside
- Year 2 Autumn 1 Science Staying Healthy
- Year 2 Autumn 2 DT Cards with moving parts
- Year 2 Autumn 2 Science Plants and bulbs
- Year 2 Geography Autumn 1 Continents and Oceans
- Year 2 History Autumn 2 Local landmarks help us remember the past
- Year 2 Spring 1 DT sandwiches
- Year 2 Spring 1 History Who was Grace Darling
- Year 2 Spring 1 Science Materials around us
- Year 2 Spring 2 Art Faith Ringgold
- Year 2 Spring 2 History The Great Fire of London
- Year 2 Spring 2 Science Living things and their habitats
- Year 2 Summer 1 DT Making a bench
- Year 2 Summer 1 Geography Hotham Park and Maps
- Year 2 Summer 1 Science Growing plants
- Year 2 Summer 2 Geography Kenya
- Year 2 Summer 2 Science Habitats in Africa
- Year 3
- KO Art Year 3
- Year 3 Autumn 2 DT Designing a musical instrument
- Year 3 Autumn 1 History The Roman Empires impact on Britain
- Year 3 Autumn 1 Geography Volcanoes and Earthquakes
- Year 3 Autumn 1 Science Rocks and Fossils
- Year 3 Autumn 2 Geography Indonesia
- Year 3 Autumn 2 Science Light
- Year 3 Spanish
- Year 3 Spring 1 Science Magnets
- Year 3 Spring 2 DT Pizza time
- Year 3 Spring 2 History Stone Age
- Year 3 Spring 2 Science Skeleton and Muscles
- Year 3 Spring Geography Great Britain and Beyond
- Year 3 Summer 1 Art Edvard Munch
- Year 3 Summer 1 DT textiles
- Year 3 Summer 1 Geography Coastlines
- Year 3 Summer 1 Science Forces
- Year 3 Summer 2 Science Plants
- Year 4
- KO Art Year 4
- Year 4 Autumn 1 Design and technology How can we bridge that gap
- Year 4 Autumn 1 Music Can I compose a melody
- Year 4 Autumn 1 Science Sound
- Year 4 Autumn 2 History To what extent does the Victorian era still affect our lives today
- Year 4 Autumn 2 Science Electricity
- Year 4 Spanish
- Year 4 Spring 1 Art Henri Rousseau
- Year 4 Spring 1 Geography The Amazon
- Year 4 Spring 1 Science Living things
- Year 4 Spring 2 DT Textiles
- Year 4 Spring 2 History Who were the Ancient Egyptians
- Year 4 Spring 2 Music Composition and performance
- Year 4 Spring 2 Science Digestion
- Year 4 Summer 1 DT Make a Wonka Bar
- Year 4 Summer 1 Geography The World of Chocolate
- Year 4 Summer 1 Science States of Matter
- Year 4 Summer 2 Geography Map Skills
- Year 4 Summer 2 Science Teeth
- Year 5
- KO Art Year 5
- Year 5 Autumn 1 Art Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein
- Year 5 Autumn 1 History What were the motivations for the Space Race
- Year 5 Autumn 1 Science Earth in Space
- Year 5 Autumn 2 Arctic and Antarctica
- Year 5 Autumn 2 Science Properties and Changes of Materials
- Year 5 Autumn 2 Tea Cake Bake Off
- Year 5 Geography Summer 1 Mountain ranges of the world
- Year 5 Spanish
- Year 5 Spring 1 and 2 Science Forces and Newtons Law of Motion
- Year 5 Spring 1 Geography North and South American Countries
- Year 5 Spring 2 History Who were the Anglo Saxons
- Year 5 Spring 2 How can we power a wheeled vehicle
- Year 5 Summer 1 History William Shakespeare
- Year 5 Summer 1 Science Plant Reproduction and their Life Cycle
- Year 5 Summer 2 Science Life Cycles
- Year 6
- KO Art Year 6
- Year 6 Autumn 1 DT Soup for Sale
- Year 6 Autumn 1 Geography Refugees
- Year 6 Autumn 1 Science Healthy Living
- Year 6 Autumn 2 Art Franz Marc Stubbs
- Year 6 Autumn 2 History What was life like in WW1
- Year 6 Autumn 2 Science Light
- Year 6 Spring 1 History Ancient Greeks
- Year 6 Spring 1 Science Electricity
- Year 6 Spring 2 Shower Footwear
- Year 6 Spring 2 Geography Rivers
- Year 6 Spring 2 The Circulatory System
- Year 6 Summer 1 Evolution and Inheritance
- Year 6 Summer 2 Science Classifying Living Things and Habitats