Knowledge Organisers

A Lord Deramore's blue 'Yorkshire rose' with a second layer of petal-like shapes around it formed from five curved arrows, featuring the words 'diversity', 'experiences', 'literature', 'knowledge', and 'vocabulary'.Our curriculum is arranged into thematic blocks in order to ensure coverage, progression and a context to engage and inspire the children and is designed as a rolling programme over two or three years – for more details, please see our long term plans, medium term plans, and subject progression plans.

The Knowledge Organisers below represent the ‘Sticky Knowledge’ that we expect our children to gain through these topics.

Phase 1 Topics and Knowledge Organisers

Schools – Autumn B
Adventures – Spring B
Our World – Summer B
Toys – Autumn A
Heroes – Spring A
Journeys – Summer A

Phase 2 Topics and Knowledge Organisers

Schools Now & Then – Autumn B
Explorers – Spring B
On the Move – Summer B
Weather – Autumn A
Great Fire of London – Spring A
Romans – Summer A

Phase 3 Topics and Knowledge Organisers

Rivers – Autumn A
WW II – Spring A
Greece – Summer A
Heslington – Autumn B
Anglo-Saxons & Scots – Spring B
Egypt – Summer B
Vikings – Autumn C
Stone Age – Spring, Year C
Chocolate – Summer, Year C