This Topic Bundle includes 4 ready-to-teach schemes of work across different curriculum areas, giving you a seamless cross-curricular approach to your teaching.

Each of the 25 lessons within this pack has been written by experienced teachers and contains:

1. An easy-to-follow lesson plan (including plenary and assessment questions)
2. An engaging slideshow for the teaching input
3. A main activity with three-way differentiation for adaptive teaching
4. An alternative activity
5. An overview (medium-term plan) so you can see the scheme contents at a glance
6. An assessment grid to track learning

• History: Castles
• Geography: Castles Geography
• English: Castles: Non-chronological Reports
• Topic Enrichment Pack: Castles

KS1 History Objectives

• events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally [for example, the Great Fire of London, the first aeroplane flight or events commemorated through festivals or anniversaries]
• the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements. Some should be used to compare aspects of life in different periods
• significant historical events, people and places in their own locality

KS1 Geography Objectives

• name and locate the world's seven continents and five oceans.
• name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas.
• use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key physical features, including: beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill, mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil, valley, vegetation, season and weather.
• use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key human features, including: city, town, village, factory, farm, house, office, port, harbour and shop
• use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the United Kingdom and its countries, as well as the countries, continents and oceans studied at this key stage
• use simple compass directions (North, South, East and West) and locational and directional language [for example, near and far; left and right], to describe the location of features and routes on a map
• use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognise landmarks and basic human and physical features; devise a simple map; and use and construct basic symbols in a key

Art Objectives

• to use a range of materials creatively to design and make products
• to use drawing to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination
• to use painting to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination
• to develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space
• about the work of a range of artists, craft makers and designers, describing the differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines, and making links to their own work.

DT Objectives

• design purposeful, functional, appealing products for themselves and other users based on design criteria
• generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through talking, drawing, templates, mock-ups and, where appropriate, information and communication technology.
• select from and use a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing]
• select from and use a wide range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their characteristics
• explore and evaluate a range of existing products
• evaluate their ideas and products against design criteria

Music Objectives

• play tuned and untuned instruments musically
• listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded music
• experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the inter-related dimensions of music

English Objectives

Reading - Comprehension

• develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: listening to, discussing and expressing views about a wide range of contemporary and classic poetry, stories and non-fiction at a level beyond that at which they can read independently
• develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: being introduced to non-fiction books that are structured in different ways
• understand both the books that they can already read accurately and fluently and those that they listen to by: answering and asking questions
• participate in discussion about books, poems and other works that are read to them and those that they can read for themselves, taking turns and listening to what others say

Writing - Composition

• develop positive attitudes towards and stamina for writing by: writing for different purposes
• consider what they are going to write before beginning by: planning or saying out loud what they are going to write about
• consider what they are going to write before beginning by: writing down ideas and/or key words, including new vocabulary
• learn how to use: the present and past tenses correctly and consistently including the progressive form

Writing Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar

• learn how to use: expanded noun phrases to describe and specify [for example, the blue butterfly]
• How the grammatical patterns in a sentence indicate its function as a statement, question, exclamation or command
• Use of capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences
• Correct choice and consistent use of present tense and past tense throughout writing

English Appendix

• learn how to use: expanded noun phrases to describe and specify [for example, the blue butterfly]
• How the grammatical patterns in a sentence indicate its function as a statement, question, exclamation or command
• Use of capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences