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 24 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

• Geography: Where does Chocolate come from?
• English: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• DT: Chocolate Packaging
• Topic Enrichment Pack: Chocolate

KS2 Geography Objectives

• identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones (including day and night)
• describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle
• describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water

KS2 DT Objectives

• use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose, aimed at particular individuals or groups
• generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, pattern pieces and computer-aided design
• investigate and analyse a range of existing products
• evaluate their ideas and products against their own design criteria and consider the views of others to improve their work

Art Objectives

• to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing with a range of materials
• to improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including sculpture with a range of materials

History Objectives

• a study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066

KS2 Science Objectives

Year 3/4 Working Scientifically

• asking relevant questions and using different types of scientific enquiries to answer them
• setting up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests
• making systematic and careful observations and, where appropriate, taking accurate measurements using standard units, using a range of equipment, including thermometers and data loggers
• gathering, recording, classifying and presenting data in a variety of ways to help in answering questions
• recording findings using simple scientific language, drawings, labelled diagrams, keys, bar charts, and tables

Year 4 States of Matter

• observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C)

English Objectives

Reading - Comprehension

• listening to and discussing a wide range of fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks
• reading books that are structured in different ways and reading for a range of purposes
• increasing their familiarity with a wide range of books, including fairy stories, myths and legends, and retelling some of these orally
• discussing words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination
• checking that the text makes sense to them, discussing their understanding and explaining the meaning of words in context
• asking questions to improve their understanding of a text
• drawing inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence
• predicting what might happen from details stated and implied
• participate in discussion about both books that are read to them and those they can read for themselves, taking turns and listening to what others say

Spoken Language

• listen and respond appropriately to adults and their peers
• articulate and justify answers, arguments and opinions
• maintain attention and participate actively in collaborative conversations, staying on topic and initiating and responding to comments
• participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play/improvisations and debates