Crown Lane Primary School

Knowledge Organisers

We use Knowledge Organisers to support the children in their learning.

A knowledge organiser is a document that contains key facts and information that children should know by the end of a topic/unit of work.

Most knowledge organisers will include:

the essential facts about the topic, usually laid out in easily digestible chunks
key vocabulary or technical terms and their meanings
images such as maps or diagrams

Science Knowledge Organisers

Term	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4/5	Year 6
1	Animals, including humans (senses): Human Body and Senses	Living things and their habitats: Local habitats	Rocks, soils and fossils	Earth and Space	Earth and Space
2	Seasonal Changes	Use of everyday materials: Choosing materials	Light and Shadows	Separating and changing materials: Changes of materials	Separating and changing materials: Changes of materials
3	Everyday Materials Naming and describing materials	Use of everyday materials: Changing materials	Forces, Friction and Magnets	Light and Shadows	Classification of living things
4	Everyday materials Properties and uses of materials	Plants: Growing seeds and bulbs	Movement and nutrition in the human body	Classification of plants and Animals	Electricity: changing circuits
5	Animals, including humans - Looking at Animals	Animals including humans: Growing up	Flowering plants and plant growth	Electricity: Circuits	Evolution and inheritance
6	Plants (Naming parts and classifying plants)	Plants: Growing healthy plants	Flowering plants: Life Cycle	Animals including humans: Human growth	Animals, including humans: Human growth

Geography Knowledge Organisers

Term	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4/5	Year 6
2	What is it like where we live?	What are the wonders of this world?	What is life like in Spain?	How is life in Tanzania similar and different to the UK?	How is life in Tanzania similar and different to the UK?
4	What is it like where we live? How do seasons look different?	Is it ever cold in Africa?	How does the Earth shake, rattle and roll?	Has Antarctica changed since Shackleton went exploring there?	What journeys do rivers make?
6	What are the UK’s countries like?	Would you rather live in Tanzania or the UK?	Why are London and Dodoma the capital cities?	What is special about Crystal Palace?	What is special about Crystal Palace?

History Knowledge Organisers

Term	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4/5	Year 6
1	How is being a child different now to when my grandparents were young?	What changed because of Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole and Edith Cavell?	What was new about the Stone Age?	What impact did the Roman invasion have on Britain?	What impact did the Roman invasion have on Britain?
3	Is an iPad more fun than the toys my grandparents played with?	Would the Great Fire of London be able to happen today?	How did life change from the Stone Age to the Iron Age?	Why should we remember the Maya?	What did the Egyptians do right to be such a long- lasting civilisation?
5	Why did astronauts risk their lives going to the moon?	How has communication changed since when my grandparents were young?	Which was London’s most successful era and why?	The Vikings: ruthless killers or peaceful settlers?	What impact did the Great Exhibition of 1851 have on Crystal Palace?

Computing Knowledge Organisers

Term	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4/5	Year 6
1	Grouping Data	IT Around Us	Connecting Computers	Systems and searching	Communication and collaboration
2	Programming A - Moving a robot	Creating media - Digital photography	Creating media - Stop-frame animation	Selection in physical computing	Creating media – Web page creation
3	Creating media - Digital painting	Programming A - Robot algorithms	Programming A - Sequencing sounds	Programming - Repetition and selection	Programming A – Variables in games
4	Computing systems and networks - Technology around us	Creating media - Making music	Data and information - Branching databases	Creating media - Stop frame animation – Planet Protectors (Barefoot)	Data and information - Introduction to Spreadsheets
5	Programming B - Programming animations	Data and information - Pictograms	Creating Media - Desktop publishing	Data modelling – Pizza Party (Barefoot)	Creating media – 3D Modelling
6	Creating media - Digital writing	Programming B - An introduction to quizzes	Programming B - Events and actions in programs	Programming B - Scratch Maths	Using the microbit for primary to secondary transition