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 and Year 3/4	Year 4/5 and Year 5	Year 6
1	Animals, including humans (senses): Human Body and Senses	Living things and their habitats: Local habitats	States of matter: Changes of state	Animals, including humans: Digestion and food chains	Forces: Forces and mechanisms
2	Seasonal Changes	Use of everyday materials: Choosing materials	Electricity: Circuits Light: Can you see me?	Properties of materials: Properties and uses of materials	Properties of materials: Properties and uses of materials
3	Everyday Materials Naming and describing materials	Use of everyday materials: Changing materials	Sound	Living things and their habitats: Human Impact on the environment	Earth and Space
4	Everyday materials Properties and uses of materials	Plants: Growing seeds and bulbs	Living things and their habitats: Human Impact on the environment	Sound	Changes of materials: Separating and changing materials
5	Animals, including humans - Looking at Animals	Animals including humans: Growing up	Animals, including humans: Digestion and food chains	Forces: Forces and mechanisms	Evolution and inheritance
6	Plants (Naming parts and classifying plants)	Plants: Growing healthy plants	Living things and their habitats: Classification of plants and animals	Properties of materials: Properties and uses of materials	Animals, including humans: Human growth

Geography Knowledge Organisers

Term	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3 and Year 3/4	Year 4/5 and Year 5	Year 6
2	What is it like where we live?	What are the wonders of this world?	How is the Mediterranean the same and different to the UK?	How are the USA and the UK similar and how are they different?	How are the USA and the UK similar and how are they different?
4	What is it like where we live? How do seasons look different?	Is it ever cold in Africa?	What journeys do rivers make?	Which area would have a better habitat for this animal?	Which area would have a better habitat for this animal?
6	What are the UK’s countries like?	Would you rather live in Tanzania or the UK?	What are climate zones and why do they matter?	Where does our food come from?	Where does our food come from?

History Knowledge Organisers

Term	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3 and Year 3/4	Year 4/5 and Year 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 impact did the Roman invasion have on Britain?	Was Saxon England the same at the end of their 600 years as at the beginning?	Was Saxon England the same at the end of their 600 years as at the beginning?
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 much did the Ancient Egyptians achieve?	What did the Ancient Greeks ever do for us?	What did the Ancient Greeks ever do for us?
5	Why did astronauts risk their lives going to the moon?	How has communication changed since when my grandparents were young?	What impact did the Great Exhibition of 1851 have on Crystal Palace?	What is the legacy of Windrush?	What is the legacy of Windrush?

Computing Knowledge Organisers

Term	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3 and Year 3/4	Year 4/5 and Year 5	Year 6
1	Grouping Data	IT Around Us	The internet	The internet	Communication and collaboration
2	Programming A - Moving a robot	Creating media - Digital photography	Programming A – Repetition in shapes	Creating media – video editing	Creating media – Web page creation
3	Creating media - Digital painting	Programming A - Robot algorithms	Creating media – Audio production	Programming B - Repetition in games	Programming A – Variables in games
4	Computing systems and networks - Technology around us	Creating media - Making music	Creating media - Photo editing	Data and information – Flat-file databases	Data and information - Introduction to Spreadsheets
5	Programming B - Programming animations	Data and information - Pictograms	Programming B - Repetition in games	Creating media – introduction to vector graphics	Creating media – 3D Modelling
6	Creating media - Digital writing	Programming B - An introduction to quizzes	Barefoot Computing – Data Dash	Programming B – Selection in quizzes	Using the microbit for primary to secondary transition