2025/2026

Spring 

Year 3/4 - Rivers

Key end points of this unit:

• A river is a flowing body of water that begins at a source and journeys towards a sea.
• People have used rivers historically for food, water and transport.
• The River Thames is one of the major rivers in the United Kingdom.
• Some rivers flow through more than one country, including the Nile in Africa and the Amazon in South America.

The children will be learning about how humans have interacted with rivers throughout their coexistence on Earth. They will understand how to define a river and locate different parts of it. Students will be exposed a wide range of rivers across different continents in order to compare and contrast them. A range of maps and atlases will be used to help strengthen their understanding.  

Year 5/6 - East Anglia, the Midlands and Yorkshire

Key end points of this unit:

• East Anglia is the region of England we live in.
• It consists of multiple counties: Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Essex, Bedfordshire and parts of Hertfordshire.
• East Anglia used to be mostly marshland, until drainage systems were put in place to allow crops to be grown and buildings to be constructed.
• The Midlands includes cities such as Birmingham, Nottingham and Leicester.
• There are many urban places in the Midlands in addition to rural areas.
• Yorkshire is north of both the Midlands and East Anglia.
• It includes key cities such as Leeds and Sheffield.
• The Yorkshire Dales are a key physical feature of the region.

The children will strengthen their understanding of England through a study of three key regions. This will enable them to compare and contrast with their own area and understand how the topography of land can change within one country. They will also understand how humans interact with the surrounding land through agriculture and construction. This will ensure students have a deeper understanding of the diversity of the country they live in.