subject-areas

Humanities is the combination of the study of Geography and History.

St. Christopher's we strive to enhance the children's education by joining these two areas of the curriculum. These subjects are taught through a topic based approach developed in units to follow the National Curriculum. Where relevant though the units of work have been adapted to reflect the nature of the school community, the location of the school in the world and the history of our own region which we value to be important. Field trips are seen as an important part of the Humanities curriculum throughout our school from Nursery to Yr 6. We have also extended our range of class trips to include residential trips for all classes in Key Stage 2.

These are the topics taught and the proposed field trips from Nursery to Year 6 and the Residential Trips for Years 3,4,5 and 6.

TERM 1

TERM2

TERM 3

Nursery

Me and My Family

Plants and Insects

The Sea

Reception

Ourselves / People that Help Us

Toys

Animals and their Youngs

Year 1

Light and Sound

Festivals

The Seaside

Year 2

Clothes

Toys

Our School

Year 3

Treasure-This unit focuses on different types of treasure and what it is like to be an archaeologist.

Significant People-This unit focuses on a variety of significant people (past and present) and their contributions to the world.

Saving the World-A unit focused on finding out where rainforests are in the world, how rainforests are useful and what happens when the rainforest are destroyed.

The Active Planet-A unit focused on earthquakes and volcanoes, their location in the world and how they affect people.

Penang Hill-A non-IPC unit based on a local study related to residential visit.

Year 4

Do You Live Here?-This unit focuses on different types of habitats for people and animals and how the destruction of habitats affects the world.

Explorers and Adventurers-A unit based on famous explorers and what they discovered, as well as some new adventures for the children!

Paintings Pictures and Photography-An artistic unit based on different types of art and various ways to view the world.

Langkawi- A non-IPC unit based on a local study related to residential visit.

Health and Fitness-A unit that stresses the importance of health and fitness in every day life as well as how to improve personal fitness.

Clean Water Dirty Water-Explores the importance of water and what we can do to preserve the world’s supply of this resource.

Year 5

Sustainability- A unit based on the environment, focusing on conservation and ways to protect the world as well as what has been done in the past.

Cameron Highlands- A non-IPC unit based on a local study related to residential visit.

Living things and Space Environment-A look into various living things and if they would be able to survive on Mars! Also studies different types of space environments.

Health- An important unit that follows the Year 4 study of the importance of life long health and fitness.

Astronomy-A study of the stars and how astronomy has affected the world historically.

Making New Materials-Students will have the opportunity to study different types of materials and even create some of their own!

Year 6

How We Learn- A short unit that studies how the brain works.

Current Affairs and the Media- Students become aware of current events in the world and how the media is involved in presenting these events to the world. Also looks at the historical role of media.

Big Geographical Picture- Asks the question “What does our world look like?” A study of the geography of the world and the interdependence of countries.

Sabah- A non-IPC unit based on a local study related to residential visit

Artists Impressions of the World- A look at impressionism through movement, art and music.

Location- This unit focuses on where people go on vacation and the affects of the tourism business on these locations.