| Areas of Study |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Year 6 |
| On-going themes |
Current Events General Knowledge Topics/Issues as they arise School History |
| CIVICS
and
Local Community |
Civics |
Special Days we commemorate Coping with Disasters |
International and Humanitarian Aid Organisations
(eg: Red Cross, Oxfam, UNICEF, Save Chn)
|
Banking & Budgeting and/or Consumerism |
| Local Community |
School History Christ Church Cathedral |
Early Christchurch (incl: Lyttelton and Akaroa) |
Early Canterbury (incl: shipping, emigrants, settlers) |
| NEW ZEALAND |
History |
Early European settlement (Treaty of Waitangi) |
Pre-European settlement (incl: Banks Peninsula ) |
An Emerging Nation (eg: Post WW II, The Sixties) |
| Geography |
Mapping - basic features Local environment |
New Zealand 's position in the World Mapping (political & relief maps) |
Climate (How this shapes our way of life) |
| PACIFIC
South Pacific & Pacific Rim |
Our Closest Neighbour Australia |
Pacific Societies/Cultures eg Samoa, Cook Islands, Tonga |
Our Most Southern Interest Antarctica |
| THE WORLD |
History |
Ancient History Dinosaurs or Stone Age |
1066 - 1361 The Middle Ages |
1381 - 1600 Tudors & Stuarts |
| Early Civilisations |
Egypt |
Aztecs or Incas |
Greeks |
| Country Study |
Countries needing our help eg Malawi , Ethiopia , Fiji , Papua-New Guinea |
A Constitutional Monarchy eg Thailand , Japan , Spain , Commonwealth country |
Countries of Historical Influence eg United Kingdom , Greece , France |