Knowledge organisers (KOs) are powerful tools that help children learn, recall, and retain key information. They provide a clear overview of the most important facts, concepts, and vocabulary for a topic or subject. Here are some ways we use knowledge organisers in school, and some ways families may use them at home, to engage children in learning and support their education:

How We Use Knowledge Organisers in School

1. Daily Practice

   • Teachers use KOs for quick quizzes and activities to help children recall important information and strengthen their memory; children will often quiz eachother, too.

2. Interactive Learning

   • Lessons include fun activities like matching definitions, completing sentences, or creating visual aids using the information in the KO.

3. Group Work

   • Students work together to present information from the KO in creative ways, like posters, songs/raps, or presentations.

4. Review and Build

   • Teachers refer to the KO during lessons to show how topics connect and revisit key concepts throughout the term to help children retain their learning over time.

How Families Can Use Knowledge Organisers at Home

1. Quiz Your Child

   • Use the KO to ask your child questions about what they’re learning. You could even turn this into a family quiz game for added fun!

2. Talk About Learning

   • Discuss the topics on the KO during everyday moments, like mealtimes or car rides, to spark curiosity and make learning part of family life.

3. Create Together

   • Encourage your child to make something based on the KO, like a drawing, a story, or even a short video explaining what they’ve learned.

4. Use Technology

   • Help your child turn the KO into digital flashcards using apps like Quizlet or Anki, which can make learning more interactive.

5. Teach the Family

   • Ask your child to "teach" you or a sibling something from the KO. Explaining what they know is a great way for them to deepen their understanding.

6. Gamify Learning

   • Turn the KO into a game by creating trivia questions, board games, or word searches based on the information.

 

 

Early Years	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Nursery	All About Me	Journeys	Dinosaurs	Growing and Changing	Animals and their Babies	Heroes and Adventurers
Reception	All About Me	Transport: Past and Present	Space	Growing and Changing	Kings and Queens	Stories from the Past

 

Year 1	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
RE
History		Discovering History		Kings,Queens and Leaders		Parliament and Prime Ministers
Geography	Spatial Sense		The UK		Seven Continents
Science	The Human Body	Animals and their Needs	Seasons and Weather	Taking Care of Earth	Plants	Materials and Magnets
Art	Colour	Line	Architecture	Style in Art/Narrative Art	Paintings of Children	Sculpture
Design Tech	Cook Dips and Vegetables Jam Tarts/Mince Pies		Sew  Animal Sock Puppets		Build  Vehicles
Computing
Music	Animals	Animals	Toys	Toys	Minibeasts	Minibeasts
MFL				Lunchtime Spanish Club
PE

 

Year 2	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
RE
History		Romans in Britain		The Tudors		Powerful Voices
Geography	Spatial Sense		The British Isles		Northern Europe
Science	The Human Body	Living Things in their Environments	Electricity	Plants	Materials and Matter	Astronomy
Art	Colour and Shape	Colour, Shape and Texture	Portraits and Self-Portraits	Landscape and Symmetry	History Painting	Murals and Tapestries
Design Tech	Cook Pizza Gingerbread		Sew  Pencil Cases		Build  Moving Pictures
Computing
Music	Class Bands	Class Bands	Weather	Weather	Animals and their Environment	Animals and their Environment
MFL		Lunchtime Spanish Club
PE

 

Year 3	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
RE
History	Stone Age to the Iron Age	Ancient Egypt	The Anglo-Saxons, Scots and the Vikings		Law and Power (1154-1272)	The Wars of the Roses
Geography	Spatial Sense	Settlements	Rivers	UK Geography: The South West	Western Europe	Asia - China and India
Science	The Human Body	Cycles in Nature	Light	Plants	Rocks	Forces and Magnets
Art	Line	Still Life and Form		Art of Ancient Egypt	Anglo-Saxon Art	Architecture
Design Tech	Sew Key Rings/Decorations		Build Pop-Up Books		Cook  Bread and Butter  Pasta
Computing
Music	Djembe	Djembe	Djembe	Djembe	Djembe	Djembe
MFL	I am Learning Spanish		Animals	Instruments	I Know How...	Fruits
PE

 

Year 4	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
RE
History	Ancient Greece		Life in Ancient Rome	The Rise and Fall of Rome	The Stuarts
Geography	Spatial Sense	Mediterranean Europe	Eastern Europe	UK Geography: Northern Island	UK Geography: London and the South East	Asia - Japan
Science	The Human Body	Classification of Plants and Animals	Ecology	Sound	States of Matter and The Water Cycle	Electricity
Art	Light	Space	Design	Monuments of Ancient Rome	Monuments of the Byzantine Empire	Needlework, Embroidery and Weaving
Design Tech	Sew Cushions		Build Moving Miniature Playgrounds		Cook Ratatouille and Couscous Apple Crumble
Computing
Music	Ukulele	Ukulele	Ukulele	Ukulele	Ukulele	Ukulele
MFL	I know How...	Fruits	Vegetables	Presenting Myself	Family	In The Classroom
PE

 

Year 5	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
RE
History	Baghdad c.900 CE	The Early British Empire	The French Revolution	The Transatlantic Slave Trade	The Industrial Revolution	The Victorian Age
Geography	Spatial Sense	Mountains	UK Geography: East Anglia, The Midlands, Yorkshire and Humberside	Australia	New Zealand and the South Pacific	Local Study
Science	The Human Body	Materials	Living Things	Forces	Astronomy	Meteorology
Art	Style in Art	Islamic Art and Architecture	Art from Western Africa	Chinese Painting and Ceramics	Print Making	History of Photography (alternative option: Take One Picture)
Design Tech	Build Cams Toys		Cook Honey Cake Pitta Bread		Sew Bags
Computing
Music	Brass	Brass	Brass	Brass	Brass	Brass
MFL	Seasons	Ice Cream	Presenting Myself	My Family	In the Cafe	My Home
PE

 

Year 6	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
RE
History	World War I	The Suffragettes	The Rise of Hitler and World War II	World War II and the Holocaust	The Cold War	The History of Human Rights
Geography	Spatial Sense	British Geographical Issues	North America	South America	Africa	Globalisation
Science	The Human Body	Classification of Living Things	Electricity	Light	Reproduction	Evolution
Art	Art in the Italian Renaissance	Renaissance Architecture and Sculpture	Victorian Art and Architecture	William Morris	Impressionism and Post-Impressionism	Art in the 20th Century - Modernism and Beyond
Design Tech	Build Water Wall		Cook Mezze Build Electrical Toys		Sew Upcycling Fashion
Computing
Music	Clarinet	Clarinet	Clarinet	Clarinet	Clarinet	Clarinet
MFL	Presenting Myself	My Family	Date	Have You Got a Pet?	Home	Clothes
PE