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Interactive Guidelines - Small school's
 Environmental Studies programme
The example below illustrates the long-term plan for a small primary school where composite classes are managed from year to year. A further example of a small-school programme can be found in the Guide for Teachers and Managers: Social Subjects 5-14, p. 14.
P1/P2         P3/P4         P5/P7
  Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4
Year 1 Me & myself Farming Earth & space Where we live
health education people in
the past		 Earth & space people & place
living things &
the processes of life
Year 2 Families & friends Food Toys 1st nature
people in society technology energy & forces social subjects
technology
P3/P4
  Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4
Year 1 Ourselves & others Water Islands Skara Brae
people in society Earth & space people in society people in the past
people & place
Year 2 Castles Light & Sound Buildings Minibeasts
(2nd nature)
people in the past technology people & place living things &
the processes of life
people in society
P5/P7
  Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4
Year 1 Here and there Oil The Jacobites Earth in space
people and place (comparative) energy & forces people in the past Earth and space
Year 2 Movement Egypt The whale Land & Sea
energy & forces people in the past people in the past living things &
the processes of life
Year 3 Communication Bird study Vikings Holidays
people and place (comparative) living things &
the processes of life 		people in the past people & place
people in society
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