This product is FREE when you subscribe to our Learning Challenge Curriculum Unlimited Plan View the Learning Challenge Website hereAs you may well have been aware Focus, in line with many other organisations, previously produced a set of knowledge mats for geography, history and science.
However, the recent research into the usefulness of knowledge organisers for primary school aged pupils recommends a slimmer version with less detail.
The main aim is to be very much more focused and therefore the new-style Focus design, ensures that there are no more than 6 vocabulary words per organiser and that there is greater clarity about the key knowledge the pupils should acquire.
In addition, each organiser will have a prior knowledge section which should be completed as a class together at the beginning of any new unit of learning.
Part of the reason for the change is to reduce cognitive overload. We have therefore given greater consideration to extraneous cognitive load. We have therefore kept the organisers less busy, ensured use of same font and kept a similar outline for each one.
By adding in the prior knowledge 'harvester' we are therefore ensuring a better chance for long term retention.
Year 1Materials
Plants
Animals
Seasonal Change
Parts of the Human Body
Year 2Plants and Trees
Animals and their habitats
Healthy Living
Uses and properties of different materials
Year 3Human Body - Skeleton and Muscles
Rocks
Light and Dark
Plants
Magnets & Forces
Year 4Living Things and Their Habitats
Digestive System
States of matter
Sound
Electricity
Year 5Earth and Space
Forces
Life Cycles, including humans
Reversible And Irreversible Changes
Year 6Circulatory System
Classification of all living things, including micro-organisms
Electricity
Light
Evolution and Inheritance
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