Dual Coding
Combining the verbal and the visual to improve retention.
Dual-coding theory suggests that both visual and verbal information is used to represent information. Visual and verbal information are processed differently and along distinct channels in the human mind, creating separate representations for information processed in each channel. With this in mind, each year group have created a Dual Coding schema for each of their topics. The schema is made up of simple, meaningful images linked with words which organises the content that will be learnt throughout the topic. Please click on your child's year group below to see the Dual Coding schema for their topic.
In the Foundation Stage our children learn through a continuous provision, they will use dual coding symbols across their curriculum where they feel it is effective. Below are our dual coding schemas for our Geography and History units for the Summer term.
James explaining his learning with a dual coding schema.
Dual Coding Schemas for History/Geography
| Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term |
| Year 1/2 - Explorers | Year 1/2 - Amazing Africa | |
|
Year 1/2 - Where Do I Live? |
Year 3 - Stone Age to Iron Age | Year 2 - Kings and Queens |
| Year 3 - Inspirational People | Year 4 - The Vikings | Year 3 - Romans |
| Year 3 - Settlements | Year 4 - Rivers and Coasts | Year 3 - Natural Disasters |
| Year 4 - National Parks | Year 5 - WWII | Year 4 - Tudors |
| Year 4 - Anglo-Saxons | Year 6 - The Rainforest | Year 5 - Ancient Greece |
| Year 5 - Frozen Kingdom | Year 6 - The Mayans | Year 5 - Natural Resources |
| Year 5 - Victorians | Year 6 Crime and Punishment | |
| Year 6 - Ancient Egypt | Year 6 - Trading |
Dual Coding Schemas for Science
| Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term |
| Year 1 - Animals including Humans | Year 1 - Seasonal Changes Spring Summer | |
| Year 3 - Animals including humans | Year 2 - Uses of Everyday Materials | Year 1- Everyday Materials |
| Year 3 - Forces and Magnets | Year 3 - Plants | Year 2 - Living things and their habitats |
| Year 4 - Living Things and Their Habitats | Year 4 - Electricity | Year 2- Plants |
| Year 4 - Sound | Year 5 - Living Things and Their Habitats | Year 3 - Light |
| Year 5 - Earth and Space | Year 5 - Properties and Changes of Materials | Year 3 - Rocks |
| Year 6 - Animals including humans | Year 4 - Animals incl. Humans | |
| Year 6 - Light | Year 4 - States of Matter | |
|
|
Year 5 - Animals Including Humans | |
| Year 6 - Electricity | ||
| Year 6 - Evolution and Inheritance |
