Autumn Term
1st Half
Autumn Term
2nd Half
AT HOME AND ABROAD
AT HOME AND ABROAD
RECYCLING
PIRATES
Literacy:
Handwriting (Letter
formation)
Non-Fiction Factual Recount
(Weekend news – using
sequential words to order
and open sentences.)
Non-Fiction (Identifying
features of non-fiction
text.)
Non-Fiction (Identifying
and writing labels and
captions related to the body.)
Traditional Tales (Reading,
retelling and writing the story
of Hansel and Gretel.)
Fiction (Reading Handa’s
Surprise and writing
adjectives to describe
fruits, characters and
settings.
Non-Fiction Lists (Writing
a shopping list to make a
fruit salad.)
Literacy:
Handwriting (Letter
formation)
Non-fiction Factual Recount
(Weekend news – writing in the
past tense. )
Stories with familiar
settings (Reading The Jolly
Postman)
Non-Fiction (letter
writing.)
Non-fiction (reading books
about Guy Fawkes.)
Religious Story (Reading,
retelling and writing the story of
Rama and Sita.)
Poetry (using the senses;
onomatopoeiac words
related to firework sounds)
Non-Fiction Information
Text (Remebrance)
Literacy:
Traditional tales (Reading The Three Little Pigs,
re-telling the story using the Pie Corbett approach
and writing the story).
Information Texts (Reading Katie books by
James Mayhew to learn about London and Paris)
Grammar (Reading and writing a range of connectives.)
Non-fiction (reading and learning about famous
landmarks and writing an information booklet on
landmarks)
Reading Comprehension (inference, retrieving information,
forming opinions)
Word classes (Identifying nouns, adjectives and verbs.)
Non-Fiction Instructions (how to do your washing like a
Victorian)
Literacy:
Fiction (Reading Miranda the Castaway.)
Non-Fiction Information Texts
(Using Dictionaries.)
Poetry (Pattern and rhyme; reading and responding to
poetry. Composition of poems- acrostic poems and rhyming
couplets.)
Reading comprehensions (inference, retrieving
information, forming opinions)
Non-Fiction Factual Recounts and Diaries (Reading about
Blackbeard the Pirate, sea explorers and Christopher
Columbus. Writing a diary as if they were a sea explorer)
Grammar (Using a variety of Punctuation – exclamation and
question marks.)
Maths:
Number and place value.
Addition and subtraction.
Geometry (properties of 2D
shapes).
Science:
Animals including humans
(Naming external parts and the
organs inside the Human Body.
Maths:
Addition and subtraction.
Measurement (length and
height).
Fractions.
Geometry (position and
direction).
Science:
Light (Recognising light is
needed to see things and the
absence of light is dark.
Recognising sources of
Spring Term
1st Half
Spring Term
2nd Half
Maths:
Number and place value.
Addition and subtraction.
Measurement (weight and mass).
Multiplication: lots of, arrays.
Fractions.
Geometry (properties of 3d shape).
Statistics (data handling).
Science:
Everyday materials (Identifying materials and their
properties, investigating waterproof materials,
investigating which material would make a good roof. Link to
literacy – three little pigs, make houses from different
materials and test how waterproof the roofs are.)
Physics Seasonal changes (Observing and describing.)
Plants and Trees (Looking at types of plants we see during
the spring, making observations of deciduous tree, planting
and nurturing seasonal fruits and vegetables.)
Summer Term
1st Half
Summer Term
2nd Half
Maths:
Number and place value.
Addition and subtraction.
Measurement (capacity).
Multiplication and division
Fractions.
Geometry (position and direction).
Statistics (data handling).
Science:
Biology (Animals) (Identifying fish, amphibians, birds,
reptiles, pets. Identifying and sorting
carnivores/herbivores/omnivores)
Biology (Plants) (Identifying and naming plants. Food - Where
does it come from? Planting and growing seasonal fruit
and vegetables)
Physics (Observing and describing seasonal changes)
Computing:
Handling Data and Researching Information (Create and
Autumn Term
1st Half
Autumn Term
2nd Half
Investigating how we use our 5
senses to explore the world
around us. Discussing pets the
children have at home)
Physics Seasonal changes
(Identifying seasonal changes
and when they happen in the
year.)
Plants and Trees
(Looking at types of plants
we see during this season
and making observations of
deciduous trees. Discussing
seasonal fruits and
vegetables.)
light.)
Physics Seasonal changes
(Observing and describing the
current season.)
Plants and Trees
(Looking at types of plants
we see during the season of
winter and the changes that
have occurred to plants in
our local environment.
Discussing seasonal fruits
and vegetables.)
Animals including humans
(Discussing animals we see in
the nativity story and the
story of Rama and Sita.
Thinking about animals that
we see during Winter – in the
snow and nocturnal animals –
link to light and dark)
Computing:
Basic skills and procedures
(typing, turn on, log on,
saving documents).
Using the equipment
(cameras, beebots, tuff
cams, laptops).
RE:
Christianity (reading
stories from the bible and
exploring what they mean.)
Geography:
Locational Knowledge
(UK – Locating and
naming the countries,
capital cities and
seas.
Locating Harlow on a map and
identifying the human and
Computing:
E-Safety
(Using the Internet to
search for images.)
Digital Literacy (Typing on
Microsoft word, using a paint
programme to create a
picture, inserting and
saving images in documents.)
RE:
Special symbols objects in
celebrations:
Hinduism (Diwali)
Judaism (Hanukkah)
Christianity (Christmas)
Spring Term
1st Half
Spring Term
2nd Half
Animals including humans (Discussing new life and identifying
animals that are born during Spring – link to Easter.)
Computing:
Programming (algorithms - Bee Bots)
Communication/Digital Literacy –
(Cameras and tuff cams.)
RE:
Special Places (Identifying special places of worship in
different religions.)
Judaism (Learning about customs and traditions)
Christianity (Easter)
Geography:
Locational Knowledge - UK (Identifying London landmarks.
Comparing Parisian landmarks with London’s.)
Geographical Skills and Fieldwork (Analysing and drawing
aerial views, use and devise maps, plans and keys.
Features of environment/ Place knowledge (Local area walk,
comparing the seasons)
History:
Victorians (comparison of everyday life then and now,
Whole Key Stage 1 topic on Victorians to be decided.)
Famous People (Queen Victoria)
Art:
Sculpture (Researching Sculptures - look at sculptures the
children have seen in Harlow – Henry Moore.
Think about sculptures they have seen in the UK and then
think about sculptures in France.
Children will then design and make their own sculpture
using recycled materials.)
Art Appreciation (Henry Moore)
Collage (Using a range of media - recycled materials to create
collages, repeating patterns.)
Summer Term
1st Half
Summer Term
2nd Half
organise digital content – surveys and pictograms.)
E-Safety (being safe online)
RE:
Islam (reading Islamic stories and exploring what they
mean.)
Buddhism (learning about customs and traditions)
Geography:
Locational Knowledge Naming and locating the continents
and oceans.
Geographical Skills and Fieldwork (Using and creating
aerial view maps.
Identifying climate changes around the globe.
Compass directions. )
Features of environment and locational knowledge
(Comparing our local environment to Africa. Local Area
Walk to compare the seasonal changes)
History:
Famous People (Researching and learning about sea
explorers and Christopher Columbus. Who was he?
What did he do? Where did he go? How did he travel?)
Art:
Textiles (design and make own pirate flag using fabric
crayons and weaving)
Painting (with different textures.)
Drawing (using 2D shapes – boats, islands)
DT:
Design and make (boats/rafts that float in water)
Music:
Charanga (Round and Round, listening and appraising Latin
music)
Charanga (Reflect, rewind and replay. Listen, appraise,
Autumn Term
1st Half
physical features of our local
area. )
Place Knowledge (Home
address, identifying types of
houses on a local area walk.)
History:
Changes within living
memory (Sequencing the
life of Prince George so far.
Comparing what I can do
now to what I could do as a
baby. )
Art:
Printing (Body part and fruit
printing.)
Collage (Make an
Autumn collage
using leaves)
Painting (houses that we
have sketched.)
Drawing (observational
drawings of fruit and
vegetables)
DT:
Making and designing (a
healthy snack, learning how
to chop, peel and grate)
Music:
Charanga (Hey You, Keeping
the pulse. Appraising rap
music)
PE:
Gym – travelling in a space at
Autumn Term
2nd Half
Geography:
Locational Knowledge
(Naming and locate the
continents linking with
Santa's travels.)
History
Famous Events – The
Gunpowder Plot
Art:
Printing with leaves.
Sculpting clay diwas.
Painting (Mixing paint,
learning about the colour
wheel, blow painting and
firework painting)
Drawing and decorating
mehndi hands.
DT:
Designing and making
(slider Christmas cards
looking at different sliding
mechanisms.)
Design and make (Christmas
hats – different ways to join
materials)
Design and make (a clay
diva lamp.)
Food (make a chocolate
barfi, following a recipe)
Music:
VE Day Singing
KS1 Christmas Nativity
PE:
Spring Term
1st Half
Spring Term
2nd Half
Painting (tints and shades, painting on wet paper and sprinkling paint
onto it)
Drawing (self portraits)
DT:
Designing and make (shelters and structures – sculptures
in the UK and France)
French food tasting and cooking.
Music:
Charanga (In the Groove – blues music, singing, play
instruments and composition)
Charanga (Rhythm in the way we walk and banana rap)
PE:
Games – (tracking and bouncing balls in
preparation for games.)
Games – (rolling balls to a target.)
Gymnastics – (balancing on body parts and
apparatus.)
Expressive dance – (music to be decided,
children will sequence movements expressively
thinking about how the music makes them
feel.)
PSHE:
Recycling – (why do we need to recycle?
Why is recycling good for the community?
How do you recycle?)
Looking after our environment
Healthy Eating
Emotional Health and Literacy (to know and
understand feelings)
Summer Term
1st Half
Summer Term
2nd Half
perform.)
PE:
Gym (jumping using body parts and apparatus.)
Country dancing.
Games (striking with a variety of bats/racquets.)
Games – running, hopping and travelling with a ball.
PSHE:
Looking after pets/animals in the wider world – how do
we look after our pets at home? What could we do to
look after wild animals e.g. birds in the garden etc.
Looking after others – how to be a good friend.
Road Safety (safe routes, safe places to play,
appropriate behaviour in and around cars)
Citizenship (knowing there are a range of environments, to
know who people are that keep you safe in and out of
school, stranger danger)
Autumn Term
1st Half
different levels and speeds.
Travelling on apparatus.
Games – kicking a variety of
balls with different parts of
the foot.
PSHE:
Keeping healthy –
balanced diet, exercise,
looking after our bodies.
Healthy snack.
Physical Health Medicines –
how to store them and use
them safely.
Personal Hygiene
Relationship Education
(personal space, growing
from young to old and babies’
needs)
Autumn Term
2nd Half
Games – throwing and catching.
Throwing a range of balls using
overarm, underarm and chest
pass.
Expressive dance to the music
of Fantasia.
PSHE:
Safety Keeping safe and
being seen in the community
linked to Bonfire Night and
being out in the dark.
Remembrance
Emotional Relationships (the
roles of individuals in the
family, different types of
families and valuing oneself)
Spring Term
1st Half
Spring Term
2nd Half
Summer Term
1st Half
Summer Term
2nd Half