New Curriculum Year Plan: Year 1 2014- 15
English
Autumn 1
Stories with familiar settings
Autumn 2
Poetry trophy
Children will be given the opportunity to
read stories with familiar settings and
will be given the chance to write their
own stories.
This will allow them to link reading to
their own experiences.
Reciting poetry.
Writing riddles.
Daily:
Phonics and grammar:
The children will learn to match
graphemes to phonemes.
The children will learn to leave spaces
between words.
The children will begin to use basic
punctuation.
Guided reading:
The children will learn to read
accurately by blending sounds and
make simple predictions.
Handwriting:
Children will learn to form lower case
and upper case letters correctly.
Maths
Science
Daily:
Phonics and grammar:
The children will learn to match
graphemes to phonemes.
The children will learn to leave spaces
between words.
The children will begin to use basic
punctuation.
Guided reading:
The children will learn to read
accurately by blending sounds and
make simple predictions.
Handwriting:
Children will learn to form lower and
upper case letters correctly.
Daily:
Phonics and grammar:
The children will learn to match
graphemes to phonemes.
The children will learn to leave spaces
between words.
The children will begin to use basic
punctuation.
Guided reading:
The children will learn to read
accurately by blending sounds and
make simple predictions.
Summer 1
Non-fiction information texts
Summer 2
Fiction
Planning and writing stories using
adjectives to describe the children’s
chosen settings.
Explore explanations texts.
Discuss the significance of title and
events.
Children will have the chance to build
up their own stories using the skills that
they have learnt throughout the year.
Daily:
Phonics and grammar:
Daily:
Phonics and grammar:
Daily:
Phonics and grammar:
The children will learn to match
graphemes to phonemes.
The children will learn to leave spaces
between words.
The children will begin to use basic
punctuation.
Guided reading:
The children will learn to read
accurately by blending sounds and
make simple predictions.
Handwriting:
Children will learn to form lower and
upper case letters correctly.
The children will learn to match
graphemes to phonemes.
The children will learn to leave spaces
between words.
The children will begin to use basic
punctuation.
The children will learn to match
graphemes to phonemes.
The children will learn to leave spaces
between words.
The children will begin to use basic
punctuation.
Guided reading:
Guided reading:
The children will learn to read
accurately by blending sounds and
make simple predictions.
The children will learn to read
accurately by blending sounds and
make simple predictions.
Handwriting:
Handwriting:
Children will learn to form lower and
upper case letters correctly.
Children will learn to form lower and
upper case letters correctly.
Handwriting:
Children will learn to form lower and
upper case letters correctly.
Subtraction and addition word
problems.
Use vocabulary related to time.
Halving and doubling numbers.
Division by 2, 5 and 10.
Place value using money.
Introduction to fractions. Looking at
fractions of a whole.
Number bonds.
1 more / 1 less and 10 more 10 less
using a 100 square Estimate a number
of objects and check by counting.
Read and write numbers and position
these on a number track.
Adding up to 20.
Numbers in the 10 times table.
Using money and finding change.
Geometry- looking at 2D and 3D
shapes.
Estimate, measure, weigh and
compare objects, choosing and using
suitable uniform non-standard or
standard units and measuring
instruments.
Review time by answering word
questions.
Addition and subtraction- looking
closely at missing numbers.
Fractions of lengths.
Multiplication - Solve practical
problems that involve combining
groups of 2, 5 or 10.
Number patterns
Review money- use of correct
vocabulary in word problems.
Maths trophy
Seasonal changes (Autumn)
Materials
Describe and compare the properties
of everyday materials.
Distinguish between the object and the
material that it is made from.
Identify and name common materials.
Compare and classify materials.
Science Trophy
Seasonal changes (Winter)
Seasonal changes (Spring)
Observe the ways in which
nature is effected by Spring.
Animals
(diets)
Chicks
Plants
Nature walk to observe nature in
Autumn.
Observe changes of day and season
Seasonal changes
(Summer)
Animal habitats
Growing plants
Changes over time
Identify basic plant parts
Keyboard skills.
Communicate online safely and
respectfully
Organise, store, retrieve and
manipulate data.
Graphics- Use a paint package to
create pictures and effects
Bonfire night
Learn about key events in history.
Guy Fawkes
Observe the ways in which nature are
effected by Winter.
Animals and humans
(Senses)
Explore the ways in which the body
senses the outside world.
The children will investigate their own
sense of smell, taste, touch, hearing
and seeing.
We will explore how other animals
sense the world.
Identify and name basic body parts.
E-safety
Introduction to the computer suite.
Introduction to computer skills.
History
Re-telling and sequencing.
Focus on characters and settings
This will give the children an
understanding of sequencing. It will
include following instruction as well as
writing their own instructions.
The children will learn to use
imperative verbs.
Spring 2
Fantasy settings
Counting, estimating and ordering
numbers.
Place value, partitioning and addition.
Number bonds, 1 more, 1 less and
subtraction.
Geometry- naming shapes
Money- naming coins, paying for items
and finding totals
Plants
Computing
Traditional tales
Spring 1
Science Big Write
Instruction writing
Multimedia and word
processing- Combine text, images
and possibly other features to create
either a printable document or a simple
multimedia presentation
Elizabeth I and Queen
Victoria
Use of IT outside the
classroom
Explore the history of IT and how the
use of computers has changed.
Research- Explore a variety of
resources to access a range of
information for a topic.
Identify basic plants.
Classifying plants.
Finding plants around the school.
Comparing different plants and flowers.
Addition and subtraction.
Number bonds
Geometry and symmetry
Measures – focus on Capacity
Data Handling
Answer and ask questions, record
information in bar graphs
Identify where animals live and why
they live there.
Look at similarities and differences
between our own habitats.
The children will investigate the diets of
different animals.
We will explore the food chain.
Identify and compare common animals.
Visit to the zoo
Algorithms
Use knowledge of instruction writing to
understand that a computer needs
instructions to carry out actions.
Modelling- Explore options in
simple simulations making choices to
achieve an outcome.
Human robot and Beebot
programming
Make a simple programme.
Write and test a simple program.
Logical reasoning to make predictions.
Control- Guide a floor robot to visit
specific locations on a floor map
related to another subject, recording
the instructions.
Olympic Stadium
Changes in living memory.
Events of local importance.
New Curriculum Year Plan: Year 1 2014- 15
Learn about significant historical
figures.
Toys
Children will have the opportunity to
learn about the lives of significant
figures, including comparison of those
from different periods.
Visit to the toy museum
Geography
Art
Geography trophy
Weather in the UK and
around the world
UK countries and capital
cities
Explore what the weather is like in
England. Compare this to other
countries around the world.
The children will investigate how the
weather affects the way people live
their lives and the land that they live in.
Use basic geographical vocabulary to
refer to local and familiar features.
Use four compass directions and
simple vocabulary.
Map reading skills.
Collage bonfire night
Art Trophy
Study Monet to create
Spring paintings.
Use a range of materials
Printing
Develop techniques of colour, pattern,
texture, line, shape, form and space.
Learn about a range of artists,
craftsmen and designers.
Design Tech
Cooking (Ginger bread man)
Toys
Mechanisms
Design purposeful, functional and
appealing products.
PE
Master basic movements:
Catching and throwing.
Participate in team games.
Perform dances linked to
simple movements.
Agility and co-ordination.
Gymnastics.
Master basic movements:
Travelling with the ball
Catching and throwing.
Links to the KS1 production.
Sculpture
(junk)
Use a range of materials to build
sculptures of animals that we have
studied.
Cooking
The children will create and follow
instructions to cook certain foods.
Dance
Dance
Gymnastics
Games
Core task
Exploring Patterns and pathways
though structured task; Developing a
repertoire.
Travelling
Sending
Games
Dance
Creating games
Understand the purpose of team sports
Gymnastics
Receiving
Transferring weight form one body part
Telling a story and responding to a
music stimulus
Participate in team games.
Music
Singing
KS1 production
Make and combine sounds musically.
Rhythm
Gain an understanding of a beat.
Playing un-tuned
instruments
Music trophy
Put together with singing.
Understand how to put a tune together.
To work collaboratively.
Learn about percussion instruments.
RE
PSHE/ Citizenship
Christian harvest
Christmas
Divali
Recognise that Harvest festival is a
time when Christians say thank you to
God for food
Recognise that Christians use the
symbol of light to remind them of
Jesus.
Learn about different ways that
Christians celebrate Advent and
Christmas.
Understand that light is associated with
good.
Learn about the traditions of Divali.
Linked to value.
Focus on the importance of
change and new
environments.
Linked to value.
Linked to value.
To help the children to settle into their
new surroundings.
Playing tunes instruments.
Growing up in a Jewish
family
Growing up in a Muslim
family
Holi stories of Krishna
Learn that on Shabbat Jews thank God
for making the world and everything in
it.
Understand the importance of being
grateful.
Understand that Muslim children learn
how to behave from their religion.
Focus on the importance of rules.
Krishna shows Hindus how to be loving
and forgiving.
Focus on the importance of caring for
others and granting forgiveness.
Linked to value.
Linked to value.
Linked to value.