Y1 CURRICULUM MAP 2015-2016 Cycle A
Autumn 1
8 weeks
Theme topic
Stunning start
Key subject
driver and
NC
references
Other NC
subjects and
NC
references
Journeys (You Choose book)
‘Around the world with KS1’
Hot air balloon hire/ red arrow show
Geography
• Name, locate & identify the
characteristics of the four countries
and capital cities of the UK and it’s
surrounding seas.
• Use basic geographical vocabulary
to refer to:
Key physical features including
beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill,
mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil,
valley, vegetation, season & weather
Key human features including: city,
town, village, factory, farm, house,
office, port, harbour & shop.
• Use fieldwork and observational
skills to study the geography of their
school and its grounds & the key
physical & human features of its
surrounding environment.
Science
• Observe changes across the four
seasons and the associated weather
History
Changes within living memory (new
school build)
Autumn 2
7 weeks
Spring 1
6 weeks
Spring 2
5 weeks
Summer 1
6 weeks
Summer 2
7 weeks
Fighting Fit
Once Upon a Time
Traditional Tales
Traditional puppet/ theatre
visit
Science
Materials
• Distinguish between an
object & the material from
which it is made
• Identify & name a variety of
everyday materials, including
wood, plastic, glass, metal,
water & rock.
• Describe the simple physical
properties of a variety of
everyday materials
• Compare & group together a
variety of everyday materials
on the basis of their simple
physical properties
Changes
Woodlands
World Kitchen
Fire engine visit
Science
Animals, including humans
• Identify, name, draw & label
the basic parts of the human
body & say which part is
associated with each sense.
History
The lives of significant
individuals in Britain’s past
who have contributed to
our nation’s achievements scientists such as Isaac Newton
or medical pioneers such as
William Harvey or Florence
Nightingale
Seasonal changes
• Observe and describe how day
length changes
Science
• Observe changes across the
four seasons and the associated
weather
Victorian classroom
visit
History
• Significant historical
events, people
and places in their own
locality.
• Key events in the past
that are
significant nationally
and globally,
particularly those that
coincide with festivals
or other events that are
commemorated
throughout the year.
Science;
Electricity;
• Look at appliances
and circuits.
• Look at sources and
reflections.
Bird of prey man/ nature man
Science
Plants
• Identify &variety of common wild &
garden plants, including deciduous &
evergreen trees.
• Identify, classify and describe the basic
structure of a variety of common flowering
plants, including trees.
Animals
• Identify & name a variety of common
animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles,
birds & mammals.
• Identify & name a variety of common
animals that are carnivores, herbivores &
omnivores.
• Describe & compare the structure of a
variety of common animals (fish,
amphibians, reptiles, birds & mammals,
including pets)
Science
• Observe changes across the four seasons
and the associated weather
African Drummer/ African
dancer
Geography
• Understand geographical
similarities & differences
through studying the
physical & human features
of a small are of the UK
with that of a nonEuropean country.
• Explore weather and
climate in the United
Kingdom and around the
world.
Science;
• Describe basic
movements.
Earth and space
Art & Design/ DT
Design purposeful, functional,
appealing products for
themselves and other users based on
design criteria. Generate develop,
model and communicate their ideas
through talking, drawing, templates,
mock-ups and, where
appropriate, information and
communication technology.
Key skills
development
PE
Dance - Balloons
Art and Design/ DT
Practical tasks such as cutting,
shaping, joining and finishing.
Select from and use a range of
tools and equipment to
perform and build structures,
exploring how they can be made
stronger, stiffer and more stable.
Explore and use mechanisms,
such as levers, sliders, wheels
and axles, in their products.
PE
Apparatus- balance and
movement
Dance - friends
Art & Design/DT
Use experiences and ideas as
the inspiration for artwork.
Art & Design/DT
Share ideas using
drawing, painting and
sculpture.
Art & Design/DT
Explore a variety of techniques.
Art & Design/DT
Use the basic principles of
a healthy and varied diet to
prepare dishes understand
where food comes from.
Learn about the work of a
range of artists, artisans
and designers.
PE
Dance: Words and word
messages & 3 little pigs Gym
Linking moves together
PE
Dance: shadows
Games: N/W short
tennis
PE
Games: Dribbling, kicking and hitting
Dance: The cat
PE
Athletics/Games: Group
games and inventing rules.
Dance- reach for the
stars
Computing
E safety
Computing
Understanding technology
Computing
Algorithms
Computing
Programming
Computing
Digital literacy
Computing
Developmental logic
Music
Music express –seasons and weather
Music
Music express- Ourselves
Music
Music Express Story time
Music
Music Express -
Music
Music Express Our Land & Animals
Music
Music Express Pattern &
Weather
RE
To understand practices and lifestyles
RE
Study the main stories of
Christianity.
Bonfire night
Christmas
RE
To understand beliefs and
teachings
8th Feb Spring Lantern Festival
celebrating the end of Chinese
New Year
RE
To understand
practices and lifestyles
6th-23rd March Holi
Festival Indian Festival
of colour
Lent & Easter
RE
To understand how beliefs are conveyed
RE
To understand values and
reflect
June 18th Ramadan-July
17th Eid-Ul-Fitr
Non-fiction- emergency
services
Gingerbread man, The Three
Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk,
The Gigantic Turnip, The
Princess and the White Bear
King
Claude in the City, The
Lonely Beast
One Night Far From Here, The Lonely
Beast, Where the Wild Things Are, The
Gruffalo
Diwali – festival of lights – create
lanterns and balloons to let go
Key Texts and
resources to
support
‘You choose’
Are we nearly there yet
Whatever next
Maths/Eng
Linksoutcomes
Genres
Maths Essential Objectives
To know and use numbers
To add and subtract
To multiply and divide
To use fractions
To understand the properties of shapes
To describe position, direction and movement
To use measures
To use statistics
To use algebra
Recounts
Instructions – how to make a hot air
balloon/transport
Write labels lists and captions
Simple- Non chron report- space
creatures (floor book)
recounts – look at Anne Frank
Letters- to emergency services
and Santa
Poetry- senses/ fire words
Explanation
Enterprise
opportunity
Oasis Ethos
Life skills &
citizenship
SMSC
Dance: Copy-cat & pat-acake polka
Being Kind
Setting Targets
Too Much Talk
We’re all going on a
Lionhunt, Lila and the
Secret of Rain, Puffin
Book of Poems, food
Writing Essential Objectives
To write with purpose
To use imaginative description
To organise writing appropriately
To use paragraphs
To use sentences appropriately
To present neatly
To spell correctly
To punctuate accurately
To analyse writing
To present writing
Write stories and plays that
use the language of fairy tales
and traditional tales.
Write stories set in
places pupils have
been.
Recounts
Easter egg raffle for
Church on the Corner
Food Bank Egg
Appeal.
Oasis Ethos & Values running throughout themes
Being Welcoming
Being Friends
Local Food Festival
23-25th May
I am Unique
Aspirations
Team Work
Respecting Differences
Keep Learning
Festival of Food Challenge
Links with local chef,
plan, source and host a
dinner party. World gift
shop
What to do if feeling sad/angry
Being Patient
Saying Sorry
Including Everyone
Likes & Dislikes
Change
Community
Event
Cocoa & Cookies Fair trade
Reindeers
Lantern Parade
Easter Bonnet Parade
& World Book Day
Tableau
Tourist Information
presentation for parents
in the hall.
Festival of Food Community Shared Meal
World Gift Shop
Fabulous
finish with
Parental
involvement
Watermead Formula 1 race
Hot air balloon competition
World book week
Fire museum at
‘Watermead’ celebration
of children’s work on
display in hall
Fairytale Banquet, includes a jousting
competition for parents to watch. The
Three little pigs performance or
another tale.
Allotment models
Dvd viewing of learning
Mini beast party
African mask/ dance
performance
Homework
Create a hot air balloon
Create a 3d fire engine
Growing a bean
Me & My Town
A woodland in a box
Act on drama workshop
Trip to Town
Cathedral, Winter
Gardens, Art Gallery.
Longley Park
Roe Woods
Wildlife Trust habitats
Making an African
instrument/recipe
Manor Lodge
Allotments
Remas from DECSY,
storytelling & jewellery
making
Pizza Express for pizza
making
Visits &
vistors
Hot air balloon visit
Train journey/bus journey/walking
Allotment walking
Pilot/ bus driver/ train driver
Fire engine
Police man
School nurse
Chef for healthy cooking
Fire engine museum