Year 1 Topic overview for new curriculum
Topic
Ignites
Animals around us
Autumn 1 and
Spring 2
Castles
Spring 2
At the Seaside
Summer 1
Seaside cont.
Summer 2
Dell Farm
Berkhamsted Castle
Aquarium
Seaside Day
Our own history
Key Events
(family trees and
timelines).
Bonfire night
Events of national and
world importance:
Remembrance Day.
Charles Darwin
Kings and Queens
Royal Family
Seaside then and
now
Chronology, history
skills
Lives of significant
historical figures,
including comparison of
those from
different periods
Significant local people
Changes in living memory
(linked to aspects of
national life where
appropriate)
Local familiar
features (floor plans
of classroom and
school)
revisit
Farm landscapes.
Local familiar
features and vocab.
Maps of Markyate.
Local amenities
Continents, seas and
countries, hot/cold
climates
Identify/ compare
common animals.
Sorting and grouping
animals.
Castle landscapes.
Local familiar
features and vocab.
Hills needed for
protection etc.
Name/ locate UK
countries and capital
cities on a map/atlas
Seasonal/daily
weather
Village walk and
compare to Katy
Morag
Materials
Identifying/naming/
Distinguishing/
properties of/
classifying
Observing weather
associated with
changes of season
Basic plants
Parts of a plant
Where different
plants grow and why.
Magical Me
Autumn 1
In school - Magic
Phil
Cross – curricular Subjects
History
Geography
Science
Art
(School
Focus)
The body. Identifying
and naming basic
body parts.
Planting spring bulbs
and winter flowers.
Portraits
Animals collages
Portraits of themselves and
each other.
Class projects for topic
display: Winnie the witch, 3
little pigs, funnybones and
body.
Techniques – use range of
materials to explore
pattern texture, collage
Construction with
natural materials
Gardening – winter
veg
Healthy
eating…designing
healthy menus.
skeletons and buildings
DT
Castle/ armour
design
Fish pattern printing
Sculptures
Techniques –drawing/
shape, form and space
Painting/chalks pastels
Artist – J. Vincent Scarpace
Techniques – Colour
mixing, developing
techniques of colour
Printing
Techniques –
3d clay/sculpture
Mechanisms – draw
bridges (Designing
Sewing – cross stitch
fish pattern
Gardening –
Summer plants
purposeful, functional,
appealing products/ build/
improve/ generate model,
communicate ideas)
Generate, model &
communicate ideas. Use
range of tools & materials
to complete practical tasks
Evaluate existing products
& own ideas
Games – (Hockey)
Gymnastics
Games – (LCP 3)
Dance – animals (LCP
1/2)
Games – Tri- Golf
Gymnastics – LCP 5
Games – Mini tennis
Dance – At the
seaside
Athletics – LCP 7
SAQ -speed, agility,
quickness
Music
Class songs
Beat, rhythm
Harvest songs
Animal songs/noises
CHRISTMAS
PERFORMANCE
Seaside songs
Creating own music
using sea life. Using
syllables as notes.
Seaside songs/ chants
Rhythm, beat,
dynamics
Using a computer
Computing
Exploring ICT linked
to topic and
curriculum.
Marching songs,
minstrels, poems with
music
Beat, tempo,
dynamics
Algorithms – battle
plans
Communicating
online safely and
respectfully
Research
Organising, sorting
retrieving data
Relationships
Changes
PE
Discrete subjects
Harvest, Diwali
RE
PSHE
New Beginnings
Understand use of
algorithms. Write & test
simple programs
Light, Christmas
Belonging/Easter
Going for goals/Good
to be me
Year 1 Topic overview for new curriculum