Year 1
2014/15
Literacy
Traditional and Fairy
stories (3)
Poetry (1)
Poetry (1)
Information text (2)
Recount/dictionary ~
dinosaurs (2)
Working
scientifically
Ongoing through
the year
Science
Computing
Senses
7 weeks
Celebrations
7 weeks
Who lives in a house like
this?
6 weeks
Animal Kingdom
5 weeks
Space
6 weeks
Oh I do like to be beside
the seaside
7 weeks
Labels, lists and captions (1)
VCOP (1)
Stories with predictable and
patterned language~ Little
Rabbit Foo Foo (3)
Poetry ~ The senses (2)
Poetry ~ Pattern and rhyme
(Fireworks) (2)
Traditional stories ~ Christmas
(2)
Instructions~ healthy party
food (3)
Traditional and Fairy stories ~
Three Little pigs (3)
Stories from a range of
cultures~ Handa’s Hen (3)
Animal facts (2)
Stories about fantasy worlds~
Alien Tea on planet Zum Zee
(3)
Stories in familiar settings~
Bonting (Shirley Hughes) (3)
Animal poems (Guided reading)
Information texts ~ Neil
Armstrong (2)
VCOP (1)
History
My own & family
history
Geography
Music
Poems on a theme ‘The seaside’
(2)
Recount~ journeys beach trip
fact and fiction (2)
Asking simple questions and recognise that they can be answered in different ways. Observing closely, using simple equipment. Performing simple tests. Identifying and classifying. Using their observations
and ideas to suggest answers to questions. Gathering and recording data to help in answering questions.
Observe changes across the four seasons (My book of the seasons) Observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and how day length varies.
Identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees. Identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including trees.
Senses book
Identify, name, draw and label
the basic parts of the human
body and say which part of the
body is associated with each
sense.
Deciduous and evergreen trees
~ link to Christmas trees
Distinguish between an object
and the material from which it
is made
Identify and name a variety of
everyday materials, including
wood, plastic, glass, metal,
water, and rock
Describe, compare and group
everyday materials by their
properties
identify and name, and
describe and compare
a variety of common animals
including fish, amphibians,
reptiles, birds and mammals
carnivores, herbivores and
omnivores
Link to Neil Armstrong and
space
Overview of the seasonal
changes and weather patterns
that we have observed over
the year
We are TV chefs
(Filming the steps of a recipe)
We are celebrating
(creating a card digitally)
Word processing skills
Healthy Party food (sweet and
savoury scone based pizzas)
Link to instruction writing (Lit)
Use the fill tool, change brush
size and draw lines and shapes~
computing
Tie die (calendar)
Robin print~ Christmas cards
Chalk fireworks pictures
Evaluating Work
Colour mixing (tissue paper)
Guy Fawkes
Remembrance
Family celebrations
We are treasure hunters
(using programmable toys)
E-Safety
Homes ~ junk modelling
We are collectors
(finding images using the web)
We are painters
(illustrating an e book)
We are story tellers
(producing a talking book)
Alien hand puppets
(revisit instruction writing)
Beach Buggies
Clay Tiles
Evaluation (compare DT 3D and
clay 2D)
Junk modelling~ link to DT
project
Weaving ~ hot and cold
Rembrandt Animal Sketches
Painting~ water colours
(Mother’s Day cards?)
Papier Mache ~ fantasy land
Drawing~ Fantasy picture
Draw objects and make mini
models using modelling
materials
John Dyer picture ~
pastels/collage
Evaluating Work
Observational drawings~ shells
Local SI ~Richard Trevithick
SI & CWLM ~ Neil Armstrong
Seaside holidays in the past
DT
Art
Instructions ~How to make a
wolf (3)
Chidi Okoye
Line patterns
Printing and rubbings from the
environment
Fabric & torn paper collage
~ textures
Charcoal Link to senses book
Colour mixing (print)
Birthdays
Louis Braille
Scotland and Edinburgh
Contrasts: Loud and quiet, high and low, smooth and jumpy, fast
and slow
Chronological Order
Homes (CWLM)
Past and present ~timeline
School and TMS ~ village walk
~ geographical vocab ~
directional language L&R
Introduce plan view
Locate habitats on a map
Address / Where I live
Locate habitats on a map
Simple compass directions and
language
Wales & Cardiff (1st March)
N. Ireland & Belfast (17th
March)
Build upon previous learning with an emphasis on three note values
~ crotchets, minims & quavers
England & London (23rd April)
Fieldwork and observational
skills of school
Human and physical features
(Understanding environmental
change and sustainable
development)
Seas surrounding UK
Where people go on holiday
What places are like
Build upon previous learning with an emphasis on recognising and
distinguishing, visually and orally 4/4 rhythms and clap and play
RE
Year A
PE
SEAL &
PSHE
Visit/Events
Control of instruments and exploring sounds
Sense of rhythm
Performing – Christmas play
Christian Way of Life
Hinduism
What makes me special?
Festivals – Divali and the story
of Rama and Sita
Indoor~ Dance Unit 1/ Gymnastics Unit D ~ Flight
Outdoor~ U1 Ball skills and games; U2 Throwing and catching
aiming games
New Beginnings
Getting on and falling out
Bullying
Christmas production
To begin to compose
The Church
What is a church and what
would you find in a church?
The Bible
What it is and how it is used in
worship (Canon Smyth)
Indoor~ Dance Unit 2/ Gymnastics Unit E ~ Points and patches
Outdoor~ U3 Bat/ball skills and Games – and skipping;
U4 Developing partner work (2nd half term)
Going for Goals
Good to be me
Growing and caring for
ourselves (3)
Money
Walk around the village
Zoo trip
Cornwall
Why is Cornwall special?
Hinduism
Hindus around the world and
the importance of family
Indoor~ Dance Unit 3/ Gymnastics Unit F/G ~ Rocking & rolling/
Wide, narrow, curled
Outdoor~ Athletics
Relationships
Changes
Medicines and people who help
Environment
us (3)
Seaside trip on train