Curriculum Overview
Spring Term 2014
Year 1
Blue
English
Science
Non-fiction
Information texts – using information texts to
find facts about themes covered in topic
lessons.
Materials
Investigate materials and their properties.
Make observations and comparisons.
Ask questions and make observations about
how materials can be changed.
Develop investigational skills, including
making predictions.
Compare the result with the prediction.
Fiction
x Poetry – looking at rhyming words, adapting
and writing new versions of poems and
stories with rhyming language.
x Narrative – writing stories and including
descriptive language.
x Recount — retelling traditional stories and
sequencing the events.
M a th s
Counting and calculating
Count a large number of objects by
grouping in 5s and 10s
Partitioning
Solving problems involving counting, adding
and subtracting, explaining methods and
reasoning using related vocabular y.
Ordinal numbers
Shape, Space and Measure
Position and direction
Heavy and light
Reading o’clock times
3D shapes
Data Handling
Recording in tables
D.T.
Design and make own crown
Investigate materials - Linked to Science
Develop cutting skills, drawing and
measuring straight lines.
Plan and evaluate designs.
Make a house
Use different materials to make a house for
the 3 little pigs.
Growing Plants
Learn what plants need to grow.
Investigate the effect of lack of light, water and
soil.
French
Ongoing Skills
x Developing conversation
x Numbers (21-30)
x Shapes (c’est)
x School objects (j’ai)
x Months of the year- happy birthday
x Food
x Family (j’ai/C’est)
Histor y
Kings and Queens of Egypt and Britain
Research and collect facts about Queen
Elizabeth 2nd and Tutankhamen.
Make an information text using the facts found.
Geography
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Research a country they choose
linked to where their food comes
from.
Research where food comes from.
Investigate why food only grows in
certain countries.
P.E.
ICT
Multiskills
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Agility
Balance
Co-ordination
Gymnastics
Striking games
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Linked to topic and science
Talk about images of kings and queens in
drawings, paintings and photographs. Make
own portraits of kings and queens using a
range of materials and techniques.
Investigate the qualities of a variety of natural
and manmade materials. Learn skills for
weaving and Batik to gain a sensory
experience of materials and an understanding
of colour and texture.
Information for Parents
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P.E. will be taught on Mondays and
Tuesdays, children need to bring their
PE kits on these days. Please put
names on all your children’s clothing
to avoid items getting lost.
Music will be taught on a Sunday &
Tuesday.
French will be taught on a Monday
and a Wednesday.
Spelling tests will be carried out
every Sunday. New spelling words
can be found on the VLE. Please
check the VLE regularly for
information about what your child is
learning in class each week and any
other class information.
Please send a healthy lunch into
school with your child daily and a
bottle of water. Please ensure that
your child has enough sleep each
night.
x Begin to identify and select the images they
need
x Write sentences into a word document or
presentation.
x Year 1 will be using the programmable
robots this term. They will explore how to
make the robots move along a path and how
to program them to reach certain places.
We will continue by writing the “code” for
another group of pupils to follow. This forms
the basis of programming, which will be built
on in the further primary years.
P.S.H.E.
Going for Goals
Knowing themselves
Setting realistic goals
Planning to reach goals
Good To Be Me
Knowing myself
Understanding my feelings
Managing my feelings
Standing up for myself
Making choices
Music
Ongoing Skills
x Singing songs with control and using the
voice expressively
x Exploring Rhythmic Patterns.
Websites to support learning
www.bbc.co.uk/schools
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/fun-andgames
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/
www.phonicsplay.com