Long Term Plan 2014-2015: Year__1____
Theme: The Past
Theme: The World Around Us
Geography
History
The lives of significant individuals in Britain’s past who have contributed to our nation’s
achievements - scientists such as Isaac Newton or Michael Faraday, reformers such as Elizabeth
Fry or William Wilberforce, medical pioneers such as William Harvey or Florence Nightingale, or
creative geniuses such as Isambard Kingdom Brunel or Christina Rossetti.
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.
Significant historical events, people and places in their own locality.
To investigate and interpret the past
Observe or handle evidence to ask questions and find answers to questions about the past.
Ask questions such as: What was it like for people? What happened? How long ago?
Use artefacts, pictures, stories, online sources and databases to find out about the past.
Identify some of the different ways the past has been represent
To build an overview of world history
Describe historical events.
Describe significant people from the past.
Recognise that there are reasons why people in the past acted as they did.
To understand chronology
Place events and artefacts in order on a time line.
Label time lines with words or phrases such as: past, present, older and newer.
Recount changes that have occurred in their own lives.
Use dates where appropriate.
To communicate historically
Use words and phrases such as: a long time ago, recently, when my parents/carers were
children, years, decades and centuries to describe the passing of time.
Show an understanding of the concept of nation and a nation’s history.
Show an understanding of concepts such as civilisation, monarchy, parliament, democracy, and
war and peace.
Religious Education
Islam- How do people of the Muslim faith celebrate Eid-Ul-Fitr?
Christianity- Why is Christmas and The Nativity story so important to
Christians?
Hinduism- Why do Hindus believe that everything belongs to God
Christianity- Why do Christians believe the Bible is a very special book?
Christianity- What can we learn from visiting a church?
Judaism - Why do Jews have a weekly day of rest?
Theme: The Here and Now
Science
Working Scientifically
To ask simple questions and recognising that they can be answered in
different ways
To observe closely, using simple equipment
To perform simple tests
To identify and classify
To use their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions
To gather and record data to help in answering questions
Plants
To identify and name a variety of common wild plants and garden plants,
including deciduous and evergreen trees
To identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common
flowering plants, including trees.
Animals, including humans
To identify and name a variety of common animals including fish,
amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals
To identify and name a variety of common animals that are carnivores,
herbivores and omnivores
To describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals
(birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and invertebrates, and including
pets)
to identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say
which part of the body is associated with each sense
Everyday materials
To distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made
To identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood,
plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock
To describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials
To compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis
of their simple physical properties
Seasonal Changes
To observe changes across the four seasons
To observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and how day
length varies
To investigate places
Ask and answer geographical questions (such as: What is this place like? What or who will I
see in this place? What do people do in this place?).
Identify the key features of a location in order to say whether it is a city, town, village,
coastal or rural area.
Use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the United Kingdom and its countries, as
well as the countries, continents and oceans studied.
Use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of the school and the
key human and physical features of its surrounding environment.
Use aerial images and plan perspectives to recognise landmarks and basic physical
features.
Name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities of the
United Kingdom and its surrounding seas.
To investigate patterns
Understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the human
and physical geography of a small area of the United Kingdom and of a contrasting nonEuropean country.
Identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom and the location of
hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles.
Identify land use around the school.
To communicate geographically
Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to:
key physical features, including: beach, coast, forest, hill, mountain, ocean, river, soil,
valley, vegetation and weather
Use locational language (e.g. near and far) to describe the location of features and
routes on a map.
Devise a simple map
MFL (Target language: Spanish)