Long term planning 2015-2016
Year 1
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Enterprise skills
Enterprise skills
Enterprise skills
Enterprise skills
Enterprise skills
Enterprise skills
Communication- role
play, re-telling stories
Teamwork- Nativity
Communication- Role
play and retelling
stories using props.
Teamwork- Creating
and performing a
class assembly to
show parents what we
have learnt.
Problem solvingplants investigations
Financial Literacymaking and selling
products for the
Summer Fayre.
Focus of work/Topic
name
Focus of work/Topic
name
Focus of work/Topic
name
Growing
Under the Sea
Financial LiteracyMaking products for
the Christmas Fair.
Focus of work/Topic
name
Focus of work/Topic
name
Financial LiteracyFundraising for
summer school trip.
Focus of work/Topic
name
African Animals
Traditions
Winter Wonderland
Houses
Trips (Tropical world)
Trips (Visiting local
nursing homes to
perform Nativity)
Trips (Local walk for
observational
drawings)
Trips (Harlow Carr)
Talk for Writing
Talk for Writing
Talk for Writing
Talk for Writing
The Mitten (Lost and
Found)
The three little pigs
(Overcoming a
monster)
Jack and the
Beanstalk (Rags to
riches)
The Snail and the
Whale (Adventure)
Trips (The Deep)
Talk for
Writing/Literacy
Trips (R.E- Church
visit)
Talk for
Writing/Literacy
Handa’s Surprise
(Journey)
Little Red Riding Hood
(Warning)
Postcards (Meerkat
Mail)
Invitations
Non chronological
reports (Penguins)
Recount
Instructions
Acrostic poem
Non-rhyming poems
Nonsense poems
Shape poem
(Role play- Cottage in
the woods)
(Role play- Igloo)
(Role play- House)
(Role play- Garden
Centre)
Other Texts
Other Texts
Other Texts
Other Texts
Other Texts
Goldilocks and the 3
Lost and Found,
Rapunzel,
Cinderella,
Penguin Small,
Letters (Dear zoo)
Sound poems
Sense poems
(Role play-Fruit shop,
African Animals)
Other Texts
The Tinga Tinga tales,
(Role play-Under the
sea)
Lion, Witch and the
Wardrobe,
Peter Pan,
Going on a Bear Hunt,
Funnybones,
The Very Hungry
Caterpillar
bears,
The Gruffalo’s Child,
Snow White,
The Lost Bear
Snow White,
The Gruffalo,
Where the Wild
Things Are,
The 3 Billy Goats
Gruff
Aladin,
The Elves and the
Shoemaker,
Oliver Twist
Where the Wild
Things Are,
The Gingerbread Man.
Numeracy focus
Numeracy focus
Numeracy focus
Numeracy focus
Numeracy focus
Numeracy focus
Place value and size
Addition and
subtraction
Doubling and grouping Halving and Sharing
Money (applying all
skills learnt)
Shape, Time and
Measure
Science
(Size and ordering
numbers in provision)
Science
Seasonal changes
(last 2 weeks)
Animals, including
humans
Animals, including
humans
Topic
(Touch on money for
fundraising)
Science
Science
Science
Science
Seasonal changes (2
weeks)
Everyday materials
Seasonal changes (2
weeks)
Plants
Everyday materials
Plants
Topic
Topic
Topic
Topic
Topic
Africa
Maths focus- graphs
Literacy- describing
animals
I.T focus- researching
African Animals
Curriculum
knowledge, skills
and understanding
covered
Traditions
Literacy focus- letters
and invitations for
Nativity.
Winter Wonderland
Houses
Plants and Growing
Under the Sea
Curriculum
knowledge, skills
and understanding
covered
Curriculum
knowledge, skills
and understanding
covered
Curriculum
knowledge, skills
and understanding
covered
Curriculum
knowledge, skills
and understanding
covered
Curriculum
knowledge, skills
and understanding
covered
Maths- count and
calculate in a range of
practical context.
Begin to explore
numbers and place
value (shop)
Maths- add and
subtract using mental
and written forms
Maths- Repeat key
concepts in many
different practical
ways. Use language
to describe position,
direction and
movement
Maths- Multiply and
divide using mental
and written methods
Maths- explore the
properties of shape
Maths- Handle data.
Use and apply a range
of measure, including
time)
Reading- listen to
traditional tales
Writing- write
nonsense poems
Writing- labels,
instructions
Geography- explore
Writing- glossaries,
write poems that use
Writing- write labels,
captions, recounts,
write stories set in
places they have been
(Science and
provision)
D&T- understanding
where food comes
from, healthy and
varies diet
Science- Handa’s
Surprise- fruit tasting.
Graphs- recording
favourite fruits.
Music- African music,
dance
Art- use ideas as
inspiration for artwork
(fruit drawing, create
own animal, cut
animal body parts and
put together)
Writing- write stories
that use imaginary
settings
Science- animals and
humans, all living
things.
Music- Nativity
Art- Cards and
calendars, colour
picture with black
crayon and scratch
off.
P.E- perform dances
Writing- write
recounts, nonchronological reports
(seasons)
Reading- learn some
poems by heart, listen
to novels over time
Geography- explore
weather, aerial .
Local area walk (map
drawing)
Science- Materials
(designing things for
the snowmans house)
Who can free the
person in the ice
cube?
Ice house- What
happens when its
warm?
Art- Winter pictures
using chalk and black
paper.
Science- materials,
habitats
weather in UK and
around the world
Art- 3D sculpture
(houses), looking at
artists
Science- plants
History- people and
places in their own
locality .
Florence Nightingale
(compare to local
nurses)
Geography- Use
geographical
vocabulary (look at
local area)
Art- explore a variety
of techniques
D.T- Potatoes (grow
and eat)
rhyme
Reading- learn some
poems by heart
Science- plants
D&T- understanding
where food comes
from
P.E- team games