Learning for Life
As learners for life we will..
Creative and Expressive Arts
As creative people we will..
Help each other to learn how to
get along, work together and build
relationships. We will undertake
challenges where we work as
groups and individuals. Practise
familiar skills and learn new ones.
Learn how to use a range of
materials and create our own
artwork to display. We will use role
play to promote drama, imagination
and communication.
Possibilities
As people concerned with
possibilities we will..
Enterprise
As people who wish to be
enterprising we will..
Undertake open ended challenges
and questions. We will explore
ideas, and be given freedom to
choose our own ideas and reflect
upon what we have learnt.
Have the opportunity to use own
our ideas and initiative. We will
select and manipulate resources to
create our own artwork and reach a
goal.
Autumn 1 2015 (7 weeks)
3rd and 4th Sept
Training days
Wk beg 7th
September
Wk beg 14th
September
Wk beg 21st
September
Wk beg 28th
September
Harvest 30th
Wk beg 5th October
Guided reading
workshop
Wk beg 12th
October
Multicultural
week
Wk beg 19th
October
Parents Evening
20th
E safety session 1
Incredible Me!
Rules and
Routines
Holiday news –
Running Records
Reading,
counting, writing
numbers,
ordering numbers
Poetry – All about
me
Salfords to be
done!
Reading, counting,
writing ordering
numbers
Fiction- Rainbow
Fish
Cold write
Senses (Science)
Simple addition –
adding 2/3
numbers
1 more
SS: Received a letter from rainbow fish – Why is Moat Farm such an incredible
school?
Fiction- Rainbow
Fiction- Rainbow
Non-fiction
Writing
Fish
Fish
Label hot and
assessmentChanges in
Hot write
cold countries
Labels and
ourselves (His)
Changes in
Geography –
captions ( label
Ourselves parts
ourselves (His)
Equator, hot and body parts)
of the body
Ourselves parts of cold places
Money –
(Science) Humans
the body (Science)
Christopher
addition/number
Simple addition –
Humans – Label
Columbus
bonds
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adding 2/3
numbers
1 more
parts of the body
Number bonds up to
10
Number bonds
up to 10/20
Autumn 2 2015 (7 weeks)
Wk beg 2nd
November
Wk beg 9th
November
Wk beg 16th November
Anti Bullying Week
Wk. beg 23rd
November
Pantomime 23rd/
25th – Jack and
the beanstalk
MM: Art Gallery – Mini-bus?
Bonfire night poetry
and adjectives
Cold write- Jack and
the Beanstalk
Autumn
(Science)Earth and
space
Autumn Weather
(Geog)-Investigate
patterns
Guy Fawkes (History)
the story of bonfire
night.
Subtraction
1 less
Fiction- Jack and the
Beanstalk
Diwali – Clay pot Art
(coiling, rolling and
cutting)
Subtraction
Fiction- Jack and the
Beanstalk
Mixed addition and
subtraction (inverse)
Van Gogh (art)
observational drawings-
Wk beg 30th
November
E safety session 2
Art Gallery
Wk. beg 7th
December
Wed 9th Badger &
Heron Xmas play
Thurs 10th Sq and H’hog
Xmas Play
Wk beg 14th
December
FF: Gallery - Exhibition
Fiction- Jack and
the Beanstalk
Hot write
Worded Problems
Van Gogh (art)
observational
drawings-
Non- fiction
Instructions
Van Gogh (art)
observational
drawings- to take
inspiration from the
great. Develop ideas,
pencil techniques
Arcimboldo (art)
Comparing artists,
printing
Non- fiction
Instructions
Christmas story
Christmas Cards
Calendars
Year 1 Christmas
Play 2.00
(Art) repeating
patterns
Pattern
Writing Assessment
– Instructions
Non- fiction
Instructions
Christmas activities
Assessment to gain
evidence of
milestones in all
subjects
Money – subtraction,
giving change,
problem solving
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Learning for Life
As learners for life we will..
Creative and Expressive Arts
As creative people we will..
Learn about the environment
around us. We will look closely at
buildings and structures, and work
individually and as a group.
Express our ideas and imagination
using a range of resources and
techniques. We will think creatively
and be encouraged to try ideas.
Possibilities
As people concerned with
possibilities we will..
Enterprise
As people who wish to be
enterprising we will..
Have opportunities to develop our
own ideas and use our own
imagination. We will be given open
ended challenges and questions to
solve for ourselves.
Create a model for a purpose and
display to others. We will use our
imagination and initiative to
generate ideas.
Spring 1 2015 (6 weeks)
Wk beg 4th January
Wk beg 11th January
Wk beg 18th January
Guided reading workshop
Wk beg 25th January
Trip
Wk beg 1st February
Science Week
Wk beg 8th February
Chinese new year 8th
Feb
E safety session 3
Houses and homes
SS: Three Little Pigs challenge
MM: Local Walk
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Poetry – On materials
Winter (Science)
(Science)
Earth and space (Geo)
Investigate patterns
Cold write
Reading and writing
numbers in words (to 20)
Fiction- Three little pigs
Winter (art) thin and
thick brushes to create
effect, collage and adding
texture
Winter Weather (Geog)
Investigate patterns
Fiction- Three little pigs
Place Value
10 more/10 less
Fiction- Three little pigs
Hot write
Adding and subtraction 2
digit and 1 digit numbers
History – Artefacts link
to black country museum.
Number bonds
Place Value
Non-fiction-Letters to
parents to persuade
them to come to the
construction of houses.
Science) Materials/DT
make three little pigs
house and chose correct
materials
Adding and subtraction
2 digit and 1 digit
numbers
Writing Assessment Non-fiction- Letters
Chinese new year
(Science)
Materials/DT make
three little pigs house
and chose correct
materials
Addition using blank
number line
Spring 2 2016 (5 weeks)
Wk beg 22nd February
Begin mother’s day paintings
and writing!
Wk beg 29th February
World Book Week
World book day Thurs 3rd
March
Mother’s Day 6th March
Assembly
Wk beg 7th March
Parents eve
Wk. beg 14th March
Sports Relief 18th
Parents in for D and T
Wk. beg 21strd March
Maths workshop
E safety session 4
Non-Fiction - Posters –
Sport Relief
advertisement
DT- joining materials
(hinges) making a castles,
window and draw bridge
Non- fiction – Easter Story
Houses and Homes
FF: Parents to help construct a building
Fiction – On my way home
Cold write
Number sequences and sorting
– odd and even
Fiction – On my way home
Problem solving odd and even
DT – Puppets (Link to on the
way home – new character)
Fiction – On my way home
Hot write
DT- joining materials (hinges)
making a castles, window and draw
bridge openings- master skillsmake it stronger
Assessment to gain evidence
of milestones in all subjects
Division
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Multiplication (arrays)
Multiplication (repeated addition
Learning for Life
As learners for life we will..
Creative and Expressive Arts
As creative people we will..
Learn about the environment and
creatures around us. We will learn
about scientific facts and apply our
knowledge to skills and activities.
Use our learning to impact on our
creative work and ideas. We will
use the world arounds us to think
creatively.
openings- master skillsmake it stronger
Multiplication (arrays)
Multiplication (repeated
addition, arrays )/division
by sharing
Possibilities
As people concerned with
possibilities we will..
Enterprise
As people who wish to be
enterprising we will..
Be given more independent and
open ended challenges to solve for
ourselves. We will engage in
stimulating learning environment
which will promote our curiosity
and invention.
Be given more choice and
independence to create and discuss
our own ideas. We will create for a
clear purpose and show satisfaction
in the purpose, as well as evaluating
our next steps.
Summer 1 2016 (7 weeks)
Wk beg 11th April
Wk beg 18th April
Wk beg 25th April
Wk beg 3rd May
May Day 2nd May
Wk beg 9th May
Wk beg 16th May
E safety session 5
Wk beg 23rd May
Trip- gruffalo?
Into The Woods
SS: The Gruffalo is on the loose
MM: Trip to local woodlands to attempt to find the Gruffalo
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Weather Earth and
space/patterns
(Geog)
Poetry- Spring
seasons – (Science)
Cold write
Shape
Sorting
Plants and trees
(Science)
Fiction- The
Gruffalo
fractions
Plants and trees
(Science)
Fiction- The
Gruffalo
Number bonds up
to 20 and related
subtraction facts
Animals – (science)
Fiction- The
Gruffalo
Hot write
Numbers – halving
and doubling
Animals – (science)
Non-fiction page
about animals
Measure - capacity
Animals – (science)
Non-fiction page
about animals
Animals sculptures
(Art)
Position &
direction(1/2, ¼, ¾
turns, right angles)
Non-fiction page
about animals
Writing
Assessment –
Recount
Word problems
Summer 2 2016 (7 weeks)
Wk beg 6th June
Healthy Living Week
Wk beg 13th June
Father’s day 19th
Wk beg 20th June
Wk. beg 27th June
Wk. beg 4th July
Wk. beg 11th July
E safety session 6
Wk beg 18th July
Islam – Stories
RE- learning from
religion
Transition
Transition
Trip to the Church
Into The Woods
FF: Gruffalo walk
Poetry – Summer
Measures length
DT Fruit Smoothies
and smoothies
exercise hygiene
Fiction Not Now
Bernard
Comparing numbers
(e.g. blank
numberline, language
‘greater’)
Fiction Not Now
Bernard
Place Value
Fiction Not Now
Bernard
RE Belonging –AT2
Christianity – places
of worship. Learning
about religionAT1/2
Place Value
Measure Weight
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