English
After the Storm – Percy
Going on a Bear Train
Meerkat Mail
Elephant Dance
Out and About – Poems
Poem
Story Writing
Non-fiction
Computing
Yr1 – We are storytellers
(Communication/collaboration)
Yr2 - We are detectives
(Communication/collaboration)
Yr1 – We are celebrating (Productivity)
Yr2 – We are zoologists (Productivity)
History
Amy Johnson – Significant historical figure
Significant historical events, people and places
in their own locality.
Newland St John’s CE Primary School
Year 1/2 Overview Summer 2015
Journeys
Science
Year 1 Pupils should be taught to: Observe changes across the four seasons.
Observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and how day length varies.
Year 2 Pupils should be taught to: Explore and compare the differences between things that are
living, dead and things that have never been alive.
Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different
habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants and how they depend
on each other.
Identify and name a variety of animals and plants in their habitats including micro habitats.
Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple
food chain and identify and name different sources of food.
RE
Who is a Muslim and what do they believe? Why is the qur’an important to Muslims? What do Muslims
believe about God? What do Muslims celebrate? How do Muslims pray? How and why do Muslim symbols and
artefacts express religious meaning?
A detailed planning table to support teachers to plan their own unit id included within this Diocesan Syllabus.
Who is Jewish and what do they believe? How do Jewish people show what they believe? How do Jews choose
to mark Shabbat? What makes a Torah Scroll special? What do Jewish people believe about God? What do
Jewish people celebrate? How and why do symbols and artefacts express meaning?
Maths
Big Maths
Number + Place Value
Addition + Subtraction
Measure
Multiplication + Division
Number + Fraction
Measure, Shape and Data
Multiplication and Data
Fraction/Time
DT
Make Vehicle
PE
Athletics and invasion Games
Neil Armstrong / Christopher Columbus
Geography
Locational Knowledge – Locate and name the seven continents and
five oceans. Place Knowledge – understand geographical
similarities and differences through studying the human and
physical geography of a small area of the UK and of a small area in
contrasting non-European Country. Use simple fieldwork and
observational skills to study the geography of their school and its
grounds and the key features of its surrounding environment.
Identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in UK and the location
of hot and cold areas of the World in relation to the Equator and
the North and South Poles. Use basic Geog Vocab to refer to key
physical features – Cliff, beach, coast, forest, hill, mountain, sea,
ocean, river, soil, valley, vegetation, season and weather. Use
world maps, atlases and globes to identify the UK and its countries
as well as the countries, continents and oceans studied at this KS.
KSkstage
PSHE
Changes
Relationships / SRE
Music
Making Journey sounds – Train, Car etc
Good to be me
Going for goals
Art
Rubbings
Paper Art
Music Express
Taking off
Sounds Interesting