Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park Curriculum Overview
Medium Term Planning: Topic Web
Year 1
Autumn 1
Literacy:
Genres/topics covered.
Stories with familiar settings
Hero Poetry
Science:
About how our hearts work;
About how we are similar to and
different from other people;
Identify, name, draw and label the
basic parts of the human body; say
which parts are associated with the
senses.
Trips/enrichment activities:
Natural History Museum: Explore and
Discover … Animal Parts.
Key Text(s): 2 weeks per book
Traction man
George saves the world
Super daisy
Max
Charlie’s super pants
Performance Poem:
Superhero hero poems.
(adjectives and similes)
I can fly as high as a plane
Art:
Superhero masks- paper Mache;
Design capes; superhero puppets
kings castle; helmet/boots;
superhero vehicles; rockets
ICT/Computer Science:
We are story tellers
PE:
Liaise with Daniel
MFL: French
Body parts in French
Geography:
Who Am I?
SMSC: About the different groups we belong to; the things that make
us happy; how to deal with anger; how to stay safe;
RE:
QCA Unit: Belonging
PSHE: New Beginnings
Which countries we or our
families are from;
How to find our local area on a
map;
About different countries we
have lived in.
Music:
Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park Curriculum Overview
Medium Term Planning: Topic Web
Year 1
Autumn 2
Literacy:
Genres/topics covered.
Traditional Tales
Instructions
Science:
Why we need to eat food
and what the best foods
are;
How some of our food
grows; How to carry out
science instigations; About
our sense of taste.
Trips/enrichment activities:
Pizza Express
Key Text:
Art:
Little Red Hen + other traditional About artists that use food for
tales
their ideas; How to draw and
paint fruit and vegetables
DT
How to plan, make and
evaluate a healthy pizza
ICT/Computer Science:
We are TV Chefs
Break down a process into
simple clear steps
(algorithm); Use different
features of a video camera;
Use a video camera to
capture moving images;
Discuss work and suggest
how to improve it.
Performance Poem:
PE: See PE overview
Lunch Ken Nesbitt
http://www.poetry4kids.com/poem251.html or
Food Glorious Food by Roger Hurn
(link to PSHE)
MFL: N/A
History:
We are what we eat
SMSC: How food plays a role in celebrations and festivals; About our
favourite family recipes; about famine and drought around the world;
where drinking water comes from
RE:
Islam Part 1 Unit 1
PSHE:
Getting on and Falling Out
About the food that our
parents and grandparents
ate when they were young;
How and why the choice of
food in our shops has
changed; what our ancient
ancestors ate.
Music:
Music Express
Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park Curriculum Overview
Medium Term Planning: Topic Web
Year 1
Spring 1
Literacy:
Genres/topics covered.
Lists, Labels and Captions
Key Text:
Biscuit Bear (CLPE EYFS can
be adapted for Yr 1)
Circus Information texts
Art / DT:
Performance poem:
Baggy Trousers by Pip
http://www.clownbluey.co.
uk/more-info/clown-poems
PE
Teacher: How to use juggling
balls; how to balance and make
movements used in circus acts
Daniel: Games
Retelling/ Recount
Circus Poetry
Science:
Distinguish between an object and
the material from which it is made;
identify and name a variety of
everyday materials; describe some
of the simple properties of every
day materials; compare and group
together a variety of everyday
materials.
What materials would make a
waterproof tent / be suitable for a
circus costume?
Trips/enrichment activities:
Magic Carpet Theatre Circus visit
http://www.magiccarpettheatre.com/C3C2B40A-3F06-4D6D-B3695DD2F7E1CA31/FinalDownload/DownloadId71C6F81960F2517E202A0FBC706FD87E/C3C2B40A-3F06-4D6DB369-5DD2F7E1CA31/downloads/Magic-Circus-Teachers-Pack.pdf
How to draw faces and
understand expressions
About the work of artists
who have painted pictures
of about the circus.
The Circus is Coming to
Town
SMSC: How to stay safe in a busy place.
What it’s like to be a circus performer;
What different people think about using animals in
circuses?
RE:
Christianity Part 1 Unit 1
PSHE./P4C:
Going for Goals
ICT/Computer Science:
We are Collectors
Find and use Pictures on the web;
group pictures on a binary basis
(Y/N); organise images into more
than 2 groups; sort images according
to criteria.
MFL: N/A
History:
What Circuses were like in the past.
About some of the people who made
circuses famous;
How circuses made people famous.
Geography:
How to draw maps and plans of a
circus,
How to use maps and atlases to find
out more about the countries some
circuses come from.
Music:
About the Music of the Circus;
How to compose and write rhythms
and tunes about circus performers.
Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park Curriculum Overview
Medium Term Planning: Topic Web
Year 1
Spring 2
Literacy:
Key Text:
ICT/Computer Science:
A walk in London
Katie in London
Art / DT:
How to make and desight a Bird
Feeder
Genres/topics covered.
Performance Poem:
Wasp on the Tube
Chrissie Gittins
PE:
Daniel: Gymnastics
Teacher: Games
MFL: N/A
Information texts/recount
Science:
Live and Let Live
How living and non-living things are
different; carry out a survey of living
things (animals); identify and name a
variety of animals that are carnivores,
herbivores and omnivores; describe
and compare the structure of a variety
of common animals (fish, amphibians,
reptiles, birds and mammals including
pets) how to sort living things into
groups;
Trips/enrichment activities:
Bellenden Road Nature Garden
(Contact London Wildlife Trust)
Day out in London
Time Travelling in London
SMSC: how to care for the animals in our local
environment;
RE:
Christianity Part 1 Unit 2
PSHE:
Good to be me
Creating an electronic post card.
basic typing and formatting skills;
mouse skills; storing and
retrieving files; combining text
and images; evaluating and
improving learning.
History and Geography: Changes
within Living Memory (changes
within London, etc)
Learning how to create a timeline;
Using objects find out about more
about an event; Learning about
important events that happened
in our local area; Learning about
an event by interview someone;
Using different sources to learn
about a national event; exploring
events of global significance.
Music:
Music express
Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park Curriculum Overview
Medium Term Planning: Topic Web
Year 1
Summer Term
Literacy:
Genres/topics covered.
Instructions
Recount Fact and Fiction
Key Text:
The Night Pirates Peter
Harris
Where the Wild Things
Are Maurice Sendak
Performance Poem:
Pattern and Rhyme
Ole’ Black Eye Gareth
Lancaster
Art / DT:
How to make a sand sculpture;
How we can record our holidays;
Making a holiday souvenir.
ICT/Computer Science:
We are Treasure Hunters
PE
Liaise with Daniel
MFL: N/A
Stories About Fantasy Worlds
Science:
Seasonal Changes:
Observe and describe weather
associated with the seasons and
how day length varies.
Flowers and Insects:
Where flowers and insects
prefer to live and grow; How and
where seeds grow; How to set
up and test how plants take up
water; How beans grow; About
the life cycles of insects; about
insects and bees.
Trips/enrichment activities:
National Maritime Museum: My
Pirate Adventure/The Golden
Hinde
Across the Sea
(Pirates + Seaside)
SMSC: How to stay safe on Holiday; How to greet people in
different languages;
RE:
Buddhism Part 1 Unit 1
Sikhism Part 1 Unit 1
History
Pirates
History of pirates/ Treasure
Maps.
Geography:
(Hooray…Let’s go on Holiday)
The places people go to on
Holiday; How they get to their
destination; What people do on
holiday; How tourism can spoil
holiday places
PSHE:
Music:
Relationships
Changes
Music Express
+
Pirate Songs
Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park Curriculum Overview
Medium Term Planning: Topic Web
Year 1
Trip to the Seaside