Manor Green Primary and Nursery School
Key Stage 1
Yr 1
Autumn 2
Thematic Curriculum – Medium Term Planning
Theme Title:
How has Haughton Green changed?
Theme subject focus:
History / Geography
Study of Haughton Green (past+present)
Visits / visitors / enhancements /
WOW factor!
Visits to the locality looking at land use and
land change
Local resident who can talk about the
changes in Haughton Green.
Key Questions / Learning Challenges (Skills / Concepts)
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Can I use words like old, new and a long time ago?
Am I able to put three objects / pictures in chronological order? (recent history)
Can I identify the difference between old and new objects?
Can I explain how I have changed since I was born?
Can I describe a locality using words and pictures?
Can I describe how Haughton has changed from the past? (use of photographs and obvservation)
Can I name the key features associated with a town or village?
Can I say what they like about Haughton Green?
Can I think of my own questions about Haughton Green.
Can I answer some questions using different resources such as books, the internet and atlases?
Can I keep a weather chart and answer questions about the weather?
Cross-curricular elements overview;
Formulating questions for historical and geographical enquiry. Explanation text – how Haughton Green has changed over time. Specific
Vocabulary – river, soil, valley, vegetation, weather, city, town, village, factory, farm, house, office, shop. North, south, east + west, near
+ far, before, past, present, then and now.
Maths
Geometry – describe position, direction and movement, including whole, half, quarter and three-quarter turns. Statistics –traffic survey
Weather charts and maps. Sequence e ent sin chronological order.
Computing Using ipads and cameras to photograph seasonal changes? (ongoing) Using Beebot to teach control, directional language and
Programming. Mapping programs to develop geography skills.
Art + design Collage and printing – leaf printing, autumn colours. Sorting different materials for their collage.
Music
Songs and carols for Christmas. Link RE and the Christmas story – ie talk about the words and what they mean.
Physical Ed Working together – cooperation skills. Ball skills (with sports coach) Gymnastics / dance (Fireworks) or gymnastics (visitor)
Religious Ed Look at the words of some traditional carols and discuss their meanings – what happened in the Christmas story? Christmas artefacts –
advent wreaths (four candles) and Christingles – discuss why we have them and what do they mean.
SMSC
Remembrance – the significance of poppies and why we have them.
English
Manor Green Primary and Nursery School
Key Stage 1
Yr 1
Autumn 2
Thematic Curriculum – Medium Term Planning
Theme Title:
How has Haughton Green changed?
Theme focus: History / Geography / Science
Key Focus / Content
GEOGRAPHY
Local study (Haughton Green)
Key physical / human features
of the locality
Identify seasonal and daily
weather patterns
Programme of study
Resources
Pupils should:
 be taught to give an opinion about their locality
 answer questions using different resources
 know their own address
 be taught to name key features associated with a town or
village
 be taught how to describe a place using words and
pictures
 be taught how land use has changed
 know the four points of a compass
 be taught the names of some towns and cities in the north
and south of the UK.
Photographs / clips of
the local area eg
SCIENCE
Seasonal changes (ongoing part
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of seasonal cycle throughout the
year)
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HISTORY
Local study (Haughton Green)
Changes within living memory
keep a weather chart
observe changes across the four seasons and name the
seasons in order
observe and describe the weather associated with the
seasons
Pupils should be taught:
 the differences between old and new objects
 how to put objects in chronological order
 how to explain about things that happened when they
were little.
 that some objects belonged to the past eg some money,
mangles, vinyl records etc.
 to retell a familiar story set in the past (The nativity)
 to give plausible explanations for what objects were used
for in the past.
 Can pupils answer questions about the past using a
range of artefacts / photos?
Factory at the bottom of
Gibralter Lane
Photographs before the
high rise flats
Manor Green school
Walks round village
Question stems
Cards with own
address
Ipads
Cameras
Photographs
Variety of artefacts
Video clips
Visitor
Investigative opportunities
Challenge
Can pupils name jobs that
people in Haughton Green
might have?
Can theyanswer questions
using a weather chart
Can the pupils make plausible
predictions about what the
weather may be like the day
after?
Can pupils put more than three
objects in chronological order?
Can they explain the
differences between past and
present in their own lives?
Can pupils begin to explain
why objects might be different
now to those in the past eg
irons, hot water bottles,
televisions, music systems.
Manor Green Primary and Nursery School
Key Stage 1
Yr 1
Autumn 2
Thematic Curriculum – Medium Term Planning
Theme Title:
How has Haughton Green changed?
Cross-curricular elements: English, mathematics, computing, art + design, music, P.E. R.E.
Key Focus
Content
ENGLISH
Spoken language - formulating
questions about their local area
Writing
Programme of study
Pupils should be taught to:
 ask relevant questions to extend their understanding and
knowledge
 conduct simple interviews (visitor)
 articulate and justify answers, arguments and opinions
 speak audibly and fluently with increasing command of
Standard English
Pupils should be taught to:
write sentences by:
 saying out loud what they are going to write about
 composing a sentence orally before writing it
 re-reading what they have written to check that it makes
sense
discuss what they have written with the teacher or other
pupils
read aloud their writing clearly enough to be heard by
their peers and the teacher
Reading
Fiction and non-fiction texts
Spoken language
(Drama / role play- characters in
books)
Pupils should be taught to:
 develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read,
vocabulary and understanding by:
 being encouraged to link what they read or hear read to
their own experiences
 recognise that stories read to them might have happened
a long time ago
participate in discussion about what is read to them,
taking turns and listening to what others say
Resources
Questions stems
(Bloom’s taxonomy)
Investigative
opportunities
Challenge
Can pupils decide which
questions will receive the
best answers? (eg not just
closed one – use the
question stems to find
better questions)
Samples of text types to
be taught
I can statements for
different text types –
steps to success
Can they use the steps to
success as a checklist for
their witing?
Resources to prompt
questions – video clips,
photographs, question
stems, artefacts and
visits round the village
Ahlberg Stories ‘Happy Families’
‘Peepo’ etc
Can the pupils identify the
‘clues’ to tell you that the
stories are set in the past?
Manor Green Primary and Nursery School
Key Stage 1
Yr 1
Autumn 2
Thematic Curriculum – Medium Term Planning
Theme Title:
Key Focus
Content
MATHEMATICS
Use and apply skills /vocabulary
related to chronology
Half past and o’clock
Months of the year
Language of chronology
How has Haughton Green changed?
Programme of study
Pupils should be taught to:
compare, describe and solve practical problems for;
 time
measure and begin to record the following
 time (hours, minutes and seconds)
sequence events in chronological order using language
such as:
 after, next, first, today, yesterday, tomorrow, morning,
afternoon and evening.
Resources
Clocks / stop clocks
Watches
ICT programs
Investigative
opportunities
Challenge
Can pupils talk about their
experiences using the
language of time?
Photos and pictures to
put in order
Recognise and use the language relating to dates,
including days of the week, weeks, months and years.
Tell the time to the hour and half past the hour and draw
hands on a clock to show these times
Positional language
Using and applying (traffic
survey) Statistics not in new
curriculum for year 1
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Why did people bring presents
to the baby Jesus?
Pupils should be taught to:
 describe position, direction and movement, including
whole, half, quarter and three-quarter turns (see
computing)
Pupils should:
 become familiar with the Christmas story
 be able to identify reasons why they think it was set in the
past
 be able to sequence pictures of the story and retell it to
others
 act out parts of the nativity (eg the Three Wise Men)
Role play – hot seating.
Use of Beebots
Compasses
BBC clips of the
Christmas story
Can pupil demonstrate what
the turns look like in
different ways? (arms,
bodies, using lego people
etc)?
Can pupils decide what gift
they would have taken to
Jesus and why?
Pictures to sequence
Can they compare their gift
to those of the Kings and
shepherds.?
Manor Green Primary and Nursery School
Key Stage 1
Yr 1
Autumn 2
Thematic Curriculum – Medium Term Planning
Theme Title:
Key Focus
Content
COMPUTING
Taking pictures of changes in
weather / seasons (ongoing)
Control, directional language
and programming – algorithmss
using a Bee-bot programmable
toy
ART AND DESIGN
Printing with natural objects
Artists who use leaves / printing
to create pictures
MUSIC
Christmas songs and carols
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Ball skills and games
(Sports coach)
Gymnastics
How has Haughton Green changed?
Programme of study
Pupils should be taught to :
 capture images with a camera and ipad
 understand what algorithms are.
 create a simple series of instructions - left and right.
 record their routes.
 understand forwards, backwards, up and down
 put two instructions together to control a programmable
toy.
 begin to plan and a Bee-bot journey
 enter information into a template to make a graph?
 to talk about the results shown on a graph?
Children should be taught :
 how to print using different textures / objects
 to print onto paper and textile.
 to mix colours of their choice (eg autumnal colours)
 how to create a repeating pattern
 how to ask sensible questions about a piece of art.
 to evaluate their own work
 to make a collage by cutting and tearing paper.
 to gather and sort the materials they will need for their
collage.
Children should be taught to:
 use their voices expressively by singing songs and
speaking chants as in nursery rhymes / poems.
 listen with concentration and understanding to music.
Children should be taught to: (see last theme for ball skills)
 move to music.
 copy dance moves.
 perform some dance moves.
 make up a short dance.
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move around the space safely.
Resources
Investigative
opportunities
Challenge
Cameras
Ipads (Bee-bot) and
tablets
Computers
Bee-bots
Appropriate progams
Can pupils control the Beebot on ipad using more
complex instructions?
Leaves
Paint
Different kinds of paper /
textiles
Glue
Images from artists
Can pupils give reasons
why they like a piece of art
work?
Christmas songs and
carols
Can pupils evaluate others’
singing in simple terms
Let’s dance
(BBC music)
Can pupils evaluate other
groups’ dances in simple
terms?
Can they make their own
decisions about creating a
piece of work?
(ie not all the same piece
from each child)