Year 1
Term 2
Spring
Creativity
Themes
W.O.W!
Curriculum Overview
Winter
(2 week)
The Snowman video
Winter walk
Photo story - Winter
Suitcase - pack
Creativity Week - Fairy Tales
(1 week)
Visit from Prince/Cinderella
Investigate different shoes.
Texts with predictable phrases /patterned language –
The very Hungry Caterpillar
Read aloud Non Fiction - Information texts – Reports
Lists, labels and captions.
Read aloud stories – Honda’s surprise.
Fantasy Stories - Snowman
Texts linked to own experiences - Stories
with familiar settings
(Jack Frost)
Lists, labels and captions.
Descriptive Writing – Winter
Fairy tales – Read and write – Cinderella.
Alternative end.
Invitations
Biology 1. - Ourselves and animals. - Life cycles
Investigate bugs in the school and world.
Sorting
Name and identify different animals – omnivores,
herbivores and carnivores.
Parts of the body.
Ourselves -Animals - Butterfly Life Cycle
Name parts of the body.
Senses – to investigate and evaluate foods.
Butterfly Symmetry
Key board skills, print and save work.
Flexi tree (databases to sort animals).
Presenting information in different ways
Research animals
Obtain information from internet/DVD sources
Photographic evidence
Changes
Sequence stories.
Biology - Ourselves – Senses – Keep
warm
Scientific Enquiry
Investigate and record weather
temperature.
Seasons walk – Winter. Investigate the
day length.
Physics - Materials & Pushes and pulls –
Investigate and compare how things move on
different surfaces.
Scientific Enquiry (Mentos in coke). Fireworks
Animals – Name and group.
Use senses to investigate and describe Chinese food
Sequencing
Photographic evidence
Create a talking book.
Purple Mash – Fairy tales
ResearchObtain information about another country and culture.
Dances and parades
Create a talking story book
Seasons changes over time – Winter
Keeping warm in the past
Weather
Sequencing (Stories)
Traditional tales.
Sequencing
Traditions
Sequencing - Chinese traditional stories
Fireworks
Seasons changing over time - Spring
Easter Story – Jesus’ Life and sequencing
Geography
Animals around the world – hot and cold countries
Mapping skills
Story map
Mapping skills - Locating places
Investigate different places and culture
Maps
Hot countries.
Mapping Skills - Where is Jerusalem?
Seasons – Spring – Changes, weather, temperature,
features.
Spring walk.
Geographical vocabulary and features.
PE
Dance Gym
Seasons walk – Winter.
Investigate the day length.
Winter weather –
Investigate record and discuss weather
temperature and symbols.
Cold countries. Clothes.
Mapping skills. Vocabulary.
Dance – Winter
Dancing to music.
Dance Circuits
Indoor games/skills/Gym
Art
Draw - Observational Drawing of animals
Printing - animal patterns.
Patterns
Symmetry
Snowflakes
Draw - Winter/animal pictures – chalk
Create illustrations and images for the
Snowman song and story.
Collage - Posters and collage.
Draw -Chinese writing, symbols and Patterns.
Chinese art - observational drawings
Print , paint - Dragon Model
Draw - Observational Drawings - plants
Develop ideas, collage, draw, paint - Mother’s Day
Cards/ Easter Cards
DT
Design, make and evaluate -Bird/bug box/animal home.
Investigate, design, make and evaluate food.
Ice Sculptures using natural/recycled
items.
Investigate, make and evaluate - Fans, Lanterns, dragons.
Design an Easter egg
Design and make and exhibit – Easter bonnet/egg (Home
project)
Friends & Family
Literacy
Animals & Patterns
(3 week)
Pete the bug man
Make Non Fiction book (Home)
Fruit – Handa’s surprise Investigate different patterns
To be taught discreetly following Blocks A, B, C, D and E with links made where possible
Numeracy
Science
ICT
History
Keeping safe and warm in Winter.
Going for Goals
Biology -2 - Ourselves - Animals and BabiesPlants – deciduous and evergreen.
Parts of a plant.
Compare and describe the structure of animals.
Seasons – Spring – Changes, weather, temperature,
features.
Investigate the day length
Plants – name and identify wild and garden plants .
Grow seeds.
Photographs
Word processing
Relationships
Right and Wrong
PSHCE
Music
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Spring
(3 weeks)
Farm - Lambs
Cannington Walled Gardens visit.
Photo story - Spring
Spring walk
Easter bonnet/egg make and competition.
Traditional stories, Read aloud stories
Read and recite poems - Poems on a theme – Spring
Stories from a range of cultures.
Descriptive Writing - Spring
Chinese New Year (sequencing).
Key story – traditional story - Recount/re-tell - (Easter
Non-Fiction – read and write.
Story)
Lists, labels and captions.
Recount – farm and Walled garden visit
Narrative text
To be taught discreetly following Blocks A, B, C, D and E with links made where possible
Friends and Family
RE
SEAL
Investigate, design, make and evaluate –
purse/bag/wallet.
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China
(2 weeks)
Chinese artefacts.
Chinese food
Photo story
Right and Wrong
Rhythms, Patterns and Rhyme.
Snowman song
Respond to music and dance at the ball.
Visit from an animal expert.
Visit school grounds – animal investigation.
Cross Curricular display.
Animal books on display.
Winter walk
Cinderella in role.
Winter display
New year’s resolutions.
Talking story book – Snowman.
Whole School Celebration
Pentatonic Scale and responded to Chinese music.
Practice Easter Songs for Easter service
Easter songs
Enterprise
Visits/
Visitors
Outcome
China display. Performance.
Westfield Church
Walled Garedens and Farm - Cannington
Easter Service at church. Spring display/collage.
Anthology of Spring poems..