Curriculum Overview 2013-2014 Year 1
Autumn Term
Pets
Topic title
Blast Off!
Hook
Rocket making and
launching
Visit from Smudge
(Canine Carers dog)
Favourite toy
sharing
Castle Making
Outcome
Sharing with
parents - songs,
storytelling and
learning folders
N/A
Smudge non-fiction
books. Sharing with
parents and Smudge
Toy Display
Dressing up Day and
Medieval Feast
Weekly visits from
Smudge
Hearing Dogs for
the Deaf
N/A
Lulworth Castle
Labels, lists and
captions
Instructions
Stories with
familiar settings
Story telling/writing
based on 'George and
the Dragon'
Trips/visitors
Literacy
Story
telling/writing fantasy worlds
Poetry
Numeracy
(specific
links)
Science
Light and dark
Recounts,
dictionary
Toys
Spring Term
Castles, Knights and
Dragons
Poetry
Recount - fact and
fiction
Stories with
predictable and
patterned language
Pictograms and
graphs
Length
Weight
Life processes
Humans and other
animals
Making and
detecting sounds
Forces and motion
1
Forces and motion 2
Summer Term
Houses and Homes
Barnaby Bear
and the Magic
Backpack
Outdoor Construction Postcard sent
Day - building using
home to the
variety of materials
children
Joint musical
Display of
production with
backpacks
Foundation
Visitors from the
community to share
skills (builder,
thatcher, willow
weaver etc)
Traditional Tales
storytelling/writing
based on The Three
Little Pigs
Art day - Darrell
Wakelam
Information
texts
Stories from a
range of cultures
Pattern and rhyme
(The House that Jack
Built)
Data collecting and
handling
Direction
Materials - grouping
and changing
Co-ordinates
Variation and
classification
Curriculum Overview 2013-2014 Year 1
Art
Collage
Water colour and
colour mixing
Printing using
objects
Chalk and charcoal
Textiles - weaving
Paul Klee - abstract
castle designs
Painting using
different textures
Rubbings
Exploring art
from around the
world - pattern
and design
Clay modelling
Shields
Dragon music
Music
Space songs and
accompaniments
Sound effects
composition
Toy music
composition
Mini musical - Three
Little Pigs
DT
Stability
Split pin pets
Sliding pictures
Toy design and
making
Winding mechanisms
(drawbridges)
Stability and
structure - houses
History
Famous
people/events Neil Armstrong and
first moon landing
Sequencing
artefacts
(timeline)
Historical enquiry:
Castle life - what was
it like?
Stories from the
past.
Old and new differences in houses
Fieldwork - Lulworth
Castle.
Map skills - plan view
Map work - types of
Block printing
Music from
around the world
- Samba rhythms
Joining materials
and fastenings
Design and make
a backpack
Timeline of events
in own life
Geography
houses in Corfe
Mullen.
Direction: Journey to
school – picture map.
ICT
Graphics: Dazzle
Symmetry tool
Combining text and
digital images
Graphics
Data handling
Combining text and
graphics
Turtle
Map skills treasure hunt
using map of
school.
Map knowledge country and place
names UK and
world
Graphics: Clicker
Paint create a
Curriculum Overview 2013-2014 Year 1
Labels
- Clicker 5
information book
Clicker 5 and Clicker
Paint story book
stamp and repeat
as pattern
RE
Judaism: Chanukah
Christianity: The
Christmas Story
Christianity: Jesus
as a friend
Christianity: Easter Palm Sunday
Judaism: Shabbat
Christianity: The
Creation Story
PE
Dance - Space
Dance
Gymnastics Shapes/sequencing
1
Dance - March of
the Toys
Gymnastics sequence 2
Games - Tadpole
Tennis
Games - Rounders
French Cricket
Games - Multi
Skills with
apparatus
Games - Invasion
games
Athletics
Athletics
Make the tallest
tower (Eiffel
Tower)
Caring for each
other - local and
global
communities
Games - Football
Games - Ball Skills
PBL
Spacesuit design
Moving picture with
a message
Toy design
Plan a Medieval Feast
House on stilts
SMSC
Class charter
Respect - for each
other and animals
Friendship
Going for Goals individual strengths
as a learner
Respecting
differences
Rights and
responsibilities
Conflict resolution
Family
Respecting different
beliefs
Diversity
Fairtrade