Autumn Term
We Date
ek
Aims
Possible Teaching Activities
Outcomes
Resources
1
1 SEPT
- Introduction to year 1
- Activities getting to know the
school and their classmates
2
7 SEPT
- Introduction to levers
and movement
- Read a book as a class which
features moving parts
- Children explore objects that
move such as scissors, hole
punch, scales, books and toys
-Children try and explain how
they move
- Introduce words pivot and lever
- Become comfortable and confident
within the school environment
- Learn what is expected from them in
year 1
Identify simple levers and sliders Moving book,
in moving books/products and
scissors, hole
explain how they work
- Know vocabulary ‘pivot’ and ‘lever’ punch, scales
3
14 SEPT
- Exploring materials
- Look again at objects that
move and explain different ways
they do this
- Children explore different
materials and make something
that moves with minimal teacher
help or guidance
- It can be anything they want, it
just has to have at least one
moving part
- Evaluate their work verbally as
a class
4
21 SEPT
- Make a moving picture - All children given the same
- Understand that some materials are
better for different tasks
- Explore different ways to make
things move
- Evaluate their work
Corex sheets,
paper fasteners,
scissors, hole
punches, tape,
String, pipe
cleaners, card,
paper, felt, straws
- Use prior knowledge of movement
Wolf head
picture of a wolf’s head they
explore different ways to make
the mouth move
to create a moving picture
- Compare their work, which
approach worked the best
template, card,
glue, tape, string,
paper fasteners,
paper clips
5
28 SEPT
- Make a moving picture - Using pivots children make a
picture of something flying
across the sky
- Children give ideas how to
make the pivot and think about
which would work best
- Make a relevant background for
their flying object or animal
- Think for themselves how to make it
move
- Evaluate their work
A4 card for
background, card
strips, straws,
colours
6
5 OCT
- Make a person with
moving body parts
- Explore which parts allow our
bodies to move
- Children have a template of a
person, they can colour it to look
like themselves or somebody
else
- Children decide where the
joints should be and draw them
on
- Children decide how best to
join the body parts together
- Learn how to stiffen paper with
straws, card or pipe cleaners
- Understand what joints are and how
they help us to move
- Using prior knowledge decide which
would be the best approach for their
project
- Understand different ways to make
moving pictures
Person template,
scissors, glue,
paper clips and
fasteners, straws,
pipe cleaners
7
12 OCT
- Look at sliding
mechanisms
- Discuss an example of a sliding
mechanism
- Can they think of a story where
we could use this to make it
more interesting
- They choose from a traditional
- Understand how to make sliding
mechanisms
- Recognise that moving parts can
make a story more interesting to a
reader
- Think of traditional stories and relate
Selection of story
books, card,
scissors, glue,
tape
story they know and make a
them to this lesson
page from the book with a sliding
mechanism
- Examples could be the Big Bad
Wolf moving from the straw
house to the stick house, the
Gingerbread man running away,
Little Red Riding Hood walking
through the woods etc
8
19 OCT
- Design and make
scary Halloween
mobiles
- Create hanging mobiles with a
Halloween theme from straws,
string and different pictures
- Understand that the pieces must be String, straws,
equal weight to keep the mobile
card, scissors,
balanced
cotton
- Understand that the straws must be
the same size and length to keep the
mobile balanced
- Know what Halloween is about and
what pictures we can draw which are
relevant
HALF-TERM BREAK
9
2 NOV
- Bonfire night activities
- Building their own rockets from - Children learn about bonfire night
coloured paper
celebrations
- Making a firework picture from
glitter and glue
Coloured paper,
glitter, glue, black
paper, lollypop
sticks
10
9 NOV
(* 11 NOV
BANK
HOLIDAY)
- Revision of moving
pictures
- Revision of moving pictures
- Look at all their past work and
evaluate it
- Revision of moving pictures
11
16 NOV
- Making a class story
book
- Read a book that none of the
children chose for their sliding
mechanism
- Use prior knowledge to explain how Story book
they will make something
- Use correct terminology such as
- Brainstorm what we can make
move on each page and how
- Explain that we are going to
make the story with each child
creating a moving page
- Children choose a page they
would like to create
- Discuss in partners what parts
will move and how they will do it
pivot, joint and mechanism
- Understand that they must follow
the instructions carefully or our story
won’t make sense
12
23 NOV
- Design and plan their
page
- Children plan their page in their
books
- Draw arrows to show
movement and draw the back so
we can see how the mechanism
works
- Draw a list of tools and
materials they will need to make
their part of the story
- They can use their
imaginations it doesn’t have to
be made of paper like a regular
book
- Think about what materials they will
need
- Understand that the more detail they
put into their planning the easier and
better the final piece will be
13
30 NOV
- Make moving story
- Follow their designs to create
their story
- Dictate to an adult what is
happening and adult types for
them
- Understand the importance of
following a design
- Using prior knowledge to make
something that is pleasing to the eye
and that moves
Corex sheets,
card, glue, paper
clips, scissors,
paper fasteners
14
7 DEC
- Continuing with our
moving story
- Finish their moving pictures
- Show to the class with their
descriptions of what is
- Recognise the sequence of a story
- Take pride in their work
- Talk about what worked and what
Written story print
outs, pins,
evaluation
15
16 DEC
- Christmas cards
happening
- Evaluate their work
- Create display for parents
ensuring the pages are in the
correct order with descriptions
underneath
could have been better
- Compare their plans and their
finished pieces
questions
- Following the instructions in the
book ‘Fun With Paper’, make
either a pop-up card or a card
with a sliding mechanism for a
loved one
- Use prior knowledge to make an
interesting card
- Know what pictures we should draw
connected with Christmas
- Write a typical Christmas card
message
Book ‘Fun with
Paper’, coloured
card, scissors,
glue
XMAS BREAK
Spring Term
We Date
ek
Aims
Possible Teaching Activities
Outcomes
Resources
1
4 JAN
(* 6 JAN
BANK
HOLIDAY)
- Playgrounds
- Discuss why we have
playgrounds
- Take a trip to a large
playground and draw the
different equipment
- Take photos of the equipment
- Understand why there are
playgrounds and why they are built
- Know basic equipment in a
playground
Paper, pencils and
clipboards, camera
2
11 JAN
- Researching
playground equipment
- Look at our pictures and photos - Understand that people like different
from last time and discuss
things to each other
- What materials are used? Why - Different materials have different
are they the shape they are? Are
they good? Why? Why not?
- Look at the different parts and
how they are joined together
- Do a survey around the school
of people’s favourite park
equipment
properties and uses
- Know vocabulary for park
equipment and different parts
- Have a basic idea of how the items
have been assembled
3
18 JAN
- Assemble, join and
combine materials and
components together
using a variety of
temporary methods
- Recognise shapes and
their application in
simple structures
- Demonstrate how to make a
slide out of bricks and cardboard
and children recreate
- Brainstorm what materials we
could use for swings
- Children practise making
swings
- Draw attention to making the
structures stronger and less
wobbly
- Use a limited range of materials
and techniques to assemble and
join components to make realistic
models of playground equipment
- Make their playground structures
more stable eg by using a wide base
and able to withstand greater loads
eg by adding a support to their swing
or climbing frame
Bricks, card, tape,
straws, paper,
blocks, building
sticks
4
25 JAN
- Planning our
playground
- Design a play ground with 4
pieces of equipment
- Label the different materials
they want to use
- Think about how the equipment
will move if it needs to
- Start making their playground
- Think carefully about how to make
their playground
- Understand that their designs have
to be realistic and not too far fetched
- Understand the importance of
planning a project first
Card, scissors,
tape, pipe
cleaners, straws,
corex sheets,
plywood, paper
fasteners, glue
5
1 FEB
- Continue their
playground
- Finish work on their playground
- Decorate the surrounding area
- Look at each others work
- Evaluate their own work and
their peers’ work
- Understand why we have certain
materials under park equipment
- Answer questions about their own
work
- Share opinions about their work with
the class
6
8 FEB
- Valentine’s day
- Valentine cards for friends
around the school
- Know the tradition of Valentine’s day Card, pencils,
- Write a Valentine’s message
glue, glitter, felt
tips
HALF-TERM BREAK
7
22 FEB
- Introduction to healthy
eating
- Discuss different food groups
- Sort food into groups
depending on how healthy they
are
- Difference between fruit and
vegetables
- Do a survey and pictogram of
the classes favourite fruit and
vegetables
- Understand that some food is
Food pyramid, fruit
healthy and some is not
and vegetables to
- Know that we should eat five pieces taste and sort
of fruit and veg a day
- Know the main food groups
- Describe the difference between
fruit and vegetables
8
29 FEB
- Create our own fruit
bowl
- Make our own glue mixture
from flour and water
- Make paper- mâché models of
their favourite fruit
- Cover balloons with papermâché to make the bowls for our
fruit
- Be able to recreate a 3D model of a
fruit
- Discuss their opinions and give
reasons why
- Know how to make our own glue
from house hold ingredients
9
7 MARCH
- Finish our fruit bowl
- Paint our fruit and fruit bowl
- Add detail such as stalks and
leaves
- Know the importance of letting glue Paint, card, paper,
dry properly before working with it
aprons
- Choose the correct colours to match
the fruit they are making
10
14 MARCH - Easter activities
- Making Easter baskets
- Making Easter nest cakes
- Know the themes and symbolism of
Easter
- Decorate Easter baskets in an
imaginative way
- Making 3D shapes from a net
Flour, water,
shredded
newspaper,
pictures of fruit,
balloons, aprons
Card, colours,
templates,
chocolate, cake
cases, cornflakes
chocolate eggs,
- Follow instructions to create Easter
nest cakes
pan and table top
cooker
Resources
EASTER BREAK
Summer Term
We Date
ek
Aims
Possible Teaching Activities
Outcomes
1
4 APRIL
- Planning to make a
sandwich
- Talk about what foods taste
nice together
- What do we usually have in
sandwiches
- Make a shopping list of
ingredients they wish to include
- Write instructions and illustrate
- Be able to write a list
- Be able to write a recipe
- Understand that not all foods will
taste good together
- Know typical foods that go in a
sandwich
2
11 APRIL
- Making sandwiches
- Bring ingredients from home
unprepared and unwashed
- Make sandwiches including
washing ingredients and
chopping with adult help
- Taste and evaluate their recipe
- Be able to follow a simple recipe
- Know about safety when working in
a kitchen
- Taste their dishes and talk about
what they liked
- Discuss what they could do better
next time
3
18 APRIL
- Make a fruit salad
- Bring ingredients from home
- Show we must peel some fruit
- Understand simple food safety
- Know that too many sweet things
Butter, Butter
knives, bread,
plates, chopping
board, sharp
knives
and make sure it is washed
and sugar can be bad for us
- Chop and add together
- Show that we can add sugar
and cream to make it taste nice,
but too much can be unhealthy
- Taste and evaluate
4
25 APRIL
5
- Introduction to textiles
- Touching and describing
different materials
- Knowing what materials are
used for different things such as
winter and summer clothing
- Learning where certain
materials come from
- Use descriptive words to talk about A selection of
different materials
materials
- Understand some qualities of
materials such as what can keep us
cool in summer and warm in winter
- Know where some material comes
from e.g. silk from silk worms, cotton
from cotton plants, wool from sheep
(* 2-3 MAY - Look at different ways
BANK
we can use wool
HOLIDAY)
4 MAY
- Learn how to finger knit using
wool
- Weave kites using lollipop
sticks and wool
- Discuss what was difficult or
easy about these activities
- Learn different ways of using
textiles to create a pattern
- Express things we found difficult or
easy
Wool, lollipop
sticks stuck
together in a cross
6
9 MAY
-Basics of sewing
- Threading a needle
- Basic stitches; running stitch,
back stitch, whip stitch
- Follow basic stitches on paper
- Follow different patterns drawn
on cloth with a needle and
thread
- Learn the basics of needle craft
- Know about safety while using a
needle and thread
- Be able to follow different patterns
using basic stitches
- Be able to start and finish off our
sewing
Needles, thread,
pictures of basic
stitches, felt
7
16 MAY
- Design a hand puppet
- Think about what we want our - Understand that it is important to
hand puppet to be e.g. a person, plan our project carefully
animal or monster
- Realise they must choose
- Think about how we want it to
look e.g. scary, friendly, happy,
sad
- Plan what materials we are
going to use to make our
puppets
something that is not too difficult for
their sewing abilities
- Choose different materials for
different jobs
8
23-25 MAY - Mother’s day activities
(*26-27
BANK
HOLIDAY)
- Make mother’s day cards
- Make flowers from colourful
paper and card
- Know when mother’s day is in
Poland
- Know typical presents
- Be able to write a typical mother’s
day message in a card
- Make something beautiful as a gift
Different coloured
card and paper,
glue, tape, scissors
9
30 MAY
- Make a hand puppet
- Cut out two shapes for our
puppet using a template
- Use needle and thread to sew
the two pieces of felt together
- Know how to use a template to get
two identical shapes
- Use basic sewing techniques
- Be able to thread a needle
Felt, paper
template, scissors,
needle, thread
10
6 JUNE
- Decorate our hand
puppet
- Using glue, buttons, sequins
and a needle and thread
decorate the front and back of
the puppet
- Evaluate our work
- Follow their plan while decorating
the hand puppet
- Understand that if something isn't
working as we planned we can
change and do it differently
- Discuss and evaluate our work
- Say whether it went how we
planned, or if we had to change it
- Think of things we would do
differently next time
Buttons, needle,
thread, paper,
colours, sequins,
felt, stickers, wool
11
13 JUNE
- Revision week
- Revision week
- Revision week
12
20 JUNE
- Father’s day presents
- Create a 3D box from a net
- Know when father’s day is in
- Decorate and put sweets inside Poland
Box template,
different coloured
- Make a father’s day card
- Be able to create a 3D box using a
net
- Create a card and write a typical
father’s day card message
SUMMER HOLIDAY
card, scissors,
glue, sweets