Hoylake Holy Trinity CE Primary School
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Theme: Pirates Ahoy!
Term: Autumn 2015
English
•Fiction- Pirate stories (The Troll, Night Pirates)
•Non-fiction- Non-chronological reports,
Information text
•Pirate poetry
•Character descriptions
•Read-write-inc
Year : 1/2 Class: JG/GP/MB
Maths
Science
•Place value, money, addition strategies,
subtraction strategies, multiplication strategies,
division strategies, fractions and measures
•Everyday materials (suitability of
materials, floating and sinking,
building a boat using the correct
materials)
•Distinguish between different
materials and name them
•Identify, name and describe different
materials
•For more detail please see Maths New
Curriculum Autumn Year 1 and Year 2
•For more detail please see English New
Curriculum Autumn Year1 and Year 2
Computing, DT
•To use the internet to research
pirates
•E-safety (staying safe and being
private)
•To be able to design, create
and evaluate a pirate ship
Geography & History
•To be able to use simple maps of
the local area to navigate their way
to the pirate ship on Hoylake
Beach
•To be able to make simple maps
and plans, using symbols and keys
•To be able to use simple compass
directions and locational and
directional language on a treasure
map
•To be able to show an awareness of
the past-famous pirates
•To describe significant historical
events in their locality
Our curriculum has a balance of:
Knowledge
And covers: Linguistic
Mathematical
Science
PE
•Gymnastics
(Gymnastic shapes
and Travelling)
•Games
(Agility and
coordination)
•Dance
(Pirate jigs)
•Games
(Throwing and
catching)
Skills
Technology
Art, Music, PSED,
•Pirate Art (hats, eye
patches, famous
pirates, coins and
swords)
•To be able to choose
the correct materials
•To discuss what they
like about their
artwork
•To be able to sing sea
shanties
•To be able to play
tuned and untuned
instruments
•Self confidence
•New beginnings
RE
•Gifts- Harvest of
hands
•Preparing for a
Celebration / Here
Comes Christmas
Understanding
Human & Social
Physical
Artistic
Hoylake Holy Trinity CE Primary School
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Theme: Monster Madness!
Term: Spring 2016
English
Year: 1/2
Class: GP/JG/MB
Science
Maths
•Fantasy worlds
•‘Where the wild things are’
•Cornish giants/ Beowulf
•Monster poetry
•Newspaper reports
•Read-write-inc
•Measurement, statistics, addition and
subtraction strategies, number: fractions, revisit
calculation strategies, time, money, geometry,
properties of shape
•For more detail please see Maths New
Curriculum Spring Year 1 and Year 2
•For more detail please see English New
Curriculum Spring Year1 and Year 2
Computing, DT
•Using the internet safely to
research dinosaurs
•To create a document and be
able to find, open, edit and save
files
•To be able to explore and use
mechanisms such as levers,
sliders, wheels and axles when
creating a monster
Geography & History
•To be able to use observational
skills to study the geography of
the school
•To understand geographical
similarities and differences
through studying the human
and physical geography of a
small area of the United
Kingdom and a non-European
country (Contrasting monster
locations!)
•To be able use a timeline for
dinosaurs and study artefacts
•Living things and their habitats (where monsters
might live, how they would be suited to their
habitat)
•To be able to explain the differences between
things that are living, dead and never been alive
•To be able to explain how animals get their food
from plants and other animals using a simple food
chain
•Animals including humans
•To identify and name a variety of common
animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds
and mammals and compare their structure
•To identify and name a variety of common
animals that are carnivores, herbivores and
omnivores (dinosaurs)
•Working scientifically
Art, Music, PSED,
PE
•Gymnastics
(Jumping)
•Dance
(Monsters)
•Gymnastics
(Balances)
•Dance
(Spring, dinosaurs)
• To be able to design
their own monster and
create it
•To be able to make
different tones using
pencil, chalk or
charcoal
•To be able to use
different techniques
like carbon printing
•To experiment with
combining monster
sounds
•Changes
•Friendships
RE
New beginnings
Easter surprise
•Mary Anning
Our curriculum has a balance of:
Knowledge
And covers: Linguistic
Mathematical
Science
Skills
Technology
Understanding
Human & Social
Physical
Artistic
Hoylake Holy Trinity CE Primary School
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Theme: Heroes & Heroines Term:
Summer 2016
English
Year: 1/2
Class: GP/JG/MB
Maths
•Adventure stories
•Fairytales
•Myths and legends
•Instructions to be a superhero
•Poetry
•Read-write-inc
Science
•Revisit calculation (money, time), using and
applying, problem solving, position and
movement
•For more detail please see Maths New
Curriculum Summer Year 1 and Year 2
•Plants
•To be able to name some common,
wild and garden plants including
deciduous and evergreen trees
•To be able to explain how seeds and
bulbs grow
•Working scientifically
•For more detail please see English New
Curriculum Summer Year1 and Year 2
Computing, DT
Geography & History
PE
•Coding- to be able to create
and debug simple programs
•To be able to find and fix
simple bugs in programs
•To be able to design and create
masks, capes and badges
•To be able to perform practical
tasks including joining fabrics
•Significant historical people in our
locality (people who have helped)
•Famous people from the past
(Grace Darling)
•Olympics- famous Olympians
(past and present)
•Brazil focus (linked to Olympics)
•To know about some changes in
the local environment and suggest
ideas to improve it (RNLI)
•Dance
(Spring, a day at the
beach, link to Grace
Darling and the storm)
Games
(Kicking and Striking)
Gymnastics
(Rocking and Rolling)
Athletics
(Travelling, Throwing,
Jumping and
competition- Olympics)
Our curriculum has a balance of:
Knowledge
And covers: Linguistic
Mathematical
Science
Skills
Technology
Art, Music, PSED,
RE
•To look at artwork
from different
cultures and times
(Brazil, Andy
Warhol)
•To be able to make
a collage using
different materials
(Olympics flag)
•Staying safe
•Responsibilities
•Teamwork
Our planet
Understanding
Human & Social
Physical
Artistic
Hoylake Holy Trinity CE Primary School
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Theme: Where shall we go? Term: Autumn 2016
English
Year: 1/2
Class: GP/JG/MB
Maths
•Stories with familiar settings
•Newspaper reports
•Diary writing
•Range of fiction and non-fiction
•Poetry
•Read-write-inc
Science
•Place value, money, addition strategies,
subtraction strategies, multiplication strategies,
division strategies, fractions and measures
•For more detail please see Maths New
Curriculum Autumn Year 1 and Year 2
•For more detail please see English New
Curriculum Autumn Year1 and Year 2
Computing, DT
•Design and create a 3D animal
•To recognise common uses of
information technology beyond
school
Geography & History
•To be able to describe events that are
beyond living memory that are significantfirst aeroplane flight
•To be able to sequence events within
living memory (link to seasonal changes)
•Significant people- Mary Seacole,
Florence Nightingale
•To be able to name and locate the world’s
seven continents and five oceans
•To be able to name and locate the four
countries and capital cities of United
Kingdom
•To identify seasonal and daily weather
patterns in United Kingdom
•To understand how places are linked
Our curriculum has a balance of:
Knowledge
And covers: Linguistic
Mathematical
Science
PE
•Dance
•Games
•Gymnastics
•Athletics
Skills
Technology
•Animals including humans
•To understand that animals including
humans have offspring which grow into adults
•Describe the basic needs of animals including
humans for survival
•Describe the importance for humans of
exercise, eating the right amount of different
types of food and hygiene
•Seasonal changes Observe the changes
across the four seasons
•Observe and describe the weather in each
season and observe how the day length varies
• changes
•Working scientifically
Art, Music, PSED,
•Listen with
concentration and
understanding to a
range of high quality
live and recorded
music
•Artwork related to
a range of cultures
•Explore mark
making using a
variety of tools
•Saying no to
bullying
•Family and friends
Understanding
Human & Social
Physical
RE
Hinduism
Divali
Festival of Lights
including
Christmas
Artistic
Hoylake Holy Trinity CE Primary School
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Theme: Frozen planet Term: Spring 2017
Year: 1/2
English
Class: GP/JG/MB
Maths
•Lost and found- Oliver Jeffers
•Non-chronological reports on penguins
•Power of reading- Princess and the white bear king
•Informal letters
•Descriptions of the Troll Queen
•Poetry- ‘Endurance’
•Diary writing
•Persuasive letters
•Read-write-inc
Science
•Place value, money, addition strategies,
subtraction strategies, multiplication strategies,
division strategies, fractions and measures
•For more detail please see Maths New
Curriculum Spring Year 1 and Year 2
•For more detail please see English New Curriculum
Spring Year1 and Year 2
Computing, DT
Geography & History
•Animations linked to frozen
planet
•To plan, design and create a
moving penguin
•To be able to explore and use
mechanisms such as wheels and
axles when creating a moving
penguin
•To discuss the lives of
significant individuals in the
past- Ernest Shackleton, Captain
Scott
•To show an awareness of the
past
•To identify hot and cold areas
of the world in relation to the
Equator and the North and
South Poles
Our curriculum has a balance of:
Knowledge
And covers: Linguistic
Mathematical
Science
PE
•Dance (Set dances
with a range of
animals)
•Games
•Gymnastics
•Athletics
•Everyday materials
•Distinguish between different materials
and name them
•Identify, name and describe different
materials
•To be able to describe how the shapes of
solid objects made from some materials
can be changed by squashing, bending,
twisting and stretching
•Compare and group different materials
•Working scientifically
Art, Music, PSED,
•Experiment with
and create select
and combined
sounds using the
interrelated
dimensions of
music
•Use a range of
skills to create
penguins
RE
•Special places
•Christianity
•Easter:Alive!
•Resilience
•Positivity
Skills
Technology
Understanding
Human & Social
Physical
Artistic
Hoylake Holy Trinity CE Primary School
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Theme: Fire, fire! Term:
Summer 2017
Year: 1/2
English
•Diary entry (Samuel Pepys)
•Newspaper report
•Story writing
•Riddles
•Instructions
•Fairytales
•Read-write-inc
Class: GP/JG/MB
Maths
Science
•Place value, money, addition strategies,
subtraction strategies, multiplication strategies,
division strategies, fractions and measures
•Plants
•To identify and describe the basic
structure of a variety of common
flowering plants including trees
•To find out and describe how plants
need water, light and suitable
temperature to grow and stay healthy
•Working scientifically
•For more detail please see Maths New
Curriculum Summer Year 1 and Year 2
•For more detail please see English New Curriculum
Summer Year1 and Year 2
Computing, DT
•To understand what algorithms
are and create simple programs
•To predict behaviour of simple
programs
•To understand that programs
execute precise instructions
Geography & History
•To be able to describe events
that are beyond living memory
that are significant- the Great
Fire of London
•To use a range of artefacts
•To use correct historical
vocabulary
Our curriculum has a balance of:
Knowledge
And covers: Linguistic
Mathematical
Science
Art, Music, PSED,
PE
•Dance (Fire routine)
•Games
•Gymnastics
•Athletics
Skills
Technology
•Sing and used
tuned and untuned
instrumentsperform ‘London’s
Burning’
•Create a 2D and
3D Tudor house
using a range of
materials
•Compassion
•Self drive
Understanding
Human & Social
Physical
RE
•Me, family and
friends
Artistic