Summer 2
For the love of reading text
Paddington Bear – Michael Bond
The Paddington Bear books have been a family favourite for many years and the children will certainly enjoy reading all about this loveable bear. They will show of their range of writing skills during story writing lessons, sequencing and retelling the story. The
children will also be writing letters/postcards to the Brown family and postcards back to Paddington’s Aunt Lucy in Peru.
White Rose Maths
Number: place value (within 100)
Measurement: money
Measurement: time
Geography/ History
Great Inventions – Can we name and explore some great inventions?
In this History unit, the children will be investigating inventors such as Alex Bell, Karl Benz and the Wright Brothers.
We will be using sources to compare similarities and differences between phones, cars and aeroplanes from the past and present.
Science
Seasonal Changes
We will be observing changes across the four seasons and describe the weather associated with the seasons and how day length varies.
Educational Visit
Canalside – Fruit Picking
PSHE/RSE/ RE
PSHE – How can we look after each other and the world?
We will focus on how people and animals need to be looked after and cared for. We will understand what can harm the local and global environment and begin to understand how the children can help and care for it.
RE – What makes some placed sacred to believers?
We will be recognising some of the words of the Shema as a Jewish prayer and know how Jewish ideas of God impact the lives of believers. We will find out how Jewish people remember God in different ways.
Art/ D & T/ Music
Art – Henri Rousseau
We will be focusing on observing patterns and exploring a variety of textures.
DT – Making a moving story book (Mechanisms)
We will explore slider mechanisms and the movement they output, to design, make and evaluate a moving storybook.
Music – Reflect, Rewind and Replay
This Unit of Work consolidates the learning that has occurred during the year. All the learning is focused around revisiting songs and musical activities, a context for the History of Music and the beginnings of the Language of Music.
PE day
Monday afternoon
Spellings/ Reading
Children are ranging from Phase 3 to Phase 5 Unit 4 in Summer 1 – looking at alternate sounds for reading and spellings.
Summer 1
For the love of reading text
Man on the Moon – Simon Bartram
Bob is everyone's favourite man on the moon; follow him on his daily adventures. Bob has a special job - looking after the moon. He keeps it clean and entertains passing space tourists as well as giving guided tours. He knows everything about the moon and that there is definitely no such thing as aliens!
We will submerge ourselves in the wonderful world of space, aliens and the moon when reading this text which follows a day in the life of Bob—the man on the moon. The children will be writing character descriptions, letters and postcards. They will also be encouraged to use a range of conjunctions and more ambitious adjectives
White Rose Maths
Number – Multiplication and Division
Number – Fractions
Geometry – Position and Direction
Geography/ History
History – The Greatest People – Who were the greatest explorers?
In this History unit, the children will be investigating explorers such as Neil Armstrong, Florence Nightingale and Christopher Columbus. We will be exploring their achievements and why they are significant individuals of the past. We will look at how these explorers contributed to international achievements.
Science
Plants
We will be identifying and naming a variety of common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees. We will describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including trees.
PSHE/RSE/ RE
PSHE – Who helps us to keep safe?
We will focus on knowing that people have different roles in the community to help keep everyone safe. We will recognise the jobs they do and how they help people, and learn who can help us in specific situations. We will understand how to respond safely to adults they don’t know and how to get help if there is an accident or if they re worried for themselves or others.
RE – Who is Jewish and how do they live? (Part 1)
We will be focusing on understanding what Jewish people believe in. We will begin to give examples of how Jewish people celebrate special times and know how Jewish people have ideas of thanking, praising and remembering the impact on Jewish people’s lives.
Art/ D & T/ Music
Art – Henri Rousseau
We will be focusing on observing patterns and exploring a variety of textures.
DT – Making a moving story book (Mechanisms)
We will explore slider mechanisms and the movement they output, to design, make and evaluate a moving storybook.
Music – Your Imagination!
This is a song about using your imagination.
We will Listen & Appraise, take part in progressive Warm-up Games, Flexible Games and lots of improvisation!
PE day
Tuesday morning
Spellings/ Reading
Children are ranging from Phase 3 to Phase 5 Unit 4 in Summer 1 – looking at alternate sounds for reading and spellings.
Spring 2
For the love of reading text
Old Bear – Jane Hissey
It’s time to bring Old Bear back to the playroom! Old Bear has been up in the attic for a very long time, but he hasn’t been forgotten. Bramwell Brown leads the toys on a rescue mission to bring their friend, Old Bear, safely back home. We will be focusing on a setting description and sequencing and retelling the story. We will also look at acrostic poems.
White Rose Maths
Measurement - Length and Height. Mass and Volume.
Geography/History
Geography – Let’s Take a Trip Overseas! Where in the world are we? The children will explore and start to understand continents, places that are near/far, and we will look at the UK in more detail. We will gain an understanding of north, south, east, and west. We will look at the surrounding oceans and how Mali, Timbuktu (Africa) is similar and different to London using human and physical geography.
Science
Animals including Humans: We will be covering carnivores, omnivores, and herbivores and identifying and naming specific animals that eat these food types. We are looking at the structure of these animals.
Educational Visit
Peak Wildlife – we will be carrying out workshops looking at animals and their habitats and what they eat. This links to our Science topic Animals including Humans.
PSHE/RSE/RE
PSHE – What can we do with money? We will understand what money is, how it comes in different forms, and begin to learn how money is obtained. We will also recognize how people make choices about what to do with money and the difference between needs/wants. Know how to keep money safe and list some of the different ways of doing this.
RE – Why does Easter matter to Christians? We will be focusing on telling stories of Holy Week and Easter from the Bible and recognize that Incarnation and Salvation are part of a ‘big story’ of the Bible. We will look at how Christians show their beliefs about Jesus’ death and resurrection in church worship at Easter. Finally, we will think, talk, and ask questions about whether the story of Easter only has something to say to Christians, or if it has anything to say to pupils about sadness, hope, or heaven. Provide good reason for their ideas.
Art/D & T/Music
Art – Pablo Picasso: We will be focusing on color, drawing, and printing skills.
DT – We are drink makers: We will design our own smoothie and select simple tools, use them appropriately, and begin to evaluate the taste.
Music – Round and Round: The material presents an integrated approach to music where games, the dimensions of music (pulse, rhythm, pitch etc), singing, and playing instruments are all linked.
PE day
Tuesday morning
Spellings/Reading
Children are ranging from Phase 4 to Phase 5 Unit 3 in Spring 2 – looking at alternate sounds for reading and spellings.
Spring 1
My Family History
This half term in Year 1, the children will be reading the story “If I Were King” focusing on the importance of home and family. The children will write in a variety of genres including a character description, letter writing and a set of instructions.
Our History topic is My Family History: What was life like when our grandparents were children? The children will explore similarities and differences between their own lives and those of people their grandparents’ age. We will focus on different topics, including homes, toys, shops and schools. We would love to hear any stories from the children’s grandparents about their life as a child.
During Mathematics this half term the children will be building on their learning from earlier in the year as they explore addition and subtraction with numbers to 20. This will include counting on, number bonds, doubling and related facts. They will also be moving onto numbers to 50 with place value. This will include making groups of 10, using a number line to 50, 1 more, 1 less and partitioning numbers.
In Science Year 1 are focusing on Animals including Humans. We are identifying and naming a variety of different animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
Autumn 2
People and their Communities
Although many traditional fairy tale stories will be read, the main focus text will be Jack and the Beanstalk. The children will continue to improve their sentence structure and punctuation, ensuring they always include capital letters and full stops. As the children will be sequencing and retelling the story they will have the opportunity to use adjectives and time adverbs.
During Mathematics this half term the children will be continuing their addition and subtraction skills. We will also look at shape— focusing on 2d and 3d shapes. The children then will then study place value in more depth.
This geography unit focuses on naming and locating the 4 countries of the United Kingdom. We will use maps and atlases to name capital cities and use aerial photographs to recognise UK landmarks. The children will name and locate the surrounding seas of the UK.
Autumn 1
What's it like where I live?
During English, our for the love of reading focus is a magical story called ‘The Bog Baby’. We will be working on our sentence structure, ensuring we include full stops and capital letters accurately. We will be learning to join our sentences together using conjunctions such as ‘and’ and ‘because’.
In Mathematics we will be developing our number and place value skills, including one more and one less, counting forwards and backwards and comparing numbers. We will also be adding and subtracting numbers and focusing on number bonds and fact families.
Our Geography topic is Our Local Area: What’s it like where we live? We will be learning about local landmarks and what is near to and far from where we live. The children will develop locational knowledge based on the view from our school. They will build place vocabulary to define where they live, which is deepened through experiences and using maps.