Author: Rae Snape

Curriculum Map - Year 1

English
In English we will be focussing on the following texts:
Dogger by Shirley Hughes
Lost In The Toy Museum by David Lucas
Traction Man by Mini Grey
We will be introducing one of these texts every 3 weeks and be building up to writing our own adventure stories/diary entries. All the grammar will link directly to the texts. We are also going to be participating in a whiole school ‘Big Write’ .
There will be daily phonic sessions following the Little Wandle’ scheme and 3 reading practise sessions a week. Handwriting will initially be practising correct formation of all lower case letters.
RWriting a recount (trip to Museum of Cambridge)

History How has childhood changed since Grandma was young?
We will be focusing particularly on toys. We will be looking at how toys have changed over the last 80 years. We will look at timelines, different materials and where toys are made. There will be a questionnaire sent home for parents and other family members to fill in about favourite toys, to keep history alive and relevant!
We will be going on a trip to the Museum of Cambridge to look at many old household objects, focusing mainly on toys.

Geography
The children will be identifying seasonal and daily weather patterns in the UK. They will be learning about the location of hot and cold places around the world in relation to the equator and north and south pole.

Maths
In maths we follow the Maths No Problem scheme. The children will be doing lots of practical maths, lots of talking and some recording. You can keep up with what we do each week on the weekly timetable! Place value-within 10-
Addition & Subtraction within 10
Geometry 2D and 3D shape
Place value-within 20
Consolidation

Computing
We will be learning about how to stay safe online and exploring the features of the Purple Mash website. The children will all take home a login card so they can use this at home.
The main focus skills will be grouping and sorting and pictograms.
Grouping and sorting
( 2 weeks) Pictograms ( 3 weeks)
Lego buiders
( 3 weeks)
Pictograms ( 3 weeks)
Lego buiders
( 3 weeks)

Where Learning is an Adventure
“We want our children to be happy and healthy today, fulfilled in the future and able to make their world an even better place”

PHSCE Beginning and belonging
We will be talking about making class agreements so we can all support each other in the classroom. We will talk about how we can be similar and different but part of a crew.
Family and friends
We will be talking about friendship and how we can be supportive to each other.

Music
The children will be getting to know each other through musical games. They will learn new songs and move to the beat. They will have the opportunity to play sequential notes on chime bars in time with the beat. They will compose simple phrases and sing and perform.

RE Does God want Christians to look after the world?
What gifts might Christians in my town have given Jesus if he was born here rather than Bethlehem?

Science The seasons
In Science we will be looking at the seasons of the year and talking about the changes we can see. We will look for signs of Autumn in our local environment and recognise deciduous and evergreen trees.
Materials
We will ne naming different materials and sorting different objects according to the materilas they are made from.

Educational Experiences
Trip to the museum of Cambridge to look at old toys.
Trip to the pantomime
Teddy Bear’s Picnic
Looking closely at old toys.
Trip to the pantomime

Art and Design We are following the Access Art curriculum and will be developing our drawing skills by exploring different medium such as sketching pencils, charcoal and pastels.
We will be drawing from imagination and observation.
The children will be looking closely at shells and snails and seeing spiral patterns in nature. After half term the focus will be on developing printing skills.
(Bruegel-children’s games0
Simple print making

Design and Technology This terms unit is all about preparing fruit and vegetables. We will be learning skills such as chopping, grating, spreading, peeling and dicing. We will use these skills to prepare food for a teddy bear’s picnic.

PE In PE this term we will be carrying out a range of activities whch include
Games-rolling & receiving –taught by Premier Sport
Gymnastics Jumping Jacks involving jumping and landing
In different ways and developing sequences on the apparatus.
The children will also be taught cricket skills by a specialist coach.
Dance-weather

Kindness, curiosity, creativity, confidence, respect, responsibility