Year 1 2020 - 2021
In Year 1, we work and play together, helping each other to achieve our very best. We try really hard to work independently, developing resilience and aiming high. We enjoy learning, exploring new topics and having fun!
For more information, parents please check our class dojo regularly.
Your teachers in Year One are Mrs Garrity and Miss Green
supported by Mrs Munro, Mrs Waite, Miss Elms and Mrs Duff.
In Year 1, we follow the 5W's by making sure everyone feels Welcome.
We share the Word of God through the things we say and do.
We protect the Welfare of everyone we meet so that we all feel safe and happy at school.
We Worship together, sharing our prayers and thoughts with God.
By doing these things we Witness the work and life of Jesus every day.
Curriculum Information
Year One Curriculum Overview |
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Autumn 1 Marvellous Me! |
Autumn 2 Toys |
Spring 1 Cold Places |
Spring 2 Space |
Summer 1 Rainforest |
Summer 2 Holidays |
Religion |
Unit 1 Domestic Church Unit 2 Baptism |
Unit 4 Local Church: Special People. Unit 3 Advent Waiting Heroes & Heroines All Saints/All Souls Week |
Islam Unit 5 Eucharist Meals. Mass: Jesus’ special time |
Unit 6 Lent/Easter Giving / Change. Lent: a time for change’ |
Unit 7 Pentecost/Serving Holidays and Holy Days
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Unit 8 Reconciliation /Inter-relating Being Sorry. God helps us to choose well Unit 9 Universal Church Neighbours share God’s World |
English |
Focus Text Poems To Perform Bog Baby Writing Outcomes - Performance Poetry - Descriptive vocabulary and phrase collections - Poems inspired by the collection: - Innovated verses of ‘Rhythm of Life’ - Fresh lines for ‘The Sound Collector’ - Class anthologies - List Poem - Poetry - Non-chronological Report - Retell narrative – Writing to Entertain - Instructions – Writing to Inform |
Focus Text Traction Man Writing Outcomes - Annotated Drawings - Captions - Drawings of characters and scenes - Narrative Sentences – Writing to Entertain - Speech and Thought Bubble dialogue - Character Descriptions – Writing to Entertain - Narrative in role - Book review - Own story ideas - Storyboard (oral storytelling) - Toy Fact file Writing to Inform
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Focus Text Emperor’s Egg Writing Outcomes Extended vocabulary and language - annotations on artwork Setting description Information Text – Writing to Inform Post card home from Antarctica Free verse poem - Poetry |
Focus Text Beegu Writing Outcomes Character descriptions – Writing to Entertain Diary entry writing in role as Beegu Instruction writing – Writing to Inform Free verse poetry Letter Writing Guide to Earth – Writing to Inform
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Focus Text One Day on Our Blue Planet Writing Outcomes Captions and sentences Setting description – Writing to Entertain Factfile (based on rainforest animals) – Writing to Inform Free Verse Poems - Poetry Action description |
Focus Text The Smartest Giant in Town Out and about: A book of poems Writing Outcomes Wanted poster describing a giant Character description Narrative re-tell- storyboard – Writing to Entertain List poem - Poetry Letter Diary entry Performance poetry based on the seaside |
Maths |
Topic: Place value Addition & Subtraction |
Topic: Addition and Subtraction Geometry Shape Place Value Measurement Reasoning & problem solving |
Topic: Place Value Counting in multiples of 2s, 5s, 10s Multiplication and Division Halves and doubles
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Topic: Addition and Subtraction T and O not crossing Measurement & comparison across all measures Reasoning & problem solving
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Topic: Place Value Partitioning 2 digit numbers into T and O Fractions Halves and Quarters Solve 1 step problems
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Topic: Multiplication and Division Solve 1 step problems Arrays Addition and Subtraction Crossing tens & facts within 20 1 step number problems Geometry and Time O’clock Half past |
Science |
Topic: Animals including humans SOS Topic 1 Who Am I? |
Topic: Animals including humans SOS Topic 2 Celebrations
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Topic: Animals Including Humans Everyday Materials SOS Topic: Polar places |
Topic: Plants, Animals including humans Seasonal changes SOS Topic: Plants and animals where we live |
Topic: Plants Animals including humans Everyday Materials SOS Topic: On Safari |
Topic: Animals including humans Everyday materials SOS Topic: Holidays
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Computing |
Topic: Digital Literacy ‘There’s An App For That’ |
Topic: Digital Literacy ‘There’s An App For That’ |
Topic: Recognise Common Uses of Information Technology Purple Mash |
Topic: Use Technology Purposefully Use a camera to take and crop pictures Record and play back sound. |
Topic: Use Technology Purposefully Use iPads – iCananimate to create a flipbook style short video showing seasonal changes |
Topic: Use Technology Purposefully Photograph Sandwich making process and use iPads (Strip Design) to create pictorial instructions |
Topic |
Geography Our Local Area History Family Trees
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History Toys – Changes within Living Memory
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Geography Antarctica Comparison
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History Significant people in History - Neil Armstrong & Tim Peake
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Geography Continents and maps Contrasting locality of the Rainforests |
Geography UK place knowledge History British Seaside Holidays in the past |
PE |
Topic: ‘Ready, Set, Go!’
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Topic: ‘Ready, Set, Go- Practice Makes Perfect!’ |
Topic: Dance |
Topic: Invasion games- throwing, catching and interception |
Topic: Rounders Football |
Topic: Athletics |
Art/DT |
Topic: Portraits and Picasso |
Topic: Model wooden toy |
Topic: Mixing paints – colours, shades & tints |
Topic: Making rockets |
Topic: Observational drawing natural object Outdoor natural art |
Topic: Artist study- Lowry |
Music |
Topic: Music Safari
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Topic: Music Safari
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Topic: There’s an App for That: each session, children introduced to a new musical concept including pitch, tempo, dynamics, and rhythm. |
Topic: There’s an App for That: Focus on pitch, tempo, dynamics, and rhythm and then explore these using musical apps |
Topic: Graphic Notation Students familiarise themselves with the concept of notation through both group exercises and the use of the app Loopimal. |
Topic: Graphic Notation Students explore how they can represent musical sounds in the form of small pictures and symbols. |