St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School Year 1 2019 - 2020
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.
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Mrs Garrity and Miss Cusack
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
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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 |
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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 |
Judaism Unit 5 Eucharist Meals. Mass: Jesus’ special time |
Unit 6 Lent/Easter Giving / Change. Lent: a time for change’ |
Unit 8 Reconciliation /Inter-relating Being Sorry. God helps us to choose well |
Unit 7 Pentecost/Serving Holidays and Holy Days Unit 9 Universal Church Neighbours share God’s World |
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English |
Focus Text Poems To Perform Bog Baby Writing Outcomes Performance Poetry List Poem Non-chronological Report |
Focus Text Traction Man Writing Outcomes Short narrative -Character description Short narrative - Sequencing story Toy Fact file |
Focus Text Emperor’s Egg Writing Outcomes Setting description Information Text Post card home from Antarctica Free verse poem |
Focus Text Beegu Writing Outcomes Character descriptions Diary entry writing in role as BeeguInstruction writing
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Focus Text One Day on Our Blue Planet Writing Outcomes Setting description Factfile (based on rainforest animals) |
Focus Text A Necklace of Raindrops Out and about: A book of poems Writing Outcomes Performance poetry based on the seaside Recount Letter writing |
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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 2digit 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Music |
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. |