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Year 1

Year 1 Class Information 2024-25

Curriculum
Please see the table below for an outline of this year's curriculum for Year 1. For further information, Home Learning and a copy of the Knowledge Organiser, please access your child's Teams account. 

 

TERM

AUTUMN TERM

SPRING TERM

SUMMER TERM

Class Novel

 Our Wonderful World: 
Here We Are;
Rang-Tan;
Mog's Christmas		 Topsy and Tim Visit London;
Paddington at the Palace;
A Walk in London;
The Snail and the Whale		 Whiffy Wilson: The Wolf who wouldn't go to school;
The Day the Crayons Quit

English

 Punctuating a sentence:
Letter formation;
Writing a sentence;
Little Wandle phonics phase 3 and 4;
Retell a familiar story		 Little Wandle phonics phase 3, 4 and 5;
Composing simple sentences using capital letters and full stops;
Adjectives, verbs and nouns;
Using singular and plural spellings;
Question marks		 Little Wandle phonics phase 3, 4 and 5;
Genres;
Conjunctions;
Using -ing, -er, -ed, -est;
Exclamation marks

Mathematics

 Number and Place Value: Numbers to 10;
Calculations: Addition and Subtraction;
Geometry: Positions;
Number and Place Value: Numbers to 20;
Calculations: Addition and Subtraction within 20		 Calculations: Addition and Subtraction within 20;
Geometry: Shapes and Patterns;
Measurement: Height and Length;
Number and Place Value: Numbers to 40;
Calculations: Addition and Subtraction within 40;
Calculations: Multiplication;
Times tables		 Calculations: Multiplication;
Calculations: Division;
Fractions;
Number and Place Value: Numbers to 100;
Measurement: Time;
Measurement: Money;
Measurement: Volume and Capacity;
Measurement: Mass;
Geometry: Space;
Review

Religious Education (RE)

 God's Great Plan;
Mary Our Mother		 Families and Celebrations;
Following Jesus		 Miracles;
Judaism

Science

 Shade and Shelter:
Naming everyday materials; 
Properties and uses of materials;
Everyday Materials: - Materials, natural materials, human-made materials, grouping materials, properties of materials, venn diagrams, comparing and testing materials; Floating and sinking;
Working scientifically: Identifying and classifying, observing changes over time, comparing materials

Seasonal Changes: Seasons; Seasonal changes in deciduous and evergreen trees;

Seasonal changes in animals;

Weather;

Seasonal weather;

Day length; Investigating the Sun; Measuring wind; Measuring temperature; Measuring precipitation; Weather forecasting; 
Working scientifically: Observing changes over time;
Identifying and classifying;
Pattern seeking;
Comparative test;
Research

Plant Parts: Wild and garden plants; Seasonal changes;

Plant parts;

Seeds and bulbs;

Investigating leaves; Importance of plants;

Working scientifically: Identifying and classifying; Observing changes over time; Pattern seeking;

Research;

Comparative test;
Animal Parts: Animals' body parts; 
Animal groups: amphibians; birds;

fish;

invertebrates;

mammals;

reptiles;

Carroll and Venn diagrams; 
Pets;

Carnivores;

herbivores and omnivores; Earthworms; 
Working scientifically: Identifying and classifying; Comparative test;

Pattern seeking;

Research

Personal, Social & Health Education (PSHE)

 Being me in my World;
Celebrating Difference		 Dreams and Goals;
Healthy Me		 Ten Ten resources: Relationships

History

Childhood past and present:
Stages of human life;
Timelines;
Everyday life and childhood in the 1950s;

Significant events – Queen's coronation;

Enquiry

 Monarchy:
Significant event: Great Fire of London

Historical vocabulary; Historical artefacts;

Timelines;

Present day schools;

Our school;

Victorian era;

Victorian schools; Significant people: Samuel Wilderspin

Geography

Settlements: Changes over time;
Our Wonderful World: Physical and human features, picture maps, cardinal compass points, equator and hemispheres, continents. Oceans, countries and capital cities of the UK;
Protecting natural environments: fieldwork

 Countries and capital cities of the UK:
Physical features of the UK;
Settlements;
Human features;
Weather and seasons;
Landmarks;
Aerial images, locational language, maps, compass directions, geographical similarities

Fieldwork;

Human and physical features; Maps;

Local environment;

Changes over time

Computing

 Technology around us;
Digital painting		 Digital writing;
Grouping data		 Moving a robot;
Introduction to animation

Physical Education (PE)

 Dance;
Attack, defend, shoot		 Gymnastics;
Circuits;
Send and return		 Dance;
OAA;
Athletics;
Hit catch and run

Art and Design

 Mix It: Colour theory, colour wheel, primary and secondary colours;
Funny Faces and Fabulous Features: portraits and self portraits, collage;
Evaluating projects		 Rain and Sunrays: motifs, line and shape, texture and collagraphy;
Drawing		 Street View: 3-D murals; Buildings; 
Significant people: James Rizzi

Design and Technology (DT)

 Shade and Shelter: Investigating existing products;
Designing and making shelters and dens, building prototypes;
Understanding safety;
Evaluating products		 Taxi!: Mechanisms; wheels, axles and chassis

Chop, Slice and Mash: Sources of food;

Food preparation techniques;

Hygiene rules;

Designing and making salads and sandwiches

Music

 Singing Games and Rhymes;
Nativity		 Singing Games and Rhymes; Singing Games and Rhymes;