Year 1 Yearly Overview
| Term | Literacy | Maths | Science | Topic | Computing | Art/DT | PE | PSHE | SMSC | Music | Wow opportunities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn 1 | Non-Fiction Labels & Captions (Our senses & our school) Fiction – Stories with fantasy worlds (Alien School) | Number: Place Value within 10 | Using our Senses | Geography: Our Spectacular School | Online safety | Art Picasso Portraits (Senses) | Teamwork Co-ordination Improving co-ordination with objects, including bouncing, throwing and catching. | New Beginnings | What does it mean to belong to a faith community? | Sounds Interesting – Exploring sounds in the environment. Playing instruments rhythmically. Using our bodies as percussion. | Alien Day |
| Autumn 2 | Non-Fiction – Instructions – How to make a diva Fiction – Stories from other cultures (Rama & Sita) Poetry – Winter Poetry (Adjectives) | Number: Addition and Subtraction within 10 Geometry: Shape | Seasons | History: Celebrations | Spreadsheets (Weather) | DT Moving Pictures (Rama & Sita) | Tenacity Balance Practising jumps from equipment, rolls and balancing with a partner. Communication Locomotion Exploring moving in new ways over equipment. | Getting On | What does it mean to belong to a faith community? | The Long and Short of it – Exploring duration. Identifying long and short sounds. Playing and selecting instruments that have a long or short sound. | Bonfire Christmas Day |
| Spring 1 | Non-Fiction Information texts (Animals) Fiction Stories with predictable and patterned language (Animals) | Number: Place value within 20 Number: Addition and Subtraction within 20 | Animal Antics | Geography: Fantastic Foleshill | Grouping & Sorting (Animals) Pictograms (Animals/Traffic in Foleshill) Technology Outside School (Foleshill) | Art Animal sculpture | Respect Object mastery Simple target games involving throwing and striking, balancing objects using equipment. Imagination Stability skills Copying and repeating moves on your own and in a pair. | Citizenship | Who is a Christian and what do they believe? | Sing for your supper! Developing singing techniques. Playing tuned and un-tuned instruments. | Animal Visit Local area walk |
| Spring 2 | Fiction Stories with familiar settings (Tiger who came to Tea) | Number: Place Value within 50 Measurement: Length and Height | Everyday Materials | History: Houses Through History | Lego Builders Maze Explorers | D+T Fruit Faces – Creating a healthy snack for the tiger | Empathy Agility Playing simple team games with tags | Choices | Who is a Christian and what do they believe? | Doh a deer Developing singing techniques. Playing tuned and un-tuned instruments. | St John’s House Museum workshop Local area walk – houses |
| Summer 1 | Fiction Traditional Tales Non-fiction: Information text Toys then and now | Number: Multiplication and Division Number: Fractions Measurement: Weight and Volume | STEAM: Marble Run | History: Toys in the Past | Animated Stories (Traditional Tales) | D+T Terrific Toys | Resilience Speed skills. Racing over short distances. Taking part in group relay races. | Communities | What makes some places sacred? | What’s the score? Exploring instruments and symbols. Understanding a simple graphic score. Reading basic Rhythmic Notation. | Herbert Art Gallery visit – Toys from the Past. |
| Summer 2 | Non-fiction: Recount (trip) Poetry: Shape Poetry | Number: Place Value within 100 Geometry: Position and Direction Measurement: Money Measurement: Time | Plant Detectives | Geography: City and Countryside | Coding | Art Georgia O’Keeffe (Flower paintings) | Brilliance Object mastery Introducing racket/ bat games. Striking an object – making contact. | Changes | What makes some places sacred? | What’s the score 2 ? Instruments of the Orchestra.- Exploring timbre, tempo and dynamics. More rhythmic notation reading. | Trip to West Midlands Safari Park |