Year 1 Spring term 2017
English
Maths
Science
Fiction This term we will be looking at fairytales and traditional stories. The
children explore a range of fiction. They read the interactive eBook, listening and
responding to the stories then re-telling them in their own words. They learn how
to identify and understand character and events, linking these to their own lives
and experiences. They compose and write simple sentences and questions. As
the children are becoming more confident writers, we will explore ways that they
can improve their writing further by choosing interesting adjectives. The children
will learn to use a thesaurus in order to help them increase their vocabulary.
Fiction Narrative: Penguins Can’t Fly, Flapjack and Waddle adding interest and
detail to writing by using adjectives. Most children will begin to write compound
sentences, where they will join together two ideas using and, but and so.
Non-Fiction Children will learn about different types of reports and their uses.
They will read a variety of reports about real life as well as fictional characters.
The writing tasks involve composing factual sentences about animals from Cold
Lands and Hot lands.
In the second half term they will produce a piece of informative writing about
spring and spring festivals.
Place value Children will count up to and across 100, forwards and backwards.
They will read and write two digit numbers, understanding them as some tens
and some ones.
Mental addition and Subtraction Children will continue to practise their mental
recall of pairs of numbers that make up to 10. They will use their knowledge of
addition and subtraction facts to 10 to help them add and subtract to 20 and with
multiples of 10.
Geometry Children will name, recognise and know the properties of 3D shapes:
cube, cuboid, cone, cylinder and sphere. The will begin to sort 3D shapes
according to properties. Children read and write times to the hour and begin to
have a notion of how long an hour is and how long a minute is. They tell the time
(o’clock and half past) on analogue and digital clocks.
Spring 2
Number and Place Value Children will continue to consolidate their knowledge
of two digit numbers, understanding them as some tens and some ones. They
will count, read and write numbers to 100 in numerals.
Mental addition and Subtraction Children will continue to practise the rapid
and fluent recall of pairs of numbers that make up to 10. Based on their
confident understanding of this, they will focus on developing quick mental recall
of subtraction facts. Children will solve one-step problems that involve addition
and subtraction, using concrete objects, pictorial representations, and missing
number problems.
Fractions
Children will develop an understanding of the meaning of half and quarter. They
will find halves and quarters of shapes and a number of objects, calculating the
answer using concrete objects, pictorial representations and arrays with the
support of the teacher.
Measures Children will continue to read and write times to the hour and begin to
have a notion of how long an hour is and how long a minute is. They tell the time
(o’clock and half past) on analogue and digital clocks.
Position and Direction
Children will learn to describe position, direction and movement, including whole,
half, quarter and three-quarter turns.
Seasons
Children will learn about the impact that seasonal change has on our lives. They
will consider how what we can see and hear shows us that the seasons are
changing and observe how the weather changes across different seasons.
Looking at Animals
Children will identify and name a variety of common animals including fish,
amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. They will learn to use the terms
carnivores, herbivores and omnivores to classify animals. They will describe and
compare the structure of a variety of common animals.
Poles Apart Hot and Cold lands- Use maps, atlases and globes to locate
different countries, including arctic regions. Name and locate the world's
continents. Explain how animals and people adapt to their environments. Locate
the equator and explain how it affects climates. Use different sources of research
e.g. books, pictures, photographs and the internet.
Geography
Poles Apart
Find out about the first explorers to the Polar regions. The native residents and
how their lives have changed throughout history.
History
We are painters
Use the web safely to find ideas for an illustration. Select and use appropriate
painting tools to create and change images on the computer. Understand and
respond on the differences between physically painting and using the computer.
Create an illustration depicting Spring or a Spring festival. Save, retri eve amend
and reflect on their work and act on feedback.
Computing
We are CollectorsFind and use pictures on the web. Know what to do if they encounter pictures
which cause concern. Group images on the basis of a yes/no question. Organise
images into groups according to rules. Sort according to a criteria. Ask and
answer questions about their images.
R.E/PSHE
Judaism
Children will consider the actions of people who believe in God. The focus will be
on Passover and the symbolism of the Passover meal and how this relates to
Gods power and the Exodus story.
Christianity Jesus
Children will think about friendship and think about the reasons friends fall out.
What is forgiveness and is it always easy to forgive? Consider what is happening
outside. Link to seasonal work in Science. Link the Easter story to Spring and
new life looking at the symbols of Easter.
Dance
Children will explore using their bodies to create different shapes. They will
develop their balance, agility and coordination. Children will perform dances
using simple movement patterns.
P.E
Children will do some mud painting and make pictures using natural materials
based on the work on Andy Goldsworthy.
Look at images online of the Northern lights and recreate a painting.
Art
In the GrooveAn easy-to-learn song that demonstrates different styles of music
This is a six-week Unit of Work. All the learning is focused around one song: In
The Groove. This will be an integrated approach to music where games, the
interrelated dimensions of music (pulse, rhythm, pitch etc.), singing and playing
instruments are all linked.
Music
Rhythm in the way we walk and Banana rap
This is a six-week Unit of Work that builds on previous learning. All the learning
is focused around two songs: Rhythm In The Way We Walk (Reggae style) and
The Banana rap (Hip Hop style).
Children will take part in a den building activity. They will then evaluate their
dens and write a recount explaining the different processes involved. They will
create habitats for insects outside.
Make a penguin using recycled and new materials.
Design
Technology