Hatcham Temple Grove Free School
Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College
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Curriculum Overview
Year: 1
Term: Winter/ Easter 2015
Topic – Flowers and Insects
In the core subjects your child will be learning:
English:
Children will continue learning how to write recounts, focusing on the use of time
adverbials, the past tense and how to include personal opinion. We will continue working
with the children on how to construct a simple sentence using basic punctuation and
grammar. Children will be using full stops, question marks and exclamation marks in their
writing. They will be exploring writing strategies such as, ‘think it, say it, write it, read
it’ to help them build sentences. We will be further developing our use of descriptive
language (wow words) in a sentence. In class we will cover well known fairy tales and
write our own stories. The children will also be writing a simple information text on an
insect of their choice. These will all be collated to make a class information book.
Children will also:
 continue the Letters and Sounds phonics curriculum to increase their phonological
awareness and knowledge of common exception words (tricky words that cannot be
read phonetically).
 apply reading strategies such as, segmenting and blending words to read and write
with increasing fluency, as well as comprehending and engaging in various texts.
 explicitly learn correct uppercase and lowercase block letter formations and
number formations when writing.
 understand the difference between the sounds in words and the names of the
alphabet.
Maths:
Children will continue learning about counting, ordering, reading and writing of numbers
up to 100. The term will begin with learning about odd and even numbers and looking at
finding them in the world around us. The children will continue learning different
methods of addition and subtraction and will add and subtract one-digit and two-digit
numbers up to 20, including zero. This will lead on to solving one-step word problems.
Children will also begin to learn about fractions in the context of food and shapes, and then
build on their knowledge by introducing and using ½ and ¼. The children will also begin to
measure length, capacity and weight.
In the foundation subjects your child will be learning:
Science: We’ll be finding out where flowers and insects prefer to live and grow, how and where
seeds grow, how to set up tests to discover how plants use water, how to grow lots plants, and about
the life cycles of insects.
Geography: We’ll be finding out about honey and silk production and about the migration of the
Monarch butterfly.
Music: We’ll be finding out about the music of the famous composer, Rimsky-Korsakov, and how to
create our own music
Art: We’ll be finding out about paintings of flowers and insects, how to make detailed sketches,
paintings and models of flowers and insects, and how to use symmetry to make paintings of insects.
Society: We’ll be finding out about keeping stick as pets and how to look after them.
International: We’ll be finding out about flowers and insects from the host and home countries,
about how climate and weather patterns affect life around the world and about flowers as emblems
for different countries
German: Children will be continue learning German through speaking and listening, learning songs and
participating in fun ‘hands-on’ activities, as they take part in the ‘Hans Hase’ programme. They will
develop their vocabulary of key words and phrases, as they explore various topics. Children will also
take part in ‘Karneval’ week in February by making costumes, learning typical German songs, and
taking part in a parade through the school grounds. You are all welcome to join us!
RE & Festivals: We will be celebrating Chinese New Year in February, and Easter in March. We will
also be learning about the Lights Festival in Belgium as part of our science topic of ‘Light and Dark’.
P.E: Children will learn to use a hockey stick by passing and dribbling a ball, using hand/eye
coordination. They will play short games of hockey, developing their team skills.
P.E
Children should bring their PE kits in on a Monday and take it home on a Friday.
Please ensure all uniform and P.E kit is labelled with your child’s name.
Home learning
Home learning will be given out on a Friday. Please return home learning by the
following Wednesday. Any home learning that is returned after Wednesday may
not be marked.
Reading
Your child needs to have their guided reading book in school every day. Books
will be changed once a week, providing your child has returned their previous
book. There are comprehension questions on the inside and back of each guided
reading book. Please read with your child as regularly as you can, using a variety
of books and ask questions relating to what they have read.
Thank you for your support with this.
Golden Rules in School:
-Always say please and thank you.
- Always put your hand up when you have something to say.
- Listen to the person who is talking.
- Treat others how you would like to be treated.
- Always tidy up after yourself.
- Walk sensibly and quietly around the school.
Many Thanks,
Miss Wilmshurst (Marimba)
Ms Jaeger (Kalimba)