Year
2016/
2017
Year
Group
1
Topic
Trips / Memorable
Experience
Class novels and
poems
English
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Aliens and rockets (flight)
Kings Queens and Explorers (including
Pirates)
Pirate day – planning holidays for pirates.
Visiting a castle
India
Visiting parents, visiting local area (Tescos
visit, tropical world for plans))
How to catch a star – (Talk for writing)
Toys in space – Character descriptions
Beegu
Man on the moon
The way back home
23 degrees north – Literacy Shed
Toy story
Pete the Pirate
The Gruffalo
The run away Japati
Viku and the Elephant
Percy the Park Keeper
Avocado Baby
Writing outcome-labels and captions
Simple instructions – For making an
aeroplane/catching a star/scaring an alien
Stories with repetitive language
Basic recounts
Role play
Immerse in class book
Hook
Visits
Writing biographies for kings and queens
Information texts on castles
Designing holiday brochures
Persuasive language for holidays
Recount from perspective of an explorer
Role play
Immerse in class book
Hook
Visits
Instructions for making a type of food
from England/India
Information texts on India/UK
Recounts of visits to local area
Retelling of stories from different
cultures.
See long term plan for English
See long term plan for English
See long term plan for English
Crashed spaceship and
Aliens missing in school?
Trip to Magna
History
Geography
Ongoing
Geography
throughout the
year.
Art
Lives of significant Individuals-Neil
Armstrong, Amy Johnson
Changes within living memoryspaceships, aeroplanes
Events beyond living memory-first
aeroplane flight
Timeline of flight
Lives of significant Individuals
Columbus,
Elizabeth 1
Spanish Armada
Introduce-Name and locate the world’s
seven continents and five oceans
Use world maps, atlases and globes to
identify the UK and countries, continents
and oceans
Place knowledge
Links to school in India
understand geographical similarities and
differences through studying the human
and physical geography of a small area of
the United Kingdom, and of a small area
in a contrasting non-European country
Identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the UK
Use basic geography vocab-season and weather
Explore shading with a pencil
Create light and dark colours by tinting
Explore pattern through printing and
stamping
Create work using natural materials to
develop skills on texture.
Explore and understand the impact of
materials including hard and soft pencils,
wet and dry paper, pain and ink.
Use a range of textile equipment
including bead and fabric for
threading/sewing.
Science
On Going Science
throughout the
year
Computing
Helping Zog the Alien identify the
materials we have on earth.
Materials
distinguish between an object and the
material from which it is made
identify and name a variety of everyday
materials, including wood, plastic, glass,
metal, water, and rock
describe the simple physical properties
of a variety of everyday materials
compare and group together a variety of
everyday materials on the basis of their
simple physical properties.
Observe changes across the four seasons
Observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and how day length varies.
Identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees identify and describe
the Basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including trees.
Observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants
Find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to grow and stay healthy.
Creating a promotional video for a holiday.
Creating an information poster on a country.
Programming flight taking off/rocket
launching.
Recognise how ICT is used beyond school.
Use different font sizes, colours and effects.
Know what algorithms are and how they
are used.
Use technology to create digital content.
Select appropriate images to add to work.
Understand how algorithms impact
programming.
D and T
Designing and Making aeroplanes
Building a castle
Explore existing products.
Design and make purposeful and
functional products.
Use pictures and words to convey what
they would like to make.
Describe and explain what they are
making, how it works and what they need
to do next.
Use given tools for a variety of tasks.
Build structures and investigate how they
can be made more stable.
Explore ideas by rearranging materials
e.g. paper, card, ingredients, fabrics,
sequins, buttons, tubes, dowel, cotton
reels, paper, card, moldable materials.
Explore existing products.
Say what they like and do not like about
products they have made.
Consider and explain how the finished
product could be improved.
Charanga Long Term Plan
Music
Hey You!
1.1 Multi-Skills
P.E.
R.E.
Why are stories
important?
P.S.H.E.
Being me in my
world
Maths
Children of the
World - Nativity
1.2 Mighty Movers
(Running)
Why do we
celebrate special
occasions?
Celebrating
differences
Rising Stars
In the Grove
1.3 Skip to the Beat
What does it mean
to belong to a
church?
Dreams and goals
In the Way We
Walk
1.4 Brilliant Ball
Skills
Round and Round
Why do we
celebrate special
occasions?
Healthy me
Why do we care
about people?
Rising Stars
1.5 Throwing and
Catching
Relationships
Reflect, Replay and
Rewind
1.6 Active Athletics
What does it mean
to belong to a
mosque?
Changing me
Rising Stars
Key
Bold – Core topic subject driver (Outlined by Primary Leader)
Red – Links to curriculum activities
Blue - Skills – Objective from NC (Added by Teachers)