Riverley Primary Curriculum Map Year 1
Subject
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Turbulent Planet
•
10 things I Can do
the Change My
World
It’s About Time /
Let’s Celebrate
A long time ago
(What did we play with
100 years ago – Toys)
The Owl and the
Pussy Cat
(POR)
Homes and Habitats
(Hamilton)
Sounds We Hear/ I’m Alive
(sense)
RE
Hinduism unit 1 –
Diwali
Christianity unit 1 –
Jesus’ birth is
celebrated at Christmas
Islam unit 1 – Muslim
beliefs
Christianity unit 2 –
special occasions –
baptism and naming
Islam unit 2 Following
Allah’s teaching from the
Quran
PSHCE
New Beginnings
(SEAL)
Getting on and falling
out - SEAL
Going for goals-SEAL
Good to be me - SEAL
Relationships – SEAL
Changes – SEAL
Literacy
Narrative 1 (A) Stories
with familiar settings (2
weeks)
Non – fiction 1 Labels,
lists and captions (1
week)
Narrative 1 (B) Stories
with familiar settings (2
weeks)
Poetry 3 Poems on a
Theme (2 weeks)
Narrative 2 Stories from
a range of cultures /
predictable and
patterned language (4
weeks)
Non – fiction 2
Instructions (2 weeks)
Poetry 2 Pattern and
rhyme (2 weeks)
Non – fiction 3 Recount,
dictionary (2 weeks)
Narrative 3 (A)
Traditional and fairy
tales (3 weeks)
Non – fiction 4 (A)
Information texts (2
weeks)
Narrative 3 (B)
Traditional and fairy
tales (2weeks)
Non – fiction 4 (B)
Information texts (3 weeks)
Poetry 1 Using the senses
(2weeks)
Numeracy
Unit 1
Year 1: Block A: Counting, partitioning and
calculating
Year 1: Block B Securing number facts,
understanding
shapes
Year 1: Block C Handling data and measures
Year 1: Block D Calculating, measuring and
understanding shape
Year 1: Block E Securing number facts,
calculating,
identifying relationships
Unit 2
Year 1: Block A: Counting, partitioning
and calculating
Year 1: Block B Securing number facts,
understanding shapes
Year 1: Block C Handling data and
measures
Year 1: Block D Calculating, measuring
and understanding shape
Year 1: Block E Securing number facts,
calculating, identifying relationships
Water
Dive Down Deep
(Under the Sea)
The Snail and
The Whale
(POR)
Lila and The
Secret of Rain
(POR)
Natural World
Non – fiction 5 Recount
(fact and fiction) (2
weeks)
Narrative 4 Stories
about fantasy worlds (4
weeks)
Unit 3
Year 1: Block A Counting, partitioning and calculating
Year 1: Block B Securing number facts, understanding
shapes
Year 1: Block C Handling data and measures
Year 1: Block D Calculating, measuring and
understanding
shape
Year 1: Block E Securing number facts, calculating,
identifying relationships
PE
Outdoor
Indoor
Games
Football
Netball
T - ball
Athletics
Hockey
Ballroom dancing
Gymnastics Games Multi-skills
Tennis
Skipping
Sound and Hearing
Growing Plants
Living Things
Life cycles
ICT
Science
History /
Geography
Art / DT
Music
(Music
express)
Ourselves
Light and Dark
Control & Measurement
Finding Things Out
Modelling
Music/Sound
Word Processing
Graphics Forces – pushes and
Materials
pulls.
How we grow and
change
Seasonal changes and
weather
History of toys
Historical household
artefacts
Sounds around the
world
Self – portraits
Artists: Picasso, Klee,
Van Gogh
Black History Month
Aboriginal Art: Painting
and Sculpture
Maori Art: The Koru
Celebrations
Monet: La Rue Saint –
Denis
Emil Nolde: Wildly
dancing children
Jose Pinto: The big
banquet
Observational drawings,
photos, collages, models
of toys.
What is sculpture?
- Shape, form, texture
and the sensory qualities
of materials.
Artists:
David Hockney
(Buildings and
Townscapes)
Paul Klee ‘Partie Aus
G’.
Mother nature designer
DT – generate ideas
and recognise
characteristics of
familiar products.
DT – design and make
greeting cards
improving the
appearance of the card
DT –develop knowledge
of tools, equipment
materials and
components through
designing and making a
coat of newspaper for a
soft toy
DT – Design make and
evaluate models of
homes and towns
exploring the use of
materials
Paint, draw to the
mood of music.
Movement
Kandinsky’s ‘Swinging’
Still Life
O’Keefe’s ‘Peaches
and Glass’
Renoir ‘Friuts from the
Midi’
DT – develop and
communicate ideas
through making a
telephone and 3D clay
models of themselves
Sounds interesting –
exploring sounds
The long and the short
of it – exploring duration
Feel the pulse – exploring
pulse and rhythm
Taking off – exploring
pitch
What’s the score? –
exploring instruments
and symbols
Rain rain go away –
exploring timbre, tempo and
dynamics
Observational drawings,
sculpture with grass, twigs,
flowers.
Collage, mosaic, photos,
sculpture of insects and
animals
DT - develop and
communicate ideas through
designing and making a
garden tools catalogue