Year 1 – St Elizabeth
Spring 2 Curriculum Overview
Our cross-curricular topic this term is all about ‘Connections’.
English
Little Wandle
Daily phonic lessons (Phase 5): ‘growing the code’ – recognising alternative pronunciations and spelling patterns. Daily catch ups also take place for those children who need further consolidation of phase 4 and early phase 5. Group Reading Practice (3 times per week).
Writing
Our writing this term is inspired by a range of quality texts on the theme of ‘Friendship & Connections’.
Key objectives:
- To describe characters and settings in stories.
- To sequence events in stories.
- To draw inferences on the basis of what is being said and done.
- To re-tell stories in different formats, e.g. diary entries, newspaper articles and letters.
- To punctuate sentences using a capital letter, full tops and question marks and exclamation marks where appropriate.
Core texts, reading for pleasure and stimulus for learning:
- Reading books from another culture by Floella Benjamin: ‘Coming to England’ – exploring her migration and journey from Trinidad to England.
- Fantasy transport stories by author John Burningham including The Magic Bed, Oi Get off my Train, Mr Gumpy’s Motor car.
Maths
Key objectives:
- Mastering Number: secure firm foundations in the development of good number sense. Develop fluency in calculation and a confidence and flexibility with number.
- Continue with daily counting practice from 0-100. Count forwards and backwards in ones, twos, fives and tens.
- Master recall of number bonds to twenty.
- Identify the most appropriate strategies for solving addition and subtraction problems involving 1-digit and 2-digit numbers to 50.
- Interpret, represent and solve word problems involving addition and subtraction.
- Solve word problems about length, height, weight and capacity.
- Recognise and recall doubles and halves facts.
- Recognise, recall and reason about odd and even numbers to support calculation and number fluency.
Science
Animals
- Identify, name, describe and compare a variety of common animals.
- Discuss and begin to classify animals.
- Find out about common pets and learn how to take care of our pets.
Religion
Following Jesus and Preparing for Easter
- To hear how Jesus chose the first Disciples.
- To learn the story of the Good Samaritan.
- To prepare for Easter by looking at Lent Promises, Holy Week and the Easter Story.
Humanities – History
- To examine different forms of transport and make comparisons between past and present forms.
- To focus on the role of transport links in the development of London as an international City.
- To develop an understanding of chronology by creating timelines to show how modes of transport and communication have changed over time.
- To understand the significance of migration, travel and communication in our lives today and for past generations.
PSHE – Identity, Journeys & Friendship
- Identity and Connections – Focusing on pupil’s heritage, exploring it geographically & discussing and celebrating our differences.
- Friendship Terrace – a series of sessions to reflect on and teach friendship skills.
- Relationships and Health Education
- Life to the Full: Understanding that we are created and love by God.
Art and Design
- Design and create 3D moving vehicles.
- Learn about the work of Jacob Lawrence – a painter who most famously depicted US migration in a form of Cubism artwork.
ICT
- Introduction to control and programming, giving and following instructions, recording sequences.
P.E
- PE –– Invasion games, sending, receiving and target games.
- Dance – Wednesdays led by Wiggle.