St Raphael’s Catholic Primary Half Term Overview – Spring 1

Year Group / Long Term Plan Spring 1
Week 1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4 / Week 5 / Week 6
R.E. following CTS
Jesus is my teacher / Can you explain how Jews Worship God? / Can you explain how Jesus shows us how to live? / Can you retell some of the teachings of Jesus? / Can you recount ‘The Great Feast’? / Can you retell ‘The Parable of the Sower’? / Can you create your own Prayers and worship?
Literacy / What are Myths & Legends? / Can you write your own Myth? / What is a Non-Fiction Recount? / Can you write a Non-Fiction Recount? / Can you write a Non-Chronological Report? / Assessment week.
Numeracy / Can you use place value with decimals 1/10ths and 100ths? / Can you add and subtract using place value, including with money? Do you understand commutativity? / Can you add and subtract larger numbers?Can you round any number to the nearest 10, 100, 1000? / Can you convert between different units of measurement? Can you interpret and present discrete and continuous data on appropriate graphs? / Can you recognise and write decimal equivalents to ½, ¼, ¾? / Can you use number, place value and money in word problems?Can you find the area of a rectilinear shape by counting squares?
Science
States of matter / Can youidentify solids, liquids and gases? / Can you measure the temperature? / Can you observe that some materials change state when they are heated? / Can you observe that some materials change state when they are cooled? / What is evaporation and condensation? / Can you plan your own investigation to show how Thermal Insulators & Conductors work?
Geography / Why is Manchester so cool? Where is it? / Why did people settle in Manchester? / What is the diversity of Manchester? / What is Manchester Art like? / What is the music like? (Halle trip) / What is the future of Manchester?
Art / Can you create a print from an object? / Can you print using string? / Can you make a polyprint? / Can you investigate how fabrics are used in other cultures and in prehistory? / Can you create a fabric block print?
P.E. / Can you form movement jumps? / Can you make movement rolls? / Can you create a movement sequence? / Can you adapt your sequence? / Can you use equipment in your sequence? / Can you perform your sequence?
I.C.T / What music can you create? / Can you create music with Isle of Tune? / Can you record sound samples? / Can you use your samples to create a piece of music? / Can you edit your composition? / Can you share your music with an audience?
Music / How to play the Glockenspiel. Do you have rhythm? / What is notation? / Can you perform and share some music? / What is a song rhythm? / What is a pulse? / Can you perform and share your favourite song?
P.S.H.E. / What are our New Year Goals? / How can we achieve our goals? / Can you work as a team? / How will you go for your goal? / Can you design an E-Safety poster? / What is Hinduism?
Big Write / Can you recount a Greek myth? / Can you write your own Myth? / Can you write Anansi – an African Myth? / Can you write a Non-Fiction recount? / Can you retell The Parable of the Sower? / Can you write a Non-Chronological report?