TollgatePrimary SchoolSubject Overview Year 1

SummerFirst Half 2012/2013

Subject / Week 1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4 / Week 5 / Week 6
Literacy
To encourage confidence in writing. / Harry and the Snow King
Weekend news
Retelling the story
Character descriptions
Children follow Jolly Phonics scheme of work and focus on a new sound weekly. / Jack and the Beanstalk
Weekend news
Retelling the story
Character descriptions
Children follow Jolly Phonics scheme of work and focus on a new sound weekly. / Three Billy Goats Gruff
Weekend news
Retelling the story
Character descriptions
Children follow Jolly Phonics scheme of work and focus on a new sound weekly. / Cinderella
Weekend news
Retelling the story
Character descriptions
Children follow Jolly Phonics scheme of work and focus on a new sound weekly. / Aliens Love Underpants
Weekend news
Retelling the story
Character descriptions
Children follow Jolly Phonics scheme of work and focus on a new sound weekly. / Aliens Love Underpants Saves the World
Weekend news
Retelling the story
Character descriptions
Children follow Jolly Phonics scheme of work and focus on a new sound weekly.
Numeracy / Number
Partitioning two digit numbers into tens and units
More and less
Counting on in 2s, 5s and 10s / Number
Recognising simple number patterns
Odds and evens / Addition
Constructing and using a number line to solve addition calculations.
Solving missing number questions. / Subtraction
Constructing and using a number line to solve subtraction calculations.
Solving missing number questions. / Multiplication
Practising counting in jumps of 2, 5 and 10. Constructing number lines to present the steps taken to solve calculations. Introducing the multiplication sign. / Division
Sharing numbers evenly between two and extending this to sharing between larger numbers.
Introducing the division sign.
Science / Pushes and Pulls
Identifying what a push and a pull are.
Classifying objects into ‘push’ or ‘pull’. / Identifying how objects move.
Recognising what objects are safe and unsafe to stop. / Ways in which humans move. How other forces such as water, sand and wind cause other objects to move. / Designing a practical experiment to discover what restricts the movement of a toy car. / Designing a practical experiment to discover what can enhance the movement of a toy car. / End of unit NSI test covering this topic.
History/
Geog / History of the River Thames
Identifying the key features of a river.
Recognising key features present on the river Thames, such as: source, meander, mouth etc. / The use of the River Thames.
Exploring the importance of the tourist industry on the Thames. / Investigating how the royal family has used the Thames through history, focusing on flotillas.
Researching the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and producing a news report on events. / Researching events that took place when the Thames was frozen e.g. Henry VIII sledging along the Thames; Elizabeth I walking along the ice; Frost Fairs / What the Thames is like:
Exploring why the Thames caused parliament to evacuate during the Victorian era. / What does the River Thames look like today?
Art/ DT
impressionism / Landscapes
Starry Night
(Van Gogh)
Pastels / Starry Night
(Van Gogh)
Pastels / Wheatfield with Crows
(Van Gogh) / Thames at Westminster
(Monet) / Poppy Fields
(Monet) / Poppy Fields
(Monet)
PSHCE / Family and Relationships
Targets – what we want to achieve this term. / Jealousy – recognising what can make us feel jealous and how we can manage our feelings and responses. / Pride – understanding what pride is. Identifying something that I am proud of and explaining why I am proud of a friend. / Being hurtful -
I understand that being unkind and hurting someone doesn’t make me feel better. / People that help us
Identifying people who help us that wear a uniform.
Understanding how to ask for help appropriately. / Learning about the role of different people in the community who help us. Understanding
that the people who help us are members of the communities they serve.
RE / What does it mean to belong to Sikhism?
Identifying how religious people show they belong to their religion. / Identifying how children show
they belong to Sikhism. / Understanding why Guru Nanak is special to Sikhs. / Recognising what Guru Gobind Singh asks Sikhs to look like. / Explaining what the Amrit ceremony involves. / Review of topic: extended writing about Sikhism.
PE / OAA 1
Recording the weather. What clothing is safe to wear in different weather for different purposes? / Orienteering – Treasure Island: Navigating around obstacles to reach a destination. / Orienteering 2 –
Instructing others:
Navigating other to a destination using the compass points. / Orienteering 2 continued –
Instructing others:
Navigating other to a destination using the compass points. / Orienteering 3 –
Using a map to find different places and collect information. / Teambuilding –
Working as a team to achieve a goal.
Athletics 1
Identifying different travelling actions. / Practising team relay and handing over an object whilst moving. / Tactical approach to relay: who will run first? Why? What can we do to improve? / Different varieties of the same movement: Jumping – high/low/far/near etc / Relay: Two fitted jump relays using and applying tactics learnt during weeks 2 and 3. / Running jump strategies. Evaluating own performance - Which jump is the most effective for distance?
Music / High and Low Sounds
ICT / Giving Instructions
To identify everyday
objects that are
controlled. / To plan and follow
accurate instructions using Early Essentials. / Programming a robot toy to make it go where they want it go. / Practising planning, testing
and amending a
sequence of
instructions. / To plan a sequence ofinstructions for theprogrammable toy to navigate obstacles
e.g.a maze / Children to design their own maze and challenge other to navigate programmable toys through it.