Welcome to Year One
In Year 1 you will find Mrs Wiley and Mrs James-Gascoigne
In Year 1 we engage the children with exciting Topics like fantasy creatures and the Great Fire of London. We try wherever possible to give the children
To support the learning of Phonics we use Letters and Sounds, the LCP scheme, Jolly Phonics and Bug Club Phonics.
To support the learning of reading we use Letters and Sounds and Bug Club.
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Also...
- - Please ensure you look in your child's reading folder every Friday for their new weekly spellings.
- - We also ask that you bring in your child's PE kit on a Monday to be left in school until Friday.
- - All children are expected to read at home daily and make a record in their reading challenges. Please send the reading challenge
into school everyday .
Long Term Plan Year 1 |
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Term 1 |
Term 2 |
Term 3 |
Term 4 |
Term 5 |
Term 6 |
Topic |
Ourselves |
Light |
Animal Kingdom |
Pirates |
Planet Earth |
Castles and knights |
Literacy |
Repeating Story – Dear Zoo
Travel Tale – Bubbles
Poem – The owl and the pussy cat. |
Traditional Tale – Red Riding Hood
Instructions - Grow a candy cane |
The Egg
Non-fiction - fact File on an animal.
Poem about animals |
Pirate Story – Class Three all at sea/Pirate Post.
Letter Writing to a pirate.
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The Way Back Home.
Letter Writing / Persuasive text - to an alien.
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Traditional Tale – Jim and the Beanstalk
Non-fiction text – How to Attack a Castle. |
Maths |
Numbers and Place Value. Geometry: Properties of Shapes. |
Addition and Subtraction. Numbers and Place Value. Geometry: Properties of Shapes. |
Addition and Subtraction. Measure: Length |
Addition and Subtraction. Geometry: Position and Direction. Measure: Time.
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Addition and Subtraction. Fractions |
Multiplication and Division. Measures: Money. Mass and Capacity. |
Science |
Human body – identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the body, identify and name senses. |
Seasons – position of the sun, long days/ short days. |
Animals – identify and name a variety of common animals, describe and compare the structure of a variety of animals.
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Materials - float &sink, Identify and name a variety of materials, describe simple physical properties of everyday materials. |
Plants – identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants and identify and describe the structure of plants and trees.
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Seasons – observe changes across the four seasons. |
Computing |
Internet Safety.
Create a self-portrait on 2simple. Phonics and Maths games. |
Gooseberry Planet – people online Phonics and Maths games. |
Gooseberry Planet – personal information
Create a fact file/e-book about an animal. Phonics and Maths games. |
Gooseberry Planet – perfect passwords
Programming and algorithms. – Bee Bots.
Make pirate posters.
Phonics and Maths games. |
Gooseberry Planet – Fake profiles
Phonics and Maths games. |
Gooseberry Planet – selfie safe.
Retrieve information from the internet. Phonics and Maths games. |
RE |
Creation |
Christmas |
Jesus as a Friend |
Easter |
Shabbat |
Chanukah |
Art |
Self Portraits Pablo Picasso
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Firework pictures (History link) Light pictures – Van Gogh – A Starry Night |
Life drawings – animals (topic) |
Portraits of pirates Paintings of the sea and under the sea Design and make a pirate flag Pirate ships
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Life drawings – plants (science link) |
Drawing/painting a castle. |
DT |
Making a moving body model (science link) Designing and making houses |
Making Christmas cards |
Understand where food comes from. |
Textiles (Science link) – making a raft/boot. |
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Recycle Models – To design and make a shield.
Cooking. |
Geography |
Local walk – following directions. Route planning – the safest and quickest routes, are they always the same? Using google earth to locate/explore. |
Human and Physical Geography – location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles. |
Place Knowledge – understanding similarities and differences of human and physical geography of the UK |
Locational Knowledge – name and locate the world’s 5 oceans and 7 continents. Invent pirate treasure maps using symbols and keys Read a map to find clues for a treasure hunt around school
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Locational Knowledge – name, locate and identify characteristics of the 4 countries and capital cities of the UK. |
Human and Physical geography – identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the UK. Castle geographical locations and floor plans – aerial viewpoint perspective |
History |
Local history – Banbury Cross, the expansion of Banbury. The market. Personal history – looking at how we have grown. Past and present homes.
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Bonfire Night – Guy Fawkes Christmas Story – RE link |
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Researching/learning about famous pirates. Ways of life of people in the past. What did it mean to be a pirate? What was life like for a pirate? Christopher Columbus
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Castles - recognise the current and historical role of kings and queens. Understand the concept of a knighthood. Castle life – banquets, jousting, attack and defence, etc. |
Music |
Hey You |
Xmas play |
In the Groove |
Rhythm in the way we walk |
Round and round |
Reflect, rewind and replay |
PE |
Gymnastics (Indoor) Object Control – catching (Outdoor) |
Dance (Indoor) Object control – throwing (outdoor) |
Gymnastics (Indoor) Net/ wall games (outdoor) |
Dance (Indoor) Net/ wall games (outdoor) |
Gymnastics (Indoor) Striking and Fielding (outdoor) |
Dance (Indoor) Athletics (outdoor) |
PSHE |
Growth Mindset Pets Happiness |
Royal Invitations – Who should be invited? (fairy-tale characters) Question – would you rather be rich or popular? |
Judging appearances – monster at school
Perfect people |
Question – what would happen if there were no schools?
Friendship |
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Bullying |
Kindness
Being fair |
Possible School Trips/ Visits |
Visit to Banbury museum – Home past and present |
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Zoo Trip – Cotswold Wildlife Park. |
Fire Fighters |
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Warwick Castle/ Blenheim Palace. |
If you require more information about the curriculum that your child is following at school, please email the school office: office.2055@orchard-fields.oxon.sch.uk