Curriculum Overview Year 1 Autumn 2 Regent Farm Respects

Topic Summary

Do I understand you?

Taking the lead from our History topic, 'why do we celebrate bonfire night?' we will explore the origins behind this festival and others that are celebrated at this time of year, including Christmas. Fire and Light are the common threads of our books of the week, which explore and celebrate that we are all different and unique. We learn to embrace differences together and celebrate the uniqueness and individuality of each child. We will think about how we express our emotions, regulate them and help others as well.

In the topic we will be teaching the children the following key concepts:

  • Care – How do we care for others?
  • Happiness – What is the true meaning of happiness?
  • Empire – Who was King James 1?
  • Conflict – Can conflict be resolved peacefully?

Curriculum Visits/Events

  • TBC - Fire Pit
  • Wednesday 20th November - Author Adeola Sokunbi visiting school
  • Tuesday 10th December - Reception and Year 1 Christmas Performance 9:15am – show for parents from Miss Morgan/Miss Blanden’s Class
  • Tuesday 12th December - Reception and Year 1 Christmas Performance 2:30pm – show for parents from Mr Hudson's Class
  • Tuesday 17th December Christmas Jumper Day and Decorations Day
  • Wednesday 18th December Christmas Fayre 3:30pm

Subject Information

Key Texts and stimulus:

  • Orion and The Dark
  • The Quiet Little Firewor
  • George’s Dragon at the Fire Station
  • Little Glow
  • The Christmas Pine
  • Jesus’ Christmas Party

English

We will be using these texts as inspiration for our writing, using our knowledge from our daily phonics lessons to segment the words we want to spell before using our sound knowledge to support us writing them.

We will focus on writing sentences using capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. We will also introduce expanding sentences using adjectives and the conjunctions ‘and’.

Maths

We will continue solving problems using addition and subtract within 10. We will support our understanding of this by learning fact families and continue to use a maths resources such as number lines, Numicon, part-part whole models, 10 frames and many other practical equipment. We will then focus on identifying 2D and 3D shapes; looking at the different properties and continuing patterns.

Science

Our focus for Science this half term will be everyday materials. We will be exploring, naming and discussing everyday materials. Then we will explore and experiment with a variety of materials to test their properties. We will also be observing and recording the Seasonal changes of Autumn to Winter.

History

We will be looking at Bonfire Night and we will learn about where it originated from and why it is celebrated today. Then we will be learning about Guy Fawkes, his religion and how this affected his relationship with the King.

PSHE and RE

In PSHE, we will be looking at what are safe relationships. We will look at recognising privacy and understanding what we keep private. We will also look at how we can stay safe and we will discuss what to do when we feel unsafe. Then we will be looking at the importance of seeking permission.

In RE, our focus is on how Christianity. Following our visit to St Hugh’s Church, we will learn more about Christian Baptisms and how we celebrate key events in life with special gifts. We will think about how we feel giving and receiving gifts, and how God delivers a special gift for Christians at Christmas. 

Art

This half term we will be focussing on the colour wheel and how adding white and black can create different tints and tones.

We will look at Georgia O’Keefe and create artwork inspired by her style using a variety of brush sizes and strokes.

Computing

We will learn about what the internet is and how to use it safely.

We then use our new found mouse skills to explore the Sketchpad app – manipulating a variety of shapes, building towards making festive scenes.

PE

Gymnastics–We will learn simple gymnastics actions and shapes and use basic core strength to perform gymnastic actions. We will link body shapes to different ways of moving and jumping.

Team games – We develop sending and collecting skills with a variety of different balls. We then apply our skills in small group competitive games and challenges

Music

The children will compose and play simple marching music based on Colonel Hathi’s march and keep time with changing pulses and respond with dance.

Our musician of the half term will be Mozart.

If you would like any further details about this half term's curriculum in Year 1, please speak to your child's teacher.

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