Year 1
Curriculum Summary for Parents
Term 3 • 2025/26
This information represents a summary of plans for the term. Please understand that all plans are flexible; there is always the possibility that fewer (or more) topics will be covered than those stated.
Subject Topics
English
Maths
Thematic
In English we continue to develop and apply our knowledge of phonic sounds. We will be reading increasingly challenging texts that reflect our growing phonic knowledge and applying these to spellings. We sound out words using ‘Fred Talk’ but also are also starting to use letter names to explain how we have spelt words. We continue to focus on developing our motor skills to support handwriting, where we are focusing on our letter size and position in relation to the line. We are continuing to develop using capital letters and full stops to demarcate sentences throughout a short piece of writing and use finger spaces between words.
In maths we have been developing our place value knowledge up to 50 and will continue this up to 100. We will learn to read and write numbers up to 100 in digits and words and be able to use practical resources to partition tens and ones. We will be learning to count on and back in jumps of 2s, 5s and 10s and practise sharing objects into 2 equal groups to support the concept of halving when dividing.
In the first half of term our thematic focus is ‘Dive into the Deep. They will learn about marine habitats, simple food chains, and the variety of organisms that live within these ecosystems, while developing an understanding of the importance of protecting aquatic environments. After half term our theme will be ‘Wildlife Wonders’ which builds upon our learning of animals and habitats which we discovered during our trip to Nairobi National Park last term. Children will learn about a range of animals from around the world, examining their habitats, diets, and key adaptations. They will also be developing an awareness of conservation, and the role humans play in protecting wildlife and their natural environments.
Kiswahili In Kiswahili this term our learning is around the topic ‘Things and places’. We will learn numbers and Counting (including tens), the weather; days of the week and months.
Spanish In Spanish our learning will be on the topic of ‘My favourite things’. We will name animals and clothes. We will also share things we like to do and say which food we like to eat
French
In French this term our learning is around ‘Ma famille’. Our Topics within this will be Nuclear Family and numbers 11-20. Our grammar focus will be possessives (mon/ma/mes) and the verb ‘aimer’. Our skills focus is Listening (family vocab) and Speaking Reading (short sentences).
Computing In computing we will continue to practise our touch-typing skills. We will also focus on data collection and processing. E-safety is a key component of lessons and we will identify online dangers and where to get help.
Music
P.E.
Games
Swimming
P.S.H.E.
In Music we are continuing to develop recorder and music literacy skills through reading and transcribing simple rhythms to known songs and will begin looking at written notation to learn songs, rather than just aural and rote learning. Pupils will use their recorder skills to build their skills of playing as an individual and as part of an ensemble. This will prepare us to begin composing simple melodies and sound effects for musical story telling after the mid-term.
In PE this term we will have a focus on basic movement skills: balance, coordination, agility and flexibility. We will also have an introduction to simple ball handling and spatial awareness and begin basic teamwork through simple group challenges. In tennis, we will have an introduction to racquet control, basic forehand/backhand and simple rallying.
In Games this term, we will be introducing the children to the sports of rugby and netball. We will be teaching them the core skills of these sports as well as introducing them to basic tactical and spatial skills. They will continue to develop their cardiovascular fitness and will be taking part in warm up and cool down exercises and stretches at the beginning and end of each session, talking about their importance.
Year 1 will focus on their basic water skills; Developing water confidence, water survivals skills and water entries as well as building the propulsion and stroke techniques.
We will begin Term 3 with the topic ‘Healthy Me’. We will explore ways of keeping healthy and healthy lifestyle choices we can make. We will also learn how to keep ourselves clean and how germs make us ill. We will also learn about road safety and how to safely cross a road. After half term our theme is ‘Dreams and Goals’. We will be reflecting on our growth over the year and what helped us to be successful. We will discuss how we can overcome obstacles as well as setting targets to continue our growth journey into next year.