Year 1
Topic Plan Context – What do we Know?
Starting point – Hook and Wow!
We will be exploring our local area noting what plants and birds can be found at this time of the year. Can you name any birds? Do you know the names of any plants? Where do they grow? How do they grow? What would help an alien to survive in Blackpool?
A visit to a local area (to be confirmed!) We will be exploring the different kinds of plants and trees as well as birds and any other wildlife. We will be taking part in a special workshop to help us develop our knowledge further.
Maths Length and Mass / Weight Addition and Subtraction Fractions Position and Direction Time
English
Writing Opportunities
We will be planning and writing our own Fantasy story. This will consist of creating a setting; problem, resolution and ending. We will then check through our work; assess it and make the necessary next steps. We will be reading and exploring traditional tales as well. We will be using a variety of drama and role play games to improve our speaking and listening skills as well as characterisation. We will create our own versions of a traditional tale including planning, writing and assessing our work.
To link with our Science theme we will be keeping a plant diary. We will be monitoring its growth and using our scientific knowledge to explore what it needs to grow. To link with English, we will be creating our own storiesa mixture of fantasy and traditional tales. We are still concentrating on using full sentences with capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. We are practising our handwriting and also the use of conjunctions within our work such as ‘so’ ‘but’ ‘because’
Science
The Learning Challenge Question
Topic: Plants We will be learning the different parts of a plant and what they need to grow. We will be growing our own plants and keeping a plant diary to note down the changes they make.
Which birds and plants would aliens find in the park?
Art We will be learning about architecture and looking at different types of buildings. We will be designing a house for an alien to live in dependent on
Computing
PE
We will be learning about our local area and the U.K. We will explore what our local area looks like using maps and atlases and what we can see within our local area and the U.K. We will discuss compass terms and also key features within the U.K.
Music We will be experimenting with, creating, selecting and combining sounds in music.
RE Games and Dance
We are Collectors – Collecting images from the internet.
Geography
Christianity – What do people say about God? We will be learning about the Easter Story and what Christians do at this time.