Year1
Cu r r i c u l u mOu t l i ne 2 0 1 9 2 0
Our Learning Wheel explained Our learners Our schools are small enough to ensure that each learner is known. By placing our learners at the centre of our approach, we create an education that allows individuality to flourish.
Developing character Fostering a secure bedrock of self-esteem and a sure moral compass is essential preparation for a future in a complex world.
Learning segments We group our subjects together into six curriculum areas. We teach subjects in an
integrated way, because the future belongs to those who can think way beyond narrow subject boundaries.
Learning to think Education is not just about imparting knowledge. It’s about teaching young people how to think for themselves: critically, creatively and collaboratively.
Outer circle We prepare young people to blaze a trail in whatever field they choose. They leave us equipped with a breadth of skills, ready to become responsible global citizens.
Form teachers 1L - Mrs Lodwig 1C - Miss Couchman
Teaching Assistants: 1L - Mrs Chrimes 1C - Mr Blackman
Curriculum areas and subject teachers Physical Education and Well-being Mr Evans (Games and PE), Mrs Parkin (Games and PE) Performing Arts Ms Hyland (Music) Modern Languages Ms Prowse (French) Mrs Foreman (1C -Spanish) Mrs Fernández Smart (1L -Spanish)
Humanities and Social Understanding Key Topics During the first half of the Spring Term our topic will be ‘Into The Unknown’ with a focus on weather. At our launch day the children will experience a range of activities and will share their ideas for the half-term moving forward. As well as allowing the children to suggest their own learning, they will study weather extremes and how to record the weather. This will support their learning in Science, Humanities and the Arts as well as supporting our learning habits throughout the school. The children will further develop their research skills and diverse methods of recording. Pupils will continue to work on their ability to use correct vocabulary when talking about the past. In the second half of the Spring Term our topic will be ‘Picture This’ where we will be using pictures to think about the past, present and future. The children will use their imaginations to think about different places, both fictional and real, and to generate their own ideas. Both of these topics will also see the children cover a range of geographical skills, including world, UK and local map work, and the use of satellite and photographic images.
Religious Studies Key Topics We will continue to explore what it is like to belong to a religious community, using stories, pictures, videos, food and customs and through art, music and drama. The children will learn about the story of Easter, and understand why it has a special meaning to Christians. We will compare Easter to other Christian festivals and to festivals celebrated by different religions.
Personal Social Health and Economic Education (PSHEE) Key Topics At the beginning of this term we will be teaching the children about health and safety in the digital world. We will focus on how they can keep themselves safe online, ensuring that they understand the importance of keeping their personal information private and that people can present themselves differently online. Throughout the term we will also continue to think about ourselves and our emotions, exploring the topic through class discussions, drama and art.
Language and Communication Key Topics The children will continue to work through the Read Write Inc programme at their own pace. Children will have daily lessons which include reading, writing, spelling, grammar and punctuation. In our thematic learning, the children will have opportunities to explore both non-fiction and creative writing and will be introduced to a range of text types. They will be using their imaginations to create their own weather super heroes and will learn how to make comic strips, write weather adventures and explore weather riddles and poems. We will collaborate with our year partners in the City and Madingley Pre-Preps for World Book Day where we will be looking at illustration. The children will have the opportunity to produce both information texts and pieces of fictional writing as part of this topic. They will continue to take home ‘red word’ spelling lists every fortnight to support the work they have been doing in Read Write Inc. During this term the children will continue to work on their cursive handwriting and will begin to learn the different joins with a view to joining letters independently by the end of the year.
Assessment ● ● ●
Regular Read Write Inc assessments (usually every half term) Spelling checks (usually fortnightly) Half termly writing assessment
French
Key Topics We will recap on basic colours from Reception and expand our knowledge. This will then be combined with the vocabulary for useful classroom objects, linking in with the position of the adjective and the object. We will finish the term looking at different types of weather and exploring weather types linked to seasons. Through songs and role plays, we will consolidate basic conversation and key vocabulary.
Spanish Key Topics The primary focus for Spanish lessons is on listening and speaking. We learn through a range of songs, stories, rhymes and games. We will have an opportunity to respond to classroom language and basic instructions. The theme ‘Into the Unknown’ introduces us to tricky sounds by learning days of the week and some weather words. We will have plenty of opportunity to practise our counting and our pronunciation practice will focus on the key vowel sounds. We will link to the theme of ‘Picture This’ by looking at clothes in Spanish and using them as a starting point for describing objects by colour and size, building on vocabulary from Reception.
Mathematical Understanding Key Topics This term we will be working on developing skills within addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The children will also continue to develop an understanding of basic number concepts such as place value. We will explore sequences, number bonds, doubles, halves as well as reading, writing and ordering numbers. The children will develop their skills with 2D and 3D shape, time, data handling and measurement. The children will be working at their own pace on their mental maths skills through our Maths Ladder system.
Assessment ● ● ●
Regular Maths Ladder assessments (done orally by the class teacher or teaching assistant) Continuous formative assessment End of term assessments
Physical Education and Well-being Key Topics A focus towards developing agility, balance and coordination will be the underlying theme of lessons this term. Development of key skills including throwing and catching and improving spatial awareness will be key elements within lessons. Individual activities alongside small-sided games will allow pupils to integrate these skills into match-like situations. Our alphabet of opportunity provides children with the opportunity to understand and experience key skills and concepts related to sport which can be utilised as they grow older. Encourage your child to stay active outside of school. Swimming lessons and joining of any other sports clubs will help develop coordination, confidence and the social skills of your child.
Creative and Performing Arts Key Topics In design lessons, the children will design, make and evaluate their own weather hats as well as developing skills through our Plan, Learn, Do, Review lessons. We will look at a variety of artists and their work. The children will be taught how to look and enjoy paintings and perhaps spot things that they would otherwise not have noticed. This links closely with our topic after half term of ‘Picture This’. Listen out for the Cambridge Camera Club Competition later this term - last year revealed quite a few Dame B’s shutterbugs! In music we will refine our performance techniques in dance and music to prepare for our performance of The Litter Muncher on February 14th and 15th in the school theatre. Children will work on vocal technique, diction and communication as well as physical coordination and responding to musical cues. After half term we will learn the difference between pulse and rhythm, how to tap and feel both and how to “catch” the pulse of a piece of music.
Scientific Understanding Key Topics The children will explore how to conduct a fair test and how to present their own weather forecasts using digital media. A key focus this term is to promote scientific questioning such as ‘how?’ and ‘what might happen if?’ and consider all queries in a variety of contexts. We will also look at how to collect sufficient evidence for a conclusion. Our first project will be to make an object that floats and can propel itself. We will discuss ‘fair testing’ and measure a variety of components. Later in the term we will be designing some sort of protection from the weather, involving investigating the best materials.