Key Stage 1 Themes
| Once upon a time Traditional tales – learning through stories | Let’s Celebrate Explore festivals and celebrations from around the world | Houses and Homes Habitats, buildings, stories | Land before Time Dinosaurs / extinction | Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside Summer holidays / seaside / coastal holidays |
| Incredible Me All about me! – my likes / dislikes / hair colour / special talents / my body etc | Old McDonald had a farm Down on the farm | Minibeasts Use stories / springtime / habitats | Beep Beep! Transport Different transport – cars, train, plane, bikes – stories | Adventures around the World Geography focus – Barnaby bear / travel / foods / clothing / culture |
| Magic and Mystery Potions, spells, magic – poems and stories | Animal Safari Explore animals / pattern / homes – jungle / safari / forest | Rockets and Spacemen Space / astronauts / sensory story | Let’s Grow Stories and poems about growing – planting seeds / school garden | Argh it’s a Pirate! Stories / poems / chants – role play |
| Famous Authors Choose a story to base thematic learning | People Who Help Us Explore different jobs in society -police / fire / ambulance / teachers | Food Food stories / poems and different cultures | Colours Celebrate colours – poems / stories and more | Pick a topic Choose a theme to suit your class – what motivates and engages – enjoy! |
We use various schemes the guide curriculum coverage:
• Twinkl Phonics / Rhino Readers
• White Rose -Maths
• White Rose -Science
• Charanga – Music
Topic Coverage ideas…. Tacher Discretion / Based on class needs and assessments
Literacy – Read and share with children a wide range of genre
| Fiction | Non-Fiction | Poetry |
| Traditional Tales | Nonfiction texts | Poems |
| Fairy Tales | Biography | Nursery Rhymes |
| Stories with repetitive language | Auto biography | Stories that rhyme |
| Fables | Magazines | Shape poems |
| Rhyming Stories | Newspapers | Name / Acrostic poems |
| Stories from a significant author | Cookbooks | Seasonal poems |
| Stories from the past | Catalogues | Topic based poems |
| Seasonal Stories | Historical Text | Free Verse Poems |
| Stories from around the world | Scientific Text | Kenning Poems |
| Plays | Lists | |
| Fantasy Stories | Communication – cards, invitations | |
| Comics | Posters | |
| ‘Own’ Stories |
Phonics – phonics delivered at a level appropriate for the class/group and as an intervention for individual children where needed
Level 1 – within this level pupils learn to listen to/ respond and recognise different sounds. These listening skills are essential and build a basis of early phonological awareness. This level involves lots of practical learning through games, activities and having fun with different sounds in the world around us.
By the end of Level 1, pupils will have had opportunities and experiences in:
• listening attentively;
• enlarging their vocabulary;
• speaking confidently to adults and others;
• discriminating between different sounds including phonemes;
• orally segmenting words into phonemes.
Aspect 1 – Environmental Sounds
Aspect 2 – Instrumental Sounds
Aspect 3 – Body Percussion
Aspect 4 – Rhythm and Rhyme
Aspect 5 – Alliteration
Aspect 6 – Voice Sounds
Level 2,3,4,5,6, – within these levels pupils are introduced to a range of individual letters and sounds. Pupils are encouraged to read, write, say, spell and sign individual words, graphemes and phonemes (letters and sounds). We use the suggested order of letters in a flexible way throughout school. In some departments the scheme maybe ‘dipped into’ as an intervention for supporting individuals with targeted work.
Maths – this is to be followed as per the plan
Year 1
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match, sort and compare Numbers 1-5 | Measure and patterns Shape 2D | Mass and capacity Numbers 5-10 | Length and height Time | Sharing and grouping Number to 20 & beyond | Visualise, build and map How many now? |
Year 2
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match, sort and compare Number | Measure and patterns Shape 2D | Mass and capacity Numbers | Shape 3D Length & height time | Sharing and grouping Number | Making connections How many now? |
Understanding the World -Science
| Me and my world | What’s n my basket? | Senses | Let’s go outside | What’s changed? | Night and Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Changes in Winter | Let it flow | From desert to jungle | Watch it grow | Animal detectives | Pushes and pulls |
| From city to sea | Look all around | Test it out | Happy and healthy | Our wonderful world | We’re going on an animal hunt |
Understanding the World -History
| Growing-up | Family Tree | Old and New | The Past | Diggin’-up History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inventions | Long, Long ago | Stories from the past | Big Events | Local History |
Understanding the World – Geography
| My home | Weather | Local area | Travel – holidays | The World |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sea | Environments | Journeys | Field Studies | Seasons |
Understanding the World – Computing
| Cause and Effect | Making Pictures | Cameras | Research | Sorting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Robots | Stories | Making Music | Word Processing |
The Arts – Art
| Painting | Clay | Collage | Colours | Artists! |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Using different Mediums | Drawing | Pattern | My art | Portraits |
DT – Technology
| Junk modelling | Things that go! | Take apart | Boxes | Building |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Make a game | Topic based craft | Seasonal craft | Designing | Floating |
DT – Cooking & Nutrition
delivered to support and enhance – physical development, literacy, maths, sensory exploration and nurture.
| Cake | Vegetables | Fruit | Biscuits | Sandwiches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seasonal | Celebrations | Food around the world | Food from the past | Hot and cold |
The Arts – Music (Charanga)
Also refer to the following aspects of music –
| Singing | Making instruments | Listening | Music Genres | Percussion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumming | Music around the world | Musical Stories | Making Music | Music form the past |
Physical Development – PE
| Dance | Gym | Games | Athletics | Outdoor & Adventure |
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Understanding the World – RE
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Being Special | Special Times – Christmas | Special Stories | Special Times – Easter | Special Places | Special People |
PSED
| Autumn | Spring | Summer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 / 2 | Making Relationships | Sense of Self | Understanding Emotions |
Work with Winnie
Plan at an appropriate time throughout the year – 2 activities per year
| Year 1 | Go on a ‘walk’ with Winnie, plan a party for Winnie |
|---|---|
| Year 2 | Share a story with Winnie, plan an assembly for Winnie |