English

Mathematics

Science

RE

Traditional Tales

Little Red Hen by Jonathan Allen

Goldilocks and the Three Bear by James Marshall

• Listening to and retelling traditional tales
• Recognising and using story language: Once upon a time, happily ever after

• Using capital letters, full stops and finger spaces
• Using capital letters for names, days of the week and the personal pronoun (I)
• Knowing the definition of a verb

White Rose – Number: Place Value (within 10)

• Sorting and counting objects
• Recognising numbers as words
• Counting on from any number and counting backwards within 10
• Identifying 1 more and 1 less
• Recognising less than, greater than and equal to
• Comparing and ordering groups of objects and numbers
• Using the number line

Seasonal Changes – autumn and winter

• Understanding the changes across the four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter
• Knowing the signs of autumn and winter through observing the changes in weather and nature
• Collecting data about trees looking closely at their leaves
• Understanding how and why day length varies throughout the year

Jigsaw – Christianity

What do Christians believe about God?

Theme: Creation, God the Father as an introduction to the Trinity

• Respecting the work of a creator
• Retelling the Christian Creation story
• Understanding how Christians think God wants them to behave towards the world and towards others
• Expressing how it feels to take care of the world, something or somebody

History

Year 1 Autumn Term 1

Curriculum Overview

Learn. Grow. Achieve. Flourish

PSHE

Who is part of my family tree?

• Understanding how they have changed over time
• Ordering events in their own life on a timeline
• Understanding their own family history
• Sharing where their family is from and investigating family history

Jigsaw – Being Me in My World

• Understanding the rights and responsibilities as a member of class
• Understanding how to make the class a safe place for everybody to learn
• Recognising how it feels to be proud of an achievement
• Understanding choices can have consequences

Music

Art

PE

Computing

Kapow – Keeping the Pulse

Theme: My Favourite Things

• Clapping, swaying and singing a rhythm in time to the pulse
• Copying rhythms based on word patterns using an instrument
• Keeping the pulse while playing a rhythm on an instrument

Kapow – Drawing: Exploring line and shape

• Choosing lines and shapes inspired by Brianna McCarthy’s artwork
• Identifying basic shapes in everyday objects and artwork
• Discussing what they like or dislike in a piece of artwork
• Using different pressures to make colour lighter or darker

Get Set 4 PE – Team Building

• Communicating and following simple instructions
• Following path and leading others
• Listening to others’ ideas and suggesting ideas to solve tasks
• Working with a partner and a small group
• Understanding the rules of the game

Kapow – Improving Mouse Skills

• Logging in and navigating around the computer
• Dragging, dropping, clicking and controlling a cursor using a mouse
• Using software tools to create art on the computer