Curriculum

Year 1

Project

During this term the children have been working towards answering the Essential Question of ‘How can we be outdoor designers?'

This has included:

English

Joining in with and discussing poems
Identifying rhyming words
Finding adjectives and using them in our own writing
Planning and writing a poem about flowers and using rhyme and adjectives
Sequencing events from the Jack and the Beanstalk story
Creating character profiles
Retelling and acting out the Jack and the Beanstalk story using expression
Planning an alternative ending to our stories
Creating a story mountain with our alternative ending
Writing our own traditional tale story, based on Jack and the Beanstalk
Identify features of a non-chronological report
Writing a non-chronological report about a mini beast

Maths

Using number facts up to 20
Making different totals to 20p
Solving problems involving money
Telling the time to the hour and half past the hour
Using tally charts to collect data from a garden survey
Finding the difference between two numbers
Answering simple questions using data in a tally chart
Creating mosaics using pattern and shape

Science

Identifying what a bean plant needs to grow
Learning about the life cycles of butterflies and snails
Identifying suitable habitats for mini beasts in the garden

Computing

Using Tiny Tap to create a sound board
Recording our work using Pic Collage
Scanning QR codes to research mini beasts
Using twitter to share our learning
Discussing internet safety

Geography

Identify habitats within the local environment

Art

Creating colour wheels
Mixing primary colours to make secondary
Adding white to colours to make tints
Using techniques of artists to create a painting
Creating our own Monet style paintings based on the 'Bouquet of Sunflowers'

D.T.

Making wind chimes using different materials
Using threading skills to make a spider web

Music

Creating a sound board using outdoor sounds
Identifying sounds and how they change

R.E.

Studying the story of the Garden of Eden
Creating craftwork to show the story

P.E.

Learning to use skipping ropes
Developing throwing and catching skills
Learning to use bat and ball skills
Practising sports day activities
Climbing like spiders on large apparatus

P.S.H.E

Showing consideration and respect for others including animals and their environments

Experiences to enhance the learning have been:

A trip to Doddington Hall to see beautiful gardens and learn about growing vegetables and herbs in the garden
A visit from Mrs Deller who shared the Garden of Eden story with us
Looking after caterpillars in the classroom and releasing them after they hatched into butterflies into their natural habitats
Sharing our classroom with some large African Snails to learn about their habitats and how they grow
The final project included an exhibition of our new outdoor gardens.

In addition to the projects running your child has also been taught ‘stand-alone’ lessons including Maths skills, Phonics, Guided Reading, Handwriting, Personal Development, SMSC (Spiritual, moral, Social and Cultural Education) Religious Education, Computing Skills and Music. They have also studied a 'The Secret Garden' by Frances Hodgson Burnett as their class book.