all reatures great and small - marshland primary academy · be enthusiastic and innovative and to...
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Throughout our learning journey we strive to provide a wide range of
possibilities which will help our children to develop aspirations and
promote independence for their future lives.
Creativity underpins all areas of learning in our curriculum. We want children to
be enthusiastic and innovative and to develop these qualities through all subjects,
not just the arts.
The community provides a wealth of learning opportunities. Our curriculum uses
these, and we strive to instil a sense of pride in our children and develop them as
kind and confident citizens. We are respectful.
Year 1
All Creatures Great and Small
Writing
We will use !? . and capital letters in our sentences
We will use conjunctions and adjectives in our writing
We will start to write sentences to make a fiction or non fiction text
We will check that our writing makes sense
We will form letters using cursive writing
Writing Genres
Poetry (weather poems), Fact files, Narratives,
Non-chronological reports, Lists
Mathematics
We will tell the time to o’ clock and half past
Recognise days of the week
Use number bonds to 20
Count to 50 (forwards and backwards)
Recognise fractions (quarter and half)
Solve practical problems involving lengths
We will enhance our topic theme in different areas of the curriculum:
As scientists
We will identify and classify animals
understanding which are carnivores,
herbivores and omnivores
We will learn the main body parts of
animals and humans
As historians
We will learn about animals that
lived in the past
We will retell stories from our past
and understand how we have
changed from being born
Our Class Texts
Our class texts, to enable us to explore this theme further, are; ‘Owl Babies’ by Martin Waddell,
‘Meerkat Mail’ by Emily Gravett, ‘The Tiger who Came to Tea’ by Judith Kerr, ‘Three by the Sea’ by Mini
Grey, 'Aaaarrgghh Spider!' by Lydia Monks and 'Diary of a fly ' by Doreen Cronin
As readers
We will use phonics knowledge to decode words
We will talk about our experiences which link to our reading
We will listen to, and read, a range of books and make prediction
As geographers
We will locate the equator, north and south pole on a globe and map
We will understand which animals might live in these areas
We will understand what clothes we would need to wear in these areas
As musicians
We will listen to, and talk about types of music
We will use music to express how different animals would move
We follow Charanga scheme ‘In the groove’ and ‘Round and Round’
As users of technology
We will use algorithms in coding
We will create animal pictures using IT paint software
As sports people
We will use dance and gymnastics we will move and balance in similar ways to animals
We will control our movements
We will be able to talk about our movements
In PSHE
We will use the ‘Jigsaw’ scheme
Dreams and goals - we will talk about new challenges and how to celebrate them.
Healthy Me– we will talk about our amazing bodies and how to keep them safe
As artists and designers
We will use clay/plasticine to make mini-beasts/butterflies
We will make animals with moving parts
As linguists
We will recognise and say some animal names in French
We will start to recognise some everyday French words (colours, numbers)
In Religious Education
We will answer the question- What makes some places sacred?
We will learn about ‘sacred places’
We will retell stories about God in pictures, words, movement and drama
We will celebrate Easter traditions and how this compares to different religions
Each theme will start with a ‘Talking Tub’. This activity allows the children to explore, texts, photographs, artefacts and resources to inspire and engage them and to encourage them to pose questions and take ownership of their curriculum themes
These are just some of the aspects of learning we will cover when we explore this theme. There will be opportunities to develop other subjects and there will also be occasions when children will lead the direction of the curriculum through their questioning
If you would like any further information about your child’s learning then please do not hesitate to get in touch with the class teacher. Please note that some curriculum areas do not link to topic and will be taught as discreet subjects