Time allocation

Autumn Term

Topic title

Ourselves and our pets

Crazy climates

Seasonal Changes

Throughout the year children will observe seasonal changes, record weather and investigate how these changes impact on our lives.

Enquiry based hook/challenge

Who lives at the North and South Pole?

Enrichment

Trips, visitors and outdoor learning

Autumn senses walk around the school

Role play – A pet shop

Small world play – artic worlds, explorers

Class texts / films

Mogg

Funny bones                     

Peace at last

Pet poems

Snow Queen

Mogg at Christmas

Non-fiction texts

Autumn poems

Firework poetry

Writing

Stories in a familiar setting.

Lists, labels and captions.

Non-fiction books (Penguins and other animals)

Maths

Place value

Addition

Subtraction

2D shapes

3D shapes

Measuring using non-standard units

Place value

Addition

Subtraction

Scientific

Who am I?

My body and my Senses

Looking after pets

Healthy food

Polar Adventurers

Polar animals

Keeping warm

Computing

What is a computer?

Algorithms –giving precise instructions

Geographical enquiry

Where in the world are hot and cold places.

What is it like in the Artic/Antarctic?

History

Who was Florence Nightingale?

What was the Gunpowder plot?

Art

Self portraits

Observational drawings

Model Penguins

Design Technology

Can we design a healthy snack?

Music

Hey you!

In the Groove

French

Greetings and Numbers

PE

Dance

Games

Dance

SMSC

PSHE

Being Me in My World

Owning the Learning charter

Celebrating Difference

Understanding bullying and knowing how to deal with it

RE

Christianity

The Creation Story

Christianity

The Christmas Story

Time allocation

Spring Term

Topic title

Terrific Toys

Our Local Area

Seasonal Changes

Throughout the year children will observe seasonal changes, record weather and investigate how these changes impact on our lives.

Enquiry based hook/challenge

What’s in the mystery toy box

How can we welcome a new family moving to Milestone Road?

Enrichment

Trips, visitors and outdoor learning

Create a toy factory

Visit to a toy museum

Local area walk

Role Play – an estate agency

Small world -Create town environments

Class texts / films

Pinocchio

Teddy bear stories

Toy poems

Town – non-fiction books

On my way home

Transport books

Writing

Toy poems

Stories with fantasy settings 

Labelling route maps.

Descriptive writing

Persuasive writing.

Maths

Time

Place value

Addition

Subtraction

Word problems

Money

Sharing and grouping

Halving

Doubling

Arrays

Fractions of 2D shapes

3D shapes

Measure: length

Scientific

Everyday materials and how they are used for toys

Computing

Saving images/inserting images, labels, lists and captions.

Refining algorithms, and programing Beebots

Geographical enquiry

Identify local features

Fieldwork skills

Using maps, plans , photographs

Mapping skills

Giving directions

History

How have toys changed over time?  

How has my local area changed over time?

Art

Observational drawings and paintings

Observational drawings of buildings

Design Technology

Design and make a toy or puppet.

Design and make 3D model structures

Music

Round and Round

Your Imagination

French

Greetings and Numbers

PE

Gym

Games

Gym

Dance

SMSC

PSHE

Dreams and Goals

Identifying successes and achievements

Identifying and overcoming obstacles

Healthy Me

Being safe
Road safety

RE

Christianity

Jesus as a friend

Christianity

Easter – Palm Sunday

Time allocation

Summer Term

Topic title

The amazing world of animals

Summer at the  seaside

Seasonal Changes

Throughout the year children will observe seasonal changes, record weather and investigate how these changes impact on our lives.

Enquiry based hook/challenge

What amazing animals are there in the world?

What is it like at the seaside?

Enrichment

Trips, visitors and outdoor learning

Small world play -Create a wildlife park

Visit a wildlife park.

Visit to the Sea life centre

Class texts / films

Dear zoo

Gorilla

Non-fiction texts

How to hide a lion

Meerkat Mail

Poetry - Rumble in the jungle

Rainbow fish, Commotion in the ocean.

The lighthouse keeper (book series)

The Night Pirates

Writing

Letter writing

Traditional fairy tales

Traditional animal tales

Sea life information booklet.

Class book – Sea life & seaside

Recount  of  our trip

Maths

Place value

1 more/ less

10 more/ less

Number bonds to 20

Multiplication

Division

Place value

Four operations

Money

Measurement: weight and volume

Measurement: length and height

Scientific

What is camouflage?

Identify and name common animals

Animal habitats

Animal life in the sea  and rock pools

Floating/Sinking

Computing

Create an animation

Using different symbols when controlling a computer e.g. undo, delete etc.
 

Beginning to use databases

Geographical enquiry

Where do different animals live in the world?

Create simple maps and plans of our wildlife park.

Features of the seaside.

Comparing and contrasting environments

Seas and Oceans of the world.

Map work.

History

What were seaside holidays like in the past?

Art

Animal paintings and sculpture.

Underwater collage and cardboard box scenes.

Design Technology

How can we make a picture move?

Design and make a boat that floats.

Create rock pool.

Music

Rhythm in the Way We Walk

Reflect, rewind and replay

French

Greetings and Numbers

PE

Athletic

Games

Games

Multiskills

SMSC

PSHE

Relationships

Making friends/being a good friend

People who help us

Celebrating special relationships

Changing Me

Differences between girls and boys

Coping with change

RE

Judaism

Shabbat

Judaism

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur