Key Stage 1/Year 1 curriculum overview

Term	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 3	Spring 4	Summer 5	Summer 6
Literacy	Writing from personal experience. Fiction stories linking to our Dinosaur topic. Planning and creating a simple story. To use stories as patterns for their own. Reading poems with predictable language and creating our own rhyming sentences. Non-fiction texts – to read and follow instructions. Comprehension. Spellings High frequency words Cursive script Phonics - Phase 2 and 3 sounds Understanding sentences Capital letters and full stops Adjectives	Using familiar stories as patterns for their own, eg The 3 Little Pigs. Fiction- Stories with predictable pattern and rhyme. Non Fiction- Labels, lists and captions – Shabbat. Christmas texts. Recounting the Christmas story. Comprehension. Spellings and dictation Cursive script Phonics – Phase 3 Full stops and capital letters To use syntax and context when reading for meaning. Plurals. Proper nouns. Alphabetical order. Simple conjunctions	Recount writing giving main points in sequence. Fiction writing with cloze procedure. Using a dictionary. Poems with familiar, predictable and patterned language from a range of cultures. Reading and understanding play scripts. Fairy stories & poems from a range of cultures Comprehension Spellings and dictation. Cursive script. Phonics – Phase 3, 4 and 5. Checking that sentences make sense. Sentence patterns of action rhymes. Predicting words from preceding words in a sentence. Simple conjunctions.	Recount writing Non-fiction writing and understanding non-fiction texts. Traditional stories – reading and re-telling stories giving main point in sequence. The Easter story – reading and retelling bible stories. Creating playground chants and action verses. Comprehension. Spellings and dictation. Phonics – Phase 3, 4 and 5. Cursive script. Full stops, capital letters, question marks. Simple sentences and questions. Plurals. Conjunctions. Adjectives.	Retelling events giving main points in sequence. (Easter holiday News) Reading and retelling stories about fantasy worlds. Exploring factual and fiction texts. Interesting ways of presenting text, eg speech bubbles, bullet points. Independent story writing Comprehension. Spellings and dictation Cursive script. Phonics – Phase 4 and 5 Questions. Full stops. Verbs – understanding and using. Capital letters – where to use them. Adjectives - understanding and using.	Factual recount writing. Writing non-fiction information texts. Fantasy stories – using stories as patterns for their own. Creating fact sheets. Writing a review of a school trip using photos/drawings, speech bubbles and speech marks. To write a story using a beginning, middle and end. Comprehension. Spellings and dictation Cursive script Phonics Phase 4 and 5. Verbs – understanding the past tense. Adding ‘ing’ to verbs. Questions. Speech marks and speech bubbles.
Maths	Counting and properties of numbers Teen numbers Order numbers to 10/20 Counting sets of objects and grouping in 10s Comparing and ordering numbers. Knowing number names to at least 50 and being able to recite forward and back in order. Understanding the operation of addition and vocabulary and understand that addition can be done in any order. Counting on Largest/smallest number Rapid Recall of addition facts Read and write numbers to at least 20 Shape and Space: Name and describe features of 2D shapes. number stories for 9/10 Measures –Length Time Days of the week months Seasons	Understand operation of subtraction and related vocabulary Counting back Assess and review Doubles Intro to coin recognition Recognising coins of different values and beginning to understand coin equivalencies Counting small amounts of money Counting and grouping in tens and twos, to be linked with estimating (NNS16-19) shopping Coin doubles Making 10p Subtraction with money Organising and using data Decision Making Choose and use appropriate number operations and mental strategies	Recap number names & counting to 100 Counting in 10s from a single digit no Ordinal numbers Odd and even (pairs) Comparing nos (inc asking-what is in between?) Ordering nos Time -o'clock Addition facts for numbers to 8 -inc complementary addition Weight -heavier/lighter estimating weights of objects using cubes subtraction- counting back Bar charts Recording information in tables Carroll diagrams Use everyday language to describe position direction and movement, whole turns and half turns. counting in 5s	Properties & names of 3D shapes Number bonds for 10 Termly Maths Assessment Counting on as addition strategy Counting & adding 10s Place value- teens & tens number bonds for 10 100 square work 1/10 more Odd and even Shop Add 1p, 10p in shopping activities flipchart: adding money Counting back as subtraction strategy Problem solving	Counting in 2/5/10s odd/even –understand that the units no is important. o’clock/half past 1/2/3 less/more than Understanding the operation of subtraction and the related vocabulary – less than/more than Adding 10s and 1s GL adding up 3 coins including 50p Capacity Measuring and estimating in both standard and non- standard units. Solve simple problems using measures Length Measuring and estimating in both standard and non- standard units. Solve simple problems using measures missing number sums. Digital Time half past & o’clock Time passing half hours and wholes Giving correct coins Problems involving money. Revision of coin values and equivalences Using mental addition and subtraction strategies to solve money problems the difference between 2 numbers-need this before GL (how much more/less) Halves of numbers Number bonds for 20 Revision activities Understand simple place value. Adding 10 to 2 digit number GLS assessment Read & complete graphs/charts	Problems involving money including change to 20p/ 50p and equivalences to £1 Use mental strategies to solve problems including counting, addition, subtraction, doubling, halving. Explaining methods and reasoning Fractions /Symmetry - - halves of shapes/objects Fractions-recognise and find ½ & ¼ find simple fractions of groups of objects, compare 2 fractions in practical context To add and subtract from 2 digit numbers-. Subtracting 10 from a 2 digit number To add 9 using existing knowledge of adding 10 Data handling – collect and sort data and organise information Multiplication-Begin to understand multiplication as repeated addition and arrays Passing of time The difference between 2 numbers Practical investigations to solve problems. E.g. How many cubes balance other items Number bonds for 20 Solve mathematical problems and puzzles including real life problems. Recognising patterns and relationships, investigating general statements about numbers Division-introduction to sharing Tangrams
History topic	Dinosaurs/A Long Time Ago	Not so long Ago				Famous Women
Key Question	How do we know dinosaurs existed and what were they like?	How was life different for children 100 years ago?				Can you name some famous women from History?
Science topic	Ourselves	Light and Dark	Materials	Forces	Minibeasts on Land and in Water	Minibeasts on Land and in Water
Key question	What can our bodies do?	How do light and dark affect us and our world?	Can properties of materials affect what they are used for?	Are there pushes and pulls everywhere?	Where can we find minibeasts, what are they like and how do they behave?	Where can we find minibeasts, what are they like and how do they behave?
Geography topic			Near and Far	Transport	Rainforests
Key question			In what ways does our local area differ from one a long way away?	How do we get around the world?	Where are rainforests and what might you find there?
Art	Mixed Media Portraiture/dinosaur art	Mixed Media	Collage/Textiles/ Printing	Collage/Textiles/ Printing	Sculpture	Sculpture
Computer Science	Using Technology safely, instructions, bee-bot coding		Coding	Coding	Coding	Coding
RE	Old Testament Stories & Judaism	Judaism and Christmas	Stories about Jesus’ Life	Easter	Saints	The Church
PSHEE	New beginnings; Healthy living	Healthy living; Getting along together	Knowing myself; Recognising feelings	Recognising feelings; Looking after myself	Friendships; Preparing for change	Preparing for change; Feeling safe
Music	Steady beat activities; Reading music; Nativity; The Nutcracker; Autumn Songs Harvest	Steady beat activities; Reading music; Nativity; The Nutcracker; Autumn Songs Harvest	Steady beat; Lines and spaces on the staff; Floor staff games; Spring songs; Carnival of the Animals; Easter	Steady beat; Lines and spaces on the staff; Floor staff games; Spring songs; Carnival of the Animals; Easter	Steady beat; Recognising FACE on the staff; floor staff games Summer songs	Steady beat; Recognising FACE on the staff; floor staff games Summer songs
PE	Cross country Gymnastics Ball skills – netball and football Swimming	Cross country Gymnastics Ball skills – netball and football Swimming	Ball skills – hockey and rugby Cross country Swimming	Ball skills – hockey and rugby Cross country Swimming	Athletics Ball Skills – rounders and cricket Swimming	Athletics Ball Skills – rounders and cricket Swimming
Trip/ Event	Bexhill		Hawkhurst	Kent Life	Great Dixter	Drusillas