Brownlow Primary School – Curriculum Map

Year Group 1 Academic Year 2016-2017

Teachers Lesley Race, Jennifer Edwards,

Emma Easters, Cheryl Hacking

Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

Topic All about me Twinkle, Twinkle

Little Star Once upon a time… In the Jungle Yum, Yum! The Sea

Linked Books ‘Where’s my Teddy?’

Funny bones How to catch a star

Owl Babies

Traditional Tales e.g.

The Three Little Pigs

Rumble in the

Jungle Jasper’s Beanstalk

Commotion in the

Ocean

Science Identify body parts

Senses

(Funny Bones)

Seasonal changes

Describe properties of

materials

Compare common

animals

Identify basic plants

Growing sunflowers Changes in day and season

Physical

Education Traditional dance

Games & ball skills

Creative dance

Gymnastics/

Tennis

Creative dance

Games

Dance

Games

Dance

Games Sports Day/ games

Computing

Log-on/ type name/ on-

line safety

Guy Fawkes / Christmas

repeating patterns

Storyboard – stories from

British and other cultures Beebots/ compass points

Clipart/ words and

sentences

Save and retrieve

information

History Changes in living

memory/ timeline

Bonfire night/ Neil

Armstrong/ Moon

landing/Tim Peake

Castles

Dinosaurs – comparison

of different time periods/

New Walk Museum

Shipwreck and pirates

Geography Local environment Forest School

Comparison of hot and

cold countries/ compass

points

Where does our food

come from?

Forest School

Weather charts/ contrasting

localities

Plot 4 countries of the UK

Music Singing Charanga Singing/ instruments Singing Singing/ instruments Singing Singing/ instruments

RE & SMSC

What does it mean to

belong to a faith

community?

Harvest

How and why do we

celebrate special and

sacred time?

Diwali.

Christianity – Christmas

Christingle.

Festivals of Light

What makes some places

sacred?

Visit to Little Dalby Church.

Church interiors / Stained

glass windows.

What makes some places

sacred?

Who is a Christian and

what do they believe?

Change / Creation.

Pattern and Growth in

Nature.

Who is a Christian and what

do they believe?

Jonah.

Peter the Fisherman story.

Fishes and the Loaves story.

PSHE (including

Relationships and Sex

Education)

New beginnings

Rules and

Consequences

Getting on and Falling

out

Tolerance

Going for Gold

Best foot forward Good to be Me

Relationships

Respect and confidence Changes

Design

Technology Lift the flap book

Moving pictures Clay stars/ Diva lamps

Make pig houses (straw/

lollipops/ Lego) Moving Picture of Jungle

Healthy Eating &

packaging

Fruit Dish

Collage

Art & Design Self-portraits Calendars / Christmas

cards

Eric Carle – paint effects

and materials

rubbings/ patterns

Henri Rousseau

Leaf painting/ Animal

prints Sunflowers – Van Gough Wax resist – the sea

Languages (13

week cycle in Y1) Topic related to include - songs / greetings / counting / simple stories / famous landmarks

For English and maths, teachers to use the school’s medium term planning, aiming for pupils to at least achieve the end of year expectations

Visits – Forest school, Little Dalby church, Botanic gardens, Twycross Zoo?

Phonics and spellings to be taught in differentiated groups.