Curriculum letters

“Let your light shine”

English – Our text will be ‘Iggy Peck,architect’ by Andrea Beaty. In this sequence of lessons, children will have many opportunities to develop a love of different kinds of buildings and learn some of the key connected vocabulary. Children will enjoy using different materials to create their own towers and use a range of adjectives, superlatives (-est suffix) and comparatives (-er suffix) to describe and compare structures. As the sequence of learning progresses, children will describe Iggy’s character and make comparisons with Miss Lila Greer’s character, using conjunctions. Children will use graph paper to draw their dream home, label this using phoneme frames, and write sentences to describe their drawing. Children will go on to create posters using different sentence types to advertise an architectural drawing competition across the school – The Iggy Peck Dream Home Awards. They will consolidate their learning by creating a fact file about different buildings. Finally, children will write out letters or certificates, explaining why they liked the different drawings submitted, and hand them out to those who entered

 Maths

Year One children will be looking at the comparison of quantities and part–whole relationships

• Count within 100, forwards and backwards, starting with any number.

• Reason about the location of numbers to 20 within the linear number system,  including comparing using < > and =.

•  Comparison of quantities and measures

•  Introducing ‘whole’ and ‘parts’: part–part–whole

Science – This term’s unit is materials. Children will learn about everyday materials by identifying and naming them, such as wood, plastic, and glass. They distinguish between an object and the material it's made from, describe materials using properties like hard, soft, smooth, or waterproof, and sort objects based on these characteristics. Students also conduct simple investigations, like testing which materials are absorbent or waterproof.

• Geography: The unit is entitiled maps. EYFS will cover the following skills:

•  Identifying land and water on a map or globe.
• Making observations about the characteristics of places (in stories, photographs or in the school grounds/local area).
• Discussing how environments in stories and images are different to the environment they live in.
• Making observations about the features of places (in stories, photographs or in the school grounds/local area).
• Making observations about the characteristics of places (in stories, photographs or in the school grounds/local area).
• Ask questions about the world around them.
• Commenting on the features they see in their school and school grounds.
• Answering simple questions, guided by the teacher.

Year 1 skills

Locational knowledgeShowing on a map which continent they live in

.Locating the four countries of the United Kingdom (UK) on a map of this area.Beginning to locate the capital cities of the four countries of the UK on a map of this area.S

howing on a map which country they live in and locating its capital city.

Human and physical geography

Describing how the weather changes with each season in the UK.

Describing the daily weather patterns in their locality.

Confidently using the vocabulary ‘season’ and ‘weather’.

Recognising some physical features in their locality.

Geographical skills and fieldwork

Using an atlas to locate the UK.

 Using an atlas to locate the four countries in the UK.

 Using directional language to describe the location of objects in the classroom and playground.

 Using directional language to describe features on a map in relation to other features (real or imaginary).

 Responding to instructions using directional language to follow routes.

 Beginning to use the compass points (N, S, E, W) to describe the location of features on a map.

 Using simple picture maps and plans to move around the school.

 Commenting on the features they see in their school and school grounds on a walk around the respective places.

 Asking and answering simple questions about the features of their school and school grounds.

 Drawing some of the features they notice in their school and school grounds in correct relation to each other on a sketch map.

 Responding to instructions using directional language to follow routes.

 Recognising local landmarks on aerial photographs.

 Asking questions about the world around them.

Art and Design. This half term we will be exploring mark making. Children will talk about their ideas and explore different ways to record them using a range of media.

Experiment in an exploratory way.

Use a range of drawing materials, art application techniques, mixed-media scraps and modelling materials to create child-led art with no set outcome.

Begin to develop observational skills (for example, by using mirrors to include the main features of faces).

Enjoy looking at and talking about art.

Talk about their artwork, stating what they feel they did well.

Identify basic shapes in everyday objects and artwork.

Talk about what they like or dislike in a piece of artwork.

Use shapes to draw a face.

Use different pressures to make a colour lighter or darker.

Choose lines and shapes inspired by Brianna McCarthy’s artwork.

R.E  will be looking at special times and exploring what Christians believe about Jesus.

ICT : Year ones only will be looking t  Grouping and Sorting and pictograms

Reminders

• Please continue to read at least three times a week with your child.
• PE takes place on a Wednesday – please ensure children come to school in PE uniform for that day.  

Please visit our curriculum pages on the website for more information.

https://www.oakebradfordnyneheadprimary.co.uk/curriculum/