Y1 Newsletter April 2015
Our Topic this half term is...
How does your garden grow?
We are now teaching from the New Primary Curriculum in all subjects. Below is the outline of our half term; although we have planned
what will be taught each week, this can change over time as children take a shorter or longer time to meet each learning objective.
Week 1
Literacy
Numeracy
Topic
PE
Book: Non-fiction book
Plants.
To write labels and
sentences using plural
noun suffixes.
Time and dates
To measure time in
seconds, minutes and
hours. To recognise dates,
days of the week, weeks,
months and years
To identify and name a
variety of common wild
and garden plants,
including deciduous and
evergreen trees.
Gymnastics – Static
balances; seated balance.
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Book: Non-fiction book
Plants
To write a recount of our
trip to Chatsworth.
Book: Percy the Park
Keeper – After the Storm
To write a story set in
Chatsworth gardens.
Book: Percy the Park
Keeper – The Secret Path
To sequence sentences
and add story language.
Represent and use
number bonds and
related subtraction facts
within 20.
Solving one step problems
involving addition and
subtraction.
Solving one step problems
involving addition and
subtraction.
To identify and describe
the basic structure of a
variety of common
flowering plants, including
trees.
To identify and describe
the basic structure of a
variety of common
flowering plants, including
trees.
Trip to Chatsworth
Gardens on Tuesday – to
learn about the history of
the gardens.
Green Day on Friday
Gymnastics – Static
balances; seated balance.
Gymnastics – Static
balances; seated balance.
Use basic geographical
vocabulary to refer to:
key physical features,
including: soil and
vegetation.
Designing, making, and
evaluation of miniature
gardens. Children will be
given a set of criteria to
stick to when designing
their garden e.g. it should
include a tree found
naturally in Britain and
some edible plants.
Gymnastics – counter
balances in pairs
Week 5
Book: Percy the Park
Keeper stories
To write our own Percy
story.
To recognise and name
common 2D and 3D
shapes
Week 6
Poem: Spring poems
To write our own Spring
poems.
To recognise and name
common 2D and 3D
shapes
Designing, making, and
evaluation of miniature
gardens. Children will be
given a set of criteria to
stick to when designing
their garden e.g. it should
include a tree found
naturally in Britain and
some edible plants.
Drawing and Painting –
still life of a flower
(following a study of Van
Gough) compare to a
modern artist (Anita
Nowinska).
Gymnastics – counter
balances in pairs
Gymnastics – counter
balances in pairs