St. Ethelbert’s Catholic Primary School and Nursery Year Group: 1

St. Ethelbert’s Catholic Primary School and Nursery
Curriculum Overview for Autumn Term
Year Group: 1
Subject
Religious Education
Topics
Our topics this term are:
 Family
 Belonging
 Waiting
English
Our genres for this term are:
 Lists, labels and captions
 Stories in familiar settings
 Traditional tales
 Recount
 Poetry
We will continue to use the
“Pie Corbett” Talk for Writing
approach which uses drama
and speaking and listening
skills to inspire and develop
ideas.
The units for this terms
 Number & Place Value
 Measure
 Addition & subtractions
 Fractions
Mathematics
Science
We will be using the theme
“Ourselves” to support our
learning in Science/History
and Art.
History/Geography
Art/Design
Technology
Physical Education
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Games
PE skills
Computing
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E-Safety
Key learning focus
The key themes are:
 Recognising and discussing stories that reveal God’s
love
 We can trust God
 What is Baptism?
 Advent is a time for waiting
 Using the Read, Write, Inc. programme pupils will be
developing their phonic knowledge to read and spell
words. They will be developing their fluency and
confidence when reading independently.
 Children will be reading, discussing and evaluating a
wide range of texts including traditional tales, fairy
tales as well as stories that link to their own
experiences
 In writing pupils will be focusing on writing basic
sentences using capital letters and full stops and
leaving spaces between words.
We will be primarily be focusing
 Counting forwards and backwards within 100
 Using the language of time
 Using signs and symbols
 Find ½ and ¼ of a shape, object or quantity
 Recognising and naming 2D shapes
 Animals and humans
 Name and label the human body
 Name and label animal body parts
 The five senses
 Carnivores, herbivores and omnivores
 Timelines
 Our families
 We will be developing our drawing and sketching
skills, thinking about how we use a pencil to create
different types of marks on the paper
 Healthy food (smoothies and juices)
 Simple games played with a partner or a small team
 Developing basic multi-skills (throwing, catching etc.)
that are the foundation of many different types of
individual and team sports
 How do I keep myself safe when I use the computer?
Our mission statement: Learning, achieving and growing together with Jesus