Author: Jack Edwards

Year 1—Summer 2
Curriculum Overview

Writing
In our mini mission, we will be writing a character description and a setting description, then creating our own short stories. We will also be writing a diary entry from the perspective of one of the characters from the story of Peter Pan.

Reading
We will continue to develop our blending skills so we can apply this when we encounter new words. We will also read a range of books in order to continue to develop our love of reading and to develop our retrieval, inference and prediction skills. As a class we are reading, Peter Pan.

History
During our History lessons, we will be developing chronological language by creating timelines. We will be using pictures of toys and games to ask questions about the past. We will also be examining some traditional toys to find out about the past and to develop our understanding of changes within living memory.

Art
As part of our mini mission, we will explore the artwork of ‘Alois Auer’ and ‘Henri Matisse’. Then, we will create our own nature prints by painting a background and printing a repeating pattern using natural resources.

Design Technology
We will explore mechanisms for pop-up books and cards. We will then design, draw and create our own pop-up card, test it out with peers and evaluate our final product.

Science
In Science, we will be learning about ‘Animals, including Humans’. We will consider different animal habitats and think about the different kinds of animals which live in each one. We will sort and classify the animals, then begin to introduce vocabulary and groups, such as birds, reptiles, amphibians, etc. Then we will label the structure of an animal from each group and introduce the vocabulary carnivore, herbivore and omnivore and begin to discuss the diets of different animals.

Physical Education
We will take part in a range of athletics activities in order to develop our skills for Sports’ Day.

Computing
We will be using the keyboard to add and remove text to a document and exploring the keyboard to make changes to text.

PSHE / RSE
In PSHE, we will be learning about families, making friends, greetings, people who help us, being our own best friend and celebrating our special relationships.

Religious Education
In RE, we will be learning about Judaism with a focus on Yom Kippur. We will learn about how this is celebrated and why it is important to Jewish children.

Mathematics
Our first Maths topic will be ‘Fractions’, during which we will learn about halves and quarters of shapes and quantities. We will then move on to Place Value to 100, focussing on how to use a hundred square and look for patterns within numbers to 100. Finally, we will review the topic of ‘Time’. We will revise, o’clock, half past, days of the week and months of the year.