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Year 1
Welcome to Year 1
ART
Portraits - use of pencils for self portraits and significant individuals from Sheffield.
Printing and Collage - castle pictures using drawing, block printing and collages.
Land art - leaf compositions and observational drawings linked to geography.
COMPUTING
Pupils use Purple Mash to learn about online safety, grouping and sorting, pictograms, following instructions and algorithms, programming Beebots, animated stories, coding, spreadsheets and the uses of different technology.
DT
Mechanisms - sliders and levers. The first DT project is held in the run up to the Christmas Fair, where pupils design and create Christmas cards to sell.
Food Technology - preparing fruit and vegetables. Pupils design and make a fruit salad; learning is linked to the science topic of the body and senses.
Freestanding Structures - as part of the geography topic in summer term, pupils design and create seaside furniture.
GEOGRAPHY
We introduce the children to the basic concept of geography and the world in which we live through these topics:
What is the geography of where I live? Pupils look at the human and physical features of the local area of Handsworth.
Why do we love being beside the seaside so much? Pupils look at Cleethorpes and distinguish the similarities/differences between rural, urban and coastal areas.
How does the weather affect our lives? Pupils look at different types of weather and compare climates across the world.
HISTORY
We begin by developing the children’s understanding of history by learning about a range of significant individuals from Sheffield, such as William Wilberforce, Sean Bean and Jessica Ennis-Hill. We then look at monarchs and politicians, including Henry VIII and Oliver Cromwell.
LITERACY
Traditional tales - retelling stories, letter writing, character descriptions
King and Queens - non-fiction writing about monarchs
Instructional texts
Setting descriptions
Poetry and riddles
Diary writing based on the book Oliver's Vegetables
Disney - story mapping and retelling/changing plots using Talk for Writing
MATHS
Click here for the programmes of study for mathematics.
MFL – SPANISH
Confident use of Foundation Stage vocabulary - yes and no, greetings for answering the register, please and thank you;
Numbers 1, 2, 3; using Mr, Mrs, Miss
Focus on oracy - children encounter more rhymes and stories and learn a little about Spain itself e.g. its weather, customs, traditions and food.
MUSIC
The children learn about rhythm and pulse in which they have the opportunity to listen to a range of Reggae and Hip Hop music. They learn about composing and performing simple pieces of music using their bodies and a range of instruments.
Pupils also work towards a fabulous Christmas Performance to parents/carers each year to showcase their singing and percussion skills.
PE
Children develop their gymnastic skills exploring different ways of travelling over and under apparatus, making stretching and curling shapes with their bodies, balancing and taking weight on different body parts, jumping, balancing and linking movements together. In addition to this, children learn to play a variety of playground games, team games and outdoor games skills each half term.
| Aut 1 | Aut 2 | Spr 1 | Spr 2 | Sum 1 | Sum 2 |
| Fundamentals | Gymnastics | Athletics | Team Building |
Striking and Fielding |
Fitness |
| Ball Skills | Net and Wall | Dance | Yoga |
Sending and Receiving |
Invasion |
RSHE
Mental Wellbeing (Health and Wellbeing) – pupils learn about recognising and managing their feelings.
Online Safety – pupils learn about sharing personal information, online protection, consent, stranger danger, bias and the digital media.
Physical Health (Health and Wellbeing) - pupils learn about life routines, healthy eating and hygiene.
Friendship (Relationships) - pupils learn about different types of friendships, anti-bullying, stereotypes and keeping and maintaining friendships healthy.
Family (Relationships) - pupils learn about different types of families and what makes a family, relationships within families and family diversity.
Living in wider world (Community) – pupils learn about the make-up of their community, belonging, how to help others, prejudice and finances.
RE
We follow the Discovery RE scheme of work for RE. Y2 focus on:
Religion: Christianity (the creation story, Christmas, Jesus as a friend and Palm Sunday)
Religion: Judaism (Shabbat and Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur)
SCIENCE
Seasonal change
Everyday Materials
Plants
Animals Including Humans