Year One Curriculum

Here you can see the content covered in each term.  For more information, follow the hyperlinks to the subject areas or, in some cases, topic titles.

Autumn Spring Summer
English
  • Fiction, Key Stories
  • Information Texts
  • Traditional Tales
  • Poems and Rhymes
  • Fiction -Key stories
  • Recount
  • Fairy Stories
  • Poems & Rhymes
  • Instructions
  • Traditional Tales
  • Recount
  • Poems and Rhymes
  • Instructions
Maths
  • Place value
  • Addition
  • Subtraction
  • Shape
  • Addition and Subtraction
  • Place value within 50
  • Length and Height
  • Weight and volume
  • Multiplication and division
  • Fractions
  • Position and Direction
  • Place value within 100
  • Money
  • Time
Science
  • Seasonal Changes
  • Biology – Humans
  • Physics – Earth and Space
  • Seasonal Changes
  • Chemistry – Everyday materials
  • Biology – Plants
  • Seasonal Changes
  • Biology – Animals
  • Scientific Enquiry
Art & Design
  • Artist Study –
  • Colour, pattern and texture
  • Drawing
  • Painting
Computing
  • Algorithms, Programming
  • Multimedia
  • Technology in our lives
  • E-Safety
  • Handling Data
Design Technology
  • Cook School
  • Designing Purposeful products
  • Building structures
  • Evaluating
  • Designing appealing products
  • Levers, sliders, wheels
Geography
  • Locational Knowledge –
  • Place Knowledge –
  • Fieldwork and Observational skills
History
  • Events beyond living memory – Great Fire of London
  • Significant People –
  • History of childhood –
  • The history of inventions –
Music
  • Use voices expressively and creatively by singing songs
  • Playing untuned musical instruments
  • Experimenting Dynamics, tempo and pulse
  • Listening skills
PE
  • Throwing & Catching
  • Gymnastics
  • Dance
  • Attacking and defending skills
  • Batting
  • Fitness & Healthy lifestyle
  • Yoga
  • Team games
  • Learn and unknown sport – tri-golf
PSHE
  • Be My Best
  • Growing and Changing
RE
  • What is Christianity
  • Who is a Christian
  • What makes some places sacred?
  • How and Why do we celebrate special and sacred times – Easter & Muslim celebrations
  • What does it mean to belong to a faith community?