Year 1

Mrs Beirne & Mrs Smart

Art and Design –

• As artists we will:
• Mix paints to a thick or thin consistency.
• Use an ‘artist’s rag’
• Apply paint using selected brush strokes. And apply paint using a single direction brush stroke.
• Mix colours by adding small amounts of white changing the colour from dark to light.

Computing – We will:

• To learn about what a simple algorithm is and to identify if there is an error in it and how to fix it.
• Children will be able to read code one line at a time.
• To independently log on and save their work in the class folder.
• Find and retrieve their saved work.
• Children are able to sort, collate, edit and store simple digital
  content.

Design Technology –

• As designers we will:
• Be able to evaluate our/peers work stating what we like and dislike.
• Use a variety of equipment.
• Use a range of materials.
• Evaluate our product against criteria.

English – As writers and communicators we will:

• Say correct sound to graphemes for all 40+ phonemes,
• Verbally rehearse sentences
• Include full stops, capital letters, finger spaces
• Use the conjunction and to join words and clauses
• Listen to stories about different experiences and non-fiction texts.
• To be able to ask and punctuate questions accurately.
• Form letter families correctly.

Geography – As geographers we will:

• Learn about the local area focusing on the school setting
• Developing basic geographical language to refer to key physical and human features.
• Identify a variety of symbols on a map.
• Follow a map of the school to find a given location.

History - As historians we will:

• Sequence events on a timeline for Queen
  Elizabeth II.
• Find answers to simple questions about the past from research.

Mathematics – As mathematicians we will:

Spring 1:

• Explore 3 D shape and patterns
• Tell the time o’clock and half past
• Exploring calculation strategies within 20: Represent and use number bonds; use concrete and pictorial representation to solve one-step problems.
• Numbers to 50: Count, read, write, identify, represent in numerals and words; recognise place value.

Spring 2:

• Addition and subtraction within 20: Comparison and difference. Represent and use number bonds; read, write, interpret and solve one-step problems.
• Fractions: Recognise, find and name a half and a quarter as one of two or four equal parts respectively.
• Measures: Length and mass.
• Compare, describe, measure, record and solve practical problems.

Music – As musicians we will:

• To listen and appraise to a piece of music and perform it with instruments.
• To study a wide range of musical genres.
• To understand the dynamics and structure of a song.

PE – As athletes we will:

• Be able to follow instructions.
• Be aware of health and safety.
• Understand why we need to warm up and cool down.
• Safely use a variety of apparatus.

R.E. – As theologians we will

• Be able to talk about our families and celebrations.
• Begin to retell the religious Bible stories through art work, drama and writing.
• Recognise religious celebrations such as Baptism and the signs and symbols that go with this special event.
• Recognise some signs and symbols of Lent and Easter and use some religious words.
• Recognise some ways in which we can look after God’s family.
• Recognise some ways in which we as Christians prepare for Easter.
• Be able to talk about Jesus’ death.
• Be able to talk about Holy Week and Easter and how it makes us feel.

RPSHE – we will:

• Discuss what makes us healthy.
• How to play with others.
• How to act when people need help.
• Be aware of people that can help us.
• Try out best to be kind and caring to others.

Science – As scientists we will:

• Identify the different groups of animals.
• Identify the animals that are carnivores,
  herbivores and omnivores.
• Know which animals we keep as pets.
• Identify, draw and label the human body.
• Link the senses to the body parts.