Identity

Rights and Responsibilities

Law and Order

Community

Environment

Celebrating Differences

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Topic Title

All About Me

Old and New

Frozen Planet

Are Castles only made of sand?

Let it Grow

Animal planet

Topic

History

Personal history

Family and local history

Houses, toys and vehicles

Changes within and beyond living memory

Events beyond living memory

Why did they build castles?

Changes beyond living memory

Begin to talk about the life of a significant historical person.

Geography

The United Kingdom

Understanding our local area

Human features

Understanding different types of houses/buildings in our local area

The Arctic and Antarctica

Understanding weather patterns of cold areas in the world

Castle Locations

Understanding geographical similarities and differences

Study human and physical features

Identifying countries and continents

Use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the countries

Science

Animals including humans (human and pet focus)

Seasons and weather

Everyday materials

Seasons and weather

Ice experiments

Seasons and weather

Seasons and weather

Planting and growing

Seasons and weather

Animals including humans (animal focus)

Seasons and weather

Educational Visits / Visitors

Walks in the local area - Batley

Walks around the school grounds – Study of homes

Batley Park

Yorkshire Wildlife park

Forest School

Den building homes and transport- ‘Emma Jane’s Aeroplane’

‘Lost and Found’ based activities

Class planting

Mini Beast hunt

English

Reading

Here we are

by Oliver Jeffers

Beegu

by Alexis Deecan

Non fiction-

Instructions

Pete the cat: I love my white shoes

by James Dean, Eric Litwin, Kimberly Dean

The Jolly Christmas Postman by Allan Ahlberg

Home

by Carson Ellis

Emma Jane's Aeroplane by Katie Howarth

Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers

Fact Files about The Arctic and Antarctica animals (different texts)

A dot in the snow

by Corrinne Averiss

Out and About

by Shirley Hughes

New whole school reading project-

What we’ll build

by Oliver Jeffers

Tell Me a Dragon by Jackie Morris

How to Catch a Dragon by Carly Hart

A traditional tale and alternatives –

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs

Jack and the Baked Beanstalk by Colin Stimpson

Zoo by Anthony Browne

Crazy Creatures: An Animal Fact File WAGOLL – Read, Write and Perform

Website information, leaflets and adverts for Yorkshire Wildlife and other zoo’s

Writing

Outcomes

Fiction:

Character descriptions - focus on appearance, emotions and personality

Retelling the story ‘Beegu’

Non-Fiction:

Real- life Instructions-

How to look after a __________(each child’s chosen pet)

Outcomes

Fiction:

A Letter to Father Christmas

Emma Jane’s Aeroplane and – Talk for Writing

Non- Fiction:

Writing cards, letters and postcards 

Outcomes

Fiction:

Lost and Found – Talk for Writing 

Non Fiction:

Fact Files

Arctic/Antarctic animals

Character and Setting descriptions

Poetry:

Shape Poems

Seasons

Outcomes

Fiction:

Fantasy descriptive writing about their own dragon – focus on appearance, movement, habitat and abilities

Non-Fiction:

Fictitious Instructions –

How to trap/catch/train a dragon

Discussion – The Dragon Slayer film clip (The Literacy Shed) Should the dragon slayer kill the dragon? –Conscience alley

Outcomes

Fiction:

Story writing an alternative tale– Talk for Writing

Non-Fiction:

Explanation writing – The Life Cycle of a ______ (varied plants)

Outcomes

All writing links to school trip

Non- Fiction:

Recount of trip

Non-chronological report about animals/Creating animal fact files

Discussion: Should animals be kept in captivity? Explore zoo’s and sea-life centres.

Persuasion (links to discussion work) – leaflets/posters/tv adverts for both visitor attractions

Maths

Addition and Subtraction

Geometry - Shape

Place Value

Addition and Subtraction

Length and Height

Mass and Volume

Multiplication and Division 

Fractions

Geometry - Position and Direction

Place Value

Money

Time

RE

What does it mean to belong to a Church?

What does it mean to belong to a Mosque?

Which books and stories are special?

How do we celebrate special events?

How and why do we care for others?

Who brought messages about God and what did they say?

PSHE

Families and Friendships

Roles of different

people and families, Feeling cared for

Respecting Ourselves & Others

How behaviour affects us, Being polite and respectful

Safe Relationships

Recognising privacy, Staying safe, Seeking permission

Belonging to a Community

What rules are, Caring for others and their needs, Looking after the environment

Money & Work

Strengths and interests, Jobs in the

community

Media Literacy & Digital Resilience

Using the internet and digital devices, Communicating online

Physical Health & Mental Wellbeing

Keeping healthy with food and exercise, Hygiene routines, Sun safety

Growing & Changing

Recognising what makes them unique and special, Feelings, Managing when things go wrong

Keeping Safe

How rules and age restrictions help us, Keeping safe online

Computing

Online Safety

Purple Mash

Technology outside school

Grouping and sorting programs

Pictograms and programs

Pictograms and programs

Lego builders programs

Maze explorers programs

Spread sheets programs

Animated storybooks

Coding programs

DT

Fabric Puppet

A mediaeval meal and a

3D model of a castle

Make a smoothie

Moving animal pictures

Art

Self-portrait- using pencil

Shapes to create painting of houses linked to Wassily Kandinsky

Colour wheel

Polar Landscapes

Colour

Collage

Pencil

3D work (link to DT)  - Model designing and making

Print making

Animal Sculptures

Music

(Charanga)

Hey You!

Rhythm in the way we walk and banana rap

In the groove

Round and round

Your imagination

Western classical music

PE

Invasion Games

         Ball Skills

Dance

Gymnastics

Athletics

Net and Wall Games