Topic Area Curriculum Map: Year 1, Autumn Half Term 1 The Jolly Postman Types of covered Summer holiday recount Create WANTED posters for the Big Bad Wolf Write the beginning of the Three Little Pigs Re-tell the story of The Three Little (SA) Advertisement for chosen pet Description of The Jolly Postman Write a list of things you are going to do/would like to in Autumn half term (in their own words) Reasons for Writing (purpose and audience) For our FS teachers Other children in class Class swap audience being other Year 1 children Re-tell to FS children Other children in class For Allan Ahlberg For Mrs Davies, so she knows what we are doing Reading to support Big Cat My Holiday Diary Little Red Riding Hood The Three Little Pigs The Three Little Pigs The Great Pet Sale The Jolly Postman A variety of lists, dictionaries etc (Key texts used) Visits/visitors VCOP focus Intro to VCOP and imaginary friends Vocabulary Punctuation Punctuation and vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Punctuation
Grammar focus fullstops, question Capital letters for person, place, fullstops, question Spelling focus Spell: Words containing each of the 40+ phonemes already taught Common exception words The days of the week Name the letters of the alphabet: Naming the letters of the alphabet in order Using letter names to distinguish between alternative spellings of the same sound Add prefixes and suffixes: Using the spelling rule for adding s or es, as the plural marker for nouns and the third person singular marker for verbs Using the prefix un Using ing, ed, er and est where no change is needed in the spelling of root words Apply simple spelling rules and guidance as listed in Appendix 1 Write from memory simple sentences dictated by the teacher that include words using the GPCs and common exception words taught so far.
Topic Area Curriculum Map: Year 1, Autumn Half Term 2 Ourselves Types of covered Writing labels for features around the school Writing captions for the school booklet (encouraging use of adjectives) Creating museum cards Writing a poem about someone at Fairfields Write a story about the objects Gilbert encountered Harriet s Secrets (SA) Write a letter to a school Harriet visited in another country Reasons for Writing (purpose and audience) Everyone in the school Everyone in the school Visitors to the museum For the person who you wrote about Children in other Year 1 class Other children in the class To a school in another country Reading to support (Key texts used) Non-fiction texts with labels and diagrams Non-fiction texts with labels and diagrams Mi and Museum City Linda Sarah ORT People poems??who is Gilbert? Horrible Harriet - Leigh Hobbs Horrible Harriet - Leigh Hobbs Visits/visitors tbd VCOP focus Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary and connectives Vocabulary and Openers Vocabulary and punctuation Vocabulary punctuation and connectives Openers and connectives
Grammar focus full stops, question capital letters, full stops, question and exclamation Spelling focus Spell: Words containing each of the 40+ phonemes already taught Common exception words The days of the week Name the letters of the alphabet: Naming the letters of the alphabet in order Using letter names to distinguish between alternative spellings of the same sound Add prefixes and suffixes: Using the spelling rule for adding s or es, as the plural marker for nouns and the third person singular marker for verbs Using the prefix un Using ing, ed, er and est where no change is needed in the spelling of root words Apply simple spelling rules and guidance as listed in Appendix 1 Write from memory simple sentences dictated by the teacher that include words using the GPCs and common exception words taught so far.
Topic Area Curriculum Map: Year 1, Spring Half Term 1 Toys Types of covered Christmas holiday recount Zoo Lab letter of thanks A-Z of toys, new page for dictionary (SA) Adding words to the pictures. Sentence/story. Instruction Poem about their favourite toy Reasons for Writing (purpose and audience) Their teachers Zoo Lab To create a class book For other children in the year group For FS to make things To perform to others Reading to support (Key texts used) My Bean Diary A range of letters Alphabetical: How Every Letter Tells a Story by Michael Rosen This is the bear Sarah Hayes Fun things to make and do BIG CAT ORT Toys poems All Aboard the toy train Tony Bradman Visits/visitors Zoo Lab VCOP focus Punctuation Connectives Vocabulary Vocabulary Openers Vocabulary Punctuation
Grammar focus full stops, question capital letters, full stops, question and exclamation Spelling focus Spell: Words containing each of the 40+ phonemes already taught Common exception words The days of the week Name the letters of the alphabet: Naming the letters of the alphabet in order Using letter names to distinguish between alternative spellings of the same sound Add prefixes and suffixes: Using the spelling rule for adding s or es, as the plural marker for nouns and the third person singular marker for verbs Using the prefix un Using ing, ed, er and est where no change is needed in the spelling of root words Apply simple spelling rules and guidance as listed in Appendix 1 Write from memory simple sentences dictated by the teacher that include words using the GPCs and common exception words taught so far.
Topic Area Curriculum Map: Year 1, Spring Half Term 2 Around the World with the Snail and the Whale Types of covered Poetry about the snail or the whale Writing captions using pictures from the book Writing their own version of the story 1 Writing their own version of the story 2 Poetry (SA) Fact page about a country the snail and whale visit Sadness to happiness personal account Reasons for Writing (purpose and audience) For other children in Year 1 For other children in class Re-tell their story to Year 2 children For their teacher For the blog For their parents Reading to support (Key texts used) The Snail and the Whale Julia Donaldson The Puffin Book of fantastic First Poems Snail poem The Snail and the Whale Julia Donaldson The Snail and the Whale Julia Donaldson The Snail and the Whale Julia Donaldson The Snail and the Whale Julia Donaldson The Puffin Book of fantastic First Poems June Crebbin The Snail and the Whale Julia Donaldson Atlases Non-fiction country books The Easter Story June Crebbin Visits/visitors tbd VCOP focus Vocabulary Connectives Openers Punctuation VCOP Vocabulary VCOP
Grammar focus full stops, question capital letters, full stops, question and exclamation Spelling focus Spell: Words containing each of the 40+ phonemes already taught Common exception words The days of the week Name the letters of the alphabet: Naming the letters of the alphabet in order Using letter names to distinguish between alternative spellings of the same sound Add prefixes and suffixes: Using the spelling rule for adding s or es, as the plural marker for nouns and the third person singular marker for verbs Using the prefix un Using ing, ed, er and est where no change is needed in the spelling of root words Apply simple spelling rules and guidance as listed in Appendix 1 Write from memory simple sentences dictated by the teacher that include words using the GPCs and common exception words taught so far.
Topic Area Curriculum Map: Year 1, Summer Half Term 1 Percy the Park-keeper Types of covered Recount of the visit to the park Retell the story of Percy and the Rabbit Instructional of bean growing Writing own version of The enormous----- Letter to Percy to tell him about our Park designs FAB- Special bookmake a special book (SA) Reasons for Writing (purpose and audience) For other children in class Read the story to FS For Les and visitors to allotment For other children in Year group For Percy To take home for parents Reading to support (Key texts used) Percy the Park keeper- Nick Butterworth and others Percy and the Rabbit- Nick Butterworth and others The Tiny Seed- Eric Carle The enormous turnip Percy the Park keeper- Nick Butterworth and others Bring in a book that is special to them from home Foggy, Foggy Forest- Nick Sharatt Visits/visitors Visit to War Memorial Park VCOP focus Vocabulary and punctuation Vocabulary VCOP Punctuation Connectives Openers
Grammar focus full stops, question capital letters, full stops, question and exclamation Spelling focus Spell: Words containing each of the 40+ phonemes already taught Common exception words The days of the week Name the letters of the alphabet: Naming the letters of the alphabet in order Using letter names to distinguish between alternative spellings of the same sound Add prefixes and suffixes: Using the spelling rule for adding s or es, as the plural marker for nouns and the third person singular marker for verbs Using the prefix un Using ing, ed, er and est where no change is needed in the spelling of root words Apply simple spelling rules and guidance as listed in Appendix 1 Write from memory simple sentences dictated by the teacher that include words using the GPCs and common exception words taught so far.
Topic Area Curriculum Map: Year 1, Summer Half Term 2 Space Types of covered Imaginative about the alien landing Own version of But Martin! story Newspaper report about first moon landing Write own story about journey into space Write a recount of Sports day (SA) Biography of Neil Armstrong All about me (to take to Year 2) Reasons for Writing (purpose and audience) Read to other children in the class Read to other children in Year 2 For other children in the year group For other children in the class For their parents For the blog For their Year 2 teachers Reading to support (Key texts used) The Aliens are coming Colin McNaughton But Martin! Jena Counsel In Space (History News) Martin Johnstone In Space (History News) Martin Johnstone Sports day - Mick Inkpen and Neil Butterworth One Giant Leap The Story of Neil Armstrong Don Brown All About Me staff file Visits/visitors Hot seat child/adult as Neil Armstrong VCOP focus Vocabulary and punctuation Openers Connectives Openers VCOP Punctuation VCOP Grammar focus full stops, question capital letters, full stops, question and exclamation
Spelling focus Spell: Words containing each of the 40+ phonemes already taught Common exception words The days of the week Name the letters of the alphabet: Naming the letters of the alphabet in order Using letter names to distinguish between alternative spellings of the same sound Add prefixes and suffixes: Using the spelling rule for adding s or es, as the plural marker for nouns and the third person singular marker for verbs Using the prefix un Using ing, ed, er and est where no change is needed in the spelling of root words Apply simple spelling rules and guidance as listed in Appendix 1 Write from memory simple sentences dictated by the teacher that include words using the GPCs and common exception words taught so far.