Curriculum Overview Year 1- Cycle B 
                    Topic                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                ‘Life in London’                                   ‘Journeys – Travel & Transport’                            ‘What a Wonderful World’ 
                                                                          
                    Year Group 1         Autumn 1                     Autumn 2                             Spring 1                   Spring 2                    Summer 1                     Summer 2 
                    English              Lists, Labels, Captions      Traditional Tales x3                 Fantasy x4                 Narrative x1 (Journey       Traditional Tales x3         Instructions x2 
                                         x1 (Y1 Transition –          (Character profile/oral              (‘UP’ – film, review,      – Aaron Becker)             (Own retelling               Fruit kebabs (linked to 
                                         label classroom)             retelling)                           retell as  a story)                                    /innovation)                 Computing – ‘We Are 
                                         (Captions - Traction         (LRRH)                               (Beegu – Alexis            Non-chronological           (Jack & the Beanstalk)       TV Chefs’ and Science – 
                                         Man)                                                              Deacon)                    report x2                                                Plants/plants we eat) 
                                         Stories by a  significant    Non-chronological report x3                                     (Linked to Science -        Possible additional unit      
                                         author x3 – Mini Grey        (Link to topic – All About           + Non-fiction linked       Animals)                    - Significant author x2      Stories from other 
                                          (Traction Man/Biscuit       London, e-books)                     to English –                                           (Lost and Found)             cultures/ Stories with a 
                                         Bear/The Dish and The                                             instructions x2 (How       Poems based on a            (Here we Are)                pattern x3 
                                         Spoon)                                                            to Make a UFO for          theme (Linked to            (Stuck)                      (Too Much Talk) 
                                         *repetitive patterns                                              Beegu)                     Science - Animals)          Oliver Jeffers               (No Dinner!) 
                                                                                                                                                                                               *repetitive patterns 
                                         Poems to recite x2                                                                                                                                     
                                         Sound collector                                                                                                                                       Traditional nursery 
                                                                                                                                                                                               rhymes and poems x2 
                                                                                                                                                                                               (Poems from around 
                                                                                                                                                                                               the world?) 
                                                                                                                                                                                                
                    Cross curricular                                  *Lists, labels, captions –           *Write a letter to         *Recounts/timelines         Revisit non-chron            *Lists, Labels Captions  
                    writing                                           glossary in non chron report         welcome Beegu              – trip recount (LTM)        reports  (Science –          Picnic Menu 
                                                                      *Recounts – trip recount                                        *Lists, labels,             Plants)                       
                                                                      (Monument)                                                      captions – glossary in 
                                                                                                                                      non chron report 
                    Wider reading        Other Mini                   Katie in London, Peppa Goes          The Tiger Who Came         Non-fiction animal          Hansel and Gretel,           Handa’s Surprise 
                                         Grey/Traction Man            to London                            To Tea                     books                       Puss in Boots, Rapunzel 
                                         stories 
                    Maths                Number and Place                                                            Time                Multiplication and 
                                         value                        Addition and Subtraction                                                division            Number: Place Value          Measurement: Money 
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                             Place Value – recap              fractions                   Number  
                                         Sequencing and Sorting       Length and Height                    Addition and                                           4 operations                 Capacity and volume  
                                                                                                           subtraction - recap 
                                         2-D and 3-D shape            Assess and Review                    Mass/weight                                                                          
                    Geography            British History                                                   Weather                                                Planet Earth 
                    Year 1 &2            Significant historical events, people and places in their         Maps and Plans                                         World maps 
                                       own locality                                                    
                   History                      Local History  Changes in Living memory – Our         British History                                    World History 
                   Year 1 & 2                   street/ borough                                       Significant historical events, people and          Events from beyond living Memory that are 
                                                                                                      places in their own locality                       significant nationally 
                    
                    
                   Art/ DT             DT – Playgrounds,           Art: collage                       Vincent van gogh – link with computing             Textiles – stuffed toy animal (relate to English) 
                   Year 1 & 2          structures                                                     Moving Pictures                                    animal 
                                                                   Can buildings speak?                                                                  Vehicles 
                    
                    
                   RE                  Unit 1.1                                                       Unit 1.5                                           Unit 1.8 
                                       Who is a Christian and what do they believe?                   What makes some places sacred?                     How should we care for others and the world and 
                                       The nativity                                                                                                      why does it matter? 
                                       Christmas story                                                                                                    
                   Science             Everyday Materials          Everyday materials                    Animals including      Animals Including        Plants                    Plants 
                                                                   Seasonal Change                    humans Humans             Humans  Animals          Identify and describe     Identify and name a 
                                                                   Autumn                             Winter                    spring                   the basic structure of    variety of common 
                                                                                                                                                         a variety of common       plants, including garden 
                                                                                                                                                         plants including          plants, wild plants and 
                                                                                                                                                         roots, stem/trunk,        trees, and those 
                                                                                                                                                         leaves and flowers.       classified as  deciduous 
                                                                                                                                                                                   and evergreen  
                                                                                                                                                                                   summer 
                   Computing – Y1                                                1.1                            1.3                      1.2                       1.4                         1.5 
                                            Basic PC Skills         We Are Treasure Hunters             We Are Painters          We Are TV Chefs           We Are Collectors         We Are Storytellers 
                                                                            Programming                   Computer Art            Video Recording             Programming               Audio Recording 
                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                   Computing – Y2       Basic PC Skills then:                                                                               
                                                                                                                                         2.2                                                   2.3 
                                                  2.1                            2.4                                               We Are Games                    2.5              We Are Photographers 
                                         We Are Astronauts             We Are Researchers                    Blogging                  Testers            We Are Detectives          Taking, organising and 
                                             Programming                  Search Engines                                            Programming                   Email                  editing photos 
                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                            
                   Jigsaw                                                                                                                                     Relationships               Changing me 
                                       Being me in My world            Celebrating difference              Dream goals               Healthy me              (See overview               Relationships 
                                                                                                                                                          document of lessons      (See overview document 
                                                                                                                                                                to teach)             of lessons to teach) 
                   PE Lesson 1-            Ball skills unit 1                   dance                    Ball skills unit 3        Ball skills unit 3     Sports Day practise/        Sports Day practise/ 
                   teacher                                                                                                                                      athletics                   athletics 
                    Basic skills 
                    focus 
                    PE Lesson 2- 
                    coach 
                    Moses/PPA                     Football                       Gymnastics                        hockey                    basketball                   Tennis                       Cricket 
                    Sport rules 
                    focus 
                    Music                                                                                      Exploring the                                        Cultural Heritage 
                                         Exploring Sounds                 Sticks and instruments                  Elements                  Pitch work                    Music                Creative Arts Project 
                      Trips/ Visitors    Local walk – local area      Monument – changing skyline  
                                         (Geog)                       November