BedlingtonStation PrimarySchool
BedlingtonStation PrimarySchool
Year 1 Term 1A
CONTEXT
Welcome to The Investigation Bureau. I am Chief Inspector Anita Case and you will be working for me as detectives! You will investigate the cases I assign to your Division by following the clues to find out more and feeding back to me using you 'case board'. Detectives, you should add information to the board to help you solve the case. I will send you messages and 'case files' to help. Remember, follow the clues!
BROADENING EXPERIENCES
Black History Month
Halloween
CLASS READER
Nursery Rhymes
PSHE
‘Being Me in My World’.We will be learning about interests, talents, feelings, choices and rules.
Oracy Development Opportunities
ENGLISH
Focus Narrative:
Stories based on Nursery Rhymes (Retelling/Story Language)
Key Text/Stimulus:
Nursery Rhymes
Focus Non-Narrative:
Labels, lists & captions (linked to Science)
Key Text/Stimulus:
Whatever Next/Traction Man
Curriculum support genres:
Labels, lists & captions
Reciting rhymes
RE
Jigsaw RE
What do Christians believe about God?
(Northumberland Agreed Syllabus - What do Christians believe God is like?/Who do Christians say made the world?)
Performing acts of kindness
How do Christians believe the world began?Creation story from the book of Genesis in the Bible in the Old Testament.
Who do Christians believe made the world?God is the Creator of the world according to the Bible
In the creation story, what did God ask the first humans to do? God gives the first humans the responsibility to look after the world He has created.
HISTORY
Content:
Local railway (linked to materials)
GEOGRAPHY
National Curriculum:
identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom
use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to:key physical features, including: beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill, mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil, valley, vegetation, season and weather
Talk about what we can see on the train.
What is the weather today?
What are the different weather types?
What are the seasons and which season is it now?
Which natural features can we see?
DT
National Curriculum:
Focus objectives:
build structures, exploring how they can be made stronger, stiffer and more stable
Group evaluations and discussions
Content:
Exploring Materials - Building structures and bridges
Model Making - junk materials
Can we describe the properties of the materials we are using?
How can we join the materials together?
SCIENCE
National Curriculum:
Everyday Materials
distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made
identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock
describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials
compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties
Investigations:
Autumn nature hunt - identify, group and classify found materials by properties, pattern etc.
Seek materials and discuss uses.
WOW! Practical Introduction
Tower Build
Which team can use the recyclable materials to build the tallest tower? Can we name the materials as we use them?
Ongoing:
observe changes across the 4 seasons
observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and how day length varies
COMPUTING
National Curriculum:
Computer Science
Human Crane - Following Instructions
Information TechUsing iPads - QR codes to watch Nursery Rhymes
Verbal Instructions
Digital Literacy
Online Safety & Exploring Purple Mash
MUSIC
Singing
Specialist music teacher.
Repetitive songs
Call and response
Ukulele
Performing/singing