Year 1: Term 2

Science: 1^ST HALF: MATERIALS (see SoW for more detail)

• Distinguish between an object and material from which it’s made.
• Identify and name a variety of everyday materials – including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water and rock.
• Describe the simple physical properties of everyday materials.
• Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties.

Writing Links

• Write instructions to create an umbrella

Maths Links

• Count everyday materials in groups of 2, 5 and 10
• Use comparative language to describe the simple physical properties of everyday materials

CROSS CURRICULAR LINKS

DIGITAL RESEARCH: Use Purple Mash Simple City Recycling Centre Activity to sort different objects using drag and drop

• Explore online games and simulations with drag and dropScience: 2^ND HALF: PLANTS (See SoW for more detail)
• Identify and name a variety of common, wild and garden plants – including deciduous and evergreen trees.
• Identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants –including trees.

Writing Links

• Write a fact file about trees
• Write a leaflet about looking after plants

Maths Links

• Use a ruler to measure in cm
• Use comparative language to describe differences in plants
• Use names of common 2D shapes to describe differences in plants

CROSS CURRICULAR LINKS

DIGITAL RESEARCH: Use Purple Mash Simple City Garden Centre Activity to create a gardening scene using drag and drop

• Explore online games and simulations with drag and dropHistory: HOMES
• Discuss what sort of homes people live in today.
• Know what homes look like from the outside (recognise windows, doors and chimneys)
• Describe and draw details of different homes from different eras through local visits.
• Identify how houses have changed through different periods ( material/roof/windows/toilets etc)
• Identify some of the difference between a modern/old house.
• Identify the rooms in houses from long ago (parlour/larder)
• Use clues to infer the use of an object from the past.
• Show understanding of an aspect of home life from the past by using role play (link into the home corner)

CROSS CURRICULAR LINKS

• Use comparative lang to describe features of different homesGeography: HOMES
• Use the correct vocabulary to describe different types of dwellings.
• Understand how houses differ for their purpose and location.
• Know the difference between a factory, an office and a shop and know these are not houses.
• Identify a farm.

CROSS CURRICULAR LINKS

• Count houses in 2s, 5s or 10s.
• Make a poster for a shop.

DIGITAL MEDIA: Take digital photos of local houses and buildings, and materials used in the school building

LI: To take a digital photo of their own choice of subject

CHALLENGES FOR THE MORE ABLE IN HISTORY – HOMES.

• Explain why you would rather live in your house than a house from the past.
• Order the houses from different eras according to how comfortable they would be to live in.
• Would you rather have glass windows or a flushing toilet? Explain your reasons why.
• Give the reasons why a larder was a good place for storing food.
• Why was a castle a good place for a king or queen to live in?CHALLENGES FOR THE MORE ABLE IN GEOGRAPHY – HOMES.
• Rank the different housing types (e.g. bungalow/flat/mansion/cottage/castle/house)
• Explain why there are more flats in a city.
• Look at an aerial map – what different types of buildings can you spot?
• Plan a house for a hot/cold area.

 

 

ART: MAKE A SCULPTURE (LINK WITH MATERIALS) 

• Know the materials used in making a sculpture
• Ask and answer questions about the starting points for their work
• Choose from a range of materials
• Try out tools and techniques
• Create a sculpture for a home
• Review what they have done and how they feel

CHALLENGE ACTIVITIES FOR THE MORE ABLE PUPILS

• Evaluate the effectiveness of using different types of materials.
• Design and create a more complex animal with extra detail.

CROSS CURRICULAR LINKS

Digital Media: Use Purple Mash Paint Projects – create a digital painting of a familiar house/building using special paint tools

• LI: To explore the tools in a painting program to make a pictureT: DESIGN A HOME
• Use own experiences when developing ideas.
• Clarify their ideas through discussion.
• Make suggestions as how to proceed.
• Assemble, join and combine 2D and 3D modelling techniques using glues and masking tape.
• Make simple hinges.
• Know how to make structures more stable.
• Use construction kits to aid modelling.
• Evaluate the product they have made.

CHALLENGE ACTIVITIES FOR MORE ABLE PUPILS

• Create more detailed houses (e.g. diff types of windows, roofs, doors)
• Use more challenging joining techniques.
• Combine with maths skills to find exact measurements for the pieces that need to be joined.Music:
• Use their voices creatively by singing songs, chants and rhymes.
• Play untuned instruments musically.
• Listen with concentration to wide range of high quality recorded music.
• Experiment with sound using interrelated dimensions of music.E (Please follow the Val Sabin scheme of work)

Gymnastic, dance and gamesR.E 

What does it mean to be a Muslim?

• What makes a community?
• Who was Muhammed (PBUH)?
• Which objects are special for Muslims?
• How do Muslims show they belong to Islam?
• What celebrations do Muslims take part in?
• What does it mean to be a Muslim?What does it mean to be a Hindu?
• What is karma?
• Who is Brahman?
• Who was Krishna?
• How can puja help a Hindu lead a good life?
• What does the Aum (Om) symbol mean? Computing: CODING, PROGRAMMING AND COMPUTER GAMES
• Understand and create simple everyday step-by-step algorithms.
• Use simple commands to control the movement and actions of a person or onscreen object.
• Use symbols for direction, distance and turn it in a simple program or sequence of actions.
• Explore games and simulations with drag/drop and basic variables.
• Identify obvious errors and correct them.Entitlement and enrichment: Surrey Docks Farm/ Local park/ visit the City of London/ Dulwich village.

Topic writing links: (please teach during Friday’s literacy lesson and work in topic/Science books:

• Write a description of a home
• Write a short description of a village, a city And a town.
• Create a sign for their own shop – create a poster advertising its products
• Write a simple picture books about farm animals
• Write a simple guide to plants/trees/flowers found in the local area.Literacy books which link to the topic:
• On The Way Home
• Hansel And Gretl
• The Three Little Pigs
• This Is Our House
• Cave Baby

Maths topic Links: (work to be in topic/Science books)

• Count, read, write and add door numbers
• Solve simple word problems about house numbers or the numbers of rooms in houses from long ago
• Guess how many years old a house is
• Use comparative language to compare the age of homes and the number of rooms in a home
• Count how many different types there are in a street
• Use comparative language to describe and compare different types of buildings
• Sequence the types of building in a street using language such as ‘before, after and next’.