Key Stage 1 Topic Overview Theme Once upon a time Length 6 weeks Term 4 Year B

School Value
Confidence / Week 1
20th Feb 2012 / Week 2
27th Feb 2012 / Week 3
5th March 2012 / Week 4
12th March 2012 / Week 5
19th March 2012 / Week 6
26th March 2012 /
Diary Dates
Special Events / Performance of Little Red Riding Hood production. / Assessment activities.
Trip to Noah’s Ark / Assessment activities.
Sport Relief (Friday) / Olympics Dance Festival
Last day of term INSET
On going Literacy / Phonics / RWI Blue Book 8
RWI Blue Book 9 / RWI Blue Book 9
RWI Blue Book 10 / RWI Grey Books
work through 3 day sequence.
Spelling / ng and nd
(eg, swing, ground) / ck and kn
(eg. knock, back) / dge, tch
(eg. catch, badge) / there, their, they’re
(with sentences) / -ed
(e.g. push, pull becomes pushed and pulled) / -ing (e.g. talk, touch becomes touching, talking)
VCOP / V - Powerful words and phrases drawn from picture books in Big Writing. / V – on-going (see wk 1)
C – drawn from non-fiction texts in reading phase. Add to display. / V – on-going (see wk 1)
C/O – drawn from non-fiction texts in reading phase. Add to display. / V – on-going (see wk 1)
O – drawn from non-fiction texts in reading phase. Add to display. / V – on-going (see wk 1)
P – commas in lists and splicing. / V – on-going (see wk 1)
P – commas in lists and splicing.
Handwriting / Baseline - ey, ay, ip, up, it, nt, ent, ant, ill, all, ib, if, ub, th, ck, ch / Baseline - in, un, um, am, ine, ime, an, ar, aw, ir, hu, ti, ki, du, / Topjoins - op, ou, ow, ov, ri, ru, ve, we, re, fe, fu, fi, ob, ol, wh, rk, rt, ot, of, fl, ft / Anticlockwise - ac, ca, da, ha, ad, ag, ea, ed, va, wa, oa, oo, od, fa, fo / Anticlockwise - ac, ca, da, ha, ad, ag, ea, ed, va, wa, oa, oo, od, fa, fo / Anticlockwise - ac, ca, da, ha, ad, ag, ea, ed, va, wa, oa, oo, od, fa, fo
Literacy / Unit overviews / Play rehearsals – Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf. / Play performance (MON)
Non-Fiction
Exploratory Phase
(See MTP) / Non-Fiction
Exploratory Phase
(See MTP) / Non-Fiction
Planning Phase
(See MTP) / Non-Fiction
Writing and
Presentation Phase
(See MTP) / Non-Fiction
Writing and Presentation Phase
(See MTP)
Key texts / Play script and songs. / Big Books – alphabetical texts, dictionaries. / Teacher’s own non-fiction texts. Video clips. / Nocturnal animals power point. Noah’s Ark literature. / Non-fiction sources – Woodland Animals / Non-fiction sources – Woodland Animals
Writing outcome / Definitions and explanations. / Glossaries and annotated diagrams. / Written notes.
Recount (of trip). / Non-chronological report. / Non-chronological report.
Numeracy / Unit overview / Mental Oral Starters weeks 1-3 to focus on addition and subtraction strategies from “Developing Mental Maths” (Ros Leather). / Mental Oral Starters weeks 1-3 to focus on multiplication and division strategies from “Developing Mental Maths” (Ros Leather).
Recognise and use a wider range of measures. / Properties of position and movement / Multiplication Division / Multiplication Division / Telling the time and solving time problems. / Collecting our own data.
Inverse operations.
Plenaries – every plenary this term to focus on solving word problems with reference to the key vocabulary contained in the problem – use class vocabulary display and model how to solve each problem.
Cross curricular maths opportunities / ICT – Thursday maths session in ICT suite. / ICT – Thursday maths session in ICT suite. / ICT – Thursday maths session in ICT suite. / ICT – Thursday maths session in ICT suite. / ICT – Thursday maths session in ICT suite. / ICT – Thursday maths session in ICT suite.
Topic / Skills / To listen to, and show consideration for, other people’s views. / To think about and discuss whether comparisons and tests are fair or unfair. / Be able to identify plants and weeds.
Watch/listen to recordings and write about what they find out. / How to keep safe and know how and where to get help. / To recognise right and wrong, what is fair and unfair and how behaviour, including bullying, can affect others. / Follow safe procedures, basic food handling, food hygiene and personal hygiene.
Activity / Play rehearsals including opportunities to share views and make improvements. / Science Assessment – fair testing. / “Welcome to the forest” looking for plants and weeds. Use non-fiction texts to help. / Relate to preparations for trip to Noah’s Ark – staying safe / PSHE storytelling and games. / Cookery – end of term treat. Easter cakes.
Key Question / How might we improve this? What do you think? / How might we find out?
What will you observe? / Did anybody plant it there? / How do you know where to go for help? / How might s/he be feeling? What choices has s/he made? / Why do we need to wash our hands? Why is this in the fridge?
Outdoor Learning opportunities / Rehearsals in the secret garden. / Science demonstration – waterproofing. / Identifying plants growing in the local environment. / Trip to Noah’s Ark. / Model play times and playground games. / Egg-hunt using maps.
PE / Skills / Dance - to use movement imaginatively, responding to music, and performing basic skills; to change the rhythm, speed, level and direction of their movements; to perform using simple movement patterns; to express and communicate ideas and feelings.
Activity / Rehearse dance for LRRH production. / Perform LRRH production.
Review Olympics dance. / Rehearse and improve Olympics dance. / Rehearse and improve Olympics dance. / Rehearse and improve Olympics dance. / Perform Olympics dance at festival.
RE / Unit –
“Special Clothes” / Taught in PPA
Follow SACRE
Year 2 unit / Taught in PPA
Follow SACRE
Year 2 unit / Taught in PPA
Follow SACRE
Year 2 unit / Taught in PPA
Follow SACRE
Year 2 unit / Taught in PPA
Follow SACRE
Year 2 unit / Taught in PPA
Follow SACRE
Year 2 unit