Download Autumn Term Week Date Aims Possible Teaching Activities

Autumn Term
We Date
ek
Aims
Possible Teaching Activities
Outcomes
Resources
1
1 SEPT
- Learn human body
parts
- Song ‘Head, shoulders, knees
and toes’
- Draw around a partner and
label the different parts of the
body
- Discuss what different body
parts do
- Be able to identify, name, draw and
label the basic parts of the body
- Know what our body parts do
Large paper,
marker pens
2
7 SEPT
- Learn animal body
parts
- Know different types of
animals
- Drawing and labeling animal
bodies
- Describing pets
- Sorting different animals into
categories
- Matching animal body parts to
names
- Describe and compare the different
structure of common animals
- Know some names of animal types
Pictures of
different animals,
matching game
3
14 SEPT
- Identify and explore
the five senses
-Explore the differences
between the senses of
people and senses of
animals
- Feeling objects in a bag and
guessing what they are
- Identify different foods using
only smell
- With eyes closed guess who is
speaking
- Taste different types of food,
sour, sweet etc
- Sight game where an object is
removed while their eyes are
closed
- Discuss the difference between
- Be able to name the five senses
- Know which body part is associated
with which sense
- Be able to discuss the importance of
our senses
Small objects in a
bag, foods that
have different
tastes, objects that
make sound,
audio of animal
sounds, strong
smelling foods,
braille
senses of animals and senses of
humans e.g. a dog’s sense of
smell
4
21 SEPT
- Identify the visual
differences between
people
- Using drawings of themselves,
create a class pictogram
showing different hair colour
- Use hair and eye colour sorting
cards
- Understand that living things have
many differences
- Understand how a pictogram is
made and how to read them
Sorting cards,
Stickers, A3 paper,
mirrors
5
28 SEPT
- Identify and name a
variety of common
animals
- Describe their pets and how
they look after them
- Design posters on how to care
for a pet
- Design a medal for a brave pet
- Understand what pets need to be
Medal template,
happy, safe and healthy
poster materials
-Be able to identify common pets and
animals
6
5 OCT
- Difference between
herbivores, carnivores
and omnivores
- Sort animals using Venn
diagrams based on their diet
- Play online animal diet game
- Understand vocabulary herbivore,
carnivore and omnivore
- Be able to sort pets and other
animals into groups based on diet
- Understand a simple Venn diagram
-Venn diagrams,
pictures of
animals, internet
7
12 OCT
- Identify and name a
variety of common
animals including fish,
reptiles, birds and
mammals
- Sort different animals using
tree diagrams
- Bird watching around the
school
- Be able to sort animals using
different criteria
- Understand how to make a simple
tree diagram
- Be able to name animals found in
the local environment and school
grounds
Pictures of
different animals,
bird table
8
19 OCT
- Introduction to mini
beasts
- Go on a nature walk
- Collect mini beasts, draw and
- Be able to ask and answer
questions about mini beasts
Insect viewers,
magnifying
label them
- Know to handle animals with care
- Understand the importance of
returning animals to their habitat
glasses, tubs,
pencils
HALF-TERM BREAK
9
2 NOV
- Learn about farm
animals
- Read story ‘Farmer Duck’
- Children create a class farm by
making paper animals from ‘Fun
With Paper’ book
- Make a collage of their
favourite farm animal
- Class trip to a farm
- Know which animals are commonly Book ‘Fun with
kept on a farm
Paper’, card,
- Understand why these animals are collage materials
there
- Know which products come from
which animal e.g. eggs, milk and wool
10
9 NOV
(* 11 NOV
BANK
HOLIDAY)
- Exploring different
materials
- Explore different materials by
looking at them and feeling them
- Find objects in the classroom
made of certain materials
- Material sorting game on BBC
website
- Be able to talk about the properties selection of
of different materials
materials, internet
- Be able to name some different
materials
- Understand the scientific meaning of
the word material
11
16 NOV
- Describe the simple
physical properties of a
variety of everyday
materials
-
12
23 NOV
- Identify and name a
variety of everyday
materials, including
wood, plastic, glass,
metal, water, and rock
Group objects together by
material
Introduce vocabulary for
describing objects
Shipwreck challenge on
BBC website
- Look at a group of objects and
discuss which are man-made
and which are natural
- Watch videos about making
paper from trees and making a
jumper starting with a sheep
- Explain what the term property
means in a scientific context.
- List some common properties of
materials.
- Describe the properties of a
material.
Selection of
materials, internet
- Be able to list some materials that
occur naturally
- Be able to list some materials that
are man-made
- Understand that some natural
materials are shaped to make them
Videos, natural
materials and
man-made objects
useful.
- Understand that lots of different
things can be made from the same
material.
13
30 NOV
- Distinguish between an
object and the material
from which it is made
- Describe the simple
physical properties of a
variety of everyday
materials
- Read ‘The Three Little Pigs’
- Discuss why the bricks are
better for building a house
- Construct their own houses
using straw, sticks or Lego
-Test their houses with a
watering can and a hairdryer
-Discuss what went well and
what they would do differently
next time
- Be able to talk about why some
materials are good for different
purposes (their properties).
- Be able to talk about their ideas in a
group.
- Construct a house for one of the
Three Little Pigs.
Book ‘Three Little
Pigs’ string, wood,
Sellotape glue,
watering can,
hairdryer
14
7 DEC
- Describe the simple
physical properties of a
variety of everyday
materials
- Exploring building
materials
- Make a spider diagram of
different materials and their
properties
- Demonstrate which materials
are waterproof and which absorb
water
- Look at houses from around
the world
- Be able to list materials that are
Many different
used for constructing buildings.
materials, pictures
- Understand that houses have been of houses
made of lots of different materials in
the past and in different places in the
world.
- Be able to explain why the
properties of the materials used are
important.
15
16 DEC
- Experiment to find the
best material
- Discuss and test materials to
answer a question
- Which is the best material for
an umbrella/ leotard/ dog
basket? etc
- Be able to compare several
materials to decide which is best for a
particular use.
- Carry out a test for some properties
of materials.
- Describe their findings.
A wide range of
materials including
several different
fabrics. Rulers,
dropper or syringe
for dripping water,
range of masses,
etc.
XMAS BREAK
Spring Term
We Date
ek
Aims
Possible Teaching Activities
Outcomes
Resources
1
4 JAN
(* 6 JAN
BANK
HOLIDAY)
- Compare and group
together a variety of
everyday materials on
the basis of their simple
physical properties
- Looking at and touching
different types of paper
- Making paper aeroplanes from
different types of paper
- Papier mâché balloons to make
faces
- Be able to explain that paper is a
material with many different uses.
- Be able to describe the properties of
different papers.
- Know what paper is made from.
A large selection of
different papers,
newspaper strips,
PVA glue, balloons
2
11 JAN
- Learn that some
materials and objects
float in water and some
sink
- Make predictions and carry out - Understand what is meant by float
an experiment to see which
and sink.
objects float and which sink
- Be able to carry out a simple
enquiry.
- Record the results of an enquiry
using drawings and simple scientific
language.
Selection of
objects that float or
sink, container
filled with water
3
18 JAN
-Looking at why some
things float and some
sink
- Experiment to see how many
stones it takes to sink a
container
- Making different shaped boats
to see which shape helps them
to float
- Using a straw to fill a
submerged bottle with air until it
Container of water,
plastic bottle,
margarine tubs,
stones, tin foil,
plasticine, straws
- Talk about why some materials float
and some sink.
- Understand why objects made from
the same material can sink or float
depending on their shape.
- Explain that putting air in some
objects can make them float.
floats.
4
25 JAN
- Identify and name a
variety of common wild
and garden plants
- Read story, Oliver’s Vegetables
- Look at a selection of seeds
- Plant our own vegetable seeds
- Grow a virtual plant
- Be able to list some plants.
- Explain why plants are important to
humans.
- Be able to list some edible plants.
- Understand that plants will grow
from seeds they have planted.
Internet, book
‘Oliver’s
Vegetables’, soil,
pots, seeds
5
1 FEB
- Learning about
different flowers and
plants
- Plant cress seeds
- Discuss the importance of Bees
- look at pictures of wild flowers
with their names
- Colour in accurately wild flower
colouring sheets
- Make a small flower book
- Be able to name some common wild
flowers.
- Be able to identify some common
wild flowers.
Cress seeds, pots,
soil, colouring
sheets, pictures of
common wild
flowers
6
8 FEB
- Learning about
different flowers and
plants
- Continue flower book
- Make a collage of a bee using
crate paper and pipe cleaners
- If possible cut the cress, wash
and eat
- Be able to name some common
garden flowers.
- Talk about the importance of bees.
Crate paper, pipe
cleaners, PVA
glue, cress from
previous lesson,
books from
previous lesson
HALF-TERM BREAK
7
22 FEB
- Identifying wild flowers - Nature walk around school and
in our local area
to the park
- Take pictures of flowers found
and see if we know any of their
names
- Using photos we find out the
names of the flowers we found
- Children draw their favourite
flower from our walk
- Identify plants in the countryside
Extra adult,
and in gardens.
camera, internet,
- Understand how to be careful in the flower books
environment.
8
29 FEB
- Identify and describe
the basic structure of a
variety of common
flowering plants,
including trees
- Leaf rubbing pictures
- Name the main parts of a plant.
Leaves, chalk,
- Label and colour the different
- Understand that plants have leaves flower diagram
parts of plants
of different shapes and colours.
with labels
- Look at different shaped leaves
and draw them
9
7 MARCH
- Identify and describe
the basic structure of a
variety of common
flowering plants,
including trees
- Go for a walk around school
only looking at trees
- Wax crayon bark rubbing
pictures
- Compare the different textures
of tree bark
- Make tree paintings using
realistic colours
- Be able to name the parts of
flowering plants including trees.
- Explain that tree trunks and leaves
of plants vary in colour.
10
14 MARCH - Looking at parts of
plants in detail
- Look at pictures of close-up
plant parts, can they guess
which parts they are?
- Discuss and demonstrate
different ways of drawing e.g
light/ soft
- Give out leaves, petals and
other parts of plants with
magnifying glasses
- Children draw what they see
through the magnifying glass
- Observe details using a magnifying Plants, pictures,
glass.
paper, pencils and
- Make a detailed drawing of the parts magnifying glasses
of a plant.
EASTER BREAK
Wax crayons,
paper, paints
Summer Term
We Date
ek
Aims
Possible Teaching Activities
1
4 APRIL
- Learn about harvesting - If appropriate harvest our
food
vegetables planted earlier in the
year
- Discuss about harvest and
harvest festival
- Make corn dollies using art
straws
- Know that people all over the world Straws, vegetables
celebrate the harvest with special
festivals and traditions.
- Be able to describe how some food
they have eaten was grown.
2
11 APRIL
- Learning about the
seasons
- Be able to name the four seasons
of the year.
- Explain how plants change during
the four seasons.
- Explain how buds grow and change
in the Spring.
3
18 APRIL
- Observe changes
- Read the poem What is the
- Know facts about the Sun.
across the four seasons Sun? by Wes Magee
- Be able to describe the Sun in
- Think of questions they want
simple terms.
answered about the sun
- Look for information in topic
books
- Colour a picture of the sun and
- Discuss what the weather is
like in each season
- Look at different buds on trees
- Draw a twig with buds
Look at the colour of leaves in
Autumn
Outcomes
Resources
Buds if available,
video of the
changing seasons,
pictures of trees in
all four seasons
Torch, ball, sun
picture, library
books, poem
write facts around it
- Demonstrate night and day with
a torch and a ball
4
25 APRIL
5
- How do we stay safe in
the sun?
- Positions of the sun
throughout the day
- Discuss the dangers of the sun
- Think of how we protect
ourselves from the sun
- Design their own sun hats
- Check the position of the sun in
the sky throughout the day
taking care not to look directly at
the sun
- Understand that it is dangerous to
look directly at the Sun.
- See that the Sun appears to move
across the sky during the day.
Sun hat template,
picture of the
school building to
record the position
of the sun
throughout the day
(* 2-3 MAY - Exploring shadows
BANK
HOLIDAY)
4 MAY
- Draw round our shadows with
chalk
- Stand in a line and look at all of
our shadows
- Draw themselves, a sun and
where their shadow would be
- Make shadow puppets
- Understand that it is dangerous to
look directly at the Sun.
- Describe shadows as a patch of
darkness.
- Explain that shadows change in
length and position during the day.
Chalk, bright light
6
9 MAY
- More shadows
- Make silhouette pictures of the
children’s heads
- Cut shapes and make shadow
patterns on the wall
- Experiment to see what affects
the colour and shape of our
shadows
- Describe and create a silhouette.
- Use different materials to create
different shadows: dark, faint and
coloured.
- Identify silhouettes in daily life.
Black card, white
pencil, bright light,
card, scissors
7
16 MAY
- Exploring the four
seasons
- Make a tally chart and
pictogram of birthdays
- Show which months are in
which season
- Name the four seasons.
- Put the months into the correct
seasons
- Describe each season.
List of their
birthdays, blank
table for tally chart,
blank graph axis
- Discuss important holidays in
each season
- Draw different clothing they
need for each season
8
23-25 MAY - Recording the weather
(*26-27
BANK
HOLIDAY)
- Read the poem The Months of
the Year by Sara Coleridge
- Learn weather vocabulary and
match with the weather symbol
- Fill in a weather chart every
day for a week
- Think about the weather in their
home countries
- Describe the weather.
- Use simple equipment to measure
some aspects of the weather.
- Record the weather on a chart.
Weather flash
cards, weather
chart, thermometer,
poem
9
30 MAY
- Seasonal weather
- Draw pictures of what they like
to do in winter/ summer
- Draw appropriate clothes on
children template for the different
seasons
- Create a weather map for the
four seasons
- Look at a pile of clothes and
sort them into the correct season
- State that the weather changes
during the four seasons.
- Explain that the days are longer in
the summer than in winter (and
nights are shorter in the summer than
in winter)
Children picture, a
selection of
different clothing,
weather symbols
10
6 JUNE
- Migration and
hibernation
- Look at a map of the world and
discuss the different weather
- Watch animated tale ‘The
Swallow’
- Draw Swallow’s route on a map
- Create a hibernating animal
using a shoe box, shredded
paper and clay
- Explain that the seasons (and
Clay, shoe box,
associated weather) occur at
animated tale,
different times of the year in the
map, paper
Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
- Understand that some animals
migrate because of this
- Understand that some animals
hibernate through Winter instead
11
13 JUNE
- Sun myths
- Read a selection of myths
- Understand that the Sun is
Selection of myths,
12
20 JUNE
- End of year revision
and consolidation
about the sun
- Discuss which myths they liked
the best
- In mixed ability groups they
choose a myth to practise and
act out in front of the class
- Write about why the sun is
important to us
important to us.
- Explain that myths about the Sun
try to explain how the Sun was
created, why it appears to move
across the sky & how it ‘disappears’
at night & rises again the next day.
- Revision
- Discussions
- Look back at work from the
past year
- Talk about things they have learnt in
year 1
- Say what they would like to learn
more about in year 2
SUMMER HOLIDAY
library books