Mon Sep 6 2010

Year 1

THE NATIONAL NUMERACY STRATEGY

KEY OBJECTIVES TAUGHT IN YEAR 1

  • count reliably at least 20 objects
  • count on and back in ones from any small number, and in tens from and back to zero
  • read, write and order numbers from 0 to at least 20; understand and use the vocabulary of comparing and ordering these numbers
  • within the range 0 to 30, say the number that is 1 or 10 more or less than any given number
  • understand the operation of addition, and of subtraction (as 'take away' or 'difference'), and use the related vocabulary
  • know by heart all pairs of numbers with a total of 10
  • use mental strategies to solve simple problems using counting, addition, subtraction, doubling and halving, explaining methods and reasonng orally
  • compare two lengths, masses or capacities by direct comparison
  • suggest suitable standard or uniform non standard units and measuring equipment to estimate, then measure, a length, mass or capacity
  • use everyday language to describe features of familiar 3D and 2D shapes

THE NATIONAL LITERACY STRATEGY

THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE RANGE OF WORK FOR YEAR 1 EACH TERM

TERM 1

  • Stories with familiar settings for shared and guided reading.
  • Stories and rhymes with predictable and repetitive patterns.

TERM 2

  • Traditional stories and rhymes.
  • Fairy stories.
  • Stories and poems with familiar, predictable and patterned language from a range of cultures, including chants, action-verses and rhymes.
  • Plays.

TERM 3

  • Stories about fantasy worlds.
  • Poems with patterned and predictable structures.
  • A variety of poems on similar themes.

THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CURRICULUM

The R.E. Curriculum followed by all Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Birmingham is called 'LEARNING AND GROWING AS THE PEOPLE OF GOD'. It has five strands. In Year 1 the following areas are covered.

THE LITURGICAL YEAR

  • Advent
  • Christmas
  • Lent
  • Holy Week
  • Easter
  • Pentecost

SCRIPTURAL KNOWLEDGE

  • Creation
  • Families and Celebration
  • Jesus: Teacher and Healer
  • Sharing Jesus' Life
  • THE SACRAMENTS
  • Families and Celebration
  • Jesus: Teacher and Healer
  • Following Jesus Today
  • Forgiveness

LIVING AS CHRISTIANS

  • Sharing Jesus' Life
  • Following Jesus Today

PRAYER

  • General Prayers of the Church and Own Prayers

THE SCIENCE CURRICULUM

  • Materials and their Properties
  • Physical Processes
    • Electricity
    • Forces
    • Sound
  • Life Processes and Living Things
    • Healthy Me
    • Change in Food
    • Life Cycles

THE HISTORY CURRICULUM

  • Homes
  • Transport
  • The Seaside

THE GEOGRAPHY CURICULUM

  • Hot and Cold Places
  • The Local Area
  • Caring for Our Environment

THE ART CURRICULUM

The following elements are the basis of the art curriculum and are taught through various ways as follows:

  • Painting
    • using thick and thin brushes on different types and sized paper
    • painting with different types of paint e.g. thick, thin, powder, block, ready mix
    • painting with a variety of equipment e.g. comb, feathers, sponge hands
  • Line and Tone
    • use pencil crayons, wax crayons and chalk
    • use thick and thin felt pens and hard and soft pencils
    • describe tone i.e. light and dark
  • Colour Mixing
    • mixing secondary colours from primary
    • mixing and describing hot and cold colours
    • look at autumnal colours
    • draw with painting crayons
  • Pattern and Texture
    • rubbings
    • compare textures
    • pattern and texture in nature
    • repeat patterns
  • Printing
    • leaves
    • rubbings
    • mono print
  • Textiles
    • look at fabrics and design of clothes e.g. worn at the seaside
    • fabric collage
  • Drawing
    • observational drawing with detail
    • drawing from memory e.g. family and friends
    • drawing from imagination e.g. story illustration
    • drawing whole picture
    • use of IT
  • Information Technology
    • draw lines that join to form simple images
    • explore overlapping and re-arranging shapes
  • Shape Form and Space
    • observational drawing from different angles
    • drawing pictures with background detail
    • arrange shapes in collage

THE MUSIC CURRICULUM

  • Songs
    • Choose to suit class topics e.g. penguins, hot and cold lands etc.
  • Composition and Skills
    • developing knowledge of names of instruments and techniques for playing some.
  • Religious Music
    • Chorus and at least first verse of hymns by heart. Hymns for specific occasions following the Liturgical Year
  • Sing songs from memory developing control of breathing, dynamics , rhythm and pitch.
  • Explore, organise and record vocal and instrumental sounds for musical effects within given structures.
  • Share music making with others using symbols where appropriate.
  • Respond to different musical sounds and discriminate between the ways the sounds are made.
  • Talk about their own musical sounds and those of others.