Year 1 Spring term Curriculum- 

At Millfield,  our curriculum is based around

"Repeat, Revisit, Remember"

Our curriculum is designed so that we repeat and revisit themes, topics and learning  every few weeks.

Below are some of the specific things we are doing this term in each subject:

Literacy (writing) 

• A plethora of short stories to develop sentence structure. In addition we look at non-fiction texts to introduce children to non-chronological writing.

Reading

• Following Monster Phonics 
• Guided reading  to focus on reading skills and comprehension

Maths

• Place value
• Calculations using addition and subtraction

Science

Weekly change of topics ranging from the following:

• Plants (wild and garden)
• Deciduous and evergreen trees
• Categorise animals
• 5 senses
• Categorise materials
• Light sources
• Observe sounds
• Electricity- appliances

Topic Geography (focus on the UK)

Topic History (focus on  Victorians)

Music: (singing and performing/ Listen and appraise}

     Football (chants\)

• Understand musical terms such as pitch and rhythm
• keeping a beat

Art

• Canal and Roses (canal boat art)
• Drawing skills: flowers

DT

• Mechanisms (sliders and levers)

RSE

• Recognise different relationships

Computing

• Safety
• Computer Science

Languages (French)

• Greetings
• Numbers 1-10

RE

We follow the Walsall agreed syllabus children learn about similarities and differences between themselves and others.

They  are  introduced to faiths they may meet in the community 

PE

•  Dance