Year 1
Autumn Term
During the Autumn term we focus on becoming more independent and confident in the new routines of Key Stage 1
Our Topic for this term is Childhood. 
In our history the children make their own timelines and talk about memorable events. The children also have to opportunity to play games and examine and toys from the past.
The children look at portraits from different artists and make their own collages from different materials.
Our science focusses on our senses and materials, man -made and natural and where different materials are used.
In the Autumn term we also enjoy our first trip in year 1 to the South Hill Park pantomime.
This term we focus on numbers between 0-20, looking at how these numbers are formed, addition, subtraction and number bond knowledge to both 10 and 20. We also look at shape.
In our writing we focus on being able to write a simple sentence including a capital letter, finger spaces and full stops.
Spring Term
Our topic for this term is called Bright Lights Big city. This project teaches children about the physical and human characteristics of the United Kingdom, including London.
The children enjoy looking at different maps and aerial images, using directions, this is complimented by simple coding in our ICT sessions.
They also enjoy studying the weather and seasons in this topic looking at the effects of our weather and keeping a record of how the weather changes. 
In our art the children will be making repeated patterns through printing.
Our DT involves making a moving vehicle using wheels, axles and chassis.
The children also get to use the wall bars and climbing equipment in the gymnastics unit.
We build on our number knowledge and look at place value in numbers to 50. We also look at measuring length, capacity and mass, in standard and non-standard units. We begin to practice counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.
During the term we continue to practice writing in full sentences using the correct punctuation. We also begin to improve our writing by trying to include adjectives and the conjunction 'and'.
Summer Term
Plant Parts is one of our science topics for the term. The children learn about wild and garden plants by exploring the local environment. They identify and describe the basic parts of plants and observe how they change over time.
We then go on to look at Animal Parts. Here the children learn about animals, including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals and invertebrates. They identify and describe their common structures, diets, and how animals should be cared for. We have a school trip associated with this this topic.
Chop, Slice and Mash is our DT unit This project teaches our children about sources of food and the skills of peeling, tearing, slicing, chopping, mashing and grating. They use this knowledge and techniques to design and make fruit salad according to specific design criteria. We invite our grown ups in to taste our amazing recipes!
In this term we continue to build on our multiplication knowledge and looking at grouping numbers in equal groups. We also introduce division as sharing, fractions, time and money.
In our writing we begin to look at and create non-fiction texts. We explore both instructions and fact files.
In the summer term year 1 also enjoy Swimming as one of our PE sessions.
