Reception, Year 1 and Year 2

Class Name and Year Group	Staff	Class Author	Recommended Read
Jeffers Class Reception	Class Teacher Mrs Kendall (Tuesday - Friday) Class Teacher: Mrs Bynoe (Monday) Teaching Assistant: Mrs Durie-James Teaching Assistant: Mrs Marley	Oliver Jeffers Oliver Jeffers is a multi-award winning visual artist and author working in painting, bookmaking, illustration, collage, performance, and sculpture. His critically acclaimed picture books have been translated into over fifty languages and sold over 14 million copies worldwide. His original artwork has been exhibited at such institutions as the Brooklyn Museum in New York, the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, the National Portrait Gallery in London, and the Palais Auersperg in Vienna.

Litchfield Class Reception and Year 1	Class Teacher: Mrs Barrett Class Teacher: Mrs Bynoe (Wednesday) Teaching Assistant: Mrs Williams Teaching Assistant: Mrs Choudhury	David Litchfield David Litchfield is a multi-award winning illustrator and author. He first started to draw when he was very young, creating Star Wars and Indiana Jones ‘mash up’ comics for his older brother and sister. Since then David’s work has appeared in magazines, newspapers, books and on T-shirts.

Hendra Class Year 1 and Year 2	Class Teacher: Mrs Mingam Teaching Assistant: Mrs Bexon	Sue Hendra Suzanne Francis Hendra is a British writer and illustrator of over seventy books for children, including Barry the Fish with Fingers and Supertato. Her book Wanda and the Alien has been adapted for television.

Adeola Class Year 2	Class Teacher: Miss Harrison Teaching Assistant: Mrs Orton Teaching Assistant: Ms Fenton	Dapo Adeola Dapo Adeola is an award-winning illustrator and designer who creates characters and images that challenge expectations around race and gender in a fun and upbeat way. He is the co-creator and illustrator of best selling picture book Look Up!

SUBJECT	AUTUMN 1	AUTUMN 2	SPRING 1		SPRING 2	SUMMER 1	SUMMER 2
Theme	Our Local Area - What it’s like where we live?	My Family History – What was life like when our grandparents were children?	Our Local Heroes – Who are our local heroes and why should we remember them? Samson Fox?		Great Inventions – The First Flight – How did the first flight change the world?	Our Wonderful World – What are the seven wonders of our world?	Seasons – What are seasons?
Stunning start	Walk in the local area	Afternoon tea and invite grandparents	Hero themed day		Visit from a pilot/plane journey	Letter from David Attenborough	Harlow Carr trip
English	The Three Little Pigs T4W	Naughty Bus	Create hero fact file		Diary entry – journey on the first flight	The Enormous Turnip T4W	Weather and seasons poetry
Reading skills	Town Mouse & Country Mouse Beegu	Mog’s Christmas	Eliot the Midnight Superhero		The Runaway Train	The Great Kapok Tree	The Secret Sky Garden
Science	Animals inc humans Y1 & Y2		Everyday Materials Y1			Plants Y1
History		What was life like when our grandparents were children?	Who are our local heroes and why should we remember them?		How did the first flight change the world?
Geography	What it’s like where we live Our local area					What are the seven wonders of our world?
Computing	Technology around us	Digital planning	Moving a robot		Grouping data	Digital writing	Programming animations
Art	Frieda Kahlo self portraits (Mexico 1907-1954)		Comic book super hero designs. Joe Shuster- Superman (America 1914-1992) Roy Lichtenstein			Yoyoi Kusama -landscapes (Japan born 1929)
Design Technology		Modern house designs- tiny/ unusual. Compare with prehistoric homes.		First steam train,1804, designed by Richard Trevithick. (UK 1771-1833) Moving pictures			Maria Telkes- first solar house (Hungary 1900-1995) Making windmills
Music	Hey you!	Rhythm in the way we walk	In the groove		Round and Round	Your imagination	Reflect, rewind and replay
P.E.	Fundamental movement skills	Orienteering and team building	Gymnastics and dance		Fun games	Athletics	Athletics- jumping + throwing
R.E.	What did Jesus teach? Is it possible to be kind to everyone all of the time?	Christmas – Jesus as a gift from God Why do Christians believe God gave Jesus to the world?	Passover How important is it for Jewish people to do what God asks them to do?		Easter – Resurrection How important is it to Christians that Jesus came back to life after his crucifixion?	Shabbat Is Shabbat important to Jewish children?
PSHCE	Being me in my world	Celebrating difference	Dreams and goals		Healthy me	Relationships	Changing me
Metacognition	New skills – Using a knife and fork	Growth mindset and making mistakes	Successful learners - reading		Successful learners – problem solving	Metacognitive talk – Planning, monitoring and evaluating	Coaching and feedback Cooperative learning and teamwork
Fabulous Finish	Visit from Harrogate theatre?	Visit Abbey House, Kirkstall	Celebration of school staff Sammy the Fox		Visit the National Railway Museum	Performance of What a Wonderful World	Picnic in the Valley Gardens

SUBJECT	AUTUMN 1		AUTUMN 2	SPRING 1		SPRING 2	SUMMER 1	SUMMER 2
Theme	People and their communities – where in the world do these people live?		Bonfire Night and The Great Fire of London– Should we still celebrate Bonfire Night? Did the Great Fire make London a better or worse place?	Animals and their habitats – where do our favourite animals live?		Intrepid Explorers – Who were the greatest explorers and what did they do?	Food – where does our food come from?	We’re all going on a summer holiday – how have seaside holidays changed over time?
Stunning start	Walk around local area (map skills)		Creating salt dough and fire alarm!	Detectives to follow clues to find out which animals have visited school! Pandas, penguins, sharks and elephants Poo		Visit from an explorer - PRIDE poster	Pizza Express Visit: Jeffers Hendra Litchfield Adeola	Trip to the seaside/Seaside Day in school Grandparents to visit each week for assembly
English	Letter writing – where we live and our family. Pen pals with Summerbridge		Diary entry (Samuel Pepys)	Research an endangered animal and present fact files. Raise money for WWF			T4W – The Gingerbread Manging gingerbread (hook – video)	T4W The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch Instructions
Reading skills	The Bear and the Piano (Author: Litchfield)		Toby and the Great Fire of London	Tad		Poles Apart	Secrets of the Vegetable Garden	Flotsam
Maths	Year 1 Number: place value (within 20) Number: addition Geometry Year 2 Number: place value Number: Addition and Subtraction Measurement: money Multiplication			Year 1 Number: addition and subtraction Number: place value (within 50) Measurement Year 2 Division Statistics Geometry Fractions Measurement			Year 1 Multiplication and division Fractions Geometry Place value (within 50) Measurement Year 2 Geometry Problem solving Measurement Investigations
Science	Animals, including humans (Y1 + Y2)		Living things and their habitats (Y2)	Uses of everyday materials (Y2)			Plants (Y2)
History						Who were the greatest explorers and what did they do?
Geography	Where in the world do these people live?						Where does our food come from?	How have seaside holidays changed over time?
Computing
Art	Art and design: Josef Wilkon- artist inspired by animals. (Poland born 1930)	Art and design: Stephanie Peters- fire art. (America born 1995)						Art and design: Gordon Barker- beach art( UK born 1960)
Design Technology				DT: Dr Lucy King- inventor of the beehive fence. DT The invention and development of ships through history.			DT: Ainsley Harriot –recipe inventor.
Music	Hands Feet Heart		Nativity – Hey Ewe	I Wanna Play in a Band		Zoo Time	Friendship Song	Reflect Rewind and Replay
P.E.	Fundamental Movement Skills		Orienteering and Team Building	Gymnastics and Dance		Fun Games	Athletics	Athletics
R.E. Christianity, Islam and Sikhism.	Creation Story Does God want Christians to look after the world?		Christmas What might Christians in my town have given baby Jesus if he had been born here rather than Bethlehem?	Jesus is a friend Was it always easy for Jesus to show friendship?	Easter – forgiveness What is ‘good’ about Good Friday?		Hindu beliefs How can Brayham be everywhere and in everything? VISITOR	Hajj Does completing Hajj make a person a better person?
PSHCE	Being Me in My World		Celebrating Difference	Dreams and Goals		Healthy Me	Relationships	Changing Me
Metacognition	New skills – tying shoelaces		Growth mindset and making mistakes	Successful learners – reading		Problem solving	Metacognitive talk Planning, monitoring and evaluating	Coaching and feedback Cooperative learning and teamwork
Fabulous Finish	Trip to Summerbridge/Summerbridge children visit us		Art gallery	Animal Day!		Bee Visit – honey etc	Big Cook, Little Cook	Art Attack – Large scale art

Stunning start - discovery!

Go for a walk in the local area

We are Mathematicians!

Reception

Numbers to 5

Comparing numbers to 5

Shape (3D and 2D)

Year 1

Numbers to 10

Part-whole within 10

Addition and Subtraction within 10

Year 2

Numbers to 100

Addition and Subtraction

We Celebrate different Faiths and Languages in our Community and Beyond!

What did Jesus teach?

Is it possible to be kind to everyone all of the time?

We are Authors!

Talk 4 Writing – The Three Little Pigs

We are Artists!

Frieda Kahlo self portraits

(Mexico 1907-1954)

We are Musicians!

Hey you!

We are Sports Stars!

Fundamental movement skills

We are Scientists!

Animals including humans

Our local area

Autumn 1

We are Metacognition Masters!

New skill – Using a knife and fork

We are Readers!

Reading skills:

- Town Mouse & Country Mouse

-Beegu

Our local area stories:

The Three Little Pigs

Please try and read with your child daily and make a note in their planner.

Little and often reading practise makes a huge difference to their progress

with reading and applying their phonic knowledge!

Additional Home Learning

Don’t forget you have access to lots of fantastic online resources to support children’s learning

Rec, Y1 & Y2 – Numbots

Rec, Y1 & Y2- Winning With Numbers

Rec, Y1 & Y2 – Bug Club

Rec, Y1 & Y2- Monster Phonics e-books

Y2 – Times Table Rockstars

Phonics Play

Username – TeamGR

Password - Phonics

We are Safe & Respectful Citizens/PSHE!

Being me in my world

We are Geographers!

Our local area- what is it like where we live?

We are Digital Leaders!

Technology around us

Fabulous Finish!

Harrogate theatre visit

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Class Name and Year Group

Staff

Class Author

Recommended Read

SUBJECT

AUTUMN 1

AUTUMN 2

SPRING 1

SPRING 2

SUMMER 1

SUMMER 2

Theme

Stunning start

English

Reading skills

Science

History

Geography

Computing

Art

Design Technology

Music

P.E.

R.E.

PSHCE

Metacognition

Fabulous Finish