The Wild Things! - Year 1 Topic Web, Autumn 2018Whether it is dens, dinosaurs,

dragons, monsters, bears, wolves or mammoths – this term

is about all things wild! There will be a lot of practical

activities, with increasing challenge to move the children

ScienceIdentifying carnivores,

omnivores and herbivores with dinosaurs and modern animals. Noticing the changing seasons

and common plants in wild habitats.

Music – repeating chants, rhythms and songs themed around ourselves, seasons the KS1

Nativity..PE – outside Wednesdays and

inside Thursdays. Developing skills in balance, coordination and taking

turns. RE – Christianity: Christian’s belief

in God, Bible stories and the Nativity.

PSHE – Being Me in My World and Celebrating Difference.

Value of the Month: September - Independence, October –

Art – using various texture to draw and collage monster skin, scales and

furComputing – e-safety, using the ICT

suite to create and store documents. Following and creating instructions as codes, and coding with the Daisy

the Dinosaur app.DT – moving pictures retelling a

scene from a traditional tale.Geography – compass and map work – finding the location of a monster.

History – commemorating 100 years since WW1, and learning about the

history of Bonfire Night.

At HomePlease read every day and ask questions to check understanding.

Wonder words – practise reading these

words by sight (without sounding

out).Spellings will be sent

home each week from week 2.

EnglishEnjoying a wild-themed “story of the week” such

as Monster Zoo, Where the Wild Things Are, Mr Wolf

and the Three Bears, How to Wash a Woolly

Mammoth, and The Trouble with Dragons. This will link to lots of activities

including:Speaking and listening activities and retelling

simple stories.Writing monster

descriptions and reports using adjectives.

Labelling and writing captions to describe

photos of characters and events.

Writing simple instructions and letters.

Using our phonics knowledge, finger spaces,

capital letters and full stops in sentences.

Fine motor activities, and developing pre-cursive

MathsReading, writing and counting numbers,

developing understanding of

numbers to 20 and then to 40.

Representing place value, e.g. knowing that twenty is the same as two tens.

Ordering and comparing numbers, including finding one more and one less.

Measuring length with cubes and

recognising shapes.