Healey Junior, Infant and Nursery School

Concept

Identity

Rights and Responsibilities

Law and Order

Community

Environment

Celebrating Differences

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Topic Title

All About Me 

Old and New

Polar Regions

Castles

Plants

Animals of the World 

Topic

History

Family history 

Changes within living memory 

Changes within and beyond living memory 

Events beyond living memory 

Changes beyond living memory 

Geography

Understanding our local area

Understanding different types of houses/buildings in our local area

Understanding weather patterns of cold areas in the world 

Understanding geographical similarities and differences 

Study human and physical features

Use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the United Kingdom and its countries, as well as the countries, continents and oceans studied at this key stage

Science

Animals including humans (human and pet focus)

Seasons and weather

Everyday materials

Seasons and weather

Blubber and Ice experiments

Seasons and weather

Forces

Planting and growing

Seasons and weather

Animals including humans (animal focus)

Seasons and weather

Educational Visits / Visitors

Walks in the local area - Batley

Walks around the school grounds – Study of homes

Batley Park

Blackpool Zoo

Forest School

Den building homes

Class planting

English

Reading

Beegu by Alexis Deecan 

Funny Bones by Allan Ahlberg

Aaaarrgghh, Spider! by Lydia Monks

How to Look after a ________ (different texts based on pets)

The Jolly Christmas Postman by Allan Ahlberg

A Letter to Father Christmas WAGOLL – Read, Write and Perform

Emma Jane's Aeroplane by Katie Howarth

Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers 

Fact Files about The Arctic and Antarctica animals (different texts)

New whole school reading project

Tell Me a Dragon by Jackie Morris

How to Catch a Dragon by Carly Hart 

A traditional tale and alternatives – 

Jack and the Beanstalk 

Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs

Jack and the Baked Beanstalk by Colin Stimpson

Zoo by Anthony Browne 

Crazy Creatures: An Animal Fact File WAGOLL – Read, Write and Perform

Website information, leaflets and adverts for Blackpool Zoo and other zoo’s

Writing

Outcomes

Fiction:

Character descriptions - focus on appearance, emotions and personality

Retelling the story ‘Beegu’

Non-Fiction:

Real- life Instructions-

How to look after a __________(each child’s chosen pet)

Outcomes

Fiction:

Use Emma Jane’s Aeroplane and ‘Taking Flight’ film clip – The Literacy Shed to create an

Adventure Story writing and the different setting descriptions (garden, jungle, lake and waterfall and space – Talk for Writing

Non- Fiction:

Writing cards, letters and postcards  

Outcomes

Fiction:

Use Life of Pi film clips and Lost and Found book to support story writing – Talk for Writing  

Poetry:

Use clips from The Blue Planet to explore marine life to support poetry about the different animals

Outcomes

Fiction:

Fantasy descriptive writing about their own dragon – focus on appearance, movement, habitat and abilities

Non-Fiction:

Fictitious Instructions – 

How to trap/catch/train a dragon

Discussion – The Dragon Slayer film clip (The Literacy Shed) Should the dragon slayer kill the dragon? –Conscience alley

Outcomes

Fiction:

Story writing an alternative tale– Talk for Writing 

Non-Fiction: 

Explanation writing – The Life Cycle of a ______ (varied plants)

Outcomes

All writing links to school trip

Non- Fiction: 

Recount of trip

Non-chronological report about animals/Creating animal fact files 

Discussion: Should animals be kept in captivity? Explore zoo’s and sea-life centres.

Persuasion (links to discussion work) – leaflets/posters/tv adverts for both visitor attractions

Maths

(White Rose)

Number: Place Value (up to 10)

Addition and Subtraction (within 10)

Number: Place Value (up to 20)

Measurement: Money

Measurement: Weight

Measurement: Time (Days of the Week and Months of the Year)

Addition and Subtraction (within 20)

Number: Place Value (up to 50)

Geometry: Position and Direction

Geometry: Shape

Measurement:

Weight and Volume

Number: Place Value (up to 100)

Number: Place Value (up to 100 continued)

Measurement: Length and Height

Number: Multiplication and Division

Number: Multiplication and Division (continued)

Number:

Fractions

Measurement: Time

(Time to the hour and half hour)

RE

What does it mean to belong to a Church?

What does it mean to belong to a Mosque?

Which books and stories are special?

How do we celebrate special events?

How and why do we care for others?

Who brought messages about God and what did they say?

PSHE

Relationships

Families & Friendships

Respecting Ourselves & Others

Relationships

Safe Relationships

Living in the Wider World

Belonging to a Community

Money & Work

Living in the Wider World

Media Literacy & Digital Resilience

Health & Wellbeing

Physical Health & Mental Wellbeing

Growing & Changing

Health & Wellbeing

Keeping Safe

Computing

Online Safety

Purple Mash

Technology outside school 

Grouping and sorting programs

Pictograms and programs

Pictograms and programs

Lego builders programs

Maze explorers programs

Spread sheets programs

Animated storybooks

Coding programs

DT

Moving toys

A medieval meal and a 

3D model of a castle

Moving animal pictures

Art

Self Portraits and portraits of others using pencil

Drawing Spirals / Drawing Spiral Snails

(Mixing colours)

Wassily Kandinsky

Discovering Charcoal and Chalk- Favourite toys

Polar 

 landscape collages

Arctic Landscapes

Collage-

3D work (link to DT)  - Model designing and making

Print making and rubbings

Plasticine Print Making

Animal skin patterns using watercolour 

Drawing Feathers / Making Sculptural Birds

Music

(Charanga)

Hey You!

Rhythm in the way we walk and banana rap

In the groove

Round and round

Your imagination

Western classical music 

PE

Invasion Games

         Ball Skills 

Dance

Gymnastics

Athletics

Net and Wall Games