Welcome to Year 1

At KS1 and KS2 we follow a two year sequence:

2025/2026 and 2027/2028

Autumn 1 – 3D: Clay

Autumn 2 – Food Technology

Spring 1 – Printing

Spring 2 – Mechanica | Systems (axles and wheels)

Summer 1 – Portraits, including mixed media

Summer 2 – Structures

2026/2027 and 2028/2029

Autumn 1 – Painting

Autumn 2 – Mechanical Systems (Sliders and Levers)

Spring 1 – Collage

Spring 2 – Food Technology

Summer 1 – Portraits, including mixed media

Summer 2 – Textiles – weaving

Each year through KS1-2 we cycle through the following units at increasing depth:

1. Productivity
2. Programming
3. Computational Thinking
4. Creativity
5. Networks
6. Communication/collaboration

Learning to Read

Children in the early years who are learning to read (decode) follow the Read Write Inc. synthetic phonics program.

This enables them to work to decode a book appropriate for their phonic knowledge, to begin to develop reading stamina and fluency. At this point, children take part in our Oral Shared Reading program, so they can work on their comprehension skills using a shared text, read by an expert teacher.

Click here to see which books we read in Year 1.

Children in Year 1 learn about the following subjects:

The living world

• Biomes
• Hot and cold climates
• Rainforests

The economic world

• Food, water and energy
• The changing economic world
• Tourism and ecotourism
• Case study: Cambridge

We cover two topics a year for History in Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. In Year 1 we look at Childhood, then Buildings and Towns.

Our school uses Maths Mastery to teach the subject.

In Year 1 we cover:

• Numbers to 10
• Addition and subtraction within 10
• Shape and patterns
• Numbers to 20
• Addition and subtraction within 20

Autumn 1 – Getting to know you! Singing.

Autumn 2 – Introduction to musical elements 1

Spring 1 – Introduction to musical elements 2

Spring 2 – Introduction to musical elements 3

Summer 1 – Introduction to musical elements 4

Summer 2 – Reflect, Rewind and Replay Summer concert/production

• Gymnastics
• Dance
• Attack/defend/shoot
• Hit/catch/run
• Send/return
• Run/jump/throw

We follow a three-year cycle (see below) covering the major world religions as well as  worldviews.

The programme is designed so that each previously taught religion is reviewed and comparisons are drawn between the content. Over six years, each child will have studied each identified religion/non-religion twice, studying in greater depth and making connections between religions.

Pupils are taught key substantive knowledge for each religion and worldview and each lesson is broken down into one of 3 disciplines: Theology, philosophy and Human/Social Science.

The Paradigm primary schools follow the Jigsaw programme.

From September 2019 we have allocated 45 minutes per week to PSHE at KS1 and KS2.

• Being Me in My World
• Celebrating Difference
• Dreams and Goals
• Healthy Me
• Relationships
• Changing Me

Autumn 1 – Plants and Seasons

Autumn 2 – Materials and Forces

Spring 1 – Animals including Humans

Spring 2 – Plants

Summer 1 – Materials

Summer 2 – Living things and their habitats