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Year 1 English Curriculum


Autumn Spring Summer
Reading
Stories with familiar settings
Senses
Fairy tales
Christmas
Individual reading
‘Jolly Phonics’
Comprehension skills
 
Writing
Weekly spellings
Sentence construction
Labels & captions
Story writing
Instructions
Letters
Poetry
Nelson Handwriting

Jolly Grammar Skills
Capital letters
Sentences
Proper nouns
Common nouns
Alphabetical order
Plurals
Pronouns
Reading
Poetry
Planets & Aliens
Fantasy stories
Information texts
Individual reading
‘Jolly Phonics’
Comprehension skills

Writing
Dictionary skills
Poetry
Dictation
Story writing
Writing information
Nelson Handwriting
Mini project

Jolly Grammar Skills
Alphabetical order
Verbs
Conjugating verbs
Past & future tense
 
Reading
Tropical rainforests
Seaside poems
Book study
‘Jolly Phonics’
Comprehension skills

Writing
Dictionary skills
Book study
Poetry
Dictation
Story writing
Writing information
Nelson Handwriting
Mini project

Jolly Grammar Skills
Alphabetical order/Dictionaries
Verbs
Adverbs
Plurals
Antonyms
Speech marks, Question marks