Yearly Overview for Year 1 English/ Literacy A week-by-week breakdown to match the 2024/2025 school year dates Based on using the English texts: The Jolly Postman Jack and the Beanstalk Out and About: A first book of poems The Emperor’s Egg A Bear called Paddington The Day the Crayons Quit The Adventures of Egg Box Dragon Supertato The Snail and the Whale The Gruffalo Funnybones Man on the Moon (A Day in the life of Bob) Each unit has a week-by-week breakdown of SPAG Please note: I have uploaded this resource in Comic Sans and in our schools Letter-join font.

8 sessions to follow a planning sequence for the story “Snail and the Whale” by Julia Donaldson. Suitable for a KS1 class. Includes WALT’s/ LO’s for each session and provides a range of outcomes, including: Writing questions Research and note taking Creating a poster Alternative story writing

17 sessions to follow a planning sequence for the story “Man on the Moon: A Day in the Life of Bob” by Simon Bartram. Suitable for a KS1 class. Includes WALT’s/ LO’s for each session and provides a wide-range of outcomes, including: Writing questions Explanations Postcard recount Creating a poster Alternative story writing Newspaper report Writing instructions

18 sessions to follow a planning sequence for the book “Supertato” by Sue Hendra. Suitable for a Year 1 class or could be adapted to suit a Year 2 class. This unit planning could be taught any time throughout the year, however, if you follow my English Overview (available in my TES shop), I have planned it in for Spring Term 1. Includes WALT’s/ LO’s for each session and provides a wide-range of outcomes, including: Making predictions Creating wanted posters Infering characters’ feelings Sequencing Using adjectives Practical session to create their own character Character description Retelling story orally Rewriting a familiar story Editing a familiar story Write a letter This sequence covers a four/ five week block but can be adapted.

12 sessions to follow a planning sequence for the book “Out and About: A First Book of Poems” by Shirley Hughes. Suitable for a Year 1 class. This unit planning would be best suited for after October Half Term in the Autumn based on the content. It follows my English Overview (available in my TES shop). Includes WALT’s/ LO’s for each session and provides a wide-range of outcomes, including: Responding to poems Using adjectives to describe Drafting poems (including an acrostic poem) Performing poems (including to a beat) This sequence covers a three week block.

8 QR codes for Phonics Games, ready to be printed and displayed in a classroom. Suitable for a KS1 class.

A handheld reminder for children to support them with writing sentences. Capital letter Count sounds on fingers Use handwriting Remember finger spaces Remember a full stop This is a double-sided resource that has an alphabet in Letter Join with coloured vowels. Print on the short-edge to be double-sided. Blow up to A3 as visual reminders for the classroom.

12 sessions to follow a planning sequence for the story “Funnybones” by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Suitable for a Year 1 class. This unit planning would be best suited for the Autumn Term in Year 1. It follows my English Overview (available in my TES shop) so the SPAG for this unit is more suited after the teaching of The Jolly Postman (also available in my TES shop). Includes WALT’s/ LO’s for each session and provides a wide-range of outcomes, including: Alphabet recall Sequencing a familiar story Rewrite a familiar story Writing dictated sentences Adjectives Simple Character descriptions Write an Alternative story This sequence covers a three week block. Please note: The Alphabet bones in session 1 are available on Twinkl.

12 sessions to follow a planning sequence for the story “The Jolly Postman” by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Suitable for a Year 1 class or more able EYFS class. This unit planning would be best suited for the Autumn Term in Year 1. It links to traditional tale stories and focuses on some of the characters in more detail. It follows my English Overview (available in my TES shop) so the SPAG for this unit is more suited for those first few weeks. Includes WALT’s/ LO’s for each session and provides a wide-range of outcomes, including: Role play Writing labels Writing captions Writing lists Baking following instructions Simple descriptions Making a birthday card Sequencing a familiar story Writing dictated sentences This sequence covers a three week block, however, there are opportunities to extend this and look at more detail into some of the stories mentioned. Please note: The Gingerbread house drawing in session 4 and the sentence building cards in session 5 are available on Twinkl.

Yearly Overview for Year 1 Maths A week-by-week breakdown to match the 2023/ 2024 school year dates Based on the using the English texts: The Jolly Postman Funnybones Out and About: A first book of poems Supertato The Adventures of Egg Box Dragon The Emperor’s Egg The Snail and the Whale Man on the Moon (A Day in the life of Bob) A week-by-week breakdown of SPAG If you also download my Yearly Maths Overview, then you will see enhanced provision opportunities that cross-over into Maths (the Maths Yearly Plan is a separate resource in my TES shop) Please note: I have uploaded this resource in Comic Sans AND in our schools Letter-join font.

8 sessions to follow a planning sequence for the story “The Emperor’s Egg” by Martin Jenkins. Suitable for a KS1 class. Includes WALT’s/ LO’s for each session and provides a wide-range of outcomes, including: Exploring descriptive language Writing questions Drawing and annotating Researching and note taking Creating a poem Writing an information text As this sequence of sessions is a slightly shorter unit, there are some suggested texts to look at to extend this unit on non-fiction.

16 sessions to follow a planning sequence for the story “The Adventures of Egg Box Dragon” by Richard Adams. Suitable for a KS1 class. Includes WALT’s/ LO’s for each session and provides a wide-range of outcomes, including: Drawing and annotating Designing and constructing using junk modelling Writing dictated sentences Writing a prediction Writing speech bubbles Writing a letter in role Writing an alternative ending Writing an invitation Sequencing sentences Towards the end of this planning sequence, there is a chance to enjoy a Royal Tea Party!