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    Key Stage 1

    Guru Nanak Sikh Academy
    Key Stage 1 Curriculum Overview


    Key Stage 1 Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

    Year 1
    Big Picture

    - To read and recognition of Punjabi Alphabet
    - Children will be learning the correct pronunciation of Punjabi Alphabet.
    - Developing listening and speaking skills through Greetings/introduction

    CC LINK:- PSHCE:- Being me in my world
    CD:-Communication
    - Speaking and Listening Opportunities - To develop understanding of right and wrong.
    - Understanding general instructions in Punjabi
    - To read and recognize all the Punjabi Alphabet.
    - To learn the correct formation of each letter.
    - Introduction of Mukta words

    CC LINK:- Literacy:-Formation
    CD:- Knowledge of the world
    - Learning phonetic sounds in dual language
    - Writing initial sounds for pictures
    - Developing sentence structure while talking about the human body.
    - To be able to say full Panjabi sentences e.g. mere kol do hath han. Mere haath sohnai han, shote han.

    CC LINK:- Literacy:-Comparing sound
    CD:-Communication
    - To learn the name of fruits and vegetables in Punjabi.
    - Describing fruit colour, taste and shape.
    - To read and write all the Punjabi alphabets.
    - Introduction of mukta words verbally.

    CC LINK:- Literacy:- The Three Little
    Pigs PSHCE:- Healthy Living
    - Speaking and Listening Opportunities - To develop understanding of numbers in English/ Panjabi.
    - Learning counting in Panjabi numbers up to 20 and developing understanding of the numbers in Panjabi/ English.
    - To read and write all the Punjabi alphabets.
    - Introduction of mukta and kanna words verbally.

    CC LINK:- Numeracy:-Numbers
    CD:- Knowledge of the world
    - Talk about their favourite vegetables
    - Concept of healthy food
    - Understanding masculine and feminine, singular and plural words.
    - To read and write all the Punjabi alphabets.
    - Practise writing Mukta words

    CC LINK:- Literacy:- Phonics
    Healthy Living
    Literacy Skills Links
    - Circle time – listening and speaking
    - To understand greetings in Panjabi.
    - To interpret in English what is being said in Panjabi.
    - Naming the pictures to go with Panjabi sounds e.g. Amb- airhaa and the meaning in English.
    - Grammar- word order/ arrange and use the words correctly in Panjabi and interpret in
    English.
    - Recap on first 15 letters identify the letters and know the equivalent sound in English.
    - Grammar-adjectives, use of hai-singular, use of plural- han.
    - Explain the difference between Punjabi and English sentence structure.
    - Sing head, shoulder, knees and toes in English and Punjabi.
    - Identify the letters and know the equivalent sound in English.
    - Verbally expressing their favourite fruit, colour, taste and shape of different fruits in a full sentence in English and then in Punjabi.
    - Read and write the letters and know the equivalent sound in English.
    - Apply phonic knowledge and skills as the route to decode Punjabi words
    - To develop understanding of numbers in English/ Panjabi and know what comes before and after each number.
    - Grammar-singular, plurals.
    - Apply the knowledge of blending sounds to read and write English words for Punjabi reading and writing
    - Verbally stating their favourite fruit and vegetables in full sentences in English and then in Punjabi.
    - Give examples of masculine and feminine, singular and plural words in English and translate them in Punjabi.

    Year 2
    Big Picture

    - Developing speaking skill while
    talking about ‘All About Me’ in
    Punjabi.
    - Mukta words- blending sounds

    CC LINK:- PSHCE:- Being me in my world
    CD:-Communication
    - Children will be learning the skill of
    interpreting while listening to a story 'The
    Very Hungry Caterpillar' story in Punjabi
    - Learning days of the week
    - Time connectives
    - Fruits
    - Kanna word

    CC LINK:- Literacy:-
    The very hungry caterpillar in Punjabi, Knowledge of the world Healthy Living
    CD:-Communication
    - Reinforcement of fruits,
    vegetables and colours
    - Labelling fruits
    - Introduction of kanna and
    Sihari words

    CC LINK:- Grammar- use of I, me, mine, Past and Present Tense.
    Healthy Living
    CD:-Communication
    - Talk about food and drinkfavourite foods
    - Special foods
    - Bihari word
    - Aunkar words

    CC LINK:- PSHCE:- Healthy me,
    Knowledge of the world
    Healthy Living
    CD:-Communication
    - Pronunciation of months
    - Ordinal numbers
    - Dulainkar words
    - Lavan and dulavan words

    CC LINK:-Maths:- Ordinal numbers
    Knowledge of the world
    - Speaking Topic- Summer vacation.
    - Use of future tense while talking about
    Summer activities
    - Hora and kanaura words

    CC LINK:- Grammar-use of Past, Present and
    future tense. Knowledge of the world
    CD:- Environment
    Literacy Skills Links
    - Teaching conjunctions in Punjabi and referencing their English translation.
    - Grammar- Use of I, me, mine, is, are words correctly in Punjabi when talking about myself, family and friends
    - Writing days of the week in English on whiteboards and verbally articulating their Punjabi translation.
    - Say a sentence in English including a day of the week- can you say the sentence in Punjabi?
    - Labelling pictures of fruit in
    English and Punjabi- first letter
    of Punjabi word for less able
    - Verbally expressing their favourite foods and food for special occasions in full sentences. In English and then in Punjabi. - Writing Months in English on whiteboards and verbally
    articulating their Punjabi translation.
    - Say a sentence in English including a month- can you say the sentence in Punjabi?
    - Recapping what we mean by future tense. Show children a list of words in English that are in the future tense and reference their Punjabi translation.