Autumn 1
For the love of reading text
George and the Dragon
Our ‘For the Love of Reading’ focus this half term is ‘George and the Dragon’. We will be using the text to create story maps to support us with orally rehearsing the text, writing letters from George to the princess and immersing ourselves through imagination into the text in order to write our own narrative.
White Rose Maths
This half term we will be learning about Statistics as well as Position and Direction.
Geography/ History
In this History unit, the children be looking at ‘Kings and Queens’. The children will travel back in time to learn about British Monarchs from Queen Victoria to modern day. They will create a timeline of important Monarchs and research Queen Victoria’s family history and the lives of significant Royal individuals who have contributed to achievements. Finally, the children will look into modem day Monarchs and how the Monarch is adapting to change
Science
Our topic in science for this half term is Animals Including Humans. The children will learn about and be able to describe the importance for humans to exercise as well as eating and drinking the right amounts of different types of food and water. Finally, we will look at hygiene and how to keep clean.
Educational Visit
PSHE/RSE/ RE
In PSHE we will be looking how to recognise our feelings. We will be able to name and recognise a range of feelings and know what makes us feel good and this can impact our behaviours. The children will look at how different experiences can affect people in different ways and how we can share feelings with people we trust.
In RE we will be looking at ‘What makes some places scared to believers?’. We will be recognising that there are special places where people go to worship and talk about what people do there. The children will be able to identify objects used in worship in different religions.
Art/ D & T/ Music
Our artist for this half term is ‘Guiseppe Arcrimboldo’. Children will be using colour on a large scale and experimenting with different tools and surfaces.
In D&T we are learning about cooking and nutrition and what makes a balanced diet. The children will make and evaluate their own healthy wrap.
In music this half term we will be ‘Reflecting, Rewinding and Replaying’.
Spanish
PE day
Our PE days are a Wednesday and Friday. We will be focussing on Throwing and Catching this half term as well as building relationships with friends.
Spellings/ Reading
We follow All aboard for phonics spellings and spelling rules- focussing on: The /v/ sound spelt o in the middle of words. The words ending /il/ sound, words containing the /dg/ sound, the /s/ sound spelt c before e, i and y and finally common exception words and recapping the spellings from the year.