In science we are beginning our learning journey by furthering our knowledge of the human body. We will learn the name and use of different parts of the body and link this to our five senses which we will explore deeply through a range of different practical activities. Alongside this, our art work will focus on portraits, using different media and then the portraits Picasso created.  

This term our RE focuses on Christianity and considers the question “What do Christians believe about God”? During this unit of learning we will explore the meaning of different parables and different types of Christian prayer.

We also have many carefully selected high quality texts for story time that link to Fantastic Families, we cannot wait to start reading them. These include Elmer, Avacado baby, Burglar Bill, We’re going on a bear hunt, Five minutes peace, The singing mermaid and Perfectly Norman.

We will also be doing PE, sessions with the sports coach and beginning our Forest School journey.

English

Children are continuing to practice correct letter formation in their handwriting, ensuring that letters are the correct size and are all facing the correct way. We are continuing to look at the sizing of our letters, focusing on ascenders and descenders and beginning to join some letters.     

Through Talk for Writing, our focus story is ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’. We will become very familiar with the stories through re-telling it orally and using a number of different writing styles to put our own spin on the story! We will also be developing our understanding of spelling, punctuation and grammar, the use of adjectives and writing carefully composed sentences. We will then be focusing on ‘The Bog Baby’ and designing our own!

Maths

In Year One we follow a maths scheme called White Rose Maths. This term, we will cover:

Place Value and Addition and Subtraction. These units of work will further develop knowledge and skills in sorting, counting, comparing numbers and ordering numbers. We will also use and understand part, part whole models, number bonds and fact families to further develop our understanding of addition and subtraction.

Each term the consolidation of pervious knowledge is also planned into the curriculum as needed for the individual class.

We will also start our “Mastering Number” programme, using short, practical activities to develop pupils’ confidence, and understanding of number. These are 10 minute daily sessions and are in additional to our maths lessons.