Autumn 2

Maths

Year 1:

We have a busy maths timetable that includes the Year 1 children counting in two’s, fives and tens and learning how to share equally. They move on to learning about 2D and 3D shapes and are able to name common shapes. Using their excellent halving skills, they find half of these shapes and draw them. Towards the end of the term, we learn about number lines and how to estimate numbers on a number line. The children partition the numbers 6, 7, 8 and 9 and we go outside to use chalk on the playground to represent our partitioning.

Year 2:

The Year 2 children also have lots of maths to do! They start by exploring patterns when counting and using arrays. They learn about the properties of 2D and 3D shapes before learning how to half and quarter them. We get the mirrors out to practise our lines of symmetry. We learn how to compare and order numbers and practise our addition and subtraction questions. Finally, before Christmas, we create our own pictograms and tally charts.

English:

In English this term, we have two learning journeys that look at the storybooks Big Bear, Little Brother and Flashlight. Both these journeys explore how different animals are used in stories and how the authors describe them.

Our Flashlight learning journey is slightly different, as the children discover that this book has no words! We use our imagination to create our own versions of the story and make these more exciting using adjectives. The children learn about first person and past tense to write their own first-person narratives.

In Big Bear, Little Brother the children sequence the pictures and retell the story, including the twist at the end. Their final writing piece is a diary recount written in character using first person.

Geography

In this unit, children explore our local park, learning to observe, record, and compare its features throughout the year. They investigate how seasons, weather, and human activity affect the park and its environment.

Children will develop their geographical skills by observing the natural and man-made features of the park, collecting data, and thinking about how the park changes across the seasons. They will consider what makes a park perfect and how it could be improved.

French

We are lucky to have Mrs Bottle teach us some French on Wednesday and we move onto learning the days of the week. 

DT

Fruit and Vegetables – the children will be experiencing a range of fruit and vegetable to identify and taste test! They will decide on their favourites to make a smoothie and evaluate their smoothie making skills. 

PE

We have a gymnastics unit, where children develop body control, balance, and coordination through a range of movement activities. They explore travelling, jumping, rolling, and balancing on different body parts and surfaces.

Children learn to link movements together, create simple sequences, and perform with increasing confidence. They also develop their ability to observe, describe, and improve their own and others’ performance.

Science

In this unit, children explore different types of materials, their properties, and how they can change through different processes. They investigate which materials are waterproof, absorbent, flexible, or rigid, and how materials can be altered by bending, squashing, twisting, heating, or mixing.

Children will work practically and collaboratively, making observations, predictions, and recording results. The unit encourages scientific thinking, problem-solving, and understanding the everyday use of materials.

RE

As it nears to Christmas, we will be learning all about the Nativity story and other journeys that take place in the Bible. 

Music

This music unit is closely linked to our nativity performance. Children will focus on singing a variety of songs for the production, learning words, melodies, and actions.

The unit encourages children to develop their confidence in singing, explore dynamics and expression, and understand how music supports storytelling. Children will also have opportunities to perform as part of a group, developing their sense of rhythm and timing.

Computing

'Data handling'- children learn to collect, organise, and present data using both digital and practical methods. They explore ways to sort information, create simple charts, and interpret results.

Children will work with categorical and numerical data, learning to ask questions, record observations, and draw conclusions. The unit develops problem-solving and reasoning skills and shows how data can be used in everyday life.

PSHE

‘Being my best’ we continue to focus on how to stay clean, healthy and happy.