2023-2024

We are all well rested and ready to come back to school after the Christmas holidays. Back to lots of learning!

Maths:

Year 1: we kick of this year by revisiting our number bonds and partitioning skills. To do this we will do lots of practical activities including using our outside area. We will then use our excellent number bond skills to calculate one step addition and subtraction questions. We are confident with numbers 0 to 10 so we will explore and learn how to represent the ‘teen numbers’ next. We are then looking forward to learning how to tell the time to the hour and half past the hour. Miss Gibson is excited for us to practice.

Year 2: we are extending our knowledge by learning how to add and subtract a two-digit number to a one digit with and without bridging. We will practice this using empty number lines. We are also excited to learn how to tell the time to the nearest hour, half the hour and quarter of the hour. After this we will be looking at the mass of objects and estimating masses.

English:

Learning journey 1: I am Henry Finch

In this learning journey we will be creating leaflets to give advice on how to be calm and practice mindfulness. This story is about Henry Finch who is a bird who realises he is the first finch to have a thought. His friend Harry Finch is having trouble unjumbling his thoughts however and needs some help. 

History

Our topic this term is ‘History through the ages and studies the evolution of transport. The children will learn about the very first cars, trains and planes that were made and the inventors who were clever enough to create them. We will create a timeline of the famous people to show what came first. During this topic we are hoping to visit the motor museum Beaulieu to put our learning into real life experiences. 

Science

 In this exciting topic ‘pushes, pulls and their effects’ we will be learning about motion and how different forces effect this. The children will design and complete their own investigations into pushes and pulls and explore if you can both push and pull objects.

Music

‘Timbre and rhythmic patterns’ in this unit we will be using our voices as well as a range of tuned and untuned instruments to create a story through sound.

Art

Focusing on the illustrations from ‘Iris and Isaac’ by Catherine Rayner this unit will introduce the children to a range of mixed media. We will talk about the art learning journey. Introduce the concept of mixed media and combining skills to create a final project.

Computing

This topic is an introduction to algorithms and programming.

RE

‘Special books’ is our unit for Spring 1, and we will first focus on our own special books and why these are special to us then later in the unit we will learn about the Bible and Torah and why these are special to different religions.

PE

On Mondays we will be focusing on the personal skills of dance. On Thursdays we will be with Miss Haynes outside.

Rights Respecting

In this SCARF unit the children will be understanding how to look after others and basic first aid.