Year 1
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Geography - In Geography we will be expanding on what we have already learnt about our local area by learning about the countries in England. We will learn that the United Kingdom is made up of Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland and understanding more about these countries and traditions.
D&T - In DT we will be exploring the world of food technology by making our own fruit kebabs! We will be learning about what a healthy plate consists of by interviewing our own school chef and asking questions about how he ensures everyone gets a healthy lunch. We will think carefully abut the steps we need to take to ensure that we prepare food hygienically and putting these into practise to make our fruit kebabs.
Music - This half term in music we will be recapping on all we have learnt this year and considering what has been our favourite parts. We will listen and appraise different Music genres and think carefully about how different pieces of Music make us feel.
Computing - This half term we will be learning how to create our own algorithms to code a programme. We will learn the importance of using detailed instructions to reach a desired outcome and learn lessons about what happens in the instructions aren't quite as detailed!
RE- We will be learning all about Judaism. We will be learning about the Jewish tradition of building a Sukkah and explore why this is meaningful and important to the Jewish faith. We will learn about the Torah and identify why this is used to guide and support Jewish people.
Science - In Science we will be learning what plants need to grow successfully and planted seeds of our own. We will use magnifying glasses to look at our plants and observe them as they grow. We will be noting down our observations by drawing our plants at each stage of growth and writing abut what we have seen. We'll learn what plants need to be healthy and ensure that our plants get plenty of water, sunlight and oxygen. Additionally, we will be learning about trees and catergorising them into deciduous and evergreen by investigating which trees keep their leaves all year round.
PE - This half term we will be perfecting our athletics skills in preparation for Sports Day. We will be learning how important it is to remain focussed and using what we have earnt from our Kelly Simms visit to aim for goals! Alongside this, we will be learning about team spirit and how important it is to cheer on our friends and encourage them. Additionally, we will be continuing learning to play a range of different sports such as football and golf.
Jigsaw - In Jigsaw this half term we will be working on the unit 'Changing Me'. We will learn about different life cycles and how various animals change over their lifetime. We will consider how we have changed during our lifetime too and how humans change in their old age. We will understand how bodies change as we grow and will learn the scientific names for the body parts.
English
English - This half term we will be learning how to write a fact file. We will be looking closely at fact files and investigating what is needed to produce a good fact file. We will be focussing on the key skill of writing questions and using exclamation marks, using The Lion Inside as our key text.
Handwriting - We will be continuing to perfect our formation of initial sounds and will be working hard to ensure that our writing is sitting neatly on a line. We will be developing these skills by perfecting our handwriting when writing full sentences.
Phonics - This half term we will be continuing to learn the new phase 5 graphemes.
The new content that we will be learning this half term is:
Reading - This half term we will be reading The Lion Inside. We will be focussing on inferring meaning from the text by developing a deeper understanding. In addition we will be questioning word meanings and developing our understanding of words by challenging ourselves to discuss higher level word meaning.
Maths
Maths - This half term we will be starting off by learning about fractions. We will learn to find a half and quarter of a shape, object and number. Later in the term we will be learning all about money and learning to recognise coins and notes. Additionally, we will be learning to count coins and notes by applying our knowledge of counting in 2's, 5's and 10's. We will also be building on our knowledge of place value to 100, we will be continuing to learn the value of numbers from 50-100 and finding these on a number line.
Visuals for finding fractions of shapes and amounts:
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