Spring 1
| English | Reading
We will become very familiar with these books, read them regularly, ask many questions about the stories and retell them | |
| Writing This half term we will continue to use Talk for Writing to support the children’s writing. For our fiction text, we will be using the story Zig the Alien and learning this story to support our understanding of story creation. For our non-fiction text, we will be writing a recount. This half term we will continue to focus on writing simple sentences that start with a capital letter, using finger spaces between words and a full stop at the end of a sentence. We will be using 'and' to extend sentences. We will also be teaching the importance of reading through their work to check for any mistakes. |
| Maths | This half term we will focus on:
Number – Place value to 20.
Number – Addition and Subtraction to 20. |
| Science | This half term we will begin learning about and exploring different materials, such as whether they are soft, hard, stretchy, stiff, transparent and opaque. |
| RE | Christianity and God.
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| PE | Indoor – Invasion games
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| History | This half term we will be learning about Space. We will be learning about the moon and moon landings. The children will learn about famous astronauts who have been to space e.g. Neil Armstrong, Helen Sharman and Yuri Gagarin. |
| Art | This half term, we will be exploring the artist Eric Carle. Our key objectives are:
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| PSHE | Our focus in PSHE the special people in our lives. The children will explore:
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| Computing | In Online Safety lessons this term, Y1 will discuss what information should be kept private when online. They will also start learning about block code programming. |
| Music | This half term the children will explore the music genre, Hip Hop. They will listen to a range of Hip Hop artists, then sing and play percussion instruments and even have a dance battle. |