• Growing frogs by Vivian French 
• Hats of faith by Medeia Cohen
• The Works by Paul Cookson

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 Zig the Alien and learning this story to support our understanding of story creation. For our non-fiction text, we will be writing an animal fact file.

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.

Exploring place value with numbers up to 50 by building on the children’s understating of number bonds to 10 and 20.

We will explore the composition of numbers and partition numbers into tens and ones, look at patterns in counting and start to use number squares to help us.

In the second half of the term, we will look at length and height and mass and volume. We will compare length and height and measure objects in centimetres and solve practical problems involving mass and capacity.  

We will tell stories of Holy Week and Easter from the Bible

and recognise a link with the idea of Salvation and that Jesus rescues people

We will know that Jesus gives instructions about how to behave.

Give at least three examples of how Christians show their beliefs about Jesus’ death and resurrection in church worship at Easter.

Think, talk and ask questions about what the story of Easter teaches us about ourselves – including different ideas around sadness, hope or heaven.  

Indoor – Dance 
Pupils will explore travelling actions, movement skills and balancing. They will understand why it is important to count to music and use this in their dances. Pupils will copy and repeat actions linking them together to make short dance phrases. Pupils will work individually and with a partner to create ideas in relation to the theme. Pupils will be given the opportunity to perform and also to provide feedback, beginning to use dance terminology to do so.

Outdoor –Target Games
In this unit pupils will develop their aim using both underarm and overarm actions. Pupils will be given opportunities to select and apply the appropriate action for the target considering the size and distance of the challenge. They will apply their skills individually, in pairs and in small groups and begin to organise and self-manage their own activities. They will understand the importance of abiding by rules to keep themselves and others safe.

• Select appropriate tools to create their slide or lever
• Understand how sliders and levers work
• Know some different ways to make sliders and levers.

• Families and the importance of diversity.  
• Similarities and differences between families. 
• Why families are special.

This half term the children will explore the musical term, pitch. Through movements, their voices and using instruments they will make high and low sounds. They will perform in small groups and practise being an audience.