Bumblebee and Dragonfly Classes

Subject

Content

RWI (Phonics, Reading, Writing and SPaG)

The children will continue to work in the same phonics groups as they were before the holidays with the exception of specific children who have been assessed. In English, the children will continue to learn new 5 sentence stories which will continue to develop their language and oracy skills. We then practise holding a sentence (listening to a sentence then writing it), proofreading a sentence and then writing our own sentences.

We are also exploring stories through RWI’s ‘talk through stories’, looking at the characters, what they think and feel and what the problems in the stories are.

Maths

In Maths, we are moving onto multiplication and then division. We will be introducing the children to multiplication by revising counting on in 2s, 5s and 10s and looking at doubling. Children will be introduced to arrays and we will also be using concrete resources and pictorial representations to support their understanding. Later in the half term, we will introduce fractions by exploring halves and quarters. We will also be using short burst maths sessions to revise the content taught in the first and second term of Year 1.

Science

This half term in Science we will be exploring plants, we are going to investigate what plants need, how they grow, their seeds and the ways in which seeds reproduce. We will also explore the plants we eat and different parts of a plant. Finally we will look at evergreen and deciduous trees.

History

In history, we will be building on our learning from Spring 1 when we explored the formation of the first parliament in England. During this unit we will discover what parliament does and look at some key figures. We will find out about the first prime minister, Robert Walpole, the first female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, and our current prime minister, Rishi Sunak, as well as learning about the election process.

Art

This half term we will be learning all about the language of art, the 4 main focuses will be content, form, process and method. We will be looking at some famous pieces of artwork and some local, identifying the 4 aspects.

P.E

This half term, the children will take part in Yoga with Mr Smith on Mondays (Dragonfly) and Tuesdays (Bumblebee). Please ensure your child wears shoes and socks they can remove and put back on for these lessons. On Thursdays we will be learning about Net and Wall games. This includes hitting a ball with a racket, sending a ball and aiming the ball over a net. These lessons will be outside.

R.E

In RE, we are continuing to explore Sikhism, focusing on some of the celebrations and beliefs important to this religion. We will look at Khalsa (the term for the Sikh community and a group of specially initiated Sikhs), sewa (the willingness to serve others without thought for your wellbeing) and The 5 Ks: Kara (a steel bracelet): Kesh (uncut hair): Kangha (a wooden comb): Kaccha (cotton underwear); Kirpan (steel sword).

PSHE

Our topic this half term is ‘Healthy Me’. The children will learn about healthy choices, being clean, medicine, road safety and the relationship between mental wellbeing and being happy and healthy.

Computing

This half term we will be learning about pictograms. We will be exploring pictograms, collecting data for a pictogram and creating our own. Once we have finished this we will be moving on to looking at sorting and organising data.

Music

In Music we will be looking at pitch and tempo with the theme of Superheroes. We will be learning how to identify high and low notes and to compose a simple tune, they explore some different instruments, as well as investigate how tempo changes help tell a story.

DT

This half term in DT we will be making puppets. The children will design, cut, fasten and then decorate their own puppet.

Science

History

Art

R.E

Music

Computing