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TOPICS/CURRICULUM

Autumn Term 2

Welcome back to school – we hope you had a lovely break over half term!

This half term we will be very busy learning songs for our Christmas Nativity this year which is called ‘Simply the Nativity’.

                   

Autumn Term Topic - Create What do you treasure?

This half term we will continue to answer our question: What do you treasure? We will be using piece of rubbish to create some art master pieces and learning a variety of collage techniques. We will be building up to our exhibition of work at the end of the term.

                                                     

English Learning

In English, we will be reading the books: ‘The Odd Fish’, ‘The Whale Who Wanted More’, ‘The Little Turtle and the Changing Sea’, ‘The Sea Saw’, ‘Ocean Meets Sky’, and ‘The Wave’. We will be using these stories as inspiration for sentence writing.

We will learn:

  • To listen to and discuss stories at a level beyond reading independently
  • To participate in discussion about what is read, taking turns and listening to what others say
  • To leave spaces between words
  • To sequence sentences to form short narratives based on the story,‘The Wave.’
  • To read what has been written, out loud and with a clear voice

Mathematical Learning

This term we are looking at:

  • Comparison of quantities and measures:
    • Comparing objects using the words: longer, shorter, taller, smaller, heavier, lighter
    • Counting a set of objects accurately
    • Comparing two or more sets of objects using more, than, less than, fewer than
    • Using >, < and = symbols to compare numbers
    • Introducing ‘whole’ and ‘parts’: part-part-whole
    • A ‘whole’ is represented by one object – if some is missing, it is not a whole
    • A whole object can be split into two or more parts in different ways. Each part may look different but they are all smaller than the whole. All parts can be combined to make the whole
    • A ‘whole’ can be represented by a group of objects. If some are missing, it is not the whole
    • Representing whole and parts using a part-part-whole cherry diagram
    • Understanding that the whole can be split in many different ways

PSHE Learning

This half term the topic is Health and Wellbeing.

We will be learning how to recognise our different emotions and think about how to keep our minds happy and healthy.

Scientific Learning

Our topic this term is Materials. We will learn about:

  • The scientific meaning of the word ‘material’
  • The names of some everyday materials
  • The properties of different materials
  • Whether a material is natural or man-made
  • Why different materials are useful for different purposes

Art Learning

Music Learning

We will be learning a range of songs for our Christmas nativity and following the Dance, Sing and Play unit from Charanga.

Faith and Wonder Learning

We will be looking at the topic of Incarnation - exploring the question, ‘Why is Christmas important to Christians?’

We will learn which parts of our Christmas tradition come from the original bible story by becoming familiar with the characters and storyline of the Nativity.

                                                                                             

Computing Learning

PE Learning

We will be focusing on gymnastics during Indoor PE sessions and throwing and catching during Outdoor PE. We will also have a fortnightly fitness lesson which will involve the children learning about raising their hearybeats to keep their bodies fit and healthy.

How can you help?

  • Listen to your child read their reading book from school at least 5 times a week. Please make sure you write a short comment in their reading diary and check off on their homework sheet so that we can see this is happening at home. Your child can change their own book once they have read at home.
  • Complete the homework tasks that are provided each week.
  • Keep reading stories to your child to enrich their vocabulary and enjoyment of stories.
  • Once you have your login details for Numbots, log in and work through the levels.

Events/Trips planned for this half term

  • Monday 9th December – Christmas Church Service 10am
  • Tuesday 10th December – Nativity Play to Parents 1:30pm
  • Wednesday 11th December – Nativity Play to Parents 9:30am
  • Friday 13th December – Christmas Market 4:30-6:30pm
  • Wednesday 18th December – Create Project Drop-in 8:40-9:15am
  • Wednesday 18th December – Carols in the carpark 6:30pm
  • Friday 20th December – Last Day of School

 

Further dates and information may come out from the Office throughout the half term.

If you have any resources you are happy to loan to us or have any particular knowledge about any of our focuses, please let us know.

Class emails:

chestnut@stmargaretsprimary.org.uk

maple@stmargaretsprimary.org.uk

The Year 1 team