Spring Term 2

Our topic for the second part of the Spring Term will be “China”. The topic will cover many areas of National Curriculum and will give the children a cross curricular approach to their learning. This will include:

English – reading "The secret Sky Garden" by Linda Sarah. During the topic the children will be designing and labelling their own secret sky gardens using adjectives, writing a setting description and then creating an explanation text based on how a flower grows. The children will also be reading non-fiction texts about China and answering comprehension questions on the subject.

Phonics - we will be using our Floppy Phonics scheme to teach phonics to the children. We will be continuing to introduce the alternative spellings from level 5 and learning the rules for when different alternative spellings are used. We will also be embedding phonics already taught and getting ready for the phonics screening check in June.

Maths - During this second half of the term, we are focusing our learning on number place value within 50 and measurement. In particular, we are going to be measuring length and height.

Science – Our science focus will be continuing to look at animals, including classifying animals as fish/birds/reptiles/mammals and looking at animal diets, and whether animals are carnivores, herbivores or omnivores. We will then look at changes in Spring and also spend a couple of weeks looking at environmental issues. 

DT- We will be constructing a windmill. We will design the structure, assemble it and test and evaluate it.

Geography  – We will be focusing on learning all Wolverly and then comparing Wolverly to Shangahi in China. 

Computing - Learning about using a word processing package and typing and altering text in Google Docs.

PE - We will start the half term with target games and then moving on to attacking and defending games unit where children will learn basic skills needed for playing invasion games. 

Music - 

This is a six-week Unit of Work that builds on previous learning.  All the learning is focused around one song: Round And Round, a Bossa Nova Latin style.

The material presents an integrated approach to music where games, the dimensions of music (pulse, rhythm, pitch etc), singing and playing instruments are all linked.

We will also learn and perform our Easter Service song. 

RE- 

Christianity

Why was Jesus welcomed like a king or celebrity by the crowds on Palm Sunday?

We will be using the Easter Story to help with our understanding of this special time of year and why it's important to Christians. 

PSHE - Healthy Me

This half term we are learning about how to stay healthy and what being healthy means. 

Spring Term 1

Our topic for the first part of the Spring Term will be “Explorers”. The topic will cover many areas of National Curriculum and will give the children a cross curricular approach to their learning. This will include:

English – reading "The Barnabus Project" by The Fan Brothers and producing a non-chronological report about their own 'failed project' creature. We will also be learning CEW and having a grammar focus on adding suffixes, prefixes and making plural using -s and -es. We will also be looking at the importance of capital letters for proper nouns 

Phonics - we will be using our Floppy Phonics scheme to teach phonics to the children. We will be continuing to introduce the alternative spellings from level 5 and learning the rules for when different alternative spellings are used. We will also be embedding phonics already taught and getting ready for the phonics screening check in June.

Maths - During this half term we will be refocusing on number. This will include place value within 20 and addition and subtraction within 20. 

Science – Our science focus will be looking at animals, including classifying animals as fish/birds/reptiles/mammals and looking at animal diets, and whether animals are carnivores, herbivores or omnivores.

Art- Our art studies will be focused on sculpture and 3d art. The unit focuses on teaching pupils how to transform 2D card shapes into three-dimensional structures and sculptures. Pupils explore abstract shapes and space, develop skills in constructing 3D objects, and understand the difference between 2D and 3D art.

History – We will be focusing on the history of 'Explorers'. We will be finding out about famous explorers in history including Dame Ellen MacArthur, Christopher Columbus and Matthew Henson, and looking at how exploration has changed in living memory compared to non-living memory. 

Computing - We will be learning about programming using the BeeBots to learn about sequences of instructions and algorithms.

PE - We will have a half term focused on dance, creating our own dances inspired by The Weather, Pirates and Animals.  

Music - 'In The Groove' is a song that was specially written for classroom use to teach children about different styles of music. This is a very easy song to learn and has been arranged in six different styles; Blues, Baroque, Latin, Bhangra, Folk and Funk. Each week we will listen and learn a different style of In The Groove.

RE- Who is God to Muslims? In this unit, we will look at what Muslims think about Allah and why he is so special to them.

PSHE - The children will fit together the six pieces of learning about their dreams and goals to create Our Garden of Dreams and Goals (Stretchy flowers and dream wellies)

Autumn Term 2

Our topic for the second part of the Autumn Term will be “When I was Young”. The topic will cover many areas of National Curriculum and will give the children a cross curricular approach to their learning. This will include:

English – reading "The Boy who Sailed the World" by Julia Green and writing a description of the character and settings, as well as analysing how the character feels through the story, and create a story mountain and retelling the story. 

Phonics - we will be using our Floppy Phonics scheme to teach phonics to the children. We will be focusing on introducing the alternative spellings from level 4 and 5 and learning the rules for when different alternative spellings are used. 

Maths - This half term we will be focussing on addition and subtraction within 10 and ending the half term with some 3d shape work. 

Science – Materials - The children will be naming different objects and the materials they are made from and then looking at the properties of different materials. The will be carrying out investigations in forest school to look at transparency, floating and sinking and finding and identify different objects and their materials 

DT – During our DT lessons, we will explore some needle work. We will learn about different fabrics and how to join them to make puppets.

History – We will be focusing on the history of 'ourselves' during this topic including learning about timelines, chronology, how we can find out about the past and comparing the children's lives with those of their grandparents. 

Computing - We will be learning about technology and the parts of a computer and then using the mouse and keyboard to input information to a computer. 

PE - We will be focusng on gymnastics for this half term, learning about rolls, jumps and shapes within gymnastics and then creating our own routines incorporating all their new skills skills.

Music - Our music lessons will be filled with learning Christmas songs for our Christmas performance. 

RE/PSHE - We will continue on our Christianity strand, focussing on the Christmas story, especially why we give gifts at this time of year. PSHE is all about celebrating difference. 

Autumn Term 1

Our topic for the first part of the Autumn Term will be “Home Sweet Home”. The topic will cover many areas of National Curriculum and will give the children a cross curricular approach to their learning. This will include:

English – reading "The Three Little Pigs" retold by Susanna Davidson and writing sentences, speech bubbles, sequencing the story and writing a letter. They will then read "Mrs Mole I'm Home" by Jarvis and write sentences about the Mole's appearance, predict what might happen and carry out roleplay. 

Phonics - we will be using our Floppy Phonics scheme to teach phonics to the children. We will be focusing on recapping level 1-3 from Hedgehogs and then introducing the alternative spellings from level 4. 

Maths - This half term, we will be focusing on place value, addition and subtraction within 10. 

Geography – We will be focusing on local Geography including learning about Wolverley and our school grounds. This will include using and drawing maps and aerial photographs.

Computing - Using Paintz app and experimenting with the tools within the software, and what they do. 

PE - We will start the half term learning about the basic fundamentals of PE including travelling, changing direction, jumping and skipping. We will then go onto basic ball skills including dribbling with a ball, rolling, throwing and catching skills.

Science – The Human Body. The children will be naming, drawing and labelling the different parts of the human body and learning about and investigating their 5 senses.  

RE - We will be using the Jigsaw RE scheme of work and this half term we will be learning about Christianity, what Christian's believe and the creation story.

PSHE - We use the Jigsaw scheme of work for computing and this half term we will be thinking about rules, praise, reward and sanction and creating a 'Learning Charter.

ART - The key skill we will be focusing on is 'Drawing'. We will be learning how to describe lines, control drawing materials like pencil and chalk and experiment with different media, while responding to music. 

Music - Through our Charanga scheme, we will be exploring the song 'Hey You!', which celebrates Old-School Hip Hop. We will also be learning our Harvest Festival song.