Autumn Term 1 Topic:

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

English:  On Literacy Shed Plus, We will be exploring a film unit called 'Zahra' which is about a young girl in Africa. Throughout our English lessons, we will be creating a character description, exploring expanded noun phrases and retelling the story. 

Guided Reading: Using our reading V.I.P.E.R.S, we will be exploring the story 'Meerkat Mail' by Emily Gravett

Spelling Focus: Through assessment, we will initially recap the sounds learnt in Robins. We will then begin to learn the rules for 'kn' and 'gn', soft 'c' and soft 'j' and some common exception words. 

Maths: We will be focusing on place value to 100 as well as some addition and subtraction.

Science: We will be focusing on animals' needs for survival, focusing on the 6 main animal groups. 

Geography: We will be focusing on how different our life would be if we lived in Kenya. 

Art: The key skill we will be focusing on is 'Drawing'. We will be developing a range of mark making techniques, exploring and experimenting with mark making to create textures, observational drawing, applying expressions to illustrate a character and developing illustrations to create a story. 

Computing: We will be creating media through digital photography.

PE:  Mr Bishop and Miss Price will be focusing on invasion games and developing throwing and catching skills. 

Music: Through our Charanga scheme, we will be exploring the song 'Hands, feet and Heart' by Joanna Mangona, which celebrates South African music. 

PSHE: Through our Jigsaw scheme, we will be looking at the topic 'Being Me in My World'.