Spring Term 1

Our topic for the first part of the Spring Term will be Famous Explorers- and our enquiry question is “How have explorers changed the world?”. 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 "Barnabus Project” where we will be answering comprehension questions and creating a non fiction piece of text. We will also be learning CEW and having a grammar focus on adding suffixes, prefixes and making plural using -3 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 'Famous explorers” and how these famous explorers have changed the world. 

Computing - We will be focusing on how to stay safe online and different times of technology and computer systems. We will be looking at what they are used for but also we will be developing skills with using keyboards and with the mouse. 

PE - We will start the half term doing Gymnastics looking at balances, travelling, making shapes and putting all of these skills into a routine and sequence. We will then go on to a dance unit inspired by the weather, pirates and then a safari. 

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 - We will be looking at dreams and goals where the children will be learning the skill of resilience and to keep going even when things get hard, we will also be looking at goal setting and having positive attitudes.