Use technology safely and respectfully.

D.T. Making a puppet

We will design purposeful, functional, appealing products for ourselves and other users based on design criteria.  We will generate, develop, model and communicate our ideas through talking, drawing, templates, mock-ups and, where appropriate, information and communication technology.

Geography: What is like to live in Shanghai?  

We will be focusing on the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas.

We will identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom and the location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles.

History: History of Toys 

We will be able to explain what we know about toys today. How we can find out about the past. We will be able to describe features of different toys. We will be comparing toys to help us recognise old and new toys.

Literacy:

We will be continuing to perfect our writing skills. (Please see below for more information)

Our books for Spring are:

Traditional tales/story from another culture: The Story Tree by Hugh Lupton 

We will be focusing on Simple  quality sentences as we focused in Autumn 1 & 2. We will then focus on writing to retell events from known stories.

Contemporary picture book – The Pet Potato by Josh Lacey and Momoko Abe 

We will write simple sentences in the role of a character. We will then retell events from the story.

Classic Poetry: Out and About – A First Book of Poetry by Shirley Hughes 

We will enjoy listening to various poems by Shirley Hughes.

Classic picture books: Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak 

We will focus on Simple sentences in role as Max.

We will then write simple sentences to retell events from known stories. To perfect our writing, we will write a  sequence of factual sentences.

Rhyming stories: Tidy – Emily Gravett

We will write simple sentences in role as badger. Then we will write simple sentences to retell events from known stories.

Information book: The Squirrels’ Busy Year by Martin Jenkins and Richard Jones

We will continue writing quality sentences. We will then go on to write a sequence of factual sentences.

Everybody Read!

The library at Touchbase Pears is a great place to borrow books and is free to join and use. This online library is another great place to read.

Maths:

Year 1 will be working on Place value within 20 and addition and subtraction within 10.

We will sort and count objects, count objects from a larger group, represent numbers as words and count from any given number. We will be using ten frames to help us understand numbers 11-20. We will then do the same using place value up to 50. To help us achieve this we will count on 2’s,5’s and 10’s.

We will continue our learning with lengths and heights for example, long/short, longer/shorter, tall/short, double/half. We will measure various objects to help us determine if something is longer or shorter. We will then learn about mass and weight. We will use language such as:  heavy/light, heavier than, lighter than full/empty, more than, less than, half, half full, quarter. 

We will be using Mathletics to support our learning. To help your child further please login to:

• • Mathletics – click here

Phonics:

We use the Little Wandle Early Reading Programme to teach phonics and spellings. As part of the programme spellings will be sent home weekly. If you have any questions or you would like to know how you can support your child please click here .

Part of the programme encourages reading regularly. You too can read the book that your child has been reading in class 3 times a week on Collins Hub. Your child will also bring a free choice book to share with you at home. Please read with them and log your reading in your Reading records.

RE:

For the Spring Term Year Ones topic is

Being fair and just

Being accountable and Living with integrity

To help us understand better we will focus on various questions to support us:

Does it matter if people are unfair?

Who decides what is fair? What is wisdom?

Who decides what is fair? Is it God?

Can others depend on you? What impact does being unfair have upon your friendship?

Can you let yourself down? What can do Jewish people and Christians learn from the story of Jonah about running away from God? How is the story of Jonah important to Jewish people and Christians? How do many Jewish families say sorry to each other and sorry to God?

RHSE

Children can identify and name their trusted adults, explaining why it’s important to talk to them when they feel worried, unsafe, or unhappy.

Children can describe what makes a good friend, giving examples of kind and respectful behaviours in friendships and family relationships.

Children understand that their body belongs to them, can name basic emotions, and know simple ways to manage their feelings or ask for help.

Children can identify basic online safety rules, explaining why it’s important to use the internet with an adult and to tell a grown-up if something online makes them feel uncomfortable.

Science: Animals: sensitive bodies

We will be naming parts of the human body. We will then name the body parts used for each sense and spot patterns in data.

Moving on we will identify body parts used for the sense of taste and touch. We will then use the senses to make observations.

Comparing animals:

We will identify, describe and group a variety of animals. We will then compare the features of animals. We will identify animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. In order to conduct  research we will be using non-fiction texts.