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Key Stage 1 Autumn Term 2007 Year 1 Our topics Our work this term will be based around two topics: ‘Ourselves’ and ‘Toys’. The children’s work and play will be based around these themes and we will be developing much of their learning through role-play. Literacy This term Year 1 will be focusing on a range of texts including fiction and poetry, stories with familiar settings and rhymes. Year One children will also look at labels, lists and captions and will learn how to structure a simple sentence and develop their writing skills. We will use phonic skills to help with reading and writing and will practise joined-up handwriting script. Numeracy Numeracy work is focused on key objectives for each year group: the Numeracy target book will give you more detailed information as well as some ideas on how to support your child. We will be emphasising work on number bonds to 10 and 20 and mental arithmetic. Science Our topics in Science for this term are ‘Ourselves’ and ‘Sound and hearing’. We will be looking at identifying different parts of the body, learning about our senses and about how humans and other animals move and grow. We will also learn to relate sound to hearing and look at how sound travels from a source. ICT During our ICT sessions Y1 will be looking at modelling—using the computer to do ‘real life’ things eg. dressing teddy—and learning to develop our knowledge of computer parts and to improve our mouse skills. We will also use ICT to support our work in other subjects for example, using the ‘Dazzle’ program in Art. Religious Education In Our R.E. work this term we will look at God and creation, and related Christian Bible stories. We will also learn about creation stories in other faiths. Towards Christmas time we will learn about Christmas gifts and gift-bringers. History In History, later in the term, we will look at how our toys are different from those in the past, and start to think about changes in our own lives and other people in our family. There will be lots of opportunities for developing speaking and listening skills. Geography Our Geography topic this term will be ‘Around our school’ and the children will be introduced to the idea of looking at their local area. We will look at our school and the area immediately around it, and will visit some of the local shops. Art In our Art lessons our topic will be ‘Self-portrait’. We will talk about images of children in portraits, paintings and photographs to help develop ideas about how they can portray themselves. We will also use some of our Art lessons to do still life work and to complete Christmas Art activities so that we can decorate the school for the Christmas Fair and for our parties. Music The class will be exploring sound and duration. We will listen to, and make sounds expressively, and use them in singing and stories. We will learn to hear long and short sounds and use them in compositions. Design Technology Our D.T. topic for the term will be ‘Moving pictures’. We will design and make moving pictures from everyday products using simple levers and sliders, which will be based on characters from stories and which we can use in storytelling activities. P.E. In our Physical Education lessons we will be taught a variety of games to improve and apply the basic skills that we have already learnt. We will learn how to use space to avoid opponents and how to score points. We will also be doing lots of gymnastic activities involving travelling and balancing and creating short sequences of actions.
Year 2 Literacy This term Year 2 class will be focussing on a range of texts including poems, stories with familiar settings and instructions. We will also be looking at spelling words with ‘ow’, ‘ox’ and ‘ar’ in and words that end in ‘s’, ‘ed’ and ‘ing’. Other literacy work will look at the use of commas, exclamation marks and the use of capital letters. Numeracy Numeracy work is focussed on key objectives for each year group. The Numeracy target book should give you some ideas of how to support your child. This class will be emphasising place value, ordering and estimating, mental addition and subtraction, simple multiplication and division, recognising coins and totals, measuring in cm and m and simple weight and capacity work. Science Our topics in Science for this term are ‘Health and Growth’ and ‘Materials’. We will be looking at food groups and how to eat for health as well as exploring human needs and growth. We will be looking at how to group materials according to their properties and how we can change materials by heating and cooling them. ICT During our ICT sessions we will be looking at ‘Entering Text’ and ‘Creating line drawings and using shape and colours’. In addition to this we will use ICT to support our work in other subjects for example, using the ‘Dazzle’ program in Art. Religious Education In Our R.E. work this term we will look at ‘Harvest’, ’Christmas, Good News and News bringers’ and ‘Helping Others’ We will also be retelling the Christmas Story and using our drama and presentation skills to practice a performance for the Christmas celebrations in church. History Our history topic will look at the lives of Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole. These two ladies helped establish modern day nursing. As Christmas approaches we will explore some of our Christmas traditions. Geography In Geography lessons this term we will be exploring an island home and comparing it to our own home town Crosby. Katie Morag and her adventures on the island of Struay will help us learn about this type of environment. Art In our Art lessons our topic will be ‘Picture This!’ We will be using visual experiences and our imagination to develop ideas. We will also use some of our Art lessons to complete Christmas Art activities so that we can decorate the school for the Christmas Fair and for our parties. Music This term Year2D class’ topics in Music will be ‘The long and short of it’ looking at the duration of notes and ‘Feel the pulse’ focussing on pulse, beat and rhythm. Design Technology Our D.T. topic for the term will be ‘Moving Vehicles’. We will be investigating how simple mechanisms relating to moving vehicles work and we will be designing and making a wheeled vehicle. P.E. In our Physical Education lessons we will develop our physical skills in both Gym and Games activities. Work in P.E will be linked to our science study about Health and Growth as we learn how exercise keeps us healthy. |
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