Class 1

We will be reading and enjoying poems based on Winter. We will look at different versions and then practice writing our own, focusing on using repetitive phrases and adjectives.

Fiction

Drawing Club – we will work on our sentences and grammar through ‘Drawing Club’ sessions.  We will write our own sentences and stories based on our focus texts.

Drawing Club is an approach designed by Greg Bottrill that immerses children into a world full of imagination. We have embraced drawing club and can see the joy it brings to the children. It is through drawing club that we open up the magic world of tales and story to the children whilst at the same time enriching their language skills, developing their fine motor and share a special time with them.

Please remember to read and enjoy books with your child as much as possible, it makes such a difference in so many areas of their learning.

Listen to and talk about stories to build familiarity and understanding.

Retell the story once they have developed a deep familiarity with the text; some as exact repetition and some in their own words.

Learn rhymes, poems and songs.

Listen to and talk about selected non-fiction to develop deep familiarity with new knowledge and vocabulary.

Describe events in some detail.

Use talk to help work out problems and organise thinking and activities, and to explain how things work and why them might happen.

Develop social phrases.

Use new vocabulary in different contexts.

Number and Numerical Patterns

Addition and Subtraction within 20

Add by counting on; find and make number bonds; add by making 10; subtraction not crossing 10 and crossing 10; writing related facts and comparing number sentences.

Place Value within 20, then 50.

Write numbers to 20 then 50; recognise tens and ones; represent numbers to 50; finding one more and one less; compare objects and numbers within 50; order numbers within 50; count in steps of 2 and 5.

Measurement – Length and Height; Mass and Volume

Compare lengths and heights, measure lengths. Introduce weight and mass; measure and compare mass; introduce capacity and volume; measure and compare capacity.

Reception

Comparing numbers to 5.

Comparing numbers to 10.

Subitise

Bonds to 10

Combining two amounts

Making pairs

Comparing mass and capacity

Length, height, and time

3D shapes

Patterns

We are going to be using technology to explore and access digital content. Then we will operate a digital device to create digital content e.g., digital art.  We will choose media to convey information and select a digital device to complete a specific task.

Understanding the World – The Natural World

In the first of this term, we will explain the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival and describe what animals need to survive. Then we will explain that animals grow and reproduce and explain that animals reproduce in different ways. After we will explain why animals have offspring that grow into adults and describe the life cycle of some living things.

Reception

Describe what they see, hear, and feel whilst outside.

Understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them.

Recognise some environments that are different to the one in which they live.

Forest School continues every Wednesday afternoon

We will keep a weather chart and explore the changing season through outdoor activities as well as learning about the Five Ways of Well-Being with Emma Levan. (If the weather has been particularly wet the day before, please can your child bring in wellies and old clothes in a named carrier bag).

Understanding the World –

People, Places and Communities

This term we will be looking at location, human and physical geography, direction/location, fieldwork, and map work by learning about a small area of the United Kingdom and Australia. We will begin our unit of work by naming and locating the seven continents and the countries that make up the United Kingdom.

Reception

Recognise some similarities and differences between life in this county and life in other countries.

Expressive Arts and Design

We will know the difference between a straight and curved line and draw these using different mediums. We will know that there are different grades of pencil and use these to create different shades in our drawings. We will experiment with smudging of pencils and colour and also experiment with a range of media: pencils, rubbers, crayons, pastels, felt tips and charcoal.

Reception

Create collaboratively, sharing ideas, resources and skills.

Develop storylines in their pretend play.

We will group familiar food products and understand where food comes from.  We will explore how products have been created and how objects and designs identify likes and dislikes. We will prepare simple dishes safely and hygienically (without using a heat source) and learn how to cut ingredients safely. Finally, we will evaluate our designs saying what we like or don’t like about our product.

Physical Development – Gross Motor Skills

Reception

Use their core muscle strength to achieve a good posture when sitting at a table or sitting on the floor.

Combine different movements with ease and fluency.

Further develop and refine a range of ball skills including throwing, catching, kicking, passing, batting and aiming.

Understanding the World – People, Places and Communities

Reception – Why is God so important to Christians?

Expressive Arts and Design – Creating with Materials

Reception

Sing in a group or on their own, increasingly matching the pitch and following the melody.

Explore and engage in music making and dance, performing solo or in groups.

Personal, Social and Emotional Development – Self Regulation, Managing Self, Building Relationships

We will find out that the body gets energy from food, water, and air (oxygen) and recognise the importance of sleep in maintaining a healthy, balanced lifestyle.  We will discuss the importance of sleep in maintaining a healthy, balanced lifestyle and explore the emotions and physical feelings associated with feeling unsafe.  We will identify people who can help them when they feel unsafe.

Reception

Identify and moderate their own feelings socially and emotionally.

Think about the perspectives of others.

Keeping Myself Safe > Keeping my Body Safe

What’s safe to go onto my body

Keeping Myself Safe – What’s safe to go into my body (including medicines)

Safe indoors and outdoors

Keeping Myself Safe > Listening to my Feelings

Listening to my feelings

Show resilience and perseverance in the face of challenge.

Being my Best – Bouncing Back (growth mindset)

Bouncing back when things go wrong

Yes, I can!

Being my Best – Healthy eating

Healthy eating (1)

Healthy eating (2)

Being my Best – Exercise and Sleep

Move your body

A good night’s sleep

See themselves as a valuable individual.

Express their feelings and consider the feelings of others.

Rights & Responsibilities – Looking after Myself and my Friends

Looking after my special people

Looking after my friends

Rights & Responsibilities – Caring for my Environment

Being helpful at home and caring for our classroom

Caring for our world