Autumn 2
Teachers
Skylarks - Mrs Whelan, Mrs Pollitt and Mrs Williams
Starlings - Mrs Brandreth, Mrs Butler and Mrs Tuhoy
Important Weekly Timetable
Monday; Skylarks & Starlings PE (PE kit)
Tuesday;
Wednesday; Starlings PE day (come into school in the correct PE uniform) and homework to be handed in
Thursday; Skylarks PE day (come into school in the correct PE uniform) and reading books to be returned
Friday; Reading books and star words will be sent out.
Curriculum Overview
This half term we have lots of fun learning planned out and we would love to see any learning linked to this at home too.
Literacy
Story - The Night Gardner( Please do not share this story with the children until we have in class)
This half term we will be focusing on a setting description.
We will be focusing on:
- Capital letters and full stops
- Letter formation
- Prepositional language
- Using the conjunctions; and, but, because, when, so
- Correct spacing between letters and words
- Handwriting
- Statements and questions
Read Write Inc
Children will attend daily phonics groups based on their assessment. Children who have come off the phonics programme will focus on spelling and different comprehension style questions.
Maths
We will continue working on addition and subtraction this half term. We will be focusing on adding and subtracting two two-digit numbers crossing the tens.
We will be investigating the multiplication of 2, 5 and 10. Children will have the opportunity to understand what multiplication means and what it looks like. We will the move on to division of 2, 5 and 10. Children will look at different ways of sharing, including sharing and grouping before covering division by 2, 5 and 10. Children will also investigate links between multiplication and division and odd and even numbers.
Topic
History
This half term we will be continuing to learn about explorers, looking at the equipment they used in the past and comparing how reliable different sources are.
Geography
In Geography we will be learning about the Arctic & comparing this to life in the UK.
RE
We will be continue to learning about Christianity. They will be learning about the story of Christmas.
Science
This half term the children will be learning about living things and their habitats and food chains.
Art/DT
In Art we will be creating Remembrance Day pictures using different shading techniques.
In DT we will be designing, making and evaluating a felt animal. They will be developing their sewing skills.
PE
In PE, we are focusing on developing the children's basic gymnastic skills and using their bodies to sequence movements to create a dance.
Music
In this unit of work, we celebrate South African music. The children will learn to:
* Find the pulse in the music
* Recognise and name two or more instruments
* Play an instrument in time with the music