Forest school and PE

 Our forest school session will be every Monday afternoon and PE will be taught every Tuesday and Wednesday. 

Autumn 1

Term - Autumn 1

Topic - All Aboard!

Let’s dress as a pirate and experience some of the jobs on board a ship.

Learn how to sew so you can design and make your own pirate pouch. How many gold doubloons will it hold?

Let’s find out about some famous explorers.

When were they alive?

Where did the explore?

Why are they famous?

This term we will be learning...

Maths - We are deepening our understanding of numbers ten to one hundred. We will represent numbers in different ways, add and subtract multiples of ten, partition numbers into tens and ones, compare numbers and position numbers on number lines and hundred squares. We will be adding and subtracting numbers within twenty, including adding three single-digit numbers.

English - We will be completing a write stuff block based on the story 'The Way Back Home' by Oliver Jeffers. We will use this to help us write our own adventure story. We will be enjoying a variety of books in guided reading sessions each week.

We will have daily handwriting sessions to reinforce our letter formation and sizing.

Phonics – We will be mastering phase 5 phonics through Unlocking Letters and Sounds.

Science - We will be focussing on the uses of everyday materials. Exploring their suitability and how they can be changed.

DT - We will learn how to sew using running stitch. We will design and make our own pirate pouches and will test them using gold doubloons.

History – Will find out what an explorer is and will learn about Christopher Columbus, Matthew Henson, Dame Ellen MacArthur and Mary Kingsley. We will find out when each of them lived, where they explored and why they are famous.

Growing up Great – We will be settling into our new class, thinking about how to be a good friend and how to follow the school’s golden rules.

Music – We will be learning all about pulse, rhythm and pitch.

PE - We will be developing our fundamental movement skills to improve agility, balance and co-ordination.

Computing - We will be learning about online safety and starting to learn about coding.

RE - We will be finding out about Christians and what they believe.

Forest school - We will be identifying plants, looking at trees and the change to autumn colours and creating natural art.