Forest School and PE

Our forest school session will be taught every Thursday afternoon and PE will be taught every Wednesday and Friday afternoon. 

Autumn 2Through our topic work this term, we will be learning …….

Art: Exploring colour mixing with primary colour in the style of Clarice Cliff and Jasper Johns. We will explore hues and different shades of green.  

Geography: We are learning where Brazil is by reminding ourselves about the seven continents of the world and finding out about the human and physical features of the capital city of Brasilia. We will compare Brasilia to Derby and Allestree. We will use google maps to explore where we are in the world from Europe, United Kingdom, England and Derby.

Music: We will be listening to the music of Brazil, playing along to samba music with percussion instruments; exploring a range of percussion instruments, considering the different sounds they make. We will also be continuing with our scheme of music through Charanga (Dance, Sing and Play). Knowing that music is made up of long and short sounds called ‘rhythm’ and high and low sounds that we call ‘pitch’

English: We will be sharing the text ‘Stanley’s Stick’. We will invent our own use for Stanley’s stick and reinforce our capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. We will also be encouraging the children to write independently, so we can see how they are applying what they have learnt.

Phonics: We are starting phase 5a. We are learning digraphs such as ay, ou, ie, ea and many more. We will be reading and spelling words containing the new graphemes. We will share a brief phonics video each week as homework to consolidate these letters at home.

RE: Who is a Christian and what do they believe?

PSHE: Being healthy and Diversity and Difference are our focus from our scheme ‘Growing Up Great’

Computing: We will be following and creating instructions on the computer. Learning that an algorithm is a set of step-by-step instructions.

Science: We will be learning about objects and materials. Naming and describing their properties and uses. Which materials would be better for making a boat, for example?

Can you find materials around the house and describe what they look like and what they are made from?

Maths: We will be introducing the part part whole model to explore addition. We will be writing and solving addition and subtraction sentences. There will be lots of practical work and discussion around problem solving and reasoning.