Key Stage 1
Frenchwood Community Primary School – Parent Overview | ||
This is what your child will be learning this half term | ||
Cycle B | Y1/2 | Spring 2 |
English | Children will be reading and sharing stories by the same author this term beginning with Man on the Moon by Simon Bartram. Children will respond to the stories by asking questions using who, what, when and where as well as writing sentences using the new vocabulary, they have encountered. Later in the term, they will find out about famous explorers and contribute towards a class book full of non-chronological reports about their chosen explorers. | |
Maths | Year 1
Year 2 Length. Addition and Subtraction. 2-D and 3-D Shape Fractions. Position and Direction. Time | |
Science | Animals, including humans Your child will notice that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults. Children will find out about and describe the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air). Children will develop their pattern seeking, identifying and classifying skills. | |
PE | Indoor – Dance – Explorers Outdoor – Catching and Bouncing a Ball | |
History | Up, up and away! Children will learn all about the History of flight, from the very first Wright brothers’ attempts to leave the ground in Kitty Hawk, through to modern supersonic planes such as Concorde. We will use different sources of evidence, pictures, books, websites and first person written accounts to help us understand the story of flight. We will look at how flight has changed the lives of individuals as well as the lives of all of us in terms of transport and opportunities. Reading (Links to English reading) Enrichment Going to the airport | |
Art or DT | Mechanisms: Making a moving monster After learning the terms; pivot, lever and linkage, children design a monster which will move using a linkage mechanism. Children practise making linkages of different types and varying the materials they use to bring their monsters to life. | |
PSHE | Healthy Me Know what their body needs to stay healthy • Know what relaxed means. Know what makes them feel relaxed / stressed • Know how medicines work in their bodies and to use them safely • Know how to make some healthy snacks and why they are good for their bodies • Know which foods given their bodies energy | |
Computing | Data and information – Pictograms This unit introduces the learners to the term ‘data’. Learners will begin to understand what data means and how this can be collected in the form of a tally chart. | |
Music | Charanga – Zootime A Reggae Song for Children by Joanna Mangona. Children will learn the song and perform an accompaniment using the notes C and D on glockenspiels. | |
RE | Judaism God’s promise. Noah. Abraham. Trusting in God | |