Key Stage 1
Frenchwood Community Primary School - Parent Overview | ||
This is what your child be learning this half term? | ||
Cycle B | Y1/2 | Spring 1 |
English | This term, children will reading and enjoying a range of Traditional Tales such as The Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood. In their written work, children will extend their use of joining words to include but, or and so as well as embedding the correct use of capital letters and full stops in sentences. Children will discuss, plan and write their own innovated versions of a traditional tale based on the key text. Later in the term, children will write a recount text where they recall an event which is special to them such as a birthday, Christmas Day or an Eid celebration. Here, they will practise the correct use of capital letters for names of people, places and days of the week. | |
Maths | Y1 Length and Mass Addition and subtraction Fractions Position & direction Time Y2 Length Addition and subtraction 2D and 3D shape Fractions and position and direction Time | |
Science | Seasonal changes Children will observe changes across the four seasons. Children will observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and how day length varies. Working scientifically, children will collect information about the weather. They will also present information about the weather in different ways to compare the seasons. | |
PE | Y1 Dance - Fire Fire Y2 - Games - Net And Wall | |
History Geography | Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place? Introducing children to the basic concept of climate zones and mapping out hot and cold places globally. Looking at features in the North and South Poles and Kenya. Comparing weather and features in the local area. Learning the four compass points. Learning the names and locating the continents of our world. | |
Art & DT | Craft and design: Map it out Responding to a design brief, children create a piece of art that represents their local area using a map as their stimulus. They learn three techniques for working creatively with materials and at the end of the project, evaluate their design ideas, choosing the best to meet the brief. | |
PSHE | Dreams and Goals • Know how to choose a realistic goal and think about how to achieve it • Know that it is important to persevere • Know how to recognise what working together well looks like • Know what good group working looks like • Know how to share success with other people | |
Computing | Computer Science Digital Literacy Programming A- Robot algorithms Early programming concepts - Floor robot commands Use simple technology programmes (scratch) to create a simple algorithm and debug errors. Online Safety Project Evolve | |
Music | Charanga – I wanna play in a band – a rock song. I Wanna Play In A Band is a Rock song written especially for children. In this song, children learn about singing and playing together in an ensemble. As well as learning to sing, play, improvise and compose with this song, children will listen and appraise classic Rock songs. | |
RE | Islam God as creator Care for the planet | |