Our Curriculum for Autumn 2

English

In English we will continue with our learning based on a book called ‘The Journey Home’. After that we will read the fantastic ‘Dear Earth’ by Isabel Otter & Clara Anganuzzi. The book, which is all about the theme of exploration, will provide inspiration for a range of writing purposes including a set of instructions, poems, travel blogs/ vlogs and persuasive speeches. We will develop the use of possessive apostrophes and use suffixes including –ment, –ness, –ful, –less, –ly.

Maths

Our number learning in maths will introduce applying our place value knowledge to support addition and subtraction. We will begin with achieving fluency with numbers to 20 and then progress with calculations of numbers up to 100. Please visit our class curriculum pages for information about the progression of methods that are used including using manipulatives, number lines and written methods.

We will continue to practise counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. Why not log into Times Table Rock Stars and practise?

Science

Last term we learned all about materials and their properties. This term our focus will be on applying this knowledge to create investigations about materials using skills of observation, comparison and classifying. In addition, we will observe the changes in rainfall, temperature and wind as winter arrives.

Computing

Our next computing  unit is all about Digital Photography.  We will learn to recognise that different devices can be used to capture photographs and will gain experience capturing, editing, and improving photos. Furthermore, we will explore the concept of recognising when a photo is real or is fake or has been edited heavily.

Theme

We will continue to learn about significant people from the past but with a more local focus including musicians such as The Beatles, sports stars like George Best and people who made a difference such as Emmeline Pankhurst.

PE

Our indoor ‘Beyond the Physical’ PE unit is ‘Throw, Prepare and Catch’ which will help children to master the foundations of throwing and catching skills. Our outdoor sessions will be from the unit ‘Hands, Feet, Equipment’ in which children will learn to control equipment such as balls using their feet whilst on the move.

PSHE

PSHE lessons will focus valuing differences. We will consider the ways in which we can be different and how we can both celebrate and show tolerance of differences.

RE

In Re we are continuing to consider ‘Who is a Muslim and what do they believe?’

Art and DT

In art this term we will create 3D face art. We will use paper and card in a variety of ways to represent facial features using cutting, folding, tearing and layering techniques. Then we will apply these skills to make 3D face art of one of the significant people we have been learning about.

Music

In music lessons we will be learning a range of nativity and Christmas related songs. We will accompany the songs with a variety of percussion instruments as we explore rhythm.