Our Curriculum for Summer 1

Next term, our English lessons will be based on the book ‘Lizzy and the Cloud’ which is written and illustrated by The Fan Brothers. We have been practising the key skill of ‘holding a sentence’ in our head, writing it with a capital letter and full stop and then checking it makes sense. In addition, we are adding openers (e.g. To her surprise), adjectives (e.g. boisterous) and adverbs (e.g. carefully) to our writing to add detail.

We will also recap types of sentences including question, command, exclamation and statement.

In our Maths lessons, the year 1 children will start the measurement units: length and height, and mass and volume. They will then focus on fractions and explore finding half and a quarter of a shape/quantity.

The year 2 pupils will begin their learning on time, as well as continuing their work on fractions.

After that, year 1 and year 2 look at position and direction. We will explore different turns and describing positions.

In our science lessons we will be ‘working scientifically’ by using our powers of observation, taking measurements and drawing conclusions, as well as pattern seeking. We will recap knowledge learned throughout the year as we apply these skills in a more independent manner to plan and carry out investigations, based around the continuing topic of plants.

Our Kenya theme is continuing this half term. The unit focuses on geography skills and we will study animals native to Kenya, the Massai tribes and traditional Kenyan culture. In each step, we will make comparisons between what we find out about Kenya and what we know about the United Kingdom.

In art, we will continue our unit on collage and create a jungle scene based on the work of post-impressionist artist, Henri Rousseau, taking inspiration from our Chester Zoo trip too!

In DT, we will be designing and creating our own jungle fruit salad where children will further develop their food preparation skill such as peeling and chopping fruits.

This term in PE, our two topics are athletics and gymnastics.

In athletics, we will hone our techniques for running, jumping and throwing. As part of our learning we will compare throwing for accuracy or distance and compare sprinting versus jogging.

In gymnastics we shall focus on movements involving stretching, curling and arching whilst maintaining balance.

PE Days

C2 - Tuesdays and Thursdays

C3 – Wednesdays and Fridays

C4 – Tuesdays and Wednesdays

Our computing learning for this half term is about digital writing. The children will learn how to use a simple keyboard to type and then will learn how to make a variety of edits to text to change its style and appearance.

In music this half term, we will be exploring pitch through the unit of ‘High and Low’, as well as exploring an array of areas, such as sound effects, percussion and melody.

In RE lessons we will continue to ask the question ‘What does it mean to belong to a faith community?’ and will learn more about how the religions of Christianity, Islam and Judaism might respond to this.