Staff
- Alex Vaughan – Class Teacher and Assistant Head with responsibility for Years 1, 2 and 3
- Nicola Arrevillagas – Class Teacher
- Narjes Hadjam – Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA)
Curriculum overview – Autumn 2
| Topic |
Our whole school topic this half term is Our Home. In Year 1, we will be learning geographical skills in our topic all about “Our school”. The children will be learning about how to use maps, looking at different types of maps and learning about directions and how to use a key. We will be looking at the geography of our school, looking at physical and human geography. See the Topic intended knowledge map for further details. |
English |
This term we are reading The Smeds and The Smoos in class, by Julia Donaldson. We will be describing characters from the book and writing short sentences using punctuation. We will be working on “adjectives” creating a missing poster and then writing part of the story with different characters. After this we will be reading Ruby’s worry by Tom Percival. This text explores what a worry is and we will use the story to explore role play and writing speech in speech bubbles. The final task will be writing a letter to someone who has a worry, giving ideas of how to help. Guided Reading, handwriting and phonics will continue throughout the half term. |
Maths |
This half term we will be completing the learning of addition and subtraction. We will continue to practise writing the numbers to 20, counting forwards and backwards to 100 from different starting points. We will also be recognising 2d and 3d shapes. Then we will move onto fractions. Finally the children will be learning about measures, including length and height, capacity and volume. |
Science |
Year 1 will be completing our work on materials. We will be looking at natural and man -made materials. We will also be learning about the seasons this half term. We will be exploring the school grounds and looking for signs of autumn. This will include looking at weather and the daylight in the seasons. |
Other Curriculum Areas |
RE – Who is a Christian and what do they believe? DT – Structures- making a windmill Music – Charanga unit: Ho, Ho, Ho! PE – Monday Gymnastics, Games (Friday) PSHCE–Feeling Unwell/How can I keep myself healthy?/What communities am I part of? Computing – Technology around us |
Important Dates |
Week beginning Monday 10th November – Anti-Bullying Week Monday 10th Odd Socks Day Tues 11th November – Pupil Progress Evening Tues 18th November – Pupil Progress Evening Thurs 27th November –Inclusion Coffee Morning Tuesday 9th December – Sing along and Makers market Thursday 11th December – Xmas Jumper and Xmas dinner day Friday 19th December – Break up for Xmas holidays 2pm |
Empowering learning skills
Self manager
- Organise themselves and work out goals and priorities
- Show personal responsibility, initiative, creativity and enterprise
- Anticipate, take and manage risks
- Commit themselves to learning and self-improvement
- Respond positively to change
Effective participator
- Engage actively with issues that affect them and those around them.
- Play a full part in the life of the school
- Take responsible action to bring improvement for others as well as themselves
- Discuss issues of concern, seeking resolution
- Present a persuasive case for action
- Propose practical ways forward
- Try to influence others, negotiating and balancing diverse views
Resourceful thinker
- Think creatively by generating and exploring relevant ideas, and making original connections
- Find links and see relationships
- Explore & experiment with resources and materials
- Ask ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what if’ questions
- Apply imaginative thinking to solve a problem
- Try different ways to tackle a problem
- Work with others to find imaginative solutions and outcomes that are of value
Reflective learner
- Evaluate their strengths and limitations as learners
- Review their work and act on outcomes
- Set themselves realistic goals and criteria for success
- Monitor their own performance and progress
- Invite feedback and deal positively with praise, setbacks & criticism.
- Make changes to improve their learning
- Communicate their learning in relevant ways to different audiences
Independent enquirer
- Gather, process and evaluate information in their investigations
- Plan what to do and how to go about it
- Draw conclusions and evaluate outcomes
- Take informed and well-reasoned decisions, recognising that other have different beliefs and attitudes
- Use range of techniques to collect and organise information
Team worker
- Work confidently with others, adapting to different contexts and taking responsibility for their own role
- Listen and take account of others’ views
- Form collaborative relationships, resolving issues and reaching agreed outcomes
- Adapt behaviours to suit different roles and situations
- Show fairness and consideration towards others
