Subject 

Teaching and Learning 

Parental Involvement- We encourage parents to choose at least one activity for each subject to support your child in their learning. 

Maths 

The children will be recognising coins and notes. They will count money and make given amounts using a variety of coins. They will also begin to find the difference and work out change.  

They will then learn the multiplication and division facts of the 2, 5 and 10 times tables and use arrays. They will recognise doubles and halves of amounts. 

In measurement, the pupils will learn to compare, estimate and measure length and height in cm and m. They will also learn about measuring and comparing length, weight, capacity and temperature. 

• Look at all the coins and notes and encourage your child to make different amounts using different coin combinations.  

• Use objects such as pasta, biscuits, fruits etc and show the different ways objects can be grouped to represent the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables. 

• Your child can practise their Maths skills on Numbots (see login sent home).  

- ICT Maths games (multiplication and division): ICT games multiplication 

- Top marks (measures-length, capacity, measuring mass & multiplication and division) - Top Marks measurement 

- Your child can practise times tables on TT Rock-stars using their login details. 

English 

English objectives will be covered through a variety of high-quality texts that will spark the pupils’ interest, starting with ‘George the dragon’ by Chris Wormell, where the children will write a character description. They will also write poems based on Shirley Hughes’s poems as a model. In the second half-term, they will read different versions of the Little Red Riding Hood traditional tales and write their own version. They will also write a persuasive leaflet when learning about non-fiction texts. The children will learn grammar and punctuation discretely.  

• At home, read as many storybooks, poems and different traditional tales as possible. Whilst reading, look at the settings and the characters and encourage your child to describe those using different adjectives.  

• When visiting places, look at information leaflets and discuss the layout and how the different information has been written under different headings. 

Reading 

The children will be reading a variety of different types of books in their reading practice sessions that they have at school. They will have 3 sessions a week when we focus on using phonics knowledge to decode the words, read aloud with expression and then comprehension to show what they have understood from the text. The children will then bring home with them the book they have read in class to practice reading it again at home with you. 

• Please listen to your child read at least 4 times per week. Children who read regularly at home make the most progress, not just in reading, but right across the curriculum. Please ask if us if you need any support. 

• Be a reader yourself - let your child see you reading and talk about your enjoyment of reading. 

Science 

Use of everyday materials & plants – growth and care 

This term, the children will learn to recognise, name and describe a variety of materials and their properties and perform simple experiments to test the suitability of materials.  

They will also know the names of different plants and different parts of a plant. They will understand the importance and process of pollination and the life cycle of a common plant. 

• Visit the BBC Bitesize website to explore the different units of learning about Plants & Uses of materials: BBC Science  

• Go around the house and look at the different materials objects are made of and sort them accordingly. Look at some more ideas on this website: Science Sparks 

Computing 

This term, the children will learn about questioning where they will create a binary tree to separate different items through questioning. They will also learn about animated story books where they will create e-books by adding animation, sound effects and voice recordings and backgrounds on a computer program. 

• Use the purple mash login that we are sending in the home learning resources packs and practice how to log in and browse through their working area. 

• Visit the BBC Bitesize website and learn digital animation: BBC digital learning 

Art 

Painting and mixed media- life in colour 

The children will learn about primary and secondary colours, colour mixing and creating textures using different tools. The children will explore collage techniques experimenting with material.  

• Explore your local area by going for walks and look at the different features that are around. Support your child to draw a map of their journey to school or feature around your house. You might want to make a map of your house/ child’s room using Lego. 

•  Explore looking at different maps, including those of your local area, including virtual maps such as Google Street View or Google Earth.   

RE 

How do we know some people have a special connection to God? 

This term, the children will learn about different religions, religious stories and beliefs. They will learn about how Jesus, Guru Nanak, Krishna and Muhammad is special to some people.  

What is a prophet?  

In the second unit, the children will identify the different characteristics of a prophet and what a prophet might mean to some people.  

Here is some key vocabulary we will be using with the children this term. It would be helpful to talk through these words with your child at home: Angel Gabriel, Guru Nanak, Christians, Hindu, Krishna, Sikh, Muslims, Last Prophet, messenger, inspire, miracle etc 

D&T 

Making baby bear’s chair 

The children will explore the concept and features of structures and understand that the shape of a structure affects its strength. They will plan and make a teddy bear’s chair using different materials and joining techniques. Finally, they will test and evaluate the chair’s strength, stiffness and stability.  

Follow the BBC Bitesize links: 

• What is a structure?  

• Building structures 

• How can materials be joined?   

PSHE 

Safety and the changing body 

In this unit, the children will understand how to stay safe when using the internet. They will understand the difference between surprises and secrets. They will learn the correct vocabulary for body parts, understand safe and unsafe touches and personal boundaries. They will learn to stay safe on and near roads and how to stay safe with medicines. 

Here is some key vocabulary we will be using with the children this term. It would be helpful to talk through these words with your child at home: internet, private, safe, danger, bullying, surprise, secret, medicine, penis, vagina 

History 

How was school different in the past? 

In this unit, the children will learn how schools have changed over time. They will investigate what schools were like in the 1900s and 1960s and compare these to modern classrooms. 

• Education and life in the Victorian classroom 

• School in Victorian Scotland   

Geography 

Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place? 

In this unit, the children will learn about continents and the coldest places on Earth. They will also learn where the equator is and what life is like in a hot place. 

• Continents 

• Antarctica 

• Hot and cold places    

PE 

Gymnastics  

The children will investigate movement, stillness, use basic actions and create short movement phrases.  

Net and wall games & invasion games:  

The children will learn to strike, field and attack using the ready position. They will defend their space and send the ball away from an opponent to maximise their chances of scoring. 

Yoga: The children will copy, repeat and complete yoga poses by building strength, flexibility and balance.  

Staying active at home will support your child’s progress in PE. Here are some links to follow for some ideas: 

• BBC Teach: BBC Teach KS1  PE 

• Oak Academy: Oak Academy PE 

Please note that these videos are on YouTube and therefore may need some level of supervision. 

Music  

Unit names: Football & Who stole my chickens and my hens?  

In these units, the children will learn: 

• to compose word patterns in groups and melodies in pairs using mi-re-do (E-D-C) 

• to chant together rhythmically, marking rests accurately 

• play a simple ostinato (repeating pattern) on untuned percussion 

• To recognise the difference between a pattern with notes (pitched) and without (unpitched). 

Read about playing and performing music on the BBC Bitesize website: BBC music