Year 1

English

We will begin with Our Talk 4 writing text :

Giraffes Can't Dance  

Writing Outcome:

Write with capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.

Apply knowledge of embedded sounds to their writing.

Form all lower case letters correctly.

Instructional writing using time connectives and adjectives. Recount from a characters point of view.

Mathematics

Number: We will be continuing to build on our understanding of place value of numbers up to 100, counting in various ways including 2, 5 and 10's. 

 Measure: Position and geometry alongside direction and looking at money.

Science

This half term we will be learning all about animals including humans.

We will be exploring afican animals and consolidating the knowledge gained in previous sessions including eating patterns and living habitats. 

Topic

This half term we will be learning about communication methods in History and the African desert in Geography. 

We will be looking at how changes have happened in ways we can communicate and exploring the equators deserts on a map. We will also be looking at seasonal patterns of weather in African.

PSHE

We are focusing on

How do we feel?

We will be looking at strategies to manage different feelings that we may experience and how we can cope with these feelings.

RE

This half term we will be looking at my world, Jesus' world. We will be looking at how our worlds are different and how Jesus lived years ago.