Welcome to Key Stage One
Spring 2 - What lives at the bottom of the deep blue sea?
Welcome back to all of our children, parents and carers! We hope that you have had a lovely Christmas holidays!
This term, we will be learning all about under the sea!
Our important person this half term is David Attenborough!
The children are learning about his life and his work as a broadcaster and nature expert. We are finding out how he helps people understand and care for the natural world.
In Maths this half term, we are focusing on addition and subtraction.
The children are using tens and ones to help them understand numbers and calculations. We are working on number bonds to add and subtract the next 10, and learning how to add across 10.
Pupils will also be practicing mixed addition, comparing number sentences, and solving missing number sentences to build confidence and fluency in their maths skills.
In English this half term, we are writing about our trip to The Deep, creating a recount of the day. We are using our FANTASTICS to explore what we noticed, felt, and heard during the trip.
Next, we will focus on the book Tiddler, using drama to create freeze frames from different parts of the story and writing a different ending to the story!
Finally, we will be writing fact files about underwater animals, learning to research and present interesting facts about creatures that live under the sea.
This half term in Art, we are exploring the work of the artist Hokusai and recreating his famous painting, The Great Wave. We will be focusing on how to create different lines and shapes using a pencil, mix colours, and create different shades of colours.
In Geography this half term, we are learning about seasides. The children are exploring where seasides are located, their key characteristics, and the different human and physical features that make each seaside unique.#
In Science, we are focusing on the human body, including identifying and naming common animals, and learning about the importance of diet and exercise for keeping healthy.
In PSHE this half term, we are focusing on friendships. We are exploring how we can be the same and different from each other, and learning to celebrate each other’s unique qualities.
Read Write Inc
We will continue with our daily Read Write Inc groups to develop our reading and phonics skills.
Home Learning
Homework will continue to follow the Homework Rainbow, found at the front of the children’s books. Please return homework books each Wednesday.
New reading books will be sent home weekly. Please read with your child every day and write a short comment in their reading record.
Useful links:
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Maths (White Rose): whiteroseeducation.com/parent-pupil-resources/maths/home-learning
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Phonics (Read Write Inc): ruthmiskin.com/parents/
PE Kit
PE will continue to take place every Friday. Please ensure your child comes to school in their full PE kit, with suitable trainers.
We are looking forward to a wonderful half term of exciting celebrations!
Autumn 1- Where do bears live?
Welcome back to all of our children, parents and carers! We hope that you have had a lovely summer holidays and are excited for the Autumn term!
This term, we will be learning all about bears!
Our important person this half term is Hakainde Hichilema!
Hakainde Hichilema is the current president of Zambia. He has been the President since August 2021.
Before becoming the President of Zambia, he worked as a farmer and a business man!
We will be learning why Hakainde Hichilema is important and the impact he has had in Zambia.
In Maths, we will be learning about place value. We will be counting to and recognising numbers to 100. We will learn how to represent numbers using different resources such as objects, cubes, base ten and ones.
We will then use this knowledge to find one more and one less than a given number. We will then move on to addition and subtraction.
We will focus on fact families and representing these in number sentences. We will also use the part-part whole model to complete a range of addition and subtraction questions.
In English, we will be reading the stories 'Three Bears in a Boat, 'The bear and the Piano' and 'A Book of Bears'. We will practice ordering a story, writing a post card and writing a fact file about bears.
We will be using the FANTASTICs to help us uplevel our vocabulary and use more exciting words in our writing! We will then write an exciting setting description using the adjectives that we have learnt.
We cannot wait to share our amazing writing with you!
In Science, we will be look at materials.
We will learn about different materials and go on a material hunt around school to locate them in different areas. We will also look at the properties of materials and discuss why materials are used for different objects.
We will also conduct our own experiment to investigate floating and sinking. We will make predictions before testing if our ideas are correct.
In DT. we will use our knowledge of materials learnt in science to create our own boat for a bear. We will link this learning to our English story book 'Three Bears in a Boat".
We will discuss the materials which would be best to use for a boat, recalling our knowledge from Science. We will also look at the shapes of a boat and how we can make the boat bigger and stronger to carry the bears across the water.
In PSHE, we will be looking at how we can keep ourselves safe and managing risks.
We will then move on to recognising our own feelings and discussing when we have felt certain ways. We will look at how we identify emotions in other people. We will discuss how we can help ourselves and others with our feelings.
We will be continuing with our Read Write Inc Phonics Groups daily to develop our reading skills.
Home Learning:
We are continuing with the homework Rainbow this year, which can be found in the front of the children’s homework books. The children will have a range of tasks to choose from, and their points will be added up each week. Homework books should be returned to school on Wednesdays.
New reading books will be sent out weekly, we ask that you read with your child every day and write a short comment in their reading record to let us know how your child is doing with the book.
Please follow the links below if you wish to continue further learning at home;
Maths - https://whiteroseeducation.com/parent-pupil-resources/maths/home-learning
Phonics - https://www.ruthmiskin.com/parents/
PE Kit:
PE lesson will continue to take place on a weekly basis every Friday. Please can all children come dressed in their full PE kit with suitable trainers for sport.
Autumn 2 – Why Do People Celebrate?
Welcome back to our children, parents and carers! We hope you enjoyed the half-term break and are ready for an exciting new topic all about celebrations! This term we will be exploring different festivals and special events that people enjoy around the world.
Our Topic: Why Do People Celebrate?
This half term, we will be learning about a range of celebrations including Diwali, Bonfire Night and Christmas. We will find out what these celebrations mean to people and how they are celebrated.
History – Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
Our important historical figure this term is Guy Fawkes.
We will learn:
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Who Guy Fawkes was
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Why he is remembered today
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What happened during the Gunpowder Plot
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How Bonfire Night became a yearly celebration
We will explore why this event is still important and how people celebrate it today.
Science – Seasonal Changes
In Science, we will be observing the changes that happen during Autumn and Winter. We will learn about:
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Shorter days and longer nights
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Changes in weather
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How trees and plants change through the seasons
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The clothing we wear and why it changes
We will make observations, record our findings and talk about the weather patterns we notice.
Maths – Number and Place Value
In Maths, we are continuing to build our understanding of number. We will be focusing on:
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Place value within 100
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Partitioning numbers into tens and ones
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Using concrete objects and pictorial representations
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Comparing and ordering numbers
This will help us build strong foundations for addition and subtraction later in the term.
English – Our Texts
This term, we will be exploring two key texts:
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'Gunpowder Guy' – to support our history learning
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'A Walk Through London' – to help us build descriptive language and explore settings
We will practise:
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Writing simple fact sentences
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Retelling events from a story
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Using FANTASTICs to improve our vocabulary
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Writing descriptive sentences using adjectives
RE & PSHE – Celebrations and Feelings
We will explore why different celebrations are important to people. We will learn:
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How Diwali is celebrated
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Why people celebrate Bonfire Night
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The Christmas story and Christmas traditions
In PSHE, we will continue learning about feelings and how to keep ourselves safe.
Read Write Inc
We will continue with our daily Read Write Inc groups to develop our reading and phonics skills.
Home Learning
Homework will continue to follow the Homework Rainbow, found at the front of the children’s books. Please return homework books each Wednesday.
New reading books will be sent home weekly. Please read with your child every day and write a short comment in their reading record.
Useful links:
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Maths (White Rose): whiteroseeducation.com/parent-pupil-resources/maths/home-learning
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Phonics (Read Write Inc): ruthmiskin.com/parents/
PE Kit
PE will continue to take place every Friday. Please ensure your child comes to school in their full PE kit, with suitable trainers.
We are looking forward to a wonderful half term of exciting celebrations!
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How else can you help at home?
- Read to an adult every day for at least 10 minutes – books can be changed daily at school.
- Complete homework activities as these are often practising skills learnt in class, especially in numeracy and spellings.
- Talk to your children about their topic and encourage them to talk about their school day.
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