Here is an overview of our learning this half term. 

English - Using our new text, Goat and Donkey in the Great Outdoors, we will continue to develop our confidence writing sentences which are correctly punctuated. We will also explore more non-fiction writing and poetry too.

Maths Units -  Counting and Money, Multiplication, Division, Length and Mass, Addition and Subtraction

Science – Materials and their Uses - We will be testing and exploring the suitability of materials, as well as investigating how solid objects can be shaped. We'll also explore properties like runny-ness.

PE - Kicking. We will develop our confidence controlling a ball and kicking it with accuracy.

RE - We are exploring the religion of Islam, considering the importance of prayer and how obedience is a way of showing gratitude. 

PRSHE - Rights and Responsibilities: What can we do with money? Within this, we also explore our responsibilities in our classroom, at home and in terms of animals and the environment.

Music - Musical Symbols: We will explore tempo, rhythm, pitch and dynamics through movement, clapping and symbols. They will perform together to demonstrate their understanding.

The following subjects continue over Spring 1 and Spring 2:

History - What was school like in the past? We'll find out and investigate what school was like in the past, and compare modern classrooms and in the past?

Geography - What is the weather like in the UK? Locating the four countries of the UK, identify seasonal changes and investigate daily weather patterns.

Art - Weaving – To fix materials and explore plaiting, threading and knotting techniques.

DT - Joining Techniques. We will be making our own hand-puppets, using either glueing, stapling, running stitch or whip stitch to join.

 

Week 1

A superb start to this half term. We are really enjoying our new text in English 'Donkey and Goat in the Great Outdoors'. This week we have been busy exploring unfamiliar vocabulary and considering the thoughts and feelings of the characters. In Maths we have been measuring the mass of various objects and ordering masses from heaviest to lightest and lightest to heaviest. We really enjoyed doing PE outside this week. We focused on our kicking skills, developing our control and accuracy by kicking to a target and using the space around us. In Science, we started our unit 'Materials and their uses'. We recapped the names of a variety of materials and thought about why objects are made from particular materials. We then explored changing the shape of a solid by applying a force such as twisting, squashing and stretching. We really enjoyed using the Play Doh to do this. In PRSHE this week we thought about what had made us happy. We recorded this in our Reflection Journals. We also enjoyed a calming relaxation technique recommended to us from the Wellbeing Warriors. On Friday M&M Productions visited school and performed 'The Jungle Book', wow it was fantastic! The actors, costumes and scenery were superb!