Mrs Horwell
Teacher/ KS1 Lead
I absolutely LOVE 'The Famous five - 5 go to smugglers top'. It gives me such wonderful memories of when I used to have sleepovers with my best friend, and we would listen to 'The famous five' books on audio. I have particularly fond memories of listening to this one in the dark whilst eating a midnight feast and loving the feeling of being scared but needing to continue listening so that I could complete the adventure with the famous five. I love how Enid Blyton almost makes you feel as though you're an extra member of the gang whilst you read the books. I particularly liked George's character too, I felt that I could relate to her growing up, as I was a fairly headstrong girl myself! It's important to have characters in books that you can relate to.
Miss Bennallack
Support Staff
Summer 2
Welcome back after the May half-term! The title for this half-term is ‘Radiant Rainforests.’ Here is an overview of what we’ll be getting up to.
In Geography we will be looking at the location of Brazil. We will be thinking about why our weather and climate is different to theirs. We will also look at some famous landmarks from Brazil. Then we are going to look at similarities and differences between a day in the life of a child in Brazil compare to our school day. After that we will look more specifically at the rainforest and at wildlife that lives in the Amazon rainforest.
In Science, we will be thinking about different animals. We will identify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. We will describe and compare the structure of a variety of these animals. We will also be completing a unit on plants. We will identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants, identify and describe the basic structure of common flowering plants, observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants and we will find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable temperature to survive.
Phonics and spelling will be taught daily alongside our English lessons. This half term we will be completing our ‘Pathways to write’ unit for the story ‘Goldilocks and just the one bear’ written by Leigh Hodgkinson, and we will then write our own stories.
In maths, we continue to follow the White Rose scheme of work. Our focus in year one will be on place value of numbers up to 100, money and time. We will be continually reviewing our arithmetic methods throughout the half term through our ‘fluency in five’ sessions.
In P.E, we will be focusing on attacking and defending skills. The children will complete a progressive unit which will focus on defending space and marking other players, and how to attack by passing the ball and dodging opponents. At the end of the unit they will participate in games in which they need to apply these skills of defending and attacking.
In R.E. we will exploring the question: “How should we care for others and the world and why does it matter?” We will be thinking about the fact that God teaches us that everyone is unique and valuable. Then we will look at the work of different charities that care for others as they wish to be treated. We will be thinking about story of creation and how this prompts us to look after God’s world and everything in it.
In computing, we will be thinking about technology outside of school alongside completing our ‘grouping and sorting; unit using 2DIY, in which the children will sort items using a range of criteria.
In music we will be completing the ‘Let’s perform together’ in which we will listen to, and appraise different pieces of music, find the pulse to pieces of music, learn about pitch, tempo and rhythm. Children will also play notes on the glockenspiel and learn how to compose pieces of music, we will then perform the songs that we have learned.
In PSHE, we will be completing the ‘changing me’ unit in which children will think about the life cycle of a human, how their life has changed so far and what things have stayed the same. They will look at how their body has changed since they were babies and the differences in the anatomy of boys’ and girls’ bodies.