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
As a child, I read (and re-read!) a collection of Jacqueline Wilson novels, specifically 'The Lottie Project'. I enjoyed stories by this author as I found them really relatable as a child. The character would outline their own life and the people or hurdles within it, but would then get lost in a completely new story within the story which is exactly how I felt when reading these books! Often told in a first-person account, it made me feel as though I became the character. I've since passed these books onto my daughter who has read them all and will keep them for future grandchildren as I feel the stories and topics covered are timeless and will always remind me of my own childhood.
Spring 1
Welcome back after the Christmas holidays! The title for Spring 1 is ‘Towers, turrets and tunnels’.
In History we will be focusing on life in a castle in the past, and how this compares with life in a castle now and how people used to defend and attack castles.
In Geography we will be thinking about where we would build a castle, in order to do this we will think about rural and urban features.
In Science, we will be focusing on different materials, we will name different materials, think about their properties and then select materials based on their suitability for different things. We will then think about what we have learned to answer the question ‘Which material would you use to build a castle?’
In Design Technology, we will be thinking about how to create an effective catapult. We will then design, make and evaluate our own catapults.
Phonics and spelling will be taught daily alongside our English lessons. This half term we will be looking at the book ‘The dragon machine’. We will be focusing on expanded noun phrases and the four different sentence types. The outcome for our unit will be to retell the story of ‘The dragon machine’.
In maths, we will follow the White Rose scheme of work. Our focus will be on shape, money and then we will start our multiplication and division unit. We will be continually reviewing our arithmetic methods throughout the half term through our ‘fluency in five’ sessions.
In Music, we will be completing our next ‘charanga’ unit called ‘Your imagination’, throughout the unit we will be learning the song, learning to listen and appraise different pieces of music and will take part in musical activities to ensure we keep the pulse and have warmed up our vocal chords before singing. The end point of this song will be to perform the song vocally and to use the glockenspiels to play the notes of C, G and E.
In P.E, we will be focusing on our physical literacy. We will be learning to throw a ball towards a target, throwing a beanbag underarm towards a target, catching, and bouncing a ball. These skills will then be used to complete a circuit at the end of our unit.
In R.E. we will exploring the question: ‘Who is Muslim and how do they live?’ We will focus on the Muslim belief about God and the prophet Muhammad and how Muhammad teaches Muslims how to live.
In computing, we will be using ‘2count’ on purplemash to create pictograms to show the results of an experiment and we will also create our own block graphs. We will also be using ‘2calculate’ to focus on spreadsheets.
In PSHE, we will thinking about setting goals for ourselves. We will focus on working with others to achieve a goal, and the importance of teamwork. We will also think about how we share our successes with other people.