English

Grammar:

• Subordinating conjunctions
• Capital letters for days of the week
• Exclamation and question marks
• Adjectives

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Styles of writing covered:

• recount
• explanation (warning poster)
• short story
• poem
• non-chronological report

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We are reading:

We will investigate:

• What toys have been played with since ancient times?
• What toys did children play with 100 years ago?
• What can we learn from primary sources?
• What would a day in the life of a Stratford child look like in the 19020’s?
• How was a Stratford child’s life different 100 years ago?

Maths

History

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We are focussing on chemistry and learning all about materials by:

• Classifying objects
• Investigating elasticity
• Finding out which type of ball bounces the most
• Observing how a material changes over time
• Answering the question: What are the properties of tin foil?

Science

Digital Writing:

• Exploring the keyboard
• Adding and removing text
• Exploring the toolbar
• Making changes to text
• Explaining my choices
• Pencil or keyboard?

Computing

Fractions

• Understanding one half and one quarter
• Using turns

Length and mass:

• Comparing lengths
• Measuring length and mass
• Doubling and halving lengths

Numbers to 50 and 100 and beyond:

• Identifying and representing numbers to 100
• Find ten more or fewer
• Comparing numbers within 100

Year 1

What does it mean to belong to Christianity?

• I can explain what it means to belong
• What is a baptism service?
• What is a dedication service?
• Explain why the cross, the water and the candle are used in a baptism service
• What is special about God to a Christian person?

DT

Samba music drums

Year 1 will learn Samba Music this half term.

They will learn:�-what Samba is and where it is from

-how to hold drum sticks

-use my voice to create rhythms

-how to follow hand signals from the leader

-how to play in time and play a pulse

-the names of the Samba instruments

-how to play rhythms in different sections

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PSHE

Music

Religious Education

As part of their writing lessons, year 1 will be taking part in a ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’ workshop in West Ham Park

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Curriculum Enrichment

Healthy me:

• To understand the difference between being healthy and unhealthy
• To know how to make healthy lifestyle choices
• To know how to keep myself clean and healthy, and understand how germs cause disease/illness
• To understand that medicines can help me if I feel poorly and I know how to use them safely
• To know how to keep safe when crossing the road, and about people who can help me to stay safe
• To tell you why I think my body is amazing and can identify some ways to keep it safe and healthy

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Textiles: :

• Analyse fabric design
• Experiment from printing
• Create relief prints
• Develop a printed fabric

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Phonics GPCs

Red words

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Can your child apply their phonics to decode and read these words?

busy

pretty

half

parents

everybody

sugar

Click here or scan the QR code to see how to pronounce these split digraphs.

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Phonics and reading to practise at home with your Year 1 child

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y (happy)

y (fly)

ow (snow)

soft c (ice)

soft g (gem)

Spring 2

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