GO Ye 1

and 2 GO WILD!

SUMMER

TERM 1

YEAR 1 AND 2

Independence

The children will be learning how to access resources and activities

by themselves.

Self-Belief

We will promote self belief by celebrating successes in class and

as a whole school and will continue with Star Writers, Star of

the Day and Golden Book child.

Curiosity

Through a creative curriculum approach we will be looking at

African animals and their habitats, promote curiosity in the children. In our R.E topics we also be asking

different ‘Wonder Questions’

Perseverance

We will provide opportunities for the children to build resilience and

perseverance and celebrate successes when children find things

difficult but try hard.

Aspiration

We will be aspiring to do our best in all our work and will

celebrate successes and look at successes of others. We

are looking at the achievements of Nelson

Mandela and Mozart this half term.

Communication

Over the next half term we will continue to develop our

communication skills through initiatives such as R-Time, and show

and tell.

During this half term the children will cover several genres including...

Explanation - As part of our GO WILD! Topic, we will be writing explanation texts to explain how to catch a lion!

Narrative - We will write our own narrative based on two books...

Meerkat Mail and We’re going on a lion hunt

Postcards – During our unit on Meerkat mail we will be writing a postcard.

Literacy

Maths Maths area Year 1 Year 2

Number and place value

I can count forwards and backwards from a given number to and across 100

Read, write and order all numbers to 100 Recognise odd and even numbers to 100

Multiplication and division

I can solve simple problems by multiplying and dividing, using objects and pictures to help me, and arrays when I am working with an adult

I can share between 2 and 10 I can count in 2,5 and 10

Money I can recognise and know the value of different types of coins and notes

I know that £3 and 45p can be written as £3.45

Geometry Recognise and name 2d and 3d shapes Identify and name properties of 2d and 3d shapes

Time I can measure and begin to write down time vocabulary, read time to nearest half hour

Tell and write the time to nearest five minutes

Problem solving I can solve simple problems by adding or subtracting, using objects and pictures to help me

I can understand other words for + and – when solving a problem.

This Topic: learning outcomes Know and understand: • What a holy day is

• What happened on ascension day • Pentecost – the holy day

This Topic: learning outcomes Know and understand:

•How to pass and receive messages How the disciples changed through the

power of the Holy Spirit The power of the Holy Spirit in daily life

Animals and their habitats

Children will be learning to identify things that are alive, dead and have

never been alive. We will also be looking at animals habitats and comparing

habitats recognising that some animals need different things to survive.

Children will then be beginning to look at different plant and animals food

chains.

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During this half term, we will be using Microsoft PowerPoint to create a slideshow about African animals and on the school’s new iPads we will be taking photos of ourselves! We will also learn how to access our FROGOS accounts on the iPads – a skill that the children can hopefully apply at home! To develop the children’s computational thinking, they will recap what an algorithm is (a set of instructions) and create, write, test and debug algorithms for the Beebots .

For the historical element of our

topic, we will Study the life of Nelson Mandela and learn about

his national and international achievements.

In Art this half term, the focus will be on drawing

skills as the children learn to draw an African

animal. In order to do this, they will develop their

skills in naming and draw lines and

marks; observing and drawing shapes; showing

texture through line and varying tone. Within

Design & Technology we are going to design

models of African animals, make them using

mouldable materials such as plasticine and

PlayDoh and evaluate their models by seeing if

other pupils can guess what animals they have

made.

In PE this half term, the children will be

playing invasion games. The children

will participate in team games such as

tennis and rounders. Over the half term

children will develop their skills and

accuracy when hitting or throwing

different size balls. They will also begin

to look at how to defend and attack

whilst working as a team.

Our topic for the Summer Term is ‘Go

Wild!’ In the first half term we are focusing on Africa. The children will be

able to locate the continent and its surrounding seas on a world map,

atlas and globe. Classes will be introduced to the varying climates,

landscapes and environments in Africa but we fill focus on the dry and rainy seasons of the Savannah. This will be compared to the seasons in the UK

and also to the North Pole, which we learnt about back in November!

Through looking at photographs of life in the Savannah and developing these through role play, classes will see how African life is different to our lives in Derby and in the meanwhile, learn a

few words of Swahili!

Over this half term we will be looking at the SEAL topic – Relationships. The children will be focusing on feelings and emotions through this topic. Learning to recognise different emotions they may feel and learning how to deal with them appropriately.

This term the children will continue to use their voices expressively and creatively by singing hymns on a weekly basis in class. The children will be composing some African music and watching some African drumming! Also, the children will be listening to and learning about the great composer, Mozart.

Social

We carry out peer assessment in all subjects. We create opportunities for each child’s voice and use democratic

systems within our classes.

Moral

We have a weekly Bible story reading as a key stage and talk about lessons to be

learned from the life of Jesus and other people in the Bible. Two members of each

class are part of the school council.

Spiritual

Our R.E curriculum allows children to explore their own and other beliefs and values and develop an awe and wonder.

Cultural

We will be looking at the life of Nelson Mandela and exploring how he has

affected culture today. We will also be listening to and appraising music from

Africa and by Mozart.

SMSC

Upcoming events

21st May – GO WILD! Wow day (non uniform)

Miss Allwood’s liturgy- 23rd June

Miss Broderick’s liturgy – 5th May

Mrs Leatherland’s liturgy – 23rd June (AMENDED DATE)