Autumn 1

English

Our core text this half term is ‘The Pirate Cruncher’ by Johnny Duddle.

We will be writing to entertain by writing character descriptions of pirates. These character descriptions will help us to write our own pirate adventure stories by the end of the half term!

Reading & Phonics

We shall be working through a range of fiction and non-fiction texts in our shared reading lessons and our decodable reader groups to develop our comprehension skills.

In phonics, some of us will be consolidating Phase 5 sounds and applying these to help with improving our spellings. Some of us shall be progressing onto Phase 6 phonics to further support us with spelling.

Science

We are learning about living things and their habitats. We shall be exploring the differences between things that are living, dead and things that have never been alive. We will identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of animals and plants.

Maths

We have started the term with revisiting and deepening our knowledge of place value. Following this, we will be progressing with our learning of addition and subtraction.

Art & DT

In DT, we will be designers by developing our understanding of mechanisms and making a moving monster! In Art, we will be learning about textiles.

Music

We will be creating sounds to represent three contrasting landscapes: seaside, countryside and city.

History

We will be looking at the changes over time in an event of our own locality (Goose Fair).

RE & PSHE

In RE, we will explore Judaism and be able to answer questions about  What do Jewish people believe about God, creation, humanity and the natural world.

Through our PSHE curriculum, we will explore families and friendships.

Computing

We will begin by re-capping key skills from the Year 1 computing curriculum and then, we will explore coding and begin to understand what algorithms are.