Topic Summary
Do I understand you?
Taking the lead from our History topic, 'why do we celebrate bonfire night?' we will explore the origins behind this festival and others that are celebrated at this time of year, including Christmas. Fire and Light are the common threads of our books of the week, which explore and celebrate that we are all different and unique. We learn to embrace differences together and celebrate the uniqueness and individuality of each child. We will think about how we express our emotions, regulate them and help others as well.
In the topic we will be teaching the children the following key concepts:
- Care – How do we care for others?
- Happiness – What is the true meaning of happiness?
- Empire – Who was King James 1?
- Conflict – Can conflict be resolved peacefully?
Curriculum Visits/Events
- TBC - Fire Pit
- Monday 10th November - Theatre Production of Sleeping Beauty
- Wednesday 12th November - Children’s Photographer in School
- Friday November 28th - Author visit from Philip Kavvadias
- Tuesday 9th December - Reception and Year 1 Christmas Performance 9:15am – show for parents from Miss Blanden’s Class
- Tuesday 9th December - Reception and Year 1 Christmas Performance 2:30pm – show for parents from Miss Beale's Class
- Wednesday 10th December - Christmas Fayre 3:30pm
- Tuesday 16th December Christmas Jumper Day and Decorations Day
Subject Information
Key Texts and stimulus:
- My Name is not Refugee
- Orion and The Dark
- The Quiet Little Firewor
- George’s Dragon at the Fire Station
- Little Glow
- Kid Christmas
- The Jolly Christmas Postman
English
We will be using these texts as inspiration for our writing, using our knowledge from our daily phonics lessons to segment the words we want to spell before using our sound knowledge to support us writing them.
We will focus on writing sentences using capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. We will also introduce expanding sentences using adjectives and the conjunctions ‘and’.
Maths
We will continue solving problems using addition and subtract within 10. We will support our understanding of this by learning fact families and continue to use a maths resources such as number lines, Numicon, part-part whole models, 10 frames and many other practical equipment. We will then focus on identifying 2D and 3D shapes; looking at the different properties and continuing patterns.
Science
Our focus for Science this half term will be everyday materials. We will be exploring, naming and discussing everyday materials. Then we will explore and experiment with a variety of materials to test their properties. We will also be observing and recording the Seasonal changes of Autumn to Winter.
PSHE and RE
In PSHE, we will be thinking about the question “Who is special to us?' Children will talk about the important people in their lives, such as family, friends, and those who help them. They will learn how to show kindness and appreciate the people who care for them. We will think about who keeps us safe and who to tell if something was to worry us.
In RE, our focus is on how Christianity. Following our visit to St Hugh’s Church, we will learn more about Christian Baptisms and how we celebrate key events in life with special gifts. We will think about how we feel giving and receiving gifts, and how God delivers a special gift for Christians at Christmas.
Art
This half term we will be focussing on the colour wheel and how adding white and black can create different tints and tones.
We will look at Georgia O’Keefe and create artwork inspired by her style using a variety of brush sizes and strokes.
Computing
We will learn about what the internet is and how to use it safely.
We then use our new found mouse skills to explore the Sketchpad app – manipulating a variety of shapes, building towards making festive scenes.
PE
Gymnastics–We will learn simple gymnastics actions and shapes and use basic core strength to perform gymnastic actions. We will link body shapes to different ways of moving and jumping.
Team games – We develop sending and collecting skills with a variety of different balls. We then apply our skills in small group competitive games and challenges
If you would like any further details about this half term's curriculum in Year 1, please speak to your child's teacher.