Year 1/Year 2 Class

Teacher: Mrs Leonard

TA: Mrs Hill and Mrs Tilley

English

The first text we are diving into is ‘Dragon Machine’ by Helen Ward where the children will be writing their own adventure stories. Following on from this, we will read the book ‘Major Glad, Major Dizzy’ by Jan Oke.  The final piece of writing will be a diary entry recounting the events from the character’s perspective. Throughout both of these texts we will continue to review word groups, rehearse sentences and check correct punctuation has been used. We will build on the variety of conjunctions that the children have learnt to expand and extend their sentences. We will also learn about different sentence types and the correct punctuation to use. The children will also learn about different suffixes such as –er, -ed, -est and the prefix un-. We have begun to look at  past and present tenses during our grammar lessons and the children will have opportunities to consolidate their knowledge on this.

All of the Year 1 children will continue to have a daily phonics lesson where they will complete and consolidate their understanding of the Phase 5 graphemes and common exception words. The Year 2 children will continue to learn spelling patterns.

Maths

Year 1 Maths– The children will build upon their knowledge of numbers to 20 then 50, understanding where the numbers fit in the number system and how to build and manipulate the numbers (through partitioning) and comparing numbers. They will use this to add and subtract using strategies that will support their mental arithmetic, initially using a variety of equipment. We will conclude the term with length, height, mass and volume. The children will have opportunities for practical measuring and comparing measurements.

Year 2 Maths– We begin the term counting money, both pence and pounds. We will make amounts, thinking carefully about which coins to use and finally giving change. Following on from this we will begin a multiplication and division unit focusing on 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables. We will conclude the term with length, height, mass, capacity and temperature. The children will have opportunities for practical measuring and comparing measurements. We will continue with fortnightly Challenge Tuesday and our weekly arithmetic work.

Science

This term we will be learning about animals including humans and plants. We will review the characteristics of living things and learn about lifecycles and what we need to survive. We will learn about the parts and functions of a plant. We will investigate what plants need to grow successfully and to know the different stages within the lifecycles of a plant.

Geography and History

In Geography we will find all four countries in the U.K.. We will identify the four points on a compass and learn about the four seasons describing daily weather patterns. Our focus in History will be learning about how toys, in particular teddy bears have changed. We will look at artefacts and sequence them on a timeline from past to present.

Art and D&T

In Art we are studying and creating our own weaving. Design and Technology is designing and creating a windmill structure.

Computing

We will be learning how to program Beebots and creating tally charts using J2data.

P.E.

This term the children will develop their gymnastic skills, play a variety of team building games, invasion games and practise tennis skills such as returning  a ball .