Spring Term: What would it be like to be a King or a Queen?

For the whole of the Spring term we are going to be answering our question: ‘What would it be like to be a King or a Queen?’ Throughout this learning we will be able to do the following:

Geography I can:

• name and locate the world’s seven continents and five oceans. 

• name and locate the four countries and capital cities of the UK.

• compare the human and physical geography of the UK and Nigeria.

History I can:

• identify similarities and differences between life in different periods.

• compare the lives of Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles.

• develop an awareness of the past.

• begin to have an understanding of chronology.

Science I can:

• identify and name a variety of common plants.

• identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common plants.

English

We will be reading and exploring the text ‘George and the Dragon’ by Chris Wormell. We will be securing our knowledge of orally composing sentences prior to writing as well as securing our understanding of capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. We will also be practising using our sounds to spell and forming our letters correctly. We will be using capital letters for proper nouns and using ‘and’ to list. We will also be writing in the past tense.

Maths

In Maths this term we will be exploring 2D and 3D shapes. We will use pattern blocks to create repeating and radiating patterns and using 2D and 3D shapes to create patterns too.

We will then move on to secure our understanding of numbers to 10. We will be looking at how the numbers 6-10 are made by partitioning them into parts and finding missing parts. We will also exploring odd and even numbers.

Any counting and number recognition work you could do at home would greatly support the learning we are doing in class.

PE

PE in Year 1 is every Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday afternoon. The children will get changed into their PE kits after lunch so they need to stay in school on their pegs.

The children need shorts, t-shirt and PE shoes – all named and the correct colours. Please ensure they have a warm layer for outdoor PE.

This term in PE we are focusing on fitness and target games.

Useful Information

Tapestry

In Year 1 we will be using Tapestry to update you with important messages and the children’s learning. Please use the app to find pictures as they will not be posted on the website to ensure everything is in an easily accessible place. Please see your class teacher for the QR code.