Class Teacher: Miss Moxey

Supportive teaching team: Miss McDonnell 

Term One

Our value this term is Thankfulness 

Term 1 Overview of Learning

Our enquiry is: What helps living things grow and thrive?

This term we are going to have lots of fun investigating the question ‘What helps living things grow and thrive?’  First we will look at what we need to stay healthy. We will investigate the effect exercise has on our body, and we will look at the importance of good hygiene. We will also learn about food groups. We will then have the opportunity to grow some plants to help us to investigate what living things need to survive. Later in the term, we will consider what a habitat is. This will involve looking at a range of habitats including deserts and polar regions. 

Maths

In Term 1 we will start with place value learning. We will look at how many tens and ones a number has (i.e the number 28 has 2 tens and 8 ones). We will practise counting in 2s, 5s and 10s before moving on to counting in 3s. We will use the commutative law and related facts to add and subtract, and we will focus on number bonds to 10, 20 and 100. Later in the term we will practise finding 1 more and 1 less than a given number before moving on to 10 more and 10 less. We will also have the chance to compare 2-digit numbers using mathematical language such as more than, less than and equal to. What a busy term!

English Writing

In English, we will then begin ‘Alfie’s star’, where children will learn how to write for entertainment. Children will understand how improve their simple sentence writing by including adjectives and expanded noun phrases. Children will have the opportunity to use their imaginations to create their own descriptive paragraphs inspired by the story.

R.E

In R.E we discuss what it means to belong, through discussions about groups, clubs, families and religions and how these are important in our everyday lives.

Science

Our science topic for these next two terms will be ‘Animals, including humans’ and ‘ living things and their habitats’. We will be answering our learning enquiry questions through a range of investigations, where we will also learn how to observe closely, classify information and gather and record data.

P.E

P.E is on a Monday and Thursday. Children should bring their PE kits in a bag. PE kits should be black shorts, trousers or skorts, a white Berrow logo t-shirt or plain white t-shirt and black or white trainers.

Computing

In computing, we will look at what a computer is. We will identify the different parts of a computer and what they are used for. We will learn about how people control technology, which will include the opportunity to exercise control when using cameras, tablets and computers. We will begin to develop our word processing skills and develop an understanding of how computers are used in the wider world.

PSHE

This term’s unit is ‘Being me in my world’. First we will consider our hopes for the year, then we will consider how we can help ourselves and others to feel that we belong. We will consider how to ensure our classroom is a safe and fair place, and we will learn about working cooperatively. We will have the opportunity to discuss how our choices and behaviour affect others.