This Term

 

Below you will find information about what the classes in KS1 are learning about this term. 

Autmun  2024

English

Much of our English work this term will link with our Theme work. At the start of the term the children will be consolidating learning from last year. Year 1 children will focus on writing labels and captions to help them understand the difference between a word and a sentence. Year 2 children will consolidate the sentence writing skills they learned last year, using capital letters, full stops and simple conjunctions. The English lessons for all the children will follow the Talk 4 Writing approach. The first texts that the children will learn this term are the rhyme ‘London Bridge is Falling Down’ and the story ‘Monkey See, Monkey Do!’ Later in the term the children will learn the traditional tale ‘The Three Little Pigs’ and learn about instructions. The children will continue with daily phonics sessions and spelling skills. Children in Year One will consolidate the vowel and consonant digraphs that they learned in Reception and then move onto reading and writing larger words that use these letters and sounds, including words with adjacent consonants and some new vowel digraphs. The Year Two children will also be consolidating their learning from the end of Year 1 to ensure they have remembered all the different vowel digraphs and the alternative sounds that different letters can make.

Maths

The children will learn more about number concepts including counting in different steps, ordering numbers, writing calculations using the correct symbols and recalling simple number facts. Year 1 children will learn to count to 100 and read and write numbers accurately from 1 to 20. Year 2 children will learn more about the place value of numbers in 2 digit numbers and then add and subtract 2 digit numbers from single digit numbers and multiples of tens. Year 2 will recognise odd and even numbers and begin to understand multiplication as repeated addition. Year 1 children will start to learn about the calculations of multiplication and division using objects. All children will work on simple fractions, Year 1 will recognise half of shapes and small amounts of objects whereas Year 2 will recognise the written form of some simple fractions as well as begin to recognise the fraction of a given number or amount. All children will also work on comparing and measuring length, with Year 2 children working using centimetres and metres. The children will also work using the vocabulary of telling the time and learn more about 2D shapes.

Theme (cross curricular work - including Science)

Our theme for the first half term is “Why did London Bridge nearly fall down?” In this cross-curricular unit the children will learn about London and famous landmarks as well as why a capital city is important. They will compare some of the features and landmarks of London to those in Leeds. The children will then find out about The Great Fire of London. They will learn some key historical facts about this significant event, learn about life in 1666 and as well understand how we know historical events really happened. The children will make model houses and use art techniques to create pictures of the fire. They will find out about Sir Christopher Wren, who helped to re-design and re-build London as well as learn how things changed after the Great Fire.  As part of our theme work the children will make bread. They will weigh, measure and cook the ingredients they need. 

After half term our theme will be “Would I like to live in a Castle?” This will include a lot of Science based learning about materials. The children will recognise and describe the properties of materials as well as do simple investigations about materials. Much of this work will link to looking at castles and why materials are used for different purposes.

Please see our Theme Work page for more detail about this term's Theme work. 

Art

In Art the children will learn more about drawing and self-portraits. They will experiment drawing lines of different sizes and thickness and show pattern and texture by adding dots and lines. They will also learn about the work of artists and use some of their techniques and styles in their own work.  

Geography

After half term the children will study Geography where the children will learn key Geographical facts about the UK and the different world continents and oceans. They will name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas.  They will use maps and globes to identify the continents and oceans studied. 

 

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Computing

Computing is often cross curricular and includes working on English and Maths skills using the computers but at the start of the term computing lessons will focus on ensuring children have the grasp of basic skills for logging onto the school computers, finding and opening programs as well as inputting and saving simple text. Later in the term the children will have lessons on how to use control devices such as simple floor robots and programs with controllable objects. They will input instructions to make things happen as well as predict an outcome before they try out instructions.

PE

PE in KS1 follows the ‘Real PE’ scheme of work in which children learn essential skills, movements and attitudes to go on to succeed in PE, sports and life. During the first half term the children will be working on a balance-based unit and a co-ordination with equipment unit. The balance-based unit will teach children the skills need to complete a seated, static balance as well as a learning how to balance and then transition into different movements. The equipment unit will teach children how to be confident handling, sending and receiving equipment in different ways and then how to respond and react with agility. In our ‘Real Gym’ unit the children will learn, develop and apply shapes and travel on the floor and apparatus.

Music

The children will continue to learn and sing a range of songs linked to curriculum areas. As part of this work the children will listen and respond to different pieces of music. Later in the term the children will learn songs, actions and dances to perform as part of our Christmas Show.

RE

The children will learn about how symbols are used to welcome new life in Christian and Islamic faiths. They will discover the symbolic food, objects and practices that can be used when welcoming new babies into communities and compare and contrast different approaches. In the second half of the term the children will look at how and why people pray.

The children will take part in collective worship in class focussing on different themes. The themes for the Autumn term are ‘Forgiveness and Responsibility’ and ‘Tolerance and Respect’.

The children will take part in collective worship in class focussing on different themes.

Life Curriculum

The children spend several sessions during their first weeks learning about our whole school rules and classroom routines. The children will spend some lessons looking at the Zones of Regulation. They will recap the different emotions and develop their own toolkit of strategies to help them cope with different feelings. During the first half term the children will learn more about what it means to be a good friend. They will learn how to make friends, identify other people’s feelings and deal with low level conflicts and disputes using their ‘High 5’. Later in the term the children will learn about healthy lifestyles, including understanding how eating, exercise, rest and our emotions can all affect our health.