This Term
Below you will find information about what the classes in KS1 are learning about this term.
Summer 2026
English
The children will learn the following texts this term: ‘The Magic Porridge Pot’, instructions to make porridge, a recount about a visit to a park and ‘The Magic Paintbrush’. These texts will help the children learn about fiction and non-fiction writing as well as about Traditional Tales from England and other cultures. The children will learn more about sentence types, punctuation and word types. As always cross curricular links will be made where relevant.
The children will continue with daily phonics sessions and spelling skills. Children in Year One will consolidate what they have learned about vowel digraphs and continue to look at the alternative sounds that some letters and digraphs can make. The Year Two children will also learn more about spelling rules and patterns, in particular using prefixes in words and how breaking bigger words into their syllables can help with spelling.
Maths
The children will be further developing their understanding of addition and subtraction. In Year 2 the children will begin to look at formal written methods. In Year 1 the children will use the number line to help solve addition and subtraction calculations and develop their recall of number bonds. Year 2 will use their multiplication and division facts to solve problems and Year 1 will look at arrays. We will be reviewing 2D and 3D shapes and estimating and measuring the capacity of different objects. Year 2 children will also take part in data handling activities. They will have opportunities to apply their learning in different contexts linked to other areas of the curriculum such as Science and Geography.
Science
In the first half term children will look at microhabitats. They will identify and name a variety of plants and animals. They will recall that minibeasts live in microhabitats. They will describe microhabitats and their conditions and describe how microhabitats provide for the basic needs of animals and plants. When working scientifically, children will group minibeasts and create simple classification keys. They will ask questions and recognise that they can be answered in different ways. They will gather and record data and use it to answer questions. The children will plan what observations to make in an experiment and order the steps of a method. Children will describe the appearance of flowering plants and use an identification chart to name flowering plants. Later in the summer term the children will be going on a trip to Harewood House where they will take part in a microhabitat workshop.
In the second half term children will revisit and consolidate their learning from throughout the year. They will describe how some living things in a rock pool have their needs met and how the conditions change. They will order the stages of different animal life cycles and identify similarities and differences. Children will recall different types of litter that affect ocean habitats and describe some of the problems linked with ocean litter. They will suggest ways to reduce how human litter affects the ocean. Children will recall how to write a food chain and produce an example of an ocean food chain and describe how litter affects a food chain. Working scientifically, they will plan experiments, make predictions and observations, collect data and make comparisons.
Geography
Children will study geography in the first half term. They will identify some of the UK’s key human and physical features. They will identify and name the seas and oceans surrounding the UK. Children will know what the coast is making a map with keys. They will study what it is like in Whitby looking at aerial photographs to study the human and physical features and they will make comparisons to Leeds. They will create pictograms of data linked to their study of Whitby.
History
Children will study history in the second half term. They will look at how people have travelled over time. They will look at how trains impacted people’s lives linking back to their previous learning about George Stephenson. They will look at how cars and aeroplanes have changed since they were invented and how this impacted people’s lives. Children will consider if travel is still changing today
DT
In the second half term the children will do DT lessons. They will plan and make a beach hut. They will explore how materials can be strengthened making them suitable for their use. Children will mark, measure and cut the materials they need. They will evaluate their work and suggest improvements that they could make.
Art
The children will do art lessons in the first half term. They will study the artist Barbara Hepworth, knowing that she studied in Leeds. They will study her work and see how she was influenced by nature and the world around her. They will manipulate clay and use tools to create their own sculptures in the style of Barbara Hepworth.
Computing
In computing this term children will use a coding program to generate their own codes and computer programs. In the first half term children will understand that computers carry out instructions to complete tasks. They will learn that these instructions are written in a way that the computer can understand, known as code and that a complete set of instructions is called a computer program. They will know that when you run the program, the computer executes the code. In the second half term they will build on this learning knowing that computers need to be told exactly what to do and that the code they write should tell the computer what action they would like an object to perform and when to do it. The children will also spend some time looking at safety and how to keep themselves safe online.
PE
The children will build upon their learning in the 'Real PE' scheme. They will develop the key physical skills of co-ordination with equipment, counter balance in pairs and agility skills, response and reaction to situations and equipment. The children will take part in a range of games, challenges and activities to build these skills at their own level. The children will also develop their skipping skills and Year 2 will take part in a skipping festival. Both year groups will have the opportunity to take part in an after school multi-skills club in the summer term.
Music
The children will continue to learn and sing a range of songs linked to curriculum areas. The children will also take part in music lessons. They will find and keep a steady beat and keep a steady beat when improvising. They will listen to the music carefully and move to the music. They will play or clap simple rhythmic patterns using long and short sounds. Children will explore their feelings and thoughts towards the music. They will respond to different high and low pitches. They will improvise using one, two, three, four or five notes, on G, A, B, C and D. In the second half term the children will learn how to play the Boomwhackers and develop their understanding of rhythm using the Rhythm Cups.
RE
Children will develop an understanding of the importance of caring for others and what this means and looks like for people of different religious backgrounds and worldviews. They will compare and contrast different religions and worldviews using reflection, questioning, communication skills, retelling of stories and real life ‘lived experiences’. They will develop an understanding of empathy and of others’ situation as well as thinking about how we can help and care for others. They will link this to non-religious, Christianity and Islamic stories.
Life Curriculum
During the first half term children will look at what helps us to grow and stay healthy. They will know that different things help their bodies to be healthy, including food and drink, physical activity, sleep and rest. They will know that eating and drinking too much sugar can affect their health, including dental health. They will know ways to be physically active and how much rest and sleep they should have every day. Children will know that there are different ways to learn and play; how to know when to take a break from screen time. They will look at how sunshine helps bodies to grow and how to keep safe and well in the sun. In the second half term they will look at how we recognise our feelings. They will know ways to recognise, name and describe a range of feelings. They will know what helps them to feel good, or better if not feeling good and how different things / times / experiences can bring about different feelings for different people. They will know that feelings can affect people in their bodies and their behaviour and how to manage big feelings and the importance of sharing their feelings with someone they trust. They will know ways to recognise when they might need help with feelings and how to ask for help when they need it. In addition to this later in the summer term, the children will also complete work related to moving on to their new class and year group.