Class: Hedgehogs (Yr 1)
Term:
Brilliant Beginning
Sparkling Starter
Fabulous Finish
Over the half term holiday
each child will make a
firework
out
of
junk
modelling materials. These
will be displayed in the
classroom to start our
Firework display.
We will start the topic off by
watching a firework display
on the IWB and use talk
partners to list some words
to describe what we saw.
These words will then be
used to create poems and
creative writing later in the
week. We will also talk about
celebrations we have and
The children will celebrate
Christmas with a party. We
will make decorations, choose
party games and make the
food. We will also invite our
parents to the party to join us
for some fun.
Why?
Live, Love,
This topic has been designed to link with the exciting time of year of Bonfire Night and then Christmas. In addition to
this, our new outdoor area is being constructed during this half term so we wanted to celebrate this much needed area
by learning about play equipment we like to use.
British values
We will introduce British values to the children at the start of the term and will be learning about them in the
following ways;
Democracy - During this topic we will vote on types of party food they would like at their party and also the games
we will play.
The Rule of Law - We will review our class charter and continue to be accountable for our own actions.
Individual Liberty – Children will have the chance to share their own experiences of family celebrations and will
have their views and opinions listened to.
Mutual respect - children will learn to respect each other’s interests and family traditions.
Tolerance – Children will develop their respect for each other’s differences and likes and dislikes.
Rights Respecting Schools
As a Right’s Respecting School we will consider the following rights in this topic;
Article 12: Every child has a right to have their voices heard (see Democracy above).
Article 17: Every child has a right to access correct information.
Article 28: All children have the right to an education.
Article 31. All children have a right to relax and play.
Eco schools
We will be electing our Eco Warriors and thinking about what this means for our school.
Pupil led
Learning
.
Computing
English
Why do people celebrate?
What play equipment will
we be having in our new
area?
What games could we
play?
What new games could we
make up?
What is our favourite
celebration?
We will use Simple painting
programs
to
create
pictures of fireworks. We
will also use Espresso to
look at news clips and
topical items
Art &
Design
Design
Technology
We will learn about an
Artist
called
Jackson
Pollock and use paint to
create a piece of Art in the
same style. We will also
learn about colour mixing.
We will learn about play
structures and design and
make
our
own
play
equipment.
We will continue to ensure we use simple punctuation correctly to write complete sentences
that include correct use of capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. We will also enjoy
sharing and writing poems and look at rhyming words. In addition to this we will write
instructions using different sentence beginnings.
We will also use our writing skills to create safety posters and write invitations and letters.
We will continue to have weekly guided reading, handwriting and Spelling, punctuation and
grammar sessions and we will begin our new Read Write Inc groups.
Geography
Maths
As Geographers, we will learn
about the country we live in
and name the countries of the
United Kingdom. We will also
learn our own home address
and add it to our Christmas
letters.
History
As Historians we will learn
about Guy Fawkes and his
place in History. We will
also learn about games
that were played in the
past
As mathematicians, we will begin to learn new Maths concepts through the use on
Inspire Maths. We will develop our understanding of number sentences and learn new
strategies to help us solve addition and subtraction problems. We will also be looking at
number patterns and learn new vocabulary to explain more than, less than. This will
include greater, smaller, more and fewer.
We will investigate simple shapes and begin to use mathematical vocabulary to describe
those shapes and we will investigate measuring techniques.
Throughout our Maths learning there will be fluency, reasoning and problem solving
opportunities to really extend and challenge our thinking and manipulation of numbers.
Music
RE
As musicians we will learn
new songs ready for our
Christmas show.
As Religious
Educationalists we will
learn the meaning of the
Christmas story.
PE
Science
We will develop our range
of movement through
Gymnastics and will be
travelling, balancing and
rolling in different ways.
We will also continue to
develop our ability to
explore and manipulate
games equipment such as
balls, hoops and bean
bags.
As Scientists we will identify
and name light sources and
think about things that reflect
light. We will also touch on
materials and forces and link
this to learning we will do
about play equipment.