Class: Mars Class
English: English: To become familiar with the following
•titles Games
Striking
and authors:
Here and
Comefielding.
the Aliens - Colin McNaughton.
Man On The Moon – Simon Bartram. Whatever Next!-Jill
•Murphy.
Games
Striking
and fielding.
The Way
Back HomeOliver Jeffers. The Scarecrows’
Wedding - Julia Donaldson.. Stick Man – Julia Donaldson.
Games
and spaces
fielding.
YearStriking
1 Focus: Leave
between words.
RE:
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The Miracles of Jesus.
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Harvest Festival.
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Introduce sentence and sentence structure. (THINK, SAY,
WRITE)
Punctuation: To introduce ! and ?
Year 2 Focus:
To develop competency/accuracy using end punctuation: . !
?. To join sentences using connectives e.g. and /but
To develop an understanding of the use of nouns and verbs
Year 1 and 2: Speaking and Listening underpins the
curriculum. Daily handwriting, phonics, group reading/
Reading Carousel/ Reading comprehension.
Spelling
Year 1:
Year 2:
(Autumn Term 1 Twinkle)
Week 1:
Revision phase 3 – ch/sh/th/ng
Week 2:
ai
Week 3:
a-e
Week 4:
a-e
Week 5:
ay
Week 6:
eigh
Week 7 ey/ Common exception words
Week 1:
-ge (cage, huge, plunge)
Week 2:
dge; (badge, fridge, ridge)
Week 3:
dge; g (giant, legend)
Week 4:
dge:gy/j
Week 5:
j (jar, Jo, January)
Week 6:
s: c (face, ice)
Week 7:
Revise Year 1 Common exception words
Computing (Internet safety at Home) We are painters: I can create and
explore how ICT can be used to create original images linked to the
theme of aliens and space.
Music: I can sing a range of songs and accompany these songs with a
range of actions. (Autumn and space songs)
Listening Focus: Gustav Holst
PE:
Gymnastics/Outdoor learning games. I can explore balance and
combine a number of upper and lower movements together.
Art: Environmental art – I can explore the work of Andy Goldsworthy.
Outdoor learning/Design Technology: I can create a “Stick Alien” and
create a map using found some objects. To explore story through visual
story mapping.(Link to The Stink Man/Here Come The Aliens).
To design and make a space rocket.
Science: Seasonal Changes
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History: Famous People/Great Explorers: Neil Armstrong and
Christopher Columbus’ Missions: To develop an awareness of the lives
of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and
international achievements.
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I can compare the experiences of Christopher Columbus to Neil
Armstrong.
Term: 1
We Are Explorers!
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To find out about different seasons and how to
describe them.
To find out about the seasons and how they
are different.
To find out about how animals are affected by
the seasons.
To find out about how humans are affected by
the seasons.
To find out about the day length is affected by
the seasons.
To investigate the weather during the seasons
using a range of equipment to gather data.
Space- What do we know? What do we want to
find out?
Inspire Maths
Year 1:
Week 1: Numbers to 10 – Counting, comparing, ordering and
finding patterns.
Week 2: Number bonds – Making number bonds
Practice book Review 1/Assessment bk – Test 1
Week 3: Addition within 10- ways to add; making up addition
number stories; solving word problems.
Week 4: Subtraction within 10- making up subtraction
number stories; making a family of number sentences.
Practice book Review 2/Assessment bk – Test 2
Week 5: Shapes and patterns – Getting to know shapes;
making pictures from shapes; seeing shapes in things around
us; getting to know patterns; making more patterns.
Week 6: Ordinal numbers – knowing ordinal numbers;
naming left and right positions.
Practice book Review 3.
Week 7: Numbers to 20 – counting to 20; place value,
compare;order and pattern.
Assessment bk – Test 3
Year 2 (Transition)
Week 1: Numbers to 20– Using part-part- whole method
(addition, subtraction, place value, number bonds)
Week 2: Counting to 40 -Part-part-whole – intro to column
addition- adding 3 numbers
Week 3: Adding repeated groups - multiplication
Week 4: Sharing equally – Finding the number of groups
Week 5: Numbers to 100- patterns. Ordering, counting
forward and back (small, smaller, smallest and great, greater
and greatest.
Week 6: Ordinal numbers – knowing ordinal numbers;
naming left and right positions.
Week 7 : Subtraction in ones column
Subtraction in ones column
Subtraction by regrouping
Written method using tens frame