Space Exploration Year 1 and 2

Literacy
P.E
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We will be including the topic ‘Explorers’
in our usual weekly spelling, reading,
phonics and speaking and listening
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focusing on motivation and selfawareness giving the children a
dance moves to fit that music
Reading Beegu by Alexis Deacon and using
chance to look at the value of
it as inspiration for further tasks e.g. what
their abilities, strengths and
happens next?
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Working on our spelling targets
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Writing diary entries
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Writing an adventure story
Our SEAL topic this half term is
‘Going for goals!’ We will be
Doing dance with Mrs Williams, looking
at the music of Holst and working out
activities.
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Working with our coach Jay on sports
games and skills
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PSHE/SEAL and RE
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ICT
to look at different uses of ICT and
using this to make a programmable
circuit board
qualities.
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We will discuss how Beegu felt
and about fitting in
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To find out how we can learn most
effectively.
Maths
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Space
This half term we will be concentrating
Exploration
on multiplication and division
Year 1 and 2
‘Expressing Meaning’
Music
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History
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Looking at the life and achievements
of Neil Armstrong
Art/ D&T
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Create and edit some digital art using
cameras and computers
Mrs Williams
to listen to and understand a range
of music, live and recorded, for
Mrs Ludditt
and
The theme for our RE week is
example Holst ‘Planets’.
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Talk about how music makes us feel
Science
To identify and compare the
uses of materials
Classify materials
Make a space suit
Our planning is shaped by the interests and
achievements of the children and therefore we will
be drawing from a selection of the above tasks,
but may not include them all as new activities may
emerge.