Communication, Language and Literacy
Text: Jasper and the Beanstalk, Tiny Seed,
Writing
Overview of topic and Outcomes:
• Write captions, labels and lists
• Sequence events from stories
At the end of this topic pupils will have experienced and have developed deeper understanding about growth and life cycles. Looking at their growth, life cycles, plants and
animal growth.
Reading
• Begin to use prediction for familiar stories
• Retell stories using information from pictures
Communication
• Answer ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘where’ ‘when’, ‘how’ and ‘why’ ques-
Growing up, Growing tall
tions.
• Continue to extend vocabulary and learn subject specific
Class 1
Spring 2
Growth
words
• Retell an experience using some descriptive language.
Understanding of the World
Geography
• Know about similarities in relation to places, objects, materials and living things.
• Make observations about animals and plants and explain
why some things occur.
History
• Observe or handle evidence to ask questions and find out
•
about the past .
Place events and artefacts in order on a timeline
Personal, Emotional and Social Development
To try new things
• Talk about some things of personal interest.
• Join in with familiar activities.
• Concentrate on things of interest.
To understand feelings
• To name feelings and recognise feelings of others
To understand others
• Show an awareness of someone who is talking.
Physical Development
Athletics
• Experience different track games, running and jumping involving terms such as stop, go and slow
• To begin to develop an understanding of time and
distance
Swimming
• Continue to develop confidence in moving in the water
• Use floats and take feet from bottom of the pool
Expressive Arts
Music
• Explore the different sounds of musical instruments.
• Pick out a specific musical instrument when asked.
Art
• Explore different methods and materials as ideas
develop
• Use imagination during role play
• To master techniques—sculpture
• Create and combine shapes to create recognisable
forms
Mathematics
Pupils will study all areas of maths deepening
conceptual understanding in relation to numbers,
place-value, calculations; shape, space and
measures . They will use and apply maths in increasingly complex contexts.
Understanding of the World ICT
Select and use technology for particular purposes.
• to move a mouse with increasing control
• Drag and drop objects on a screen with a mouse
• Use keys on the keyboard to make something happen on screen (spacebar, return, arrow keys)
Understanding of the World Science
Biology to understand plants
• Use key terms to describe trees, gardens and wild
plants
Biology to understand animals and humans
• Describe characteristics of animals and the events
they observe
Biology to investigate living things
• Know some things are alive and some things are not
Working Scientifically
Across all year groups scientific knowledge and skills
should be learned by working scientifically.
Understanding of the World -People and Communities
Religious Education
Easter
• Notices detailed features of objects in their environment
• Comments and asks questions about aspects of their
familiar world such as the place where they live or
the natural world