Autumn 2 - 2016-2017
The Wind in the
Willows
This term’s focus....
Theme: Sparkle and Shine
I wonder why?
Finding out about each
other
Time to shine
Learn together, grow together!
Week 1
Fire work rules
English
Transcription
Composition
Decoding
Comprehension
Speaking
Listening
Winnie the
Pooh
Immersion
Winnie the
Pooh Letters
Question
Marks
Short Story
Competition
Week 2
International
Fortnight
Writing an ending
to the story ‘How
the Caliph
became a stork’
Writing questions
to the characters
from “The
strongest man in
the World’
Question Marks
Great Britain
holiday leaflet
Adjectives
Spelling,
Phonics &
Handwriting
I, sound at the end
of words- use y
cry, fly, try
Peter Rabbit
Speech bubble
writing with Mrs
Rabbit: Command
writing
Police report
writing: Children
use the past tense
to write about
Peter’s adventure
in Mr McGregor’s
garden.
N sound spelt gn
gnat, gnaw
Week 3
Guided Poetry:
Using an
exclamatory
sentence in a
rewrite of Twinkle
Twinkle, based on
the seasons.
R sound spelt wr
Week 4
‘TWitW’
Descriptive
writing of ‘The
Wild Woods’
Adjectives
Badger’s house
– ambitious
word choice
Speech
bubbles with
Toad Verbs
Storyboarding
a scene
J sound: words
ending dge/ge
Week 5
‘TWitW’
River setting
descriptions
Adjectives
Retell a scene
using
coordination
conjunctions.
Week 6
‘Coming home’
To draw a story
map for coming
home: choosing
main points from
a story, choosing
suitable
quotations,
ordering.
Using verbs to
describe what
the characters
are doing at
different times
of the day.
To write their
own version of
‘Coming Home’:
Draft and writing:
composing and
rehearsing
sentences
Evaluate and edit:
L sound at the end
of words spelt al
Words ending ey
(Plural just add s)
write, wrote, wrap,
badge, edge, age,
medal, pedal,
donkey(s),
wrong
dodge, change
animal, hospital
monkey(s), key(s)
pretty, beautiful, gold, sugar, money, Mr, Mrs, parents, Christmas, father,
Week 7/8
Christmas
recipe
instructional
writing
Letter to
Santa
Christmas
Week – who
can I help at
Christmas?
2017 Goals
words ending in
tion
station, fiction,
section
Grammar
&
Question
marks
Adjectives
Punctuation
Money
Coin values
Maths
Science
Humanities
PSHE
Art &DT
Computing
PE
RE
Question marks
Practical/role
play
Money
Buying/selling
with exact
amounts
Giving/checking
change
Different ways
Problem solving
of making an
(+/-) with coins
amount
Using our
Lava lamp
senses to catch experiment
a Heffalump
Observing over
Identifying &
time
Classifying
Guy Fawkes
The United
Magic Grandad Kingdom
Commands/
Exclamatory
sentences
Adjectives
Multiplication
Multiplication
2,5,10 times table
Repeated addition
arrays as “lots of”
Milk Flowers
experiment
Observing over
time
coordination
conjunctions.
past tense
Verbs
X and ÷ facts
Verbs
Time
Time
facts/vocab
Introduce X to
Analogue and
write
Digital clock
calculations
reading
Commutative
To nearest hour,
rule (a X b = b X half, quarter, 5
a)
minutes
Restless Raisins Crazy Custard
experiment
experiment
Fair testing &
Observing
Investigating
over time
2D shape
Identify, sort by +
describe
properties
Vertical line of
symmetry
Christmas
rehearsals
Christmas nativity
How am I different
to others? I am
proud of how I am
different
Christmas art for
hall display
Design puppets
e-Safety lesson –
how to be safe
using the internet
What is
bullying?
Kindness kit
on Go givers
Wax resist
Observational
firework
drawing of
pictures
international dolls
2-publish
Espresso money
Firework art
(mouse
control)
Love the Ball – Rugby
International Dance
Calendars
Make puppets
Kindness kit on
Go givers website
– build the
kindness tree
Make a pop up
Christmas card
Christmas card
inserts
Espresso time
Elizabeth and
Zachariah
Jesus’ birthday
Shepherds
Whole Nativity
story
Mary and Gabriel
Maths games
Peculiar Paper
experiment
Fair testing &
Investigating
Christmas
songs/carols
Kind hands –
paying
compliments
End of term
assessment
Sequencing
Food and Flags
from around the
world
Friendship
sharing
Assessment
Coding Unit 2b
Christmas concert
rehearsals
Christmas
festivals
around the
world
Who and how
can I help at
Christmas?
Make a
Christmas
decoration
Coding Unit
2b + design
own app
Dates
Music
International Week 18th Nov Mufti Day
8th Nov Nurse in
19th Nov Chris. Fair
for flu jabs
9th Nov Int’l Eve
9-16th Travelling
Book Company
Christmas Concert songs and the use of drums and percussion instruments
2nd Dec St.
Nicholas
Assembly
5th Dec Photos
7+8th Dec
Christmas
Concert
12th Dec Disco
13th Dec Party
14th Dec Rose
Theatre trip
21st Dec
Christmas Hats
+ jumpers