Friars
(Foundation)
Primary School
CLJ
This half term we will be learning
about Dinosaurs. The children will
learn about differences between
the past and present, about
different types of dinosaurs, why
dinosaurs became extinct and even
make our own dinosaur models.
Autumn Term 1
Planning and
Information
Key Information:
Children should bring their book
bags with them every day as we will
try to read with them as often as
possible
Homework will be given out on Thursdays and collected in on Mondays. The
children will be given a piece of
literacy, maths and another piece of
homework each week.
PE days are Tuesdays and Fridays.
Friars (Foundation) Primary
School
Webber Street
Blackfriars
Southwark
SE1 0RF
Phone: 02072071807
Fax: 020 7401 6588
E-mail: [email protected]
The Year 1 topic this half
term is
Land of the Dinosaurs
Teacher: Mrs Palmer
Teaching Assistants:
Sharron Mills, Rita Cranny, Gilly
Carter, Carol Royes
Cover Teacher: Sonia Nisbet
Autumn 1
Medium term planning
Week
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Literacy
Numeracy
Science
‘Dinosaurs love underpants’
by Claire Freedman and Ben
Court.
Number:
Read and write
numbers
Seasonal Change:
Number:
Ordering numbers
and place value
Seasonal Change:
Introduction
We are treasure hunters …
Labels, lists and captions
2
‘Dinosaurs love underpants’
by Claire Freedman and Ben
Court.
Identifying a time line
and the seasons
Labels, lists and captions
3
‘Dinosaurs love underpants’
by Claire Freedman and Ben
Court.
Number:
Addition including
problems
Seasonal Change:
Identifying different
types of weather
Descriptions
4
‘Dinosaurs love underpants’
by Claire Freedman and Ben
Court.
Number:
Subtraction including problems
Postcards
5
‘We’re going on a bear hunt’
by Michael Rosen.
Retellings
6
‘We’re going on a bear hunt’
by Michael Rosen.
Retellings
7
8
‘We’re going on a bear hunt’
by Michael Rosen.
Dinosaur hunt stories
‘We’re going on a bear hunt’
by Michael Rosen.
Dinosaur poetry
Shape:
Properties of 2D
shape
Number:
Number and place
value
Number:
Addition and
subtraction
Measurement:
Length and height
ICT
Seasonal Change:
Investigation- How to
measure rain in different
seasons.
Seasonal Change:
Investigation– What is
the temperature outside
in different seasons?
Seasonal Change:
Investigation– How much
day light is there in different seasons?
Seasonal Change:
What is happens to nature in different seasons?
Understand
what algorithms are.
• Create simple programs.
• Debug simple programs.
• Understand
that programmes
follow precise instructions.
• Predict the
behavior of
a programme.
• Recognise
common uses of information
technology
beyond
school.
•
Mrs Palmer
Creative Learning Journey CLJ= Knowledge and Understanding of the
World, Mathematics and Computing, Physical Education, Expressive
Arts and Design, Literacy, Communication and Language, PSED and RE
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What do we know about dinosaurs? Spider diagram.
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Small world dinosaur play.
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Dinosaur paintings.
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History: Create timeline from Jurassic to present time.
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2Simple pictures of dinosaurs (ICT).
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Pictograms of favourite dinosaurs.
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Explore dinosaur role play area.
Geography: Look at global environment during Jurassic period. What
is the same/different?
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Make maps or plans of the environment in which dinosaurs lived.
•
•
Researching and writing some dinosaur facts.
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Recount of trip to the Natural History Museum. What did you learn?
Trip to the Natural History Museum.
What did you enjoy?
•
Sort present day objects from dinosaur remains.
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Make model dinosaurs out of clay.
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Paint models once dry.
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Have an archaeology dig. Look for objects in sand tray.
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Create dinosaurs out of 2D shapes.
Protecting and preserving our environment - Think about creatures
that exist now. What can we do to prevent extinction? Make posters
and think of slogans.
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Make dinosaur masks.
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Dinosaur addition and subtraction problems.
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Dinosaur news paper page– spotted in Friars primary!
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Designing and sewing dinosaurs finger puppets.
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Music: Use percussion instruments to represent dinosaur movements.
Perform with masks.
Seasonal Change:
•
Using ICT to produce and present dinosaur poems.
Make Anemometer s to
measure wind speed.
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Philosophy: Is the world a better place with or without dinosaurs?
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Christmas activities.