Spring Term 2

Tigers, welcome back! I am really looking forward to another fun half-term with you all!

English

English this half-term will be text-led, focusing on the book ‘Grandma Bird’ by Benji Davies.

By the end of this topic, all children will be able to:

• Use ‘and’ to join words and clauses.

Children who are working deeper will: 

• Use ‘and’ to effectively join two pieces of information.

• Use the suffixes -s, -es, -er, -est, -ing and -ed accurately, where no change is needed to the root word.

Writing opportunities throughout this unit:

• Setting description

• Character description

• Newspaper report

• Non-fiction text

• Story

Maths

Our Maths focus this half-term is Place Value to 50, Length and Height, Measurement (Capacity and Volume).

By the end of term, the children will be able to:

• Count to 50 forwards and backwards.

• Understand tens and ones. 

• Find one more and one less up to 50.

• Compare and order numbers within 50.

• Compare, describe and solve practical problems of lengths and heights, capacity and volume.

Science

Our Science topic for this half-term is ‘Animals including humans’. We will be looking at the differences between animals, classifying them in different ways, including by what they eat and the environment in which they live in, comparing their bodies, naming parts of their bodies, naming a variety of domestic animals and sorting pictures of living and non-living things. 

Our vocabulary for this term is - fish, reptiles, mammals, birds, amphibians, herbivore, omnivore, carnivore, leg, elbow, arm, head, ear, nose, back, wings, beak.

We will also be continuing with our ‘Seasons’ topic by continuing to look at the season of winter. 

The vocabulary for this topic is - summer, autumn, winter, spring, sun, day, moon, night, light, dark.

History

Our History unit this half-term is Kings, Queens and Castles.

During this unit, children will learn: 

• Why monarchs built castles?

• Kings and Queens from the past.

• Who Queen Victoria was.

• Where monarchs have lived.

DT

In DT, our topic will be ‘Seaside Snacks’. During this topic, the children will:

• Understand where food comes from.

• Know what foods are healthy and unhealthy.

• Prepare different types of fruit.

• Create a smoothie recipe.

• Follow instructions to make a smoothie.

Computing

In Computing, we will be using BeeBots. Children will be able to:

• Recognise cause and effect when pressing buttons on a Bee-Bot.

• Discuss and demonstrate how the Bee-Bot works.

• Record video, ensuring everyone is in the shot.

• Give several clear instructions in sequence.

• Program a Bee-Bot to reach a destination.

• Identify and correct mistakes in their programming.

PE

PE will take place on Mondays and Fridays. This half-term the children will be doing Target Games and Tag-Rugby. Please ensure your child has a named PE kit in school each day.

PSHE

Our PSHE unit will be based on the book ‘My World Your World’. Throughout this topic, the children will learn that everybody is different and understand that it is ok to do things differently.

RE

Our Big Question for Summer 2 is, ‘What did Jesus try to teach people when telling stories?’. We will be looking at a variety of parables that Jesus told and investigating them through outdoor education. We will also be looking at the Easter story. 

Many Thanks Mr Hamm