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TOPICS/CURRICULUM

Summer Term 2

Welcome back! We hope you had a lovely half term break with your children.

This half term we will continue to explore the question, ‘What does it mean to Belong? We will be thinking about changes that are happening in our community of Angmering and ways to embrace chance and sometimes to challenge it when necessary. We will continue to examine the physical and human features of our area and the wider world

Summer Term Topic - Explore 

During the second week of the half term the children will undertake the Phonics screening Check with their class teacher. The children have been practising for this check and have become quite expert at reading alien words! Please continue to practise sounds and words with your children in preparation for this and we will let you know how they get on towards the end of term.                                      

English Learning

This half term we will be:-

  • Writing sentences about where we belong based on stories such as ‘Lubna and the Pebble’ and ‘Here we are’
  • Writing stories based on the concept of ‘Belonging’.
  • Sequencing sentences to form short narratives based on these familiar stories.
  • Learning to use connectives based on this half term’s character, ‘Connecting Caterpillar’.     

Mathematical Learning

This term we are looking at the following areas of mathematics:

Composition of numbers 11-19:

  • The numbers 11-19 can be formed by combing a ten and some ones.
  • The numbers 11-19 can be partitioned into a ten and some ones.
  • A number is even if the ones number is even and it can be made from groups of 2.
  • Number is odd if the ones number is odd and therefore it can’t be made from groups of 2.
  • Doubling numbers 6-9 gives an even teen number; halving and even teen number gives a number from 6-9.
  • Addition and subtraction facts to 10 can be applied to facts for 20.

Money:

  • learning the coins and placing them in order
  • being able to know what each coin is worth and what that means
  • making small amounts by adding multiple coins together

PSHE Learning

This half term we will be learning about Economic well-being. We will explain how children might get money and explain some different ways to keep money safe. We will discuss the role of banks and building societies. We will teach children to recognise that people may make different choices about spending or saving. We will also explain that a range of jobs exist in and out of school and that different skills are needed for these jobs.

Scientific Learning

Our topic this term is plants. We will learn about:

  • The life cycle of plants
  • What seeds are made of and what conditions they need to grow into plants
  • The parts of a plant, including those that we eat

Art Learning

Music Learning

This half term’s musical spotlight is all about ‘Having fun with Improvisation’. Each lesson will focus around a social question and children will be encouraged to improvise a response either independently or with a partner.

Faith and Wonder Learning

We will continue to look at the topic of Belonging, this time from the point of view of the Christian religion, learning about what it means to be part of a church community. We will bring together the year’s learning ideas and talk about what links can be made between ideas.                                                        

Computing Learning

We will be exploring programming by giving clear instructions to a virtual Bee-Bot and explaining how it works.

PE Learning

This half term we will be focusing on learning athletic style games in preparation for our Sport Day later in June.

How can you help?

  • Listen to your child read their reading book from school at least 5 times a week. Please make sure you write a short comment in their reading diary and check off on their homework sheet so that we can see this is happening at home. Your child can change their own book once they have read at home.
  • Complete the homework tasks that are provided each week.
  • Keep reading stories to your child to enrich their vocabulary and enjoyment of stories.
  • Keep visiting Numbots and work through the levels.

Events/Trips planned for this half term

  • Week Beginning 9th June – Phonics Check Week
  • Wednesday 18th June – Class Photos
  • Monday 23rd June at 9:15am – Infants Sports morning
  • Tuesday 24th June at 10am – Infant Church Service
  • Wednesday 2nd July - Transition morning
  • Monday 14th July – Explore Celebration after school (more details to follow)
  • Friday 18th July – Last day of the academic year

Further dates and information may come out from the Office throughout the half term.

If you have any resources you are happy to loan to us or have any particular knowledge about any of our focuses, please let us know.

Class emails:

chestnut@stmargaretsprimary.org.uk

maple@stmargaretsprimary.org.uk

The Year 1 team