Year 1 and 2 Term 6

As Theologists, we will be answering the key

questions
What do Christians believe God is like? We
Celebration of Learning— will be looking at the story of the Prodigal Son
WOW Event— Making a shoe box scene from
the Lost and Found story.
As Artists, we will be exploring
As Musicians, we will be learning to sing a song called Printing and in DT we will be ex-
your imagination by Joanna Mangona and Pete Readman ploring levers and sliders
Lost and Found

As Technologists, we will be discussing de- As Athletes, Year 1 will be taught our PE lessons by Bristol Rugby (Weds afternoons.)
vices that need to be controlled and that need The theme this term will be striking and fielding. Year 2 children will also be covering
precise instructions. We will be predicting and these skills. Please ensure your child has long hair tied back, surgical tape to cover ear
testing instructions to create shapes. rings (or remove these that morning before school) and correct kit.

As Geographers we will be using the story Lost and Found as the inspiration for our theme work. We will be answering the following key questions.
Can Can I name and locate the 7 continents?
As scientists we will be enjoying exploring
Can I name and locate the 5 oceans?

Can I name the countries and capital cities of the UK? exciting science during science week
Can I use compass directions?

Can I use directional language?


As Writers, this term we will be focusing on
 Write complex sentences using correct punctuation .
 Continuing to use cursive handwriting (joined). For ex-
amples see letterjoin.co.uk
 Learning through a text based unit on Lost and Found
(Oliver Jeffers)
 Writing stories based on Lost and Found
 Writing recounts (diaries and postcards).
 Developing our use of expanded noun phrases, con-
junctions, past tense, suffixes (er and est) and adverbs
(slowly)
In all writing we will be expecting children to use
cursive writing.
As Mathematicians, this term we will be focusing on
 Identifying and describing the properties of 2-D sand 3D
shapes, including the number of sides and symmetry in a ver-
tical line
 Using column addition and subtraction methods to solve ad-
dition and subtraction calculations and word problems.
 Reading a variety of scales and understanding capacity.
 To use strategies taught to solve multiplication and division
calculations.
 To solve problems involving money.
 To answer a range of data handling questions.
As readers, we are focusing on
 Reading common exception words at speed
 Understanding what we have read by answering simple
questions about the text and more complex inference ques-
tions.
 Using expression when reading aloud.
To improve our spelling, we will
 Learn to spell common exception words by heart
alongside learning new phonic spellings