Pentecost 1 Term- What will we learn?
The Great Outdoors
In Phonics this half term, we will be practising all the phase 2, 3, 4 and 5 sounds and words the children have learnt so far in EYFS and Year 1. We will also be practising reading ‘alien words’. We will not be learning any new GPC’s this term. This is to prepare the children for the phonics screening they will be carrying out at the end of year 1. In the phonics screening, children will have to read 40 words using their phonics. 20 of the words will be real words, which they may have come across before, and 20 of them will be pseudo words or ‘alien words’ which are words which are made up, meaning the children have to rely on their phonics knowledge to be able to read them.
In English, first we will be learning about stories with Familiar settings. We will be reading ‘Goat and Donkey in the Great Outdoors’ and then at the end of this unit, the children will write their own story based on this. Then we will be moving onto Non-Fiction texts and the children will be learning how to write their own Information Booklet about camping.
In Maths our learning begins on Mass and Volume and afterwards we will focus on Multiplication and Division within 50 where we will be concentrating on making equal groups. After this, we will be learning about Fractions- (halves and quarters).
In the Year 1 RED RE topic “To the Ends of the Earth,” children will learn that after Pentecost, Jesus’ followers were given the mission to share the Good News with everyone. They explore how the Holy Spirit helped the disciples to be brave and spread Jesus’ message, and how the Church began to grow across the world. Pupils also learn that Christians today continue this mission by showing love, kindness, and care to others, understanding that God’s message is for all people everywhere.
Our topic this term is called The Great Outdoors. Within this topic we will be learning all about different the Great Outdoors, particularly in the local area. The subjects we will be learning as part of this topic are Science, Geography and Design & Technology.
In our Science topic this term, we will be learning about materials. We will be naming and identifying a variety of different materials, sorting and grouping objects by the material they are made from and comparing and grouping materials based on their physical properties.
In Geography, we will be learning to conduct fieldwork in the local area. We will be locating our school on different types of maps, making our own maps of the school and local area, and identifying human and physical features of the school and local area. We will also be thinking about what our school and local area is like now and how it has changed over time.
In Design and Technology, children will be using different materials to be create their favourite piece of playground equipment. We will first explore playground equipment in the local area, observing what it is made of, and how it is made safely, then children will choose what piece of equipment they are going to make, what materials they are going to use to make it and how they are going to make it. They will then make and evaluate their playground equipment.
In Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) and Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE) our topic this term will be ‘Created to live in the community’. Children will hear the story of The Good Samaritan and will be introduced to the concept of the Trinity – God as a three in one community of love – and think about what the Trinity means for them. This is a simple teaching that we will return to in more complexity in later years. These stories show children that God made us to be in loving relationships with one another.
In PE this term, the children will be doing outdoor activities and learning to play striking and fielding games.
You will see below our timetable for this first Pentecost half term along with the knowledge organisers for our different subjects this term.
Look out for up-to-date messages and homework on Class Dojo.
Many thanks,
Miss Buttarazzi
Timetable
Knowledge Organisers
Year One Curriculum- Yearly overview
Little Wandle Graphemes Chart
Little Wandle Tricky Words by Phase and Term
