Advent 2 Term- What will we learn?
Fire, Fire!
In Phonics in year 1, we use Little Wandle Phonics which follows on from their phonics learning in reception. In Phonics this half term, we will be carrying on with phase 5 phonics. Phase 5 includes learning alternative graphemes for phonemes (sounds) we already know (e.g. ‘ay’ in play) , or alternative phonemes for graphemes we already know (e.g ‘ow’ in snow). We will practise reading and writing words and sentences with these sounds in them and we will learn some new tricky words. On top of this, we will continue practising the phase 2, 3 and 4 words and sounds we have learnt so far.
In English, we will be reading the story ‘Zog’ by Julia Donaldson and use this narrative to innovate the characters and setting to create our own class story. We will focus on re-telling this verbally before re-telling this in written form. Afterwards, we will be looking at poems on the theme of The Great Fire of London and create our own, focusing on adding suffixes to verbs e.g. help- helped. Finally, to finish the term we will look at a range of non-fiction texts to create an information book on The Great Fire of London and use this to create a display for others to learn from.
In Maths this term, we will first continue our learning of addition and subtraction within 10, before moving onto Geometry, looking at 2D and 3D shapes.
In RE, we are beginning a new scheme of learning called the RED (Religious Education Directory) Curriculum. At the start of the Advent term, we will explore Hinduism during the season of Diwali. Afterwards, we will explore the topic ‘Prophecy and Promise’ in the lead up to Christmas. The children will learn about the Bible being a special book containing Good News and explore special Bible scripture in the lead up to the Birth of Jesus- to understand the true meaning of Christmas. This includes: The Annunciation, The Visitation and the Birth of Jesus. We will explore these stories in many different representations. Alongside this, Year 1 will be preparing for the KS1 Nativity by practising songs they will sing as the choir with year 2.
Our topic this term is called Fire, Fire. Within this topic we will be learning all about The Great Fire of London and the impact that it had on London in the past. The subjects we will be learning as part of this topic are History, Music, Design & Technology and Computing. We will also be learning about Seasonal Changes in Science. Looking first at signs of Autumn, then looking at signs of winter later on in the term, and comparing them.
In History, we will be looking at London now and comparing it to London in the past. We will be learning about the Great Fire of London and learning about why it was such a significant event and the impact that it had on London.
In Design and Technology, we will be learning about moving mechanisms and the children will be making moving pictures of the Great Fire of London using levers or sliders.
In Computing, the children will be learning about how to safely use search engines to find information or images, and find websites by typing the website address (URL) into the search bar. We will also be learning how to use word documents to combine text and images, and then correctly save files, and then access them to edit and print them. We will also be learning how to stay safe online, by using minimise, turning off the screen or using back buttons to get rid of anything inappropriate whilst telling a trusted adult.
In Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) and PSHE (Personal, social, health and economic) our topics this term will be ‘Created and Loved by God’ and within this we will be learning about the human body. Please come and speak to the Year 1 teachers if you have any questions regarding this.
PE this term will still be on a Monday and a Friday, and the children will be doing net and wall games.
You will see below our timetable for this second Advent 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.
Computing Knowledge Organiser
Design & Technology Knowledge Organiser
History Knowledge Organiser
Music Knowledge Organiser
Year One Curriculum- Yearly overview
Little Wandle Graphemes Chart
Little Wandle Tricky Words by Phase and Term
End of Year One Expectations:
