PE

Our PE days will continue to be on a Wednesday for 1L and Thursday for 1M. We will be covering the unit Run, Jump, Throw, this is a unit based around the skills needed for athletic type activities. Hopefully we will be able to get outside and do some sports day practice too.

 

History

This half term in Year 1 our main driver project is ‘School days’. This historic based project teaches children about their own school and locality, both today and in the past. We will compare schooling in the Victorian era to their experiences today. We will be starting this project with a visit from an ex member of staff who was around a long time ago to discuss what St Thomas school was like in the past. We hope this will help to spark any imagination.

 

Science

In science, we will be learning about wild and garden plants by exploring the local environment. We will identify and describe the basic parts of plants and observe how they change over time. You could start to look at the plants and flowers around you, do you have anything growing in your garden? 

 

RE

In RE this half term we will be exploring how and why we care for others. Our big question will be, ‘Who is the more important person?’.

 

RSHE

In RSHE we are thinking about who helps to keep us safe and what to do in an emergency situation.

 

English

In English this half term we are going to be starting with some Spring poetry based on our senses. Moving onto creating our own set of instructions on how to make a fruit salad. We will be tasting lots of various fruits and vegetables in the beginning which will help us to plan and create our own recipe. Alongside considering what ingredients to include, we will be considering what equipment we will need to use and the order of events using key language such as; First, then, next, after that and finally.

 

DT

Our English work this half term co-insides really well with the DT, which is titled; ‘Chop, Slice and Mash’.  This project teaches children about sources of food and the preparatory skills of peeling, tearing, slicing, chopping, mashing and grating. They will then use this knowledge and techniques to design and make a supermarket sandwich according to specific design criteria.

 

 

Maths

In Maths this half term we are starting by thinking about length, height, mass and volume. Then moving on multiplication and division. The children will be practicing counting in 2s, 5s and 10s..  We will also be looking at fractions and finding a half and a quarter of objects and amounts.