Author: a middleton

Design and Technology
Designing, making and evaluating a junk model castle.

P.E
Games; sending and receiving.
Gym; travelling, balancing and
making shapes.
Playground games.

Science
Everyday materials: identifying and comparing.
Investigating which material would be best for certain situations
Seasonal changes and the weather associated with each season.

History/ Geography
Trip to Tamworth Castle
What it was like to live in a castle.
Why castles were built.
Parts of a castle.
What it was like to be a knight.
Following maps, using language of position and direction

English
Traditional tales
Poetry
Instructions
Stories with familiar settings
Cross curricular writing
Information texts about the topic.

Phonics and handwriting
Continue with phase 5 digraphs
Real and alien words containing the digraphs learnt.
Letters starting from the line, beginning with ‘c’ shape ( c, a, g, d)
Capital letters

Maths: Year 1
Time
Addition and subtraction
Multiplication and division (Grouping and sharing)

P.S.H.C.E
Getting on and falling out
Friendship week

Computing
Typing and basic computer skills: saving and retrieving work.
Beebots: directional language,
programming and
debugging.
Using Purple Mash across the
curriculum.
Internet safety.
Multimedia.

Art
Observational drawings with a focus on houses and buildings.

R.E.
Creation stories—from different religions
Who is a Christian and what do they believe?
Special celebrations: Valentine's day, Mother’s Day, Holi, Easter

MUSIC
Charanga:
1) Hands, Feet, Heart.
2) Babushka. Listening and appraising
Music games
Learning the song
Percussion/ glockenspiel
Improvisation.
Performance