📚 English: Budding Engineers & Writers

Our writing and grammar projects are themed around the fantastic book 'Rosie Revere, Engineer'.

• Year 1: The children will practice building strong, complete sentences using the word "and" to join ideas together. They will focus on core writing skills like neat finger spaces, capital letters, full stops, and question marks.

• Year 2: Our Year 2s will stretch their descriptive muscles using expanded noun phrases and more complex sentences using words like when, if, that, because, but, and so. They will also practice writing in the past and present tenses.

• The Big Outcomes: The children will unleash their imaginations to write an exciting Invention Narrative and an informative Explanation Text.

🔢 Maths: Time, Calculations & Building Groups

This term, we are focusing on practical maths skills and exploring patterns:

• Time: Year 1s will learn to name and sequence the days and months, telling time to the hour and half-hour. Year 2s will take this further, reading clocks to the quarter-hour, nearest 5 minutes, and learning how many hours make up a full day.

• Addition & Subtraction: Both year groups will be consolidating their addition and subtraction skills using hands-on tools, number lines, and "bar models" to break down real-world maths stories.

• Multiplication & Division: The children will explore multiplication as "repeated addition" and learn to build equal groups. They will use grid-like picture layouts called "arrays" to solve problems and practice counting in multiples of 2, 5, and 10.

Science

🔬 Science: Habitats & Micro-habitats

Our young scientists are turning their eyes to nature right on our doorstep!

• Year 1 will learn to name local habitats, sort animals into their proper homes, and contrast different natural spaces.

• Year 2 will investigate what makes something alive, dead, or non-living, and discover how perfectly plants and animals are adapted to survive in their unique environments.

• The Big Outcome: The children will design a beautiful educational poster showing a chosen animal, its habitat, and how we can protect it!

 

🌍 Geography: Mapping Holkham Hall

We are exploring our local community by studying the gorgeous Holkham Hall estate! The children will learn about the coastal estate's woodlands, lake, gardens, and historic hall. Using aerial photos and simple compass directions, they will learn how to navigate and identify landmarks.

• The Big Outcome: Pupils will become cartographers and sketch their very own illustrated map of Holkham using simple symbols!

 

🎨 Art: "How Do You Paint a Feeling?"

In art, we are looking at abstract art and the pioneering work of artist Hilma af Klint. The children will explore the magic of color psychology, discovering how different shades, shapes, and lines can represent emotions.

• The Big Outcome: Every child will create a unique, expressive abstract painting to show their own feelings through art!

 

🧠 PSHE & R.E.: Feelings & The Big Universe

• PSHE (Health and Well-being): We are learning all about recognizing emotions. The children will learn that all feelings are okay to experience, how to notice physical signs of emotion in their bodies, and safe ways to manage strong feelings (like taking deep breaths or talking to trusted adults).

• Religious Education (The Universe): We will explore how different faiths and viewpoints explain the origins of the universe. We'll discuss why the world is so special, why people feel a responsibility to look after it, and give the children space to share their own thoughts.

 

💻 Computing, Music & PE

• Computing (Quiz Building): The children will step into the world of coding! They will plan an algorithm step-by-step and use block-coding to build an interactive quiz program that reacts to user answers.

• Music (Reflect, Rewind & Replay): We are diving into classical music and famous composers like Mozart and Beethoven. The children will look at the history of music, read simple musical symbols, and use their knowledge of rhythm, pitch, and tempo to evaluate pieces to a partner.

• PE (Athletics & Target Games): On the field, we are practicing sprinting actions, building techniques for jumping high and far, and throwing for maximum distance. We will also play target games, learning underarm/overarm control and how to strike a moving target.

 

🗓️ Important Community Dates & Highlights

Keep an eye out for more details on these wonderful school experiences:

• A fantastic Little City Visit right here at school!

• A hands-on, exciting Science Workshop Day.

• Our upcoming School Sports Day!

We are so excited to watch Sea Lavender class bloom during this beautiful summer term! Thank you for your amazing support.

Our PE days this term are Monday and Wednesday. Please make sure children come in school PE kit wearing school shoes and bring a spare pair of shoes e.g. trainers to change into

We will continue with our weekly woodland sessions on a Tuesday, however, as the weather is unpredictable this time of year we will not go if it is too cold or wet. Class dojo will be updated weekly to inform you. But children will need appropriate clothing and footwear, especially as it is muddy in the woods!

Throughout the school there is an expectation that all children read every day. We understand that it can be tiring being at school and then going home to do reading. We do not expect your child to read all their book in one night, but we would like you to do at least 5 minutes reading every day. Please remember to record reading in your child's reading record. We check reading records regularly and we will move their book worm around the race track, children will be rewarded when they reach certain levels on our book worm race!

Children in Year 1 are still entitled to free school meals. Lunch boxes need to be placed on the Year 1 trolley at the start of the school day. All school lunch meals need to be ordered on Scopay by midnight the night before8.30am. At break time your child is more than welcome to bring in a healthy snack in a labelled container. Children will also need a labelled water bottle to have in class.