| Subject | Profiles | Ideas for Home |
| Maths | Maths will focus on subtraction and taking numbers away (focusing within 10). We will then move on to looking at both 2D and 3D shapes and what properties they have as well as naming them. Finally, we will begin to explore place value looking at numbers up to and beyond 20. | You could practise taking away different amounts- this could be done when shopping with coins or when eating i.e. you have 7 carrots and if you eat 4 how many do you have left? You could begin to name different shapes either in the house or when out and about on a walk. |
| English | In English we will be travelling to far away places, we will be thinking about fantasy worlds, creating our own settings, creating captions for fantasy places and even thinking about making up words for a newly discovered planet. Finally, we will be writing postcards home from our imagined worlds | Think about imagined worlds together, role play the people that may live there or create drawings, models or photos of the worlds you have imagined. Think of how you would describe the fantasy world or what language the might speak. |
| Science
(Understanding the World)
| Science we are exploring the different states of matter- we will look at everyday objects and begin to sort and classify these into catagories. We will use our prediction skills to see which float and sink before trying to separate different materials. Finally, we will look at conductors and insulators and which materials make the best one. | At home you could begin to sort different safe everyday items into solid, liquids and gasses. You could do simple experiments like changing the state of water by heating water to create vapour or melting ice to create a liquid. The same could be done by melting chocolate. |
| PSHE and
Citizenship
| Througout PSHE we will be looking at how to be a good friend. We will discuss our relationdships with different people at home and school, think about what a friend is and think about how we can help a friend when they are hurt or upset. We will then look at differences and how we can recognise and respect these. | You can look at what makes as good friend, what qualities do they have? You can also discuss how we are all different and that that is okay and is respected. Finally, you can practise turn taking and sharing and how this makes us feel. |
| Art and DT
(Creative)
| Art will focus on using different lines focusing on zigzag and curly, we will be painting with combs, objects we have found and collected and press prints.
In DT we will look at Alarms- How and why we have alarms, making alarms using a circuit and designing our own alarm systems.
| Try printing using different objects found on a walk or try printing or making different zigzag or curly lines on repeated patterns.
Think about what an alarm could protect and why it would need to protect it. Where would you put sensors or how would you create the alarm.
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| PE
(Led by Jason)
| In PE we will be developing our control and accuracy through a range of activities and games. We will look at rolling, throwing and hitting a ball or object with more accuracy. This will be done both in and out of game situations. | You could practise rolling, throwing, hitting or kicking balls or other objects you have around your home with greater control and accuracy i.e aiming for a target or other object. |
| Humanities
History
(Understanding the world)
| Throughout our history sessions we will look at how things within our home have changed over time past our living memory. We will look at homes in general to start the term before taking each room at a time and discovering the similarities and differences that each room holds. | Discuss what similarities there are between your current home and what you had when you were a child. Think of any old artefacts you may have such as phones, games, photos etc. think about how they are similar and different. |
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Music
(Creative)
| Music will involve looking at how to find and recognise the pulse and beat. We will then move to exploring the tempo of a song, we will sing slow songs fast and fast songs slow to see how it changes the song. Finally, we will explore the rhythm of songs and tap out or chant different songs. | You can listen to different songs that have a range of tempos, beats and rhythms. Think about which songs have a similar rhythm and which will have a more complicated rhythm or beat. Play guess the song by humming or tapping different rhythms. |
| RE
(Understanding the world)
| RE will be covered as an off timetable day where we will explore the variety of practices and ways of life in Hinduism. We will look at working together in group situations in a cooking scenario. Begin to identify right and wrong and what consequences there may be before looking at artefacts that may be in a Hindu shrine and create our own artefacts. | At home you can begin to talk about right and wrong and what some of the consequences might be. You could have a night where you work together and cook or do a task as a family or do some research into Hindu shrines and think about what the God of your favourite thing may be. |
| MFL
(Understanding the world)
| This half term we will be exploring China, we will do a full day of MFL on Wednesday 29th January which is Chinese new year where we will practise simple phrases, look at the culture and celebrations around their new year before finally, tasting some of the traditional foods | At home you could explore the different years and think about the year you were born, what year are you? You could begin to explore and try new foods related to China or try cooking traditional Chinese dishes. |
| Computing
(Led by Jason)
| Computing will consist of looking at different images and moving them around different places on a screen. This will be liked to photography and getting out and about in the school community taking photos. | You could practise taking different photos on a phone, tablet or camera. You could also practice placing images in different places on a tablet, phone or computer. |
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