| Subject | Profiles | Ideas for home |
| English | We will be learning to write our own adventure stories. We will use ‘I’m going on a bear hunt’ as our inspiration. We will be looking at using colourful semantics to help us to write sentences for our story.
We will continue 1:1 reading and selecting books to read for pleasure in our library session. We will be looking for books on our chosen animal to support our work in other lessons.
We will also continue to have daily phonics sessions.
| What adventures did you go on during the Easter holidays. Can you use any of these in your own story? It may be useful for you to bring in/send in some photos from your adventure to help you.
If possible, please continue to read at home with your child on a regular basis to develop confidence with books.
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| Maths
| We willbe working on our number skills; in particular fractions. and solving problems in this area. Each lesson pupils will complete a carousel of practical activities to support their learning in these areas. | Can you cut an apple in half, or a cake? How many strawberries are in the container? Can you share them equally with your family? How many do they get each? Can you share it with a family member? Do you like eating pizza or pancakes? Can you split them up into equal parts and share them out? What fraction have you given out to each person? |
| PSHE and
Citizenship
| We will be learning about Our bodies. We will be looking at our senses, and how much we rely on them to keep us safe We will be considering what is it like for those that do not have one/some of these. We will also look at how our body changes with age, including the human lifecycle. | Can you do a blindfolded food tasting test with someone in your family? Can they guess all the food correctly?
Can you find some photos of you when you were younger? How have you changed? Also look at photos of your parents/carers when they were younger? How have they changed? Is anything the same>?
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| Computing | In computing, for the first session we will learn more about being safe online, in particular when playing games, Then we will be looking at controlling devices. We will explore everyday items that we use and how we control these. We will also be looking at switches, toys and gaming devices that we use and how we control them/things within in them to do the things we want.
| What devices do you have at home? How do you control them? What do you do? Do you have a remote control car, a drone or play an electronic game? How do you control these? Can you tell us about it at school? If possible please send/bring some photos in of you with the device to support this. |
| Music | We will be learning how to identify mood in music, and how this can help us to manage our own emotions. We will be learning to identify the type of music we like by exploring different genres, and discussing how these make us feel. We will be thinking about music for different occasions, and how this may affect our mood. | What music do you like listening to a home? Listen to a song and discuss the mood of the song and how it makes you feel. When would be a good time to listen to that song? |
| PE | We are going to be improving our Gross Motor skills by exploring a range of equipment. This will include various pieces of outside equipment, e.g. climbing frames, swings, roundabout, gym equipment alongside playing some ball games. We will take a visit out to explore some further equipment at a local playground. | What games do you enjoy playing at home in the garden? Do you enjoy visiting playgrounds? What is your favourite equipment? Can you explore a wide range of equipment in your local playground? How do they make you feel? |
| Science | We will be looking at Pure and Impure substances. We will be learning how to separate different mixtures to make the pure products, and how this is used in everyday life. We will be learning about the different equipment we could use to help us. | When cooking/baking at home can you mix some ingredients up, e.g. the vegetables or some rice and flour? How could you separate them? What would you use? |
| Understanding the World -Community Safety | This half term we will be continuing to learn about the importance of personal health, safety and wellbeing when travelling. We will be looking at how we can take responsibility to look after our own health needs, our own belongings and to understand and manage our own feelings. This will include what we need to put in olur bag for a day out, considering the weather and what consistutes as a healthy lifestyle (e.g. sleep, diet, exercise).
| Can you pack your bag for a day out? What will you need to keep you healthy throughout the day?
When you are eating your meals at home consider if they are healthy and balanced. If not how could you make them more balanced?
Can you help prepare and cook a healthy, balanced meal?
Use KS1 What is healthy eating? Bitesize to support.
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| Understanding the World - Accessing and Living in the Wider World | Our focus for this half term will be learning how to be ‘Planet protectors’ on our adventures. We will be learning what we can do to look after our planet and how we can support others to do the same.
| What can you do at home to help protect the planet? Can you help put the correct items in the recycle bin? Can you have a shower instead of a bath? Can you go on a litter pick? Can you make some posters to go up in your local community to support people to do these things? |
| EHCP/PLGs | In this session we will be working on our EHCP targets. Pupils will have the opportunity to take part in a variety of activities to support their current PLGs (Personal Learning Goals). What will you choose to do; or play board/communication games with your peers or take part in our Puberty workshops? | Look at your current PLGs (please ask Miss S-B if you would like a copy of these to be sent home). Which ones could you work on at home? Do you need any resources to support you with this? Please ask the adults in class for anything that you may need. |
| Geography
(led by Nikki Wardell)
| Our topic this ½ term is ‘Settlements’. We will be looking at different types of settlements & investigate 1 in further detail. We will look at a variety of reasons of why it has grown and what is needed such as schools, doctors, roads etc. For this module we will also be using some of our map skills. | Consider undertaking your own research in this area. This could be via books, online or museum.
Consider reasearching the area that you live in. You could make a sketch or model of the street that you live in. Is it busy or isolated? If you could add another building what would it be?
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| DT (led by Nikki Wardell)
| The topic this ½ term is ‘Carry it all’. We will be looking at a range of carrying devices & assess their function & practicality. We will be designing & making a carry case for a specific purpose. Our skills will include measuring, marking out & joining materials.
| When at home & in the community, look at a range of bags. Look at features such as handles, pockets and zips – are they useful? What is your most useful / essential carrying product, bag, backpack, glasses case? Take the time to practise your measuring skills with some of these items. |
| MFL -
(led by Nikki Wardell)
| This half term we will be looking at the country France. The cultural experience will include some geography, music, art, customs etc. It will include trying to say some French words linked with numbers. We will also try copy writing some French words. | When in the community look out for links with France, for example look out for some French cars or food in the supermarket. Consider doing your own research on any French City or province. |
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