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St Thomas' Church of England Aided Primary

Terms 1 & 2

St Thomas Broad & Balanced Curriculum 2020-21.pdf

What Greyfriars will be up to!

For terms 1 & 2 our topic title is Let's Celebrate...

In Greyfriars the start of our topic theme will be Let's Celebrate our world

In English we will be linking our work with other subjects; autumn poems, describing habitats will be linked to science, writing an advert for where we live will link to our geography, in RSHE we will be writing a recipe for a good friend and lnking to our RE will be our All about God kennings, Poppy art & information writing as well as fireworks poetry will be how we link our history learning. Our Winchelsea information writing will link with both geography and history.

In Maths we will be focusing on place value, addition and subtraction. Linking to our RSHE topic of 'What can we do with money?' we will be learning multiplication and division.

For the foundation subjects our learning will be based on;

Art & Design - printing autumn leaves

Computing - E-safety, research linked to history looking at pictures of Winchelsea, Graphs & databases

Design & Technology - Structures (local structures)

Geography - 'What is the geography of where I live like?' This investigation focuses on the immediate vicinity of the school and the pupils’ homes and then extends to encompass the local area. The enquiry combines the application of the digital content of two GIS (Geographical Information System) programmes with fieldwork in the local area. This enables pupils to identify, describe and offer reasons for the location of human and physical geographical features of the environment and to begin to explain any changes in land use that have occurred.

History - 'Why is the history of my locality important?' (Winchelsea)

PE - Invasion games, yoga and gymnastics

RE -Theme - Believing, Concept - God. 'What do Christians believe God is like?'

Theme - Light, Concept - Incarnation and 'Why is Christmas important to Christians?'

RSHE - 'What can we do with money?'

Science - Living things and their habitats we will learn

Explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive
Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how different habitats provide for the basic needs of different kinds of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other.
Identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including micro-habitats
Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify and name different sources of food.

Seasonal change

How the children should learn science at Key Stage 1

The principal focus of science teaching in Key Stage 1 is to enable pupils to experience and observe phenomena, looking more closely at the natural and humanly-constructed world around them. They should be encouraged to be curious and ask questions about what they notice.

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