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St Thomas' Church of England Aided Primary

Terms 1 & 2 - Let's Celebrate...

What Greyfriars will be up to!

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

In English we will be reading Little Teddy Left Behind, then using Talk for Writing and plot points to write our own lost toy stories. After that we will focus on Traction Man by Mini Grey, using drama and role play to make up our own Traction Man adventures and film them - using lots of lovely new language and vocabulary.

In Maths we will be focusing - Number & Place Value, Addition & Subtraction. We will also be introducing number bonds and times tables.

For the foundation subjects our learning will be based on;

Design & Technology - We will be using textile skills to make our own puppets.

Computing - Our focus will be online safety and using the Internet to find out about toys using a safe search.

Geography & History - We will be learning; how to track the weather by making our own weather station in our outside area.

In History we'll be finding out about toys in the past and present, learning how to make a timeline and being curators for our own class toy museum.

PE - Yoga and Games

RE -We will be exploring the enquiry questions; What do Christians believe God is like? and Why is Christmas important to Christians?

RSHE - Our topic titles are; What makes a good friend? and What is bullying? We will be using the Toy Story films to help us explore the idea of friendship and how we can be good friends.

Science - Our topic is Materials. We will be looking at the different materials toys are made from, linking with our History topic and looking at suitable materials for kee

Year 1 -

Distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made.
Identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, water and rock.
Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials.
Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their physical properties.

Year 2 -

Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses
Find out how the shapes of solid objects made from some materials can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching.

Music - Charanga with Mrs Rampling

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