St Thomas' Church of England Aided Primary

For terms 1 & 2 our topic title is - 

Let's Celebrate...Harvest, Autumn, Bonfire Night, Diwali, Christmas

In English we will use texts which follow the children's interests, as well as those which link with our topic titles. Reception Year children will start on Phase 2 phonics - tuning in to different sounds, hearing syllables in words and rhyming words, they will then move on to Phase 3 phonics - learning initial sounds and making words to read and write.  Year 1 will recap Phase 3 phonics and then revise Phase 5 phonics, using and applying the sounds in their reading and writing.  

In Maths we will be learning Place Value 1 - 10.  

Reception year - number exploration to 10, recognising and representing numbers in a variety of forms, findng 1 more/less in practical tasks.

Year 1 -  count, read and write numbers to 10 in mumerals and words, find 1 more/less and use the language of: equal to, fewer, less, greater than.

Addition & Subtraction 1 - 10

Reception year - adding and subtracting with practical activities and learning how to use the symbols to begin making number sentences, applying the skills in their outdoor play.

Year 1 - using the symbols to make number sentences and learn number bonds to 10, solve 1-step problems.

For the foundation subjects our learning will be based on;

Art & Design - Colours of the rainbow - exploring colour & texture.  Christmas craft.

Computing - Using laptops independently, e.g. using the mouse pad, learning to 'click and drag' and print work using 2-Simple software

Creative Curriculum topic - The Literacy and Art work will link to some of our afternoon sessions but we will also focus on seasonal change, Harvest, Diwali and Christmas, through our Science, Maths and RE.

PE - Yoga and Gymnastics

RE - Finding out about different Harvest Festivals across cultures and nations.  Learning about the Hindu festival of Diwali.  Understanding why God is important to Christians.

RSHE - Our topic titles are - What is the same and different about us?  and  Who is special to us?  We will also be talking about how we behave in school, sharing ideas on Friendship and how to deal with any issues independently.

Science - To understand animals, inlcuding humans - naming body parts and the senses, naming different animals, types of animals and their differences.  Considering how animals adapt to seasonal changes.

Music - Charanga with Mrs Rampling