1. Traditions and celebrations
Literacy
Begin to write in complete sentences.
Begin to punctuate sentences. Understand how exclamation and question marks are used.
Use capital letters at the start of a sentence and a full stop, exclamation or question mark at the end.
Use capital letters for the start of lines in poems
Understand that capital letters are needed for proper names.
Write, leaving spaces between words
Use grammatical terminology
Poetry
Christmas poems.
Bonfire night poems.
Phonics
Phase 4
Art
Fireworks
Rangoli art.
Poppy pictures.
Christmas.
RE/PSHCE
The Christmas story.
Numeracy
Addition and subtraction.
- Represent and use number bonds, including subtraction facts within 20.
- Add and subtract one digit numbers to 20, including 0.
- Understand what - + and = represent.
- solve 1 step addition and subtraction problems using objects and pictorial representations.
Number and place value.
Understand tens and units.
Begin to add 1 digit to a 2 digit number.
Recognise and explain what happens to the tens and ones when doing addition and subtraction.
Topic
Different celebrations across the world.
Look at the various ways different countries celebrate Christmas.
Thanksgiving.
Chinese New Year.
La Tomatina in Spain
Halloween.
Holi in India
Music
Exploring Duration.
ICT
Computer skills:
Using a mouse or track pad.
Switch on and shut down. PE
Superskills
Dance.
Science
Scientists and inventors.
Lego. to describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials, by identifying the properties of plastic in the context of Lego. To use observations to suggest answers to questions, by thinking about why Lego is made out of plastic.
Zoos. To identify and classify animals, by sorting animals according to their features.
Sensory garden To gather and record data to help in answering questions, by creating a chart showing the class’ most popular sensory plants.
Measuring the weather. To compare a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple properties, by finding the best insulating materials.
At the vets. To describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals, including pets, by exploring the work of vets.
Wrapping up warm. To compare a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple properties, by finding the best insulating materials.