YEAR ONE: SPRING TERM

THE JOURNEY CONTINUES - YEAR 1 IN SPRINGTIME

OUR CORE INTENTION IN ACTION

Take a look at the page below, including our curriculum project posters and mats, and download copies at the base of the page.

During our daily English work, we have been writing instructions about how to make soup. The most popular projects once again were when we created stories based upon The Enormous Turnip by Mick Inkpen and Jack & The Jelly Beanstalk by Rachael Mortimer. Working with addition, subtraction and place value are the first projects for Mathematics during the term with further work on length, height, mass and volume.

We have looked at the work of Henri Matisse & Alexander Calder  during our collage studies in Art & Design. We then attempted to create our own floral mobiles inspired by our research. Spring means performing in Music: introducing pictures and symbols to guide the children percussion playing has been the focus. The children are thinking about structures during their Design & Technology project: designing and making a simple 3-D mini greenhouse. In Physical Education, we focus upon the children's motor competence skills in the context of throwing and catching skills linked to netball. We then move inside onto a special gymnastic unit of work focusing heavily upon balance and stability.

St Annes in Bloom is our local history study this term. The children have already been taking a look at their home in Early Years but this really delves into important names and important sites from the early days of our town and what it used to be (and still is - just with smaller numbers). Giving the children the beginnings of why their home is historically important. A theme that the children will revisit throughout school. 

The Geography project asks: What is special about the United Kingdom? Introducing key knowledge about our country, its nations and what it means to be an island surrounding by seas and oceans. It also allows us to build upon the continents and oceans work from earlier this year. We look at baptism and why this is an important event to people of faith and we consider what the children believe is the most important part of the Easter story as our Religious Education big questions this term. 

We continue our look at seasonal change from Early Years in our Science work, observing and describing weather and changes in daylight hours. Then we introduce plants by naming common types and their basic structure. Editing digital images and the taking of them is our Computing focus for this term. We also take a close look at mouse skills as a starting point to their control work this year. The children's E-Safety work focuses upon what they can do if they find something inappropriate online. We then move on to look at the idea of commucating with others online and what this should look like. My Happy Mind/PSHE & Relationships looks at what is meant by appreciation and gratitude and how we can show this to others, then looking at how we build positive, safe relationships both within family groups and friendship groups.