Autumn 2 - Seahorses

Geography - The UK

PSHE

We will begin our PSHE lessons by learning about Getting On and Falling Out, where we will explore how to build and maintain positive friendships, manage conflict, and understand the importance of kindness and respect. We will then move on to Keeping Safe and Managing Risk, focusing on bullying and the message “See it, Say it, Stop it”, to help us recognise, report and respond to bullying in the right way. We will also learn about Stranger Danger and how to keep ourselves safe in different situations. 

In our Online Safety lessons, we will explore the difference between private and personal information and learn how to protect ourselves online. Additionally, we will discuss Child Bereavement to help us understand and express our feelings when someone close to us dies. Throughout our learning, we will take part in Theratime and Circle Time sessions to support our motivation, empathy, self-awareness, self-regulation and social skills.

English 

During our English lessons, we will begin by reading Paddington: The Original Story of the Bear from Darkest Peru. This much-loved classic will inspire us to write our own stories about Paddington’s adventures. We will then move on to our non-fiction text, Let’s Learn About England by Logan Stover, which will help us to gather facts and information to create a persuasive advert about the UK. In our poetry unit, we will explore a selection of shape poems, using these as inspiration to write and perform our own. Throughout our English lessons, we will also focus on constructing sentences, developing our vocabulary, and practising our reading fluency or phonics every day.

Maths

At the beginning of the half term in Maths, we will be learning about money. We will recognise and use different coins and notes, make amounts in different ways, and solve problems involving giving change. We will then move on to multiplication and division, where we will learn and use formal written methods to solve calculations and apply our knowledge to reasoning and problem-solving activities. We will continue to practise our times tables daily to build fluency and confidence in our number facts.

Science 

In Science this half term, we will be learning about rocks. We will explore the different types of rocks; igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. We will learn how rocks are formed. We will compare and group rocks based on their appearance and physical properties, and investigate how rocks can change over time. We will also learn about fossils and how they are formed, as well as discovering what soil is made from. To embed our learning, we will carry out investigations and record our observations and results.

Geography

Our Geography topic this half term is Identifying Countries, Towns and Cities of the UK. We will learn about the four countries that make up the United Kingdom and explore their capital cities and key landmarks. We will use maps, atlases and digital resources to locate major towns and cities, developing our understanding of the UK’s geography. We will also learn about the differences between urban and rural areas and what makes each place unique.

RE

This half term in RE, we will be exploring the question, “How does the Bible help Christians to live a good life?” We will learn about important stories and teachings from the Bible and discuss how these guide Christians in making choices and living by Christian values. We will reflect on the lessons these stories teach and think about how they can be applied to our own lives.

Additional Learning 

Alongside all of this brilliant learning, we will also be developing our skills within the Art, DT, PE, Food Technology, Music and Computing curriculum. For more information please see the long-term plan (LTP) and Class Dojo for daily updates.