1st Half Spring Term

This half term, our theme is ‘Dragons’. We will be reading lots of stories about dragons including the story of ‘Zog’ and writing simple sentences based on what we have read. In Maths, we will be improving our knowledge of place value by looking at numbers up to 50. We will also be learning some efficient strategies that can be used when adding and subtracting numbers to 20. Our Science unit this term is materials. We will be looking at the properties of different materials and carrying out simple investigations to find out more about them.

 

As we will be reading the story book Zog, we will also be finding out more about the author of this story (Julia Donaldson) and we will look at many of the other popular children books she has written.

 

2nd Half Spring Term

This half term our theme is ‘Toys’. We will be learning the history of toys and how they have changed over time. In our Literacy lessons, we will be writing facts about what we have learnt and we will also be writing sentences linked to the story ‘Dogger’ which is a story about a little boy who loses his favourite toy. In Science, we will be learning about different trees in our environment and how they change through the seasons. We will also be finding out all about Spring. Our Mathematics lessons will explore different measures as well as position.

 

As we will be reading the story book Dogger, we will be finding more about the author Shirley Hughes and reading other books that she has written.