PSD (Personal and Social Development – Accredited
Unit)
In PSD this term we are looking at spotting hazards in the home and ways in which we
can prevent these from happening (Living room, Bathroom and Kitchen). We are looking
at how to use kitchen utensils safely and preparing a range of snacks using these
kitchen items. We are also going to be looking at how to keep ourselves safe when out
and about in the community by learning about stranger danger and road safety. We are
going to be learning to plan a trip to a local place (the local shop) and travel there in a
safe manner.
Heltwate School
Curriculum Forecast
Here are our curriculum plans for your child
RE
Re this term will tie in closely with our humanities topic work. Students will be looking
at the work of religious charities and the people they support. Students will be
considering questions such as ‘why do people give to charity?’, What is ‘Zakat’?’ and ‘why
do we have religious charities?’. Learners will be introduced to parables from a range of
religions that advocate charitable acts and questioning whether giving to charity should
be a duty or a choice.
Lifeskills
Life skills this term will focus on cooking with fruit and with vegetables. We will visit
local shops and supermarkets to select ingredients from a list and will self scan to pay
for these.
We hope to use the mini bus and public transport for our frequent visits out of school.
Year
2015/2016
Term
Autumn
Class
Rainbow 2
Teacher: Debra Edwards/Alison Ashworth
NB: The above plans are guidelines only and could be subject to change as necessary.
Literacy
Numeracy
This term the class will be:
Continuing with regular phonics sessions at the appropriate level for each student.
Information Texts – identifying the key features of these and differences between
information and stories. Looking at alphabetical order and writing labels and
captions for useful machines. Creating own imaginary useful machine and writing
several sentences to form captions for these.
Poetry – poems, stories and chants with patterns and rhyme in them. We will be
looking at skipping rhymes, list poems and writing other verses for poems we are
learning. Students will also re-tell, through drama and puppets, a story with
repeated patterns. (Hairy Mc Clary from Donaldson’s Dairy)
This term we will be working on:
Number – recognition of numbers, ordering and counting 1:1 and in groups of 2, 5
and 10. Symbol recognition, strategies to aid calculation and counting on, accuracy
and checking answers. The class will be working with numbers to at least 20 (and
above for some), and will be doing simple addition and subtraction with these. We
will also be using money in calculations.
Time - Revise clock face and hands. o’clock, ½ past the hour. (And quarter past/to
for some students). Digital clocks. Times during the day and days of the week.
We will be using a range of computer programs to support learning.
Work will be differentiated according to individual students needs.
Science
Design Technology
This term we are looking at ‘Forces’. Students will be involved in a range of
investigations, based around simple ‘push and pulls’, air resistance, water
resistance, gravity, friction and magnetic forces. Students will be
investigating the forces they can apply themselves, alongside naturally
occurring forces and the effect of forces upon objects.
Topic Work (Humanities)
Topic work this term will see students explore the word ‘poverty’. Students
will be enabled to make comparisons between their own lives and the lives
of children living in poverty across the world. Students will also be learning
the meaning of ‘fair trade’ and child labour. Students will be introduced to
case studies of other young people who work rather than attend school and
consider, (later on in the term), how poverty impacts on traditions such as
Christmas.
Music
This term in Music, students will be considering how music can be used to tell a
story. They will identify contrasts of fast and slow, loud and quiet and will be
finding out about rhythms. Students will be involved in interpreting music and
sounds in order to match them with corresponding events, emotions or actions.
Rainbow 2 will be practicing singing too.
During this half term the students will try flying a variety of kites. They
will also look and compare the materials used to make a kite as well as
design a kite to fly.
Art
In Art this term students will be looking at the aesthetic features and functionality
of kites. This will include looking at work by a range of artists and adapting and
utilising styles to suit their DT kite designs.
PE
PE this term will consist of weekly hall/outdoor based physical exercise for all
students, as well as half- termly swimming sessions. PE sessions will be led by a
qualified coach from Youth Dreams Project. During swimming sessions, students will
work on building core skills and water confidence and will be working towards ASA
Duckling swimming Awards.
ICT
This term in ICT students will be undertaking the module ‘We are Treasure
Hunters’. This will involve inputting information into a programmable toy to enable
it to follow a route/negotiate obstacles. The class will be using the Bee-Bots and
the Bee-Bot app on the Ipad to reinforce and practice the skills.
NB: The above plans are guidelines only and could be subject to change as necessary.
ICT
This term in ICT will be undertaking the module ‘We are Treasure Hunters’. This
will involve learning about inputting information into a programmable toy to enable it
to follow a route/negotiate obstacles. We will be using the Bee-Bots and the BeeBot app on the Ipad.
NB: The above plans are guidelines only and could be subject to change as necessary.