St. Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
HOMEWORK – This term Year 1 will receive
Reading
Spelling
Other activities linked to ‘Topic Work’
R.E.
Complete the Christmas story with the
events of Epiphany. Know the events of
the life of Jesus. Know that Jesus
performed miracles and identify these in
the Bible. Know that Jesus taught the
people using parables. Identify these in
the Bible. Prepare for Lent and develop
knowledge of forgiveness. Know the main
events of the Easter story. Continue to
celebrate Mass and the main seasonal
events including Mothering Sunday.
Music
Learn a range of seasonal songs and
accompany them using percussion
instruments.
Identify the four families of orchestral
instruments and their names and sounds.
Know how music is linked to story telling.
Make music to accompany stories.
Listen to a range of stories through
Music (Peter and the Wolf)
Learn about long/short sounds.
Geography
Where in the World is Barnaby Bear?
Learn about similarities and differences
between a range of countries throughout
the World. Be able to use an atlas to
locate these places and know how we
would travel there. Identify what the
countries visited are like including
weather and climate, geographical
features, food and drink, language,
occupations, lifestyle etc. Know about
some of the problems associated with
other parts of the World.
Numeracy
Read and write numbers to at least 100.
Read number words. Form all numbers
correctly.
Count on/back from any small number in
1’s and begin to count in 2’s 5’s and 10’s.
Put numbers in order and identify
patterns and sequences. Partition a 2
digit number into 10’s and 1’s.
Understand addition and subtraction and
know facts.
Solve problems involving +, - and when
Mrs A. Dickenson
Y1 – Spring 1 and 2
History
What were homes like long ago?
Know the names and characteristics of
different types of homes through the
ages.
Focus particularly on the Victorian home
and identify houses rooms and artefacts.
Compare the Victorian lifestyle with out
own, especially in terms of health,
cooking, eating, clothing, bathing,
schooldays and washdays.
P.E.
Dance
Respond to music through dance focusing
on music from children’s stories. Create
own movements and dances in response to
the music.
Identify dances from different parts of
the World and practise simple folk dances.
Gymnastics
Develop gymnastics skills involving
travelling, jumping and balance.
Literacy
RML – Continue to learn the Speed
Sounds 1 and 2 and use them to build up
words with long/short sounds. Begin
Speed Sounds 3.
Be able to read and write these sounds
at speed and with the correct letter
formation. Know and use alphabetical
order. Form all capitals correctly. Read
confidently and clearly understanding
what is being read, answering questions
related to the text. Read from a variety
Art & Design
Weaving
Look at different types of Weaving using
everyday objects.
Observe and discuss examples of Art using
Weaving.
Select different types of material to
create a simple weave.
Explore different weaving patterns using a
range of materials and different sized
looms.
Create a woven gift.
Personal, Social, Moral Education
Continue to take part in circle time,
listening and responding to others.
Know how to play and work together.
Discuss and revise Class Rules and
personal Targets. Know how to live a
Healthy Life and make sensible choices.
Be aware of the needs of others and how
we can help peop0le.
Reinforce the need to stay safe in a
variety of situations.
Know how we have grown and changed
since we were babies and how we will
develop in the future.
using money.
Make lists and tables of information.
Use data to answer questions and solve
problems.
Look at patterns involving shapes and
Positions.
Continue work on telling the time with
digital and analogue clocks.
Solve problems involving Mass.
of texts.
Learn to spell more high frequency sight
words and spell them correctly in their
writing. Write in sentences using capital
letters, full-stops and a range of other
punctuation marks. Check that the writing
makes sense and change it if it doesn’t.
Write for a range of purposes (poetry,
stories, recount of class visit).
ICT –Representing Information
Graphically
The children will present information in
graphs and charts. They will create
pictograms and use the data to answer
questions. They will use a graphing
package to create their work and will
learn how to enter data correctly and
how to use icons.
Science – Material and their Properties.
Sort materials using a given criteria.
Identify common materials in our
environment.
Explore magnetic materials.
Test materials to see if they are
waterproof.
Plan and carry our simple tests.
Make simple conclusions based on
findings.
Design & Technology
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Look at a range of musical
instruments/sound quality
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Choose materials to make
instruments
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Plan ideas for making own
instrument
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Assemble materials using simple
tools and equipment
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Decorate instruments using
finishing techniques
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Play instruments and evaluate the
finished product