Reading & Writing
Traditional Tales from different cultures
Instructions
Poetry: playing with words
Grammar
Year 1
Begin to use capital letters for proper names, & days
Begin to punctuate sentences with a capital letter, full stop, ?,!
Year 2
Use punctuation correctly, incl. capital letters, full stops, ?, !
Use conjunctions (and, or, but) to join simple sentences
Use expanded noun phrases to describe and specify
Begin to use present and past tenses correctly
Comparative form of adjectives; adding er
Phonics
Year 1
Read and write more Phase 3 sounds, mostly two letter graphemes
Say letter names
Read and write simple two-syllable words and captions
Year 2
Read and write words with ed suffix
Words where a follows w, as in wash and qu, as in squad
Add e to a word ending with a v sound (have, give etc.)
Add suffix ing to verbs
Add suffix est to adjectives
Know the name, location and history of the church attached to the school
Identify the priest and know what his job entails
Recognise and identify the cross both inside and outside the local church & know its importance for Christians
Be familiar with the inside of the local church and why
Christians go to church
Be able to recall information about the church as well as feelings of being there
Realise the Church is like parts of a body working together with each part having an important role in making the body work; think about belonging and taking part
Appreciate how many years the church has been in the community and how many Christians have worshipped there
E-Safety and Digital Literacy
Using technology safely and respectfully, keeping personal information private
Identifying where to go for help and support when there are concerns about content or contact on the internet
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Year 1
Name the five senses.
Understand that we use our ears to hear.
Investigate their amazing senses and how they help them in everyday life.
Identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is associated with each sense.
Use their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions.
Investigate senses and how they help in everyday life.
P4C
Strategies for being a good learner
Big questions: I wonder…?
Solving problems step by step
PHSE
Understanding feelings, and why and how they lead us to behave the way we do
Self-awareness – feeling good about myself, taking risks
Managing feelings – relaxing, coping with anxiety
Standing up for ourselves – assertiveness, standing up for our views
Year 2
Identify and sort living things
Use simple equipment to take measurements, make observations and carry out simple tests
Investigate how shapes of solid objects can be changed by squashing, bending, twisting & stretching
Investigate which balls can change their shape and which are fixed.
Learn how the body is affected by exercise.
To learn that exercise is important to stay healthy.
Taking off
Understand what is meant by pitch
Respond to voice pitch & respond to changes in pitch
Relate sounds to symbols
Recognise that different tunes are made of different pitches
Recognise that percussion instruments produce different pitches
Participate in a Class Performance
Year 1
Use lines to represent a shape or outline.
Design a superhero face mask.
Use a template to design their own superhero character.
Design and make a superhero using modelling material such as plasticine, daz and clay.
Dress up as superheroes and create comic style storyboards with a digital camera.
Year 2
Plan and make a bouncy ball using appropriate materials
Plan and create a balloon powered car using recycled materials
Evaluate the way in which artists show bounce/movement in their work
Year 1
Find out what is meant by the term hero/heroine
Find out about the significant historical figures of
Florence Nightingale and Mary Secole.
Understand how their actions in the past have impacted on the world today
Year 2
Establish what pupils already know about sporting events and sporting personalities
Show some understanding of the past as a concept
Describe an experience so that the main points are clear
Use the stories of famous historical (sporting) figures to compare aspects of life in different times