Spring
Term curriculum.
Nursery
This
term we will be looking at many different short topics.
We will discuss winter and spring and its effects on the
environment and ourselves. We will plant bulbs and seeds
in our nursery garden.
We
will look at festivals of Chinese New Year, Valentines
Day, Mothers Day and Easter.
We
will continue to look at colours, numbers and letters.
As well as continuing to learn more traditional nursery
rhymes we will be reading many traditional stories.
Rainbow
Class
Our main topics in Rainbow Class this term will be 'materials'
and 'growth'.
Communication
Language and Literacy:
We will use the story of the Three Little Pigs for role
and writing. We will continue with Jolly Phonics and use
our phonic knowledge for reading and writing.
Problem
Solving and Numbers:
We will be working with numbers to 10 and beyond to carry
out simple addition and subtraction; talk about and recognise
shapes; simple problem solving.
Knowledge
and Understanding of the World:
We will be learning about growth (plants and ourselves)
after half term, as well as learning through many of our
day to day activities.
Physical Development:
A variety of dance sessions this term, as well as using
small and large equipment in PE. We will develop our fine
motor control through small play and materials.
Creative
Development:
We have ongoing activities using paints, and a variety
of materials for building and constructing.
Personal,
Social and Emotional Development:
Stories, circle times, small group activities.
Purple Class - Year 1
Phonics:
CVCC, CCVC words
Reading and writing sentences.
Literacy:
Narrative, Traditional Fairy Stories.
Poetry, using the senses.
Non Fiction Recounts and using a Dictionary.
Narrative, Traditional Fairy Stories.
Maths:
Ordering numbers and counting in ones and tens.
Addition and subtraction.
3D shapes
Weight.
Data handling.
Adding more than two numbers.
Bridging ten.
Shape, position and direction.
2D shapes, symmetry.
Time, days of the week and months.
Count in twos and tens.
Halves and doubles.
Science:
Sound and hearing
Sorting materials
History:
Toys
Houses and homes
ICT:
Pictograms
Labelling and classifying
RE:
The story of Moses
Easter
Art:
Investigating materials
Celebration cards
PE:
Multi skills/Aiming games
Swimming/Using large apparatus
PSHE:
Say no to bullying
Getting on and falling out
Red class – Year 2
Literacy:
We will be looking at-
Story writing
Character descriptions
Explanation texts
Along with our main literacy sessions we will be listening
to the children read twice a week and have additional
phonics sessions. We will also be focusing on handwriting
by working through cursive letter formation.
Spellings will be sent home every Thursday, the test will
also be on a Thursday.
Numeracy:
We will be covering elements of-
Problem solving
Mental calculations
2, 5 & 10 times tables
Ordering, estimating & rounding.
Homework will be sent home on a Thursday and will include
a simple math activity that should be completed by the
following Tuesday. A list of several suitable math activity
websites were also sent home during the Christmas holidays,
please see me if you would like another copy.
ICT:
We will be writing diaries on Word to enhance our word
processing skills.
PE:
Our PE session on Tuesday afternoon will be used for Multiskills.
The Thursday session will be Dance with Mrs Jones.
Please ensure that your child has the correct kit and
that hair is tied up with earrings removed.
PSHE:
We are focusing on No Bullying this term and are working
on a new set of class rules that will enable us to get
the most out of this term by working together.
Topic:
For our topic this term we are learning all about the
Great Fire of London, we will be incorporating the following
subject areas into the main topic area. This will culminate
in a small project over the half term.
Great fire of London
History
Science – Changes in materials
RE – Religious buildings
DT – Building models of religious buildings
Year
3
Literacy:
Narrative Myths and Legend relating to ancient peoples
/ fire
Poetry to Perform
Non-Fiction Information Texts
Relating to History – WW2
Non-fiction reports
Relating to Geography
Guided
writing:
Narrative story writing focusing on all punctuation (including
speech marks)
Poetry writing
Transactional Writing – relating to writing letters
in History WW2 unit
Transactional Writing
Invitations / letters of thanks
Word
work:
Rules for spelling singular / plurals
Synonyms antonyms
Homophones
Possessive apostrophe
Numeracy:
Number: place value; understanding + and –
Money; number sequences
Understanding x and ÷
Mental calculation strategies (+ and -)
Measure: reading numbers from a scale
Shape & Space: 3D shapes
Compass directions
Science:
Materials
Rocks and soils
RE:
What people believe – Hinduism - Sikhism
Expessions of Faith – Islam - Hinduism - Sikhism
History:
What Was it Like for Children in the Second World War?
( trip to Imperial War Museum on 27.01.10
Rich and Poor Tudors (trip to Hampton Court Palace 16.3.09)
Geography:
Weather around the world
Art:
Artist study - L.S. Lowry
Investigating pattern
Music:
Exploring Singing / singing games
Songs popular in WW2
‘Sounds Interesting’
Exploring sounds (link to Poetry)
DT:
Packaging
PE
Games
Gymnastics
Swimming
ICT:
Exploring websites relating to topic
Combining text and graphics
Manipulating Sound
PSHE:
Getting along and falling out
Living in a diverse world – Link to RE and Geography
Year
4
Maths:
Block A: Counting, partitioning and calculating
Block B: securing number facts and understanding shape
Block C: Handling data and measures
Block D: Calculating, measuring and understanding shape
Block E: Securing number facts, relationships and calculating
Literacy:
We have been learning about information texts and have
made some wonderful Power Points. If you wish to see them,
feel free to send in a USB pen with your child and they
can save their work onto the memory stick. We are in the
process of becoming TV presenters by making our very own
‘Amazing Animals’ show. We are going to be
looking at stories from other cultures which will link
in with our topic work. We shall study traditional stories
such as The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Rabbit Who Stole the
Fire and many more. We will learn to develop our story
endings.
Topic:
Our topics for this term are: Getting along with each
other, bullying and cultures. All our subjects will link
in with this topic. I have split up the subjects for you
to be able to see the ‘topic approach to learning.’
Science:
Children will be learning about water and solids, liquids
and gases. This will be integrated in their topic learning
as the children have been studying China and will look
at Africa, looking at the different ways in which water
reaches the people in these countries compared to our
own. The climate will also play a part in this and as
a result will need to know about certain World News stories.
Geography:
Children have been learning about China as the Chinese
New Year is fast approaching. Children will also compare
and contrast the differences and similarities to the country
in specific to their water supplies.
History:
Children have been looking at the history of the Chinese
New Year. Children will also look at the history of the
traditional tales which will link to Literacy. Last term
we focused on the Victorians. As our trip was unfortunately
postponed we will still visit the Victorian school on
March 5th as it is still a valuable experience, it lends
itself into this topic, teaching children about values,
morals, respect and to appreciate the school they are
in now.
Music,
art and craft:
We are learning songs about the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
Children have been making lots of Chinese crafts and will
soon be sketching and painting with and on different materials.
R.E
(Ethics and morals):
Cultures and different festivals around the world.
PSHE:
We are following the SEAL package and have been learning
about kindness, working together and how to be a safe
and happy classroom by respecting each other’s differences
and cultures.
D.T:
We will be making photograph frames. We will be having
a lot of fun looking at different photograph frames, thinking
about how we can improve them, designing our own, sawing
wood, piecing the wood together and assembling our very
own picture frame.
PE
and games:
We still have our swimming time left.
We are currently studying direction in PE and working
together to be able to find different pathways across
various equipment. (This also links to ICT)
ICT:
The children have made fantastic Power Points and they
are currently studying commands on the computer and direction.
This is linked into PE and Maths.
Year
5
Literacy:
The children in J5 are currently studying instructional
texts. They are learning how to read, write and follow
clear instructions. Our next unit in literacy will be
persuasive writing.
Maths:
Pupils will be working through mathematical units covering
all four operations (+, -, ÷, x). J5 have a major
focus this term on word problems and understanding methods
used for division.
Science:
We will be teaching a unit titled ‘changes of state’
which helps the children find out how different states
of matter (solid, liquids and gases) can change. In the
second half of the term we will be looking at micro-organisms/life
cycles.
Physical
education:
Pippins has always had a very successful tag rugby team.
We will be selecting a team from J6/J5 this year for the
Slough festival in March. Within the PE lessons this half-term
we will be teaching the children the passing/tagging/running
skills required. This term Wasps rugby club are coming
into school to provide some coaching.
ICT:
This term J5 have learning how to produce a database in
Microsoft Excel and in the second half of term they will
be studying different multimedia software packages. Children
build up there skills with saving work accurately and
formatting text in different applications.
Art/DT:
In the spring term our art/DT unit is titled ‘People
in action’. The J5 pupils will be looking at drawing
characters in different poses with different mediums.
The children will also be studying facial expressions
and how to show different emotions.
P.S.H.E: Children are finding out how to form good friendships
and how best to respond in different situations. J5 have
also been learning what strategies to use if they are
being bullied. ‘Responsibility’ is our keyword
this term.
Religious
Education:
J5 are learning about festivals in Islam this half-term.
The RE units give children an opportunity to learn how
other faiths are worshipped.
Music:
Children will be looking at different music skills. Singing
within key stage two assemblies and exploring rounds in
J5. Mr Trick is also offering guitar lessons this term.
Geography:
We are learning about Europe this term. Children will
use atlases/maps to find out about the location/climate/major
cities of different European countries. Children will
produce a project on their own European country.
Reading:
Children select a non-fiction and fiction book every week
from the library. The children can take them home but
they must have them in school everyday. Group reading
happens in small groups on a weekly basis.
French:
Every Tuesday the children have a French lesson with Mr
Trick (1:00pm – 1:30pm). This term the children
are finding out how to speak and write phrases which will
help them discuss the weather.
Homework:
J5 are given their homework tasks on Monday and are expected
to complete these tasks by Friday. They can be a mixture
of different subject areas. The tasks need to be done
in the yellow homework books.
Year
6
Literacy:
Argument – research of topic; differences in argument
and contradiction; persuasion; understanding bias; constructing
an argument;
Journalistic writing - explore range of journalistic writing;
explore range of media; listening, analysing and role-play
in news programme; organisation of writing; process and
presentations of report;
Poetry – finding a voice – responses to poetry;
evaluating; shaping ideas; performance;
Reading and Writing – Narrative and Plays –
read and answer questions on plays; recognise features;
use of genre in writing; revise paragraphs in narrative;
Reading Poetry – reading, analysing, questioning,
discussing and evaluating.
Spelling practice – unstressed vowels; mnemonics;
prefixes and suffixes.
Speaking and writing in standard English.
Maths:
Algebra - patterns and relationships in numbers and shapes
to develop grasp of algebra; difference tables; emerging
patterns; simple equations;
Data Handling, measuring with cross-curricular links to
Science - ‘Staying Healthy’ – data collection;
proportion; mean, median, mode; problems related to data;
creating reports – ICT link – Word/ Powerpoint;
Multiplication tables and division tables.
Maths key words.
Science:
Staying Healthy – cross curricular link to Maths
– Algebra – inadequate diets; adequate diets;
need for exercise; experiments on pulse and heart rate;
effects of drugs ;
More about dissolving – filtering; dissolved substances;
evaporation; everyday dissolving;
ICT:
Multimedia presentation – link to maths Data Handling.
PSHE:
Say no to bullying; Getting on and falling out.
History
+ Geography:
The Americas – where they are; the Native Americans;
the tribes and cultures; Pocahontas – legend and
fact; different homes; Native American games; Native American
art - link to Art
Music:
Compositional structure; use of ICT in constructing compositions.
DT:
Slippers: investigation, disassembly and evaluation; practical
tasks; designing and making – link to History/ Geography
RE:
Expressions of Faith – why, where and how do people
worship; why are some occasions sacred to believers; beliefs
on life after death affecting lifestyle; Buddhism; Sikhism;
Christianity; Baha’i Faith system
Art:
Native American art – totem poles; textile designs
– History/ Geography link.
French:
La Famille; Directions; Food and French restaurant.
PE:
Dance – Theseus and the Minotaur – developing
sequence of movements into performance; Games –
Tag Rugby – ball handling skills; strategies; teamwork.
