Subject 

Teaching and Learning 

Parental involvement - we encourage parents to choose at least one activity for each subject to support your child in their learning. 

Maths  

The children will learn to represent numbers to 20 in a variety of ways and know their place value by ordering and reasoning. They will use the language of more than and less than to compare numbers. The children will begin to solve calculation problems involving addition and subtraction for numbers within 10. They will also learn to recognise, name and sort both 2D and 3D shapes.   

• Count objects and compare amounts.   

• See what numbers your child can spot up to 20 when out and about.  

• Your child can practise their maths skills on Numbots (see login sent home).   

• There are lots of fun games and songs available online too:  

ICT Maths Games  

Top Marks  

English  

The children are learning to write through ‘Drawing Club’. This is a creative approach which involves class discussion about an exciting stimulus (story, video, image or object) followed by time for the children to explore their ideas through both drawing and writing.   

Once Upon A Picture  

Follow the above link to find inspiring pictures that your child may enjoy writing about at home. You can also encourage your child to use the Common Exception Words for Year 1 in their writing.  

Remember to encourage your child to write in full sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, correct letter formation and full stops.  

Reading  

The children will be reading a variety of different types of books in their reading practice sessions that they have at school. They will have 3 sessions a week when we focus on using phonics knowledge to decode the words, read aloud with expression and then comprehension to show what they have understood from the text. The children will then bring home with them the book they have read in class to practice reading it again at home with you.  

• Please listen to your child read at least 4 times per week. Children who read regularly at home make the most progress, not just in reading, but right across the curriculum. Please ask us if you need any support.  

• Be a reader yourself - let your child see you reading and talk about your enjoyment of reading.  

Science  

Animals including humans – about me  

This term, children will find out about human body parts. They will learn about the ears and hearing, the tongue and tasting, eyes and sight, touch and nose and smells. We will also be looking at the seasonal changes that occur in the autumn.  

Animals including humans (animals)  

The children will also be learning about different animals and classifying them as birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians or fish. They will compare different animals by identifying, for example, which are warm-blooded or cold-blooded and which are carnivores, herbivores or omnivores.  

• Visit the BBC Bitesize website to explore the different units of learning about animals, including humans: BBC Bitesize - Science   

• Observe and talk with your child about the different seasonal changes you both see as we move from summer into autumn, such as the way that the leaves on some trees change colour and some animals prepare for hibernation. Also, discuss how the clothes we wear change as the weather gets cooler and wetter.  

• Go to the library and get out books or watch nature programmes about different animals that your children show interest in and read them together. Talk about the different body parts of the animals and find out together what they might eat.  

Computing  

This term, the children will learn about online safety, technology outside school and creating pictograms to record results of an experiment. They will also learn to make music digitally by exploring, editing and combining sounds using a computer program.  

• Use the Purple Mash login that we are sending in the home learning resources packs and practise how to log in and browse through their working area.  

• Visit the BBC Bitesize website and read and watch the videos to reinforce the online safety rules to follow. BBC Bitesize - Computing   

Art  

Drawing – Making marks  

The children will explore ways to create a range of different types of lines and mark-making.  They will use different drawing media to create different effects. They will finally create an observational drawing using their knowledge of mark making and different drawing materials learned during this unit of work.   

Painting & mixed media - Colour splash  

In this unit, the children will explore colour mixing through paint play, using a range of tools to paint on different surfaces and creating paintings inspired by Clarice Cliff and Jasper Johns.  

• Explore creating different types of lines and marks at home using whatever available materials you have at home. You can also make marks on the ground using sticks when going to the park or in the garden. 

D&T  

Textiles - Making puppets  

The children will learn different ways of joining fabrics together using pins, staples, glue and simple sewing techniques. They will design a hand puppet using diagrams and words to label parts. Then they will join their two puppets’ fabrics together by using a simple running stitch /over stitch. Finally, they will decorate their puppet to match their design and evaluate their product. 

• Look at different hand puppets made of fabrics on the internet and if you want you can design and make a sock puppet too using glue and other decorative materials.  

History  

How am I making history?  

The children will learn some of the key historical words that show the passage of time. They will talk about their memories and events that they celebrate throughout the year and order some pictures of these events on a timeline. They will investigate similarities and differences between childhood now and in the past. They will discuss possible events in their future and add ideas to a time capsule.  

• With your child look at some photographs of the different stages in their lives so far and ask them to describe what they could do at each stage. You can order the pictures to show the passage of time, and you can support your child to order the years they happened in. 

• Talk to your child about how your childhood was similar or different to your child and compare those with grandparents’ childhood too. 

Geography  

What is it like here? 

The children will locate features of their school on an aerial photograph and a map and learn the name of the country, town in which they live in. They will make a map of the classroom with key features. They will do a survey to see how they and others feel about some areas of the school playground and draw a design to improve three areas of the playground using the results of their survey.  

• Visit the BBC bitesize website to discuss maps: BBC maps  

• Ask your child to draw a map of their bedroom/ kitchen or make a map of one room of their house using objects or Lego. They can also use a key. 

PE  

Fundamentals  

The children will explore the fundamental skills of balancing, running, changing direction, jumping, hopping and skipping. Pupils will work collaboratively with others, taking turns and sharing ideas.  

Sending and receiving  

The children will develop their sending and receiving skills including throwing and catching, rolling, kicking, tracking and stopping a ball. Pupils will be given opportunities to work with a range of different sized balls.   

Staying active at home will support your child’s progress in PE. Here are some links to follow for some ideas:  

• KS1 Physical Education - BBC Teach  

• Cosmic Kids Yoga - YouTube  

• Physical Education lessons for Key Stage 1 students - Oak National Academy (thenational.academy)  

Please note that these videos are on YouTube and therefore may need some level of supervision.  

RE  

How did the world begin?  

This term the children will learn about how the world began from different religious views. We will be learning the views of Judaism, Christianity and Hinduism.  

What do some people believe God looks like? 

The children will learn how Christians, Hindus and Muslims represent God and their beliefs on his characteristics. 

Here is some key vocabulary we will be using with the children this term. It would be helpful to talk through these words with your child at home.  

Vocabulary: Bible, Christian, creation, Genesis, Jewish, Torah, Brahma, Hindu, Shiva, Vishnu, personality, talent, express  

PSHE  

Families and Relationships   

In this unit the children will understand the role of the family in their lives and understand the different types of families. They will also understand that some friendships might make us feel unhappy and how to deal with this and understand how loss and change can affect us.   

Health and Wellbeing  

The children will describe a range of feelings and develop simple strategies for managing them, understand the benefits of physical activity and a healthy diet and learn ways of looking after our teeth.  

Here is some key vocabulary we will be using with the children this term. It would be helpful to talk through these words with your child at home: 

ready, respectful, safe, kind, unkind, trust, rules, relation, relationship, emotions, stereotypes, challenge, problem, solution  

Music   

Pulse 

In this unit, children explore keeping the pulse together through music and movement, by exploring their favourite things. 

Tempo 

In Autumn 2, the children will use bodies and instruments to listen and respond to pieces of music with fast and slow speeds; learn and perform a rhyme and a song focussing on fast and slow. 

Read about playing and performing music on the BBC bitesize website: BBC Bitesize