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Autumn
Our topics this term are ‘Pirates and Explorers’ and ‘India’.
In literacy we will be…
- Writing adventure stories based on familiar texts we have read.
- Learning about different word types (adjectives, verbs, nouns, adverbs and conjunctions) and using them to make our writing more exciting.
- Using basic punctuation to make our writing easy to read.
- Creating our own heroes and villains for adventure stories.
- Writing non-chronological reports (information texts) about India.
- Using paragraphs to group information.
- Using an index, contents page and glossary to find and convey key information.
- Using more complex punctuation (question marks, exclamation marks, commas in lists) to make our writing more interesting for the reader.
- Reading a range of exciting books linked to our topics and discuss them in depth.
In maths we will be…
- Using place value and number facts to solve problems.
- Recognise the place value of each digit in a two-digit number.
- Identify, represent and estimate numbers to 100.
- Read and write numbers to at least 100.
- Count in steps of 2, 3, 5 and 10.
- Recall and use addition facts to 20 fluently.
- Show that addition of two numbers can be done in any order.
- Add and subtract numbers using concrete manipulatives.
- Solve problems with addition and subtraction.
- Choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure.
- Compare and order length and record the results using < > or =.
- Apply knowledge of numbers to 100 to read scales to the nearest appropriate standard unit in the context of length.
- Interpret and construct simple pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and simple tables.
- Ask and answer simple questions by counting the number of objects in each category and sorting the categories by quantity.
- Solve problems involving multiplication and division.
- Show that multiplication of two numbers can be done in any order.
- Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 times tables including recognising odd and even numbers.
In topic we will be…
- Using maps and atlases to identify the UK and other countries of personal interest.
- Learning to use simple compass directions.
- Identifying key human and physical features of the environment.
- Learning about a range of explorers such as Neil Armstrong, Tim Peake, Charles Darwin, Christopher Columbus and Francis Drake.
- Planning and designing our own expedition to the moon!
- Learning about the main beliefs and practices of Hinduism.
- Celebrating Diwali, making clay diva lamps, drawing rangoli patterns and cooking and tasting Indian food.
- Using a range of different artistic techniques to create landscapes of the Taj Mahal.
- Learning about Indian animals and plants and comparing and contrasting these to the animals and plants in the UK.
- Comparing the way different types of people live in India to the way different people live in the UK.
- Listening to and retelling a range of Indian traditional tales.
- Learning about some of the key beliefs and practices of Judaism and Christianity.