1. Class Lakin/Gibbs and Lishman Literacy Postcards and letters - see separate planning Read examples of letters and postcards - understand form and layout - paragraphs/start/ending Write postcard from six weeks holiday and write informal and formal letter Use a variety of connectives and in particular conjunctions such as while, if, so, when Consider use of exclamation mark to show emotion Investigate ways words and phrases signal time sequences and consider examples of formal and informal language and when each is appropriate to use Use adjectives and adjectival phrases Stories with familiar settings (short story with setting description/character ) - see separate planning Understand what speech marks are and where they are used. Identify descriptive vocabulary and phrases used to create setting in a story. Use exclamation marks to show emotion. Plan and write short story considering setting and character. Use of VCOP to improve writing. Phonics - follow ‘letters and sounds’ phonics programme of teach/practice/teach/practice/apply Big Read - see separate planning Big Write - letter: ‘letter home from a strange planet’ End of half-term Assessment – Big Write - story: ‘spooky house on the hill’ Numeracy Read, write and order numbers to 1000. Partition into hundreds, tens and units and explore other partitioning methods. Know the sum and difference of pairs and numbers to 20. Add and subtract multiples of 10 and 100. Mentally add and subtract 1 and 2 digit numbers. Add 2 digit numbers using a number square. Know by heart addition and subtraction facts using number bonds to 20. Extend to use patterns for further calculations. Including number bonds of multiples of 10 to make 100. Add several numbers mentally using strategies of number bonds and adding 9/11 by adding 10 and adding/subtracting 1 Recognise addition can be done in any order. Learn the 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times tables Classify and describe 2d shapes. Sketch reflections of shapes MA1 - Solve one and two-step problems involving numbers and money MA1 - investigate shapes within shapes. Art/DT Ourselves and our Family - postcard from six weeks holiday Picasso To be introduced to Cubist artwork, particularly Pablo Picasso. To create a self portrait in the style of Pablo Picasso using pastels. Louise Meads Family Trees Paint tree in style of Louise Meads Produce a family tree with pictures and photographs Sandwich Snacks To consider which sandwich fillings we do and don’t like. To create a healthy sandwich to enjoy. Humanities Tudors To locate the Tudors in British History To research Henry VIII, his time on the thrones and his wives. To use a range of historical sources to study Elizabeth I. To know the sequencce of events during the Spanish Armada and recognise the reasons for Spanish failure. To investigate Tudors at sea and investigate the life of a sailor. To understand the key features of both a Tudor galleon and a Tudor house. Science Teeth and Healthy Eating To recognise there are different kinds of teeth each with their own specific function Sc2 2a /Sc1 a To recognise the importance of cleaning teeth Sc2 2a/Sc1 2j To understand that foods can be put into different categories each with a different function Sc2 2b To plan a weekly menu for school which includes balanced meals each day with the correct proportion of foods from each food category each day and which is within a given budget Sc2 2b R.E./P.S.H.E./Music Ourselves and our families All children to understand importance of class behaviour rules as means of ensuring all are safe and cared for All children to understand importance of respect for themselves and others and all children o feel valued To recognise that we are all different and that there are all kinds of families Drumming - playing rhythms using djembe drums Singing - group singing led by music co-ordinator ICT Portraits of self as a superhero using Paint Import photo of face PE To be led by PE instructor Swimming Global dimensions Rules and why we have them – behaviour in our class and school – new beginnings – Citizenship Unit 8 Ourselves and our families – family trees – links on a map