Autumn 1
English
We have been focusing on the composition of a simple sentence including capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. We have been writing daily dictated sentences in line with our phonics programme to consolidate the graphemes and tricky words we have covered in each session. We have learnt the story, ‘The Three Little Pigs’ and focused on descriptive language to describe the character.
Also, in English this half term, we have been writing instructions. Our instructional text was, ‘How to Trap a Wolf’ and we innovated this to write our own instructions to trap another fairytale villain. Children worked hard to include the features of instructional texts in their writing.
Maths
As Mathematicians the children have been focusing on understanding the place value of numbers up to 10 including one more, one less, greater than and less than. We have looked at number bonds to 10 and part whole models.
Also in Maths, we have started to learn about addition and subtraction. We have practised adding and subtracting numbers within 10, solving number sentences and word problems.
Creative Curriculum
In Geography, we have been learning about our local area. We enjoyed a walk around Kimberworth Park. We talked about what makes it a nice place to live and what we could do to improve our community. We have learnt about the use of symbols and keys on maps and have drawn our own maps of our walk.
In Art, we have been learning about the artist, Paul Klee. We looked at his artwork and learnt about his use of shape and colour. We imitated his style to create our own artwork.
In DT, we had the fantastic ‘Great Puppet Sew’ where parents came in to support their child making their own fairytale puppet.
