Foundation Subjects

Other areas of the curriculum:

Geography

Our Geography topic is ‘Our Country’.  The children will learn about the United Kingdom, the 4 countries, the 4 capital cities and the surrounding seas. We will have a focus on London and the children will learn about the landmarks within the city and link this to their prior knowledge of human and physical features.  We will finish the half term, by defining the differences between a village, a town and a city.    

RE

Our RE topic next half term is Hinduism.  The children will think about how Hindus believe that God is represented in various ways.  We will start by looking at how 1 person can be known by different names to different people.  For example, Mrs Hollman, SENDCO, Class teacher, Rachel, Mummy, wife, daughter etc.

PSHE

In PSHE this half term we are focusing on ‘Keeping healthy’. During this topic, we will focus on eating healthily, exercise, sun safety and how to prevent germs.  We will have lots of discussions about why keeping healthy is so important. 

Music

Our music topic this half term is called ‘Your Imagination’. The children will learn a fun song and will even have the opportunity to add their own lyrics and dance moves.

Computing

In Computing we will be learning how to use the keyboard effectively in order to type using two hands and including the use of symbols, editing text size and changing text colour.

Art

This half term, the children will look at ‘Printing’.  They will look at various objects that they can use to print and which is the best to use.  Our focus artist is Wassily Kandinsky.