Foundation Subjects
Other areas of the curriculum:
History
In history this half term, the children will learn about Florence Nightingale. They will place her on our class timeline. We will look at her legacy of being the lady of the lamp. The impact that she had on nursing today. We will also learn about Mary Seacole and comparing their lives.
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.
DT
This half term, the children will try various fruits and create their own fruit smoothie.
PE
Gilcrest sports will teach the children on a Wednesday afternoon. This half term, the children will focus on Indoor Athletics and Dodgeball.
Computing
As the children have now developed and built upon their basic computer skills, this half term we will begin our Programming topic. We will use the Scratch programming app in order to create and change the size of characters and create a simple set of instructions.
Music
During the ‘Learning to Listen’ unit this half term, our learning will be based around the social question ‘How Does Music Help Us to Understand Our Neighbours?’. The Social Question evolves as the children move through the scheme while encouraging them to be responsible and kind. The children will continue to find the pulse and will learn to listen to different rhymes and clap them back. We will also be adding instruments to complete our performance of our focus song.