🍂 Autumn 2 Overview – Year 1/2

We’ve got an exciting half term ahead filled with fun learning and festive activities! 🎄✨

📖 English

Our focus text this term is Last Stop on Market Street. We’ll be exploring this wonderful story, learning about characters and settings, and writing our own imaginative narratives. 🚌📚

🔢 Maths

In Maths, we’ll be working on place value and learning all about 2D and 3D shapes. We’ll use practical activities to explore patterns, properties and numbers all around us! 🧮🔺⚪️

🌦️ Science

Our topic is Seasonal Changes. We’ll be observing how the world around us changes as we move from autumn into winter, keeping a close eye on the weather and daylight. 🌧️🍁❄️

🗺️ Geography

In Geography, we’re asking “What is it like here?” We’ll be exploring our school and the village of Kensworth, using maps and fieldwork to learn more about our local area. 🏫🌳

💻 Computing

This term, we are Data Explorers! We’ll be learning how to collect, organise and present information using simple digital tools. 🖱️💾

🛠️ Design & Technology

We’ll be making a moving storybook! Children will design and create pages that come to life with levers and sliders to make their stories move. 📖✨

💃 PE

Our focus this term is Dance – we’ll be moving to music, learning simple routines and expressing ourselves through creative movement. 🎶🕺

🎵 Music

Our unit is Ho! Ho! Ho! – a festive collection of songs to get us ready for Christmas. We’ll be singing, playing instruments and keeping the beat! 🎅🎵

🎭 Christmas Production

We’re very excited to begin rehearsals for our Christmas production! The children will be learning songs, lines and dances to share some festive cheer with families at the end of term. 🌟🎤🎁

🙏 RE

We’ll be learning about The Christmas Story, exploring why Christmas is such an important celebration for Christians. 🌟👶

💬 PSHE (Jigsaw)

Our theme is Celebrating Difference. We’ll be learning about what makes us unique, how to be kind and how to respect and value others. ❤️🤝