Welcome to Adventurers 2024 - 2025

We are a mixed-age class of Year 1 and Year 2 children.

Our class teacher is Miss Greveson.

Miss Nash also supports us in our learning each day.

Spring 1 2025

English

This half term we will be sharing the stories ‘I Want My Hat Back’ and ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’. The children will explore story sequels, questions, speech bubbles, wanted posters, letters, retellings from another point of view, lists of rules, character descriptions letters and lists.            

Maths

For maths we follow White Rose Education. This term we will looking at the following units:

• Addition and subtraction (within 100)
• Multiplication and Division

Science

Living Things and their Habitats.

This unit ‘Living things and their habitats’ takes children through six lessons where they: explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive. They learn how to identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including microhabitats; and describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify and name different sources of food.

Geography

What is the weather like in the UK?

Children will learn to identify and locate the four UK countries, recognise their own country and describe locations using basic compass directions. They will also measure different types of weather, using symbols used in weather forecasts, describe seasonal changes and suggest appropriate clothing and activities for each season.

RE

What do stories of Jesus tell Christians about how to live?

PSHE

Dreams and Goals

I will learn about...

• How to set a realistic goal
• How to persevere when a task is difficult
• Who I work well with
• How to work well in a team

I will explore...

• The things that I have achieved and how it makes me feel
• My personal strengths
• Teamwork and how it can help me to learn
• How it feels to work in a group product
• How to share successes with other people

Music

In the Groove

In the Groove is a song that was specially written for classroom use to teach children about different styles of music. This is a very easy song to learn and has been arranged in six different styles; Blues, Baroque, Latin, Bhangra, Folk and Funk. Each week you will listen and learn a different style of In the Groove.

Art

Craft and design: Map it out

This unit focuses on teaching children to explore and create maps through various art forms, including drawing, felt making, printmaking, and designing stained glass. The lessons aim to develop skills in sorting, designing, and evaluating art, encouraging students to present and discuss their creations in a class gallery setting.

Computing

Programming A – Moving a Robot  

This unit introduces learners to early programming concepts. Learners will explore using individual commands, both with other learners and as part of a computer program. They will identify what each floor robot command does and use that knowledge to start predicting the outcome of programs. The unit is paced to ensure time is spent on all aspects of programming and builds knowledge in a structured manner. Learners are also introduced to the early stages of program design through the introduction of algorithms.

PE

Our PE day will be on a Monday only. This is due to having two sessions this day. One session will be with our coach from Amber Valley Sports Partnership and the other session will be from Yoga Bugs. Children will need to come into school in their PE kit on their PE days.

Home learning

For phonics, we follow the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds programme. The children take home a reading book each week that closely links with their phonics stage. We encourage them to read this as much as possible over the week before returning it to school. You can also take a look at the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Resources for Parents page: For parents | Letters and Sounds (littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk) 

In addition to this, children take home a book which they choose from our school library to read for pleasure with their parents/carers. 

For maths, we encourage the children to log on to Numbots each night and practise just a few questions.

You can also use the White Rose One-Minute Maths which is a great resource when time is limited. 

https://whiteroseeducation.com/1-minute-maths

Our Long Term Plan for 2024 - 2025

Below is the long term plan which outlines all of our units for the year.