Year 1 and 2 Summer Term 2024

Before we inform you of activities and events that will be happening in Year 1 and 2 during the Summer Term, we would first of all like to welcome you- we hope that we will all be able to work together in the spirit of our school motto

'Together with Christ Everyone Achieves More’

Summer Term Curriculum

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We hope that you have had an enjoyable and restful holiday. Our new Summer Term topics are called 'A Knight's Tale' and 'Beside the Seaside.' 

We are starting a new topic this half term called ‘Beside the Seaside.’ We will be learning about seaside resorts, what they were like in the past and how they have changed.

We will continue to follow our Read, Write, Inc programme and Literacy and Language programme on a daily basis with the children. The children will also be working to improve their grammar, handwriting and spelling. 

Religious Education

The children will participate in weekly Holy times and assemblies as well as weekly lessons based around the life of Jesus. We will also be sending our prayer bag home with the children. This is an opportunity for you to share a special Holy time with your child at home which they can then share with us in school. 

This term we will be learning about... 

· Prodigal Son

· The Lost Sheep

· Jairus’ daughter

· Feeding 5000

· Miracles

· Mass and Baptism

· What is the Church?

· St Benedict’s Day

 English

• Read, Write, Inc
• Literacy and Language
• Read, Write, Inc comprehension
• Story time
• Stories connected to our theme- 'Sea Saw' by Tom Percival
• Looking at the use of Capital letters, full stops, nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs
• Writing letters, instruction texts and newspaper reports
• Sentence structure and use of punctuation

​Throughout all of these units the children will be taught about the writing process and how to :

• Plan their writing
• Compose and rehearse their sentences orally (hold/ build a sentence)
• Organise their writing
• Revise their writing (Does it sound right?)
• Evaluate and edit their work (Does it look right?)
• Publish their work to a high standard

We will be reading the following texts in class...

Mathematics

• Number and place value
• Addition and Subtraction
• Multiplication and division
• Properties of shape
• Measures: Mass
• Money
• Statistics

We will also be introducing some new 'fluency' lessons. This will help in supporting the children in remembering known number facts.

Science

The focus in science this term will be  'Plants'.

 This half term we will be learning about:

• What do plants need to grow?
• What is inside a seed?
• The life cycle of a plant
• What do plants need to stay healthy?
• How do plants grow in different climates?

Geography and History

This half term we will be covering objectives from both the Geography and History KS1 Programmes of Study.

We will be learning about 'Seaside resorts.'

Our key enquiry questions will be:

• Where is the seaside?
• What is the seaside like?
• What was the seaside like in the past?
• How do we know what the seaside was like in the past?
• Who was Grace Darling?

PE

All classes will now participate in PE on Fridays. Please bring an old pair of trainers in a plastic bag as it could be muddy!

Music

We will be following the Charanga Music scheme.  As well as learning to sing, play, improvise and compose music, the children will listen and appraise other songs by other artists linked to a theme. Throughout the lessons the children will learn about pulse, rhythm and pace. They will also develop their skills of appraising music. 

Computing

In computing we will be ensuring that all children are familiar with using our school online platforms, logging in, online safety and the correct use of computing equipment.

We also use our computing equipment regularly to support our learning in other subjects e.g. This half term the children will be using ipads to research different seaside towns and locate them on a map.

Art and Design Technology

This term we are having an Art and Design focus:

• To produce creative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences. 
• Creating repeating patterns through print.

Please ensure that your child attends school every day and arrives on time. Classroom doors open at 8.30 am and the register will be taken at 8.45 am, anyone arriving after this time will be late.

Please read with your child daily and write a comment in their reading diary every night to show

that they have been reading at home. 

All children will take part in PE lessons.

Mrs Collins' class: FRIDAY

Miss Doherty's class: FRIDAY

Mr Leybourne's class: FRIDAY

Please ensure your child wears their PE kit to school on the day they have PE.

PLEASE ENSURE THAT CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO REMOVE THEIR OWN EARRINGS FOR P.E. STUDS ONLY PLEASE.

Click below for your daily Read Write Inc lessons.

We love reading! 

Click on the image to go to Oxford Owl. Follow the instructions sent by your class teacher to access the amazing library of eBooks.

Please check your DB Primary account every day for new tasks and messages from your teacher. 

Please look at the Religious Education page to find your RE lessons.