English

Our English this term is closely linked to our overall topic ‘toys’. We will use different texts to support the key learning.

History of LEGO: Children will explore how the brand ‘LEGO’ was created and use this information to create a non-chronological report.

Naughty Bus: This text allows us to look at simple captions that match pictures. We will learn the difference between captions and labels which will enable the children to write their own captions about the pictures in the Naughty Bus book.

Lost in the Toy Museum: We will investigate the different toys in this book and learn how to describe the pictures using adjectives. The children will use these adjectives to create character descriptions for the toys in the story.

How to Babysit Grandma: We will use this focus text to support the learning of instructions. The children will design their own board game and write clear instructions for how to play it.

The Toy’s Christmas: The children learn to write in third person. We will learn to write a short narrative in 3^rd person.

TOYS – acrostic poem: children will learn the key skills of acrostic poems and use these to write their own poems about toys.

Maths

Place Value: children learn that collections of objects can be sorted into sets based on attributes such as colour, size or shape. We will learn to fluently count to 10 when counting objects. Year 1 learn to represent real-life objects such as apples, leaves and sweets using manipulatives such as counters and cubes. They also match numerals to a set of objects, but do not yet use the written words. We will learn to count 1 more and 1less as well as practicing to count backwards within 10. Children move on from describing whether there are “fewer”, “more” or the “same” number of objects to comparing numerical values using the vocabulary “less than”, “greater than” or “equal to” alongside the symbols <, > and =.

Addition and Subtraction:  Children learn to add and subtract within 10 in the autumn term. Pupils use part-whole models to investigate parts and wholes. Children learn to write number sentences; identify fact families and to calculate number bonds to 10. They use a range of concrete resources and pictorial representations to support them when adding and subtracting.

Science

The human body: children need to be able to identify the head, neck, arms, elbows, hands, legs, knees, feet, face, ears, eyes, nose, hair, mouth and teeth. Children will focus on the 5 senses: sight, taste, smell, touch and sound.

Seasonal changes: children look at seasonal changes in autumn and winter. They will explore changes related to the other seasons later in the year. Children should understand that there are four seasons in a year.

Materials: children begin to explore materials. They focus on wood, plastic, glass and metal objects and sort them into different categories. Children explore the difference between objects and the materials they are made from. It is important that children explore objects that are made from wood, plastic, glass, metal, rock and fabric.

PSHE

Me and My Relationships: Children will name a variety of different feelings and explain how these might make them behave. They will learn different ways of dealing with ‘not so good’ feelings and who will help them. We will also focus on following classroom rules.

Valuing Difference: We will learn ways in which people are similar as well as different. Children will explore why things sometimes seem unfair, even if they are not.

Art

Earth Art: Children will explore how nature can be used to create artwork. We will look at using natural materials to make sculptures, dreamcatchers and collages.

History

Toys: past and present: We are learning about toys in the past and present. Children will investigate toys from the past and learn how to compare these to current toys. Timelines will be used to chronologically order toys.

Music

Moving and Groving: Children are introduced pulse and rhythm. We will learn how to use body percussion and move their bodies and feet to the beat.

RE

Our Wonderful World: The children will compare creation stories from different religions and discuss their own views on how nature makes them feel.

PE

The Dance: Toys unit encourages children to think about the speed, weight and size of their movements in the context of toys from the past and present. The children pretend to be and play with imaginary toys. They work in different formations, synchronizing their movements with their partner’s and within larger groups. They move to different rhythms, speed up and slow down and use their own bodies to produce rhythms.

Geography

Life in the City: We will be studying maps and exploring some features of several different cities with this 'Life in the City' topic. The children will learn about some human and physical features of cities and explore some of the different landmarks in Edinburgh and Cape Town. There are also opportunities to compare cities and discover landmarks and coastlines.

Design + Technology

Stable Structures: Children will explore features of stable structures, design a plan, investigate different materials, follow their own plan and evaluate their final product. Our finished product will be a garage for a toy car.