Years 1 & 2 – Robins Class
Welcome to Robins Class page:
On this page you will be able to find information about the work which Year 1 and Year 2 pupils are undertaking. You will also find information of ways in which you can help and encourage pupils in their learning to enable them to fulfil the school values ‘To Nurture, To Grow and To Flourish’.
To enable you to be fully involved with your child’s learning we hold half termly consultation meetings which provide an opportunity for pupils and parents to meet with the class teacher to discuss progress, celebrate achievements and discuss the next steps.
Our topics this term are as follows:
Summer Term – Robins Class
In English, we will be looking at the fairy-tale story ‘Rapunzel’. The children will use the ‘Talk for Writing’ process to learn a shortened version of the story and then create a story map to help. We will then innovate the shortened version of the story by changing different parts. Then the children will have a go at writing their own fairy-tale.
In Phonics, Year 1 will be looking at different ways to spell the /or/, /air/, /ue/, /oy/ and /ar/ sound while Year 2 will be looking at different ways to spell the /h/, /k/, /r /t/ and /z/ sound.
Year 1 are continuing on with the unit numbers to 50. Then we will move onto an introduction to length and height as well as an introduction to weight and volume.
Year 2 are carrying on with the unit on length and height. We will then move onto the properties of shape and start to look at fractions.
During the unit we will be looking at the artist William Hogarth and his painting called ‘the Graham children’. The children will study this painting and compare clothes and toys/games from the past with the present. They will do the same with the paintings Little Girl in the Armchair by Mary Cassat and Children’s Games by Pieter Bruegel.
Finally, we will revisit cubism in a bit more depth and study this through ‘the scrabble game’ by David Hockney.
Our other PE session will be led by KICK and we will be athletics.
Autumn Term 1- Robins Class
In English, we will be looking at the book ‘Caveman Dave’. The children will use the ‘Talk for Writing’ process to learn the story and create a story map. We will then innovate the story by changing parts like the setting. Then they will have a go at writing their own story about what Caveman Dave does in a day. We will also have a non-fiction unit on instructions where the children will make a cave for Caveman Dave and then write instructions on how to make it.
In Phonics, Year 1 will be recapping the initial code sounds learnt last year before looking at different ways to spell the /ae and /ee/ sound while Year 2 will be looking at different ways to spell the /ae/, /d/, /ee/ and /i/ sound.
Year 1 our first unit is numbers to 10. We will then move onto part-whole within 10 and finish with the unit addition and subtraction with 10.
Year 2 will start by looking at numbers to 100. Then we will move onto two units of addition and subtraction.
Our other PE session will be led by KICK.
Autumn Term 2- Robins Class
In Phonics, Year 1 will be looking at different ways to spell the /oe/, /er/, /e/ and /ow/ sound while Year 2 will be looking at different ways to spell the /oe/, /n/ and /er/ sound.
Year 1 are continuing on with the unit addition and subtraction with 10. We will then move onto to unit 2D and 3D shape before finishing with numbers to 20.
Year 2 are carrying on with a unit of addition and subtraction before moving onto a unit on money
Our other PE session will be led by KICK and we will be doing the sport basketball/netball.
Spring Term 1- Robins Class
In English, we will be looking at the book ‘Six Dinner Sid’. The children will use the ‘Talk for Writing’ process to learn part of the story and then create a story map. We will then innovate the story by changing different parts. Then the children will have a go at writing their own story.
In Phonics, Year 1 will be looking at different ways to spell the m/oo/n, /ie/ and b/oo/k sound while Year 2 will be looking at different ways to spell the /v/, m/oo/n and /j/ sound.
Year 1 are continuing on with the unit 2D and 3D. We will then move onto the unit numbers to 20 and start to look at addition and subtraction within 20.
Year 2 are carrying on with the unit on money. We will then move onto several units of multiplication and division.
This half term our unit will be gymnastics. We will start by learning how to carry and place the apparatus. We will then learn to travel safely in different ways and at different speeds and levels. We will also learn to make and hold different shapes before starting to link actions to make a sequence.
Our other PE session will be led by KICK and we will be doing the sport netball.
Spring Term 2 – Robins Class
In English, we will be looking at the book ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’. The text will be used to create a set of instructions. The children will use the ‘Talk for Writing’ process to learn a set of instructions and then create a text map to help. We will then innovate the instructions by changing different parts. Then the children will have a go at writing their own set of instructions.
In Phonics, Year 1 will be looking at different ways to spell the /u/, /s/ and /l/ sound while Year 2 will be looking at different ways to spell the /g/, /f/, /m/ and /or/ sound
Year 1 are continuing on with the unit addition and subtraction within 20. Then we will move onto numbers to 50. We will end with an introduction to length and height.
Year 2 are carrying on with the unit on multiplication and division. Then we will move onto a unit on statistics. We will end with a unit on length and height and properties of shape.
During the unit we will be looking at the artists Seurat, Van Gogh, Tintoretto, Uccello and Moreau. The different styles and techniques we will be learning about are pointillism and brushstrokes. The children will practice these techniques themselves. Children will also explore the concept of narrative in art and how artists depict characters in their work. They will sketch a scene from the story ‘George and the Dragon.
The children will be able to recognise that Incarnation (covered last half term) and Salvation are part of the ‘big story’ of the bible. They will listen to stories of Holy Week and Easter from the bible and recognise a link with the idea of Salvation (Jesus rescuing people) and that Jesus gives instructions about how to behave. Children will be reminded that Easter is an important part of the bible and that Easter (spring) signifies ‘new life’.
Year 1 will be learning the main external parts of the bodies of humans, including the names for sexual parts. They will also learn to describe what their bodies can do and how to keep themselves clean/the importance of basic hygiene practices.
Year 2 will be learning about the human life cycle. They will consider the ways they have changed physically since they were born and the responsibilities they now have. They will also learn how the needs of babies and young children are met by their families.
Our other PE session will be led by KICK and we will be learning about the sport tennis.