Class 1 Term 2 Overview

Science: Nocturnal animals Camouflage- creating pictures. Outside activities making objects camouflaged. Research a nocturnal animal. Investigating light sources.		Geography: Barnaby Bear around the world. Creating passports. Finding Africa on a globe. Weather report on Africa-Link ICT Looking at mud huts. Transport used e.g. elephants,walking,cars,buses. Use a map to follow route from England to Africa. What do you pass on the way? Design suitcase for trip to Africa.
I.C.T.: Represent information graphically-Pictograms of favourite animal from Africa/favourite reindeer. PowerPoint of weather report. Write letters to Santa. Print work independently.	Art: Colour mixing-Diwali-Light Camouflage Rangoli patterns Henna patterns Xmas activities-decorations, snowflakes, gift tags, snow pictures.	P.S.H.E & Multicultural: Swahili- Learnt basic phrases ‘hello’ counting up to ten. SEAL- Getting on and falling out. Creating a wanted poster for a friend. Create a recipe for friendship. Stories of friendship linked to Africa. Importance of listening to each other. Kind tree.
Music: Indian music African music-Listening to a tribal song. Sounds from Africa and India. Look at keeping a beat. Can you name the instruments? Music Express-Keeping a beat. Looking at instruments from other countries. How can we make our own?	R.E. Light-Diwali Nativity Story	P.E. Gym- Looking at animal movements from Africa. Lion King. Compose a short sequence looking at how each animal travels. Dance-Looking at Indian dancing. Bollywood clips/break dancing clips. Incorporating some movements into a short sequence looking at moving and stopping.

Literacy

Reception- Starting phonics phase 2 letters and sounds. Blending words, Africa story of emergent writing, Postcard to Africa of Barnaby Bear,

Writing names for sandwiches or dinners, Continue to introduce high frequency words. Role play area-first few weeks’ information centre about Africa and India. Then turning into Santa’s grotto in the lead up to Christmas. Children to use their imagination to play different roles.

Africa and India books to read, Swahili words to learn fro Africa- e.g. Jambo.

Santa in different languages, Christmas list, Letter to Santa, Reading a list in Santa Workshop, Reading names from register, Christmas cards

Learning lines for nativity, Xmas stamps on 2simple, Key hole Santa workshop for discussion, outside phonic games. Scrap store materials to create santa sleigh.

Y1- Non fiction books. Instructions to the North Pole. Take on role of Santa helpers. Instructions on how to wrap a present. Solve the clues around the classroom.

Stories from a range of cultures. Read a selection of African and Indian stories. Look at repeated language and discuss the settings. How is it different from our culture?  Choose one of the stories to write a different ending. Look at Handa’s Surprise as a format for repeated story language. Look at clothing, where they live, transport. Compare to Iron Acton.

Numeracy

Reception

Recognising numerals 0 – 10. Outside hunt the number on the animal, Practice number formation, Explore creating patterns-Elmer

Develop sorting skills-sort animals into groups and explain how you sorted them. Understanding one more than/one less than a number. Santa’s on the washing line. What number is missing? Tea party for Lion King animals. Are there enough cups/saucers? How many plates? Begin to learn shape names and properties. Make a xmas picture using shapes, Which container holds the most?, Order the Santa’s by position first, second, third, Count the buttons on the Santa’s? Who has the most buttons?, Count in 2s. 2 baubles, then another 2. 2, 4, 6, 8. Santa has lost his presents. Can you go and hunt for them around the school looking at the clues. Write and say what number is on each present. Have a selection of wrapped presents. How can we find which present is the heaviest? Use a balance. Can you find a present heavier/lighter than that one? Tell a story of how some children built a snowman. Put the cards in order. Make wrapping paper-Check it is a pattern. Solving problems – Santa has 10 houses to visit but only 9 presents. How many more does he need? I have hidden 2 presents in the sack and have 3 presents on the table. How many presents altogether? I have 6 presents in the sack. I take 4 of them out. How many are left? Sort Santa’s into categories. E.g. ones with a black belt, yellow belt. Make a belt for Santa-Problem solving measuring.

Y1- Problem solving involving counting and measuring. Questions in box-Pass the parcel. Questions about days of the week, seasons, birthdays. Measuring-Measure Santa following instructions on how tall he needs to be. Capacity-filling containers. How many cups to fill this bottle?

Weighing presents. Measuring the wrapping paper to fit the present that needs wrapping. Buy toys in the shop and give change from 10p and 20p. Using a hundred square for counting in tens. Counting in 2s. Pairs of presents. Doubling presents/halving them. Making chapatti bread. Can you cut it into half/quarters? Problems using snowmen using addition and subtraction.