Term 2 

English

Spanish Bulls have been working very hard this term in their English lessons. We began the term by continuing the riddles unit we began at the end of Term 1. Children used the information they had gained throughout the previous term to write their own independent riddles.

After this unit had finished, we began a unit on non-chronological reports. Children were introduced to a model text, which we all learned, with actions to support. Building on from this, we focused on key vocabulary from within the text, and the structure of the text. We then moved on to plan and write our own reports featuring facts from life in the present day.

Maths

Spanish Bulls have been working hard on developing their part-whole knowledge to support addition and subtraction. Children explored how to use a part-whole model to partition a given number into two smaller groups. Building on from this, we used our knowledge of the part-whole model to begin to learn how to write number sentences and fact families. Once everyone had developed this skill, we began to explore how to use a part-whole model to find a missing part using a range of resources including counters, ten frames and number lines.

History

Spanish Bulls have continued their learning within the ‘Childhood’ topic this term. We began the term by exploring and researching various facts about life within the 1950s, including what school was like, how children dressed and what forms of entertainment were available for people. To explore this topic further, we then examined how different childhood was in the 1950s. Children were able to discuss various differences between children in the present day and childhood in the past.

To conclude the topic, children explored how areas have changed between the 1950s and the present day. We explored a given map of an area, and discussed the features we could identify on it. We then compared this with another map, from the same area, and noted all the differences that have occurred over time.

Spanish Bulls have worked very hard throughout this term to prepare for their Nativity performance. We began by learning the Christmas story, exploring the main events of the story and creating a storyboard to sequence them. Following on from this, children were able to write sentences to describe and explain what happened during the beginning, middle and end of the story.

Once we had developed our understanding of the story, we began to prepare the roles and songs for our wonderful performance. Everyone worked hard and tried their best to put on a great performance – they should all be proud of themselves.

DT

Spanish Bulls have been working on their unit of ‘Shade and Shelter’ this term. The focus of the unit has been to gain an understanding of what shelters are, how they are used and which materials they can be made with. To begin the unit, we explored a variety of shelters and discussed which materials would be most suitable to build shelters with. Following on from this, we designed our own shelters using a design criteria and then created miniature models of these using a range of junk modelling resources.

Science

Everyone has been very engaged in the science unit of ‘Human Senses’ throughout the term. Children have been able to develop their knowledge to gain a better understanding of how humans use their senses to function. We began the term by exploring the basic parts of a human body. To do this, we labelled the various body parts.

Building on this learning, we then counted the amount of each body parts we all have, and created simple Venn diagrams to compare ourselves with a partner. Children were able to identify various similarities and differences between themselves such as eye colour, hairstyle and height.

Finally, we have been developing our understanding of each human sense by completing various tasks focusing on each sense individually. Spanish Bulls have enjoyed this unit and are looking forward to more science learning next term.

Term 1 ,2024-25

English

Spanish Bulls have been working hard to learn features of two genres of writing this term. To begin with, we explored the genre of autobiographies. Firstly, we learned a model text, with actions to support our understanding. Once everyone was confident with the features of this text, we began to make changes to produce our own versions of autobiography writing. This was a challenging piece of writing, but there were some wonderful pieces produced.

Following this, we began to explore the genre of riddles. We learned two short model texts to support our understanding of this genre. We focused on creating adjective word banks to use when writing our own riddles.

Maths

To begin Year 1, we have been focused on the ‘counting to 10’ unit within our Maths learning. Within this unit, we have focused on securing our knowledge of counting to 10 – children have created number tracks to support this learning.

We have also explored the concept of ‘one more’ and ‘one less’ using numbers within 10. Children have been able to identify one more or one less than a given number using a range of manipulatives to support.

Finally, we explored how to compare numbers, and learnt key vocabulary including ‘greater than’, ‘less than’ and ‘equal to’. Children have used a range of methods to develop their understanding of comparing numbers – including how to use the correct symbols for this vocabulary.

Science

Our Science learning this term has focused around everyday materials. To begin the unit, we explored a range of materials and began to describe these orally. We then embarked on a materials hunt around the school grounds to observe which materials can be seen in our environment.

Once we had begun our learning journey, we then explored the difference between natural materials and human-made materials. Children have become confident in giving examples of both types of materials and can identify a range of these.

Finally, we explored how to group materials together based on their type and also based on their properties.

Spanish Bulls have worked hard in their Science learning this term and have really enjoyed it.

History

To begin our Childhood topic, we first explored a range of historic toys and discussed the uses of each one and how they compare to today’s toys. After exploring toys, we then began to focus on families and we learned how to create a family tree. Children were given a blank tree template to assist them in creating their own unique families trees.

Next in our learning journey, we explored the six stages of human life from baby all the way to elderly adults. We create a simple timeline to support our understanding of this life journey. We then were able to put our knowledge of timelines into use by creating our own timelines using photographs from each of our lives.

Finally, we all chose one event that was important to us in our lives and wrote simple sentences to describe why it was important. Spanish Bulls really enjoyed this activity as they were all keen to share their important events with each other.

Spanish

Our Spanish focus this term has been learning to greet people. To begin, we all got introduced to some friends and learnt how to say hello in Spanish.  We then learnt how to introduce ourselves. We are all very confident in saying hello my name is… Spanish Bulls have been very enthusiastic about this unit of learning and look forward to their weekly Spanish lesson.

RE

Spanish Bulls have been learning all about Christianity this term – focusing specifically on the Christian creation story. Children discovered, and discussed the events of each day of the creation story, and why this story is important to Christians. Children have been learning how to re-tell the story, and have created their own creation story wheels to support their re-telling of this story. Finally, we have explored different ways in which people treat the environment – children had to sort scenarios into two groups: positive and negative ways to treat the world. Children have been able to explain how they think God would like Christians to treat the world.

PE

In PE, we have focused on two units this term: running and team building. In the first unit, we have been developing the correct technique used for running, and completing various games to support this learning. Next, we learnt what it means to work together in a team. Children have been given a range of challenges, and they have had to work together in small groups to attempt to solve these. This unit has supported the development of communication, trust and teamwork.

Jubilee University

We have had an amazing end to the term by taking part in our Jubilee University afternoons. The Duke Award that we took part in was finding out about our world. We learnt to sing the song Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree which we found out came from Australia. Following this we listened to a story of ‘The Gingerbread Man’ read to us by a parent in Urdu and English. We then drew a picture of our favourite part and wrote some key words in Urdu as well as English. To end the week we listened and danced to Bhangra music. This was amazing fun and we cannot wait to take part in Jubilee University again and look forward to completing some of these tasks at home. 

Term 6 - 2023/24

English

In English this term we have enjoyed various books themed around ‘on the beach’. Some of our favourites have been ‘The Rainbow Fish,’ ‘Tiddler’ and commotion in the ocean. We wrote our own reasons why Tiddler was late for school, some of our ideas included ‘taking a ship with pirates’ and ‘swimming with a dolphin’. We used descriptions of sea creatures and extended our fantastic writing skills using interesting words to try and write more than one sentences. We also learnt what rhyming is and got really good at rhyming strings.

Mathematics

In mathematics, we have completed lots of problem solving activities to do with doubling, halving and sharing.

To explore sharing we gave pirates gold coins. We had to make sure it was fair, so they had to be given an equal amount. Many of us remembered how to share food equally, in the home corner, by saying: “One for you, one for me.”

We have been looking at patterns in numbers, including odd and even numbers. We have also been doing lots of number bonds and could automatically recall number bonds to 10. We learnt about sorting objects into 2 groups. We enjoyed learning about capacity and got to play with water, rice and pasta, and explored putting them into different containers to see which one was full, half full and empty.

Topic:

We learnt all about the different sea creatures that live in the sea. We learnt about the animals and their habitats at the seaside. We explored rock pools and what sea creatures lived there. We got to make cute jelly fish and pirate ships with junk modelling and construction blocks. We learnt about safety and what the different flags mean at the beach. The children even made sun safety posters and how important it is to wear your sun hat and put on sunscreen. We learnt all about what a captain and sailors do on a ship, different parts of the ship and what a compass is. We even got to make our own compass.