English

Our writing will be inspired by the book, ‘Beegu’, by Alexis Deacon. The children will read about the lost alien and show their understanding through posters, letters and short reports before writing their own retelling of the story. As we write we will continue to focus on extending sentences using conjunctions (if, so, that, but, because) as well as accurate use of past tense and expanded noun phrases using adjectives.

Maths

Our maths lessons will begin with the topic of place value to 20. We will understand tens and ones, finding one more and one less and comparing numbers. We will then move on to addition and subtraction to 20.We will explore adding and subtracting numbers using our number bonds and our related facts knowledge.

This half term, in our Theme lessons, will learn about the history of Highfield Primary. Our enquiry skills will include comparing photographic evidence, studying maps and interviewing members of the school community. We will be looking at what was here before Highfield Primary school, how the school grounds have changed over time and how the uniform has changed over time. 

In Science we are going to be learning about ‘Animals’ and their different characteristics. We will explore ways in which different animals use their sense for survival and how this links to their specific diets.

In RE lessons we will study what makes a place sacred with references to special places related to Christianity, Islam and Judaism.

This term in music, the children will be exploring how sounds can be produced in different ways using voices and instruments. They will listen to a variety of music including Flight Of The Bumblebee and William Tell Overture, and will begin to recognize how composers use dynamics, tempo and timbre to bring a character or theme to life!

Our computing learning will involve using our computational thinking skills to control robots such as BeeBots, ProBots and Codapillars. Children will program them to navigate a course using directional language to understand that computers follow instructions systematically and exactly.

‘Jump, Shape, Create’ is the title of our indoor PE unit for this term. The children will manipulate their bodies and show creativity to make shapes individually and with partners. They will explore a range of ways of moving that will involve jumping and landing.

‘Fair, Share, Dare’ is our outdoor PE unit which aims to develop the social skills of cooperation and collaboration along with bravery and curiosity to try new things.

Class 2 PE kit days – Tuesdays and Wednesdays

In PSHE we will learn about how to keep ourselves safe. This includes key messages regarding who to turn to in times of need, recognising dangers in the wider world and ensuring we know what is healthy for our bodies.

In Art, we will be looking at crafts and craftspeople. We will focus on the art of stained glass and recreate stained glass windows using collage skills. We will use an array of examples from work at St Clements to looking at some modern pieces.

In DT we will be making rice pudding focusing on school dinners from the past which links with our history topic.