Welcome to Adventurers 2024 - 2025

We are a mixed-age class of Year 1 and Year 2 children. 

Our class teacher is Miss Greveson.

Miss Nash also supports us in our learning each day.

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English

This half term we will be sharing the stories 'Billy the Beast' and 'Wolves'.

During our learning about 'Billy and the Beast' children will create their own version of the Billy character and use them to defeat a terrible beast intent upon boiling up animals into a terrible feast. During the sequence, they write a ‘day in the life of’ in the form of a summary, emails to give advice, recipes and then create their own version of a Billy and the Beast story.

During our learning about 'Wolves' children will help a character find out what is fact and what is fiction and will create a leaflet that will educate the townsfolk about wolves so that they can keep safe. 

Maths

For Maths we follow White Rose Education. This half term, the Year 1 and Year 2 children will be looking at Place Value (within 20) and Addition and Subtraction (Within 20).

Science

Animals including Humans - All about me!

This term in science we will be learning about Animals Including Humans - All about me. 

The children will learn how to identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is associated with each sense. 

History

How am I making History? 

The children will learn about past and present events including in our living memory and learn some similarities and differences about the past and present. 

RE

What can we learn from creation stories?

In our Religious Education lessons, we will be considering what we can learn from creation stories. 

PSHE

Jigsaw - Being Me in My World.

The children will help to fit together the six pieces of learning about 'Being me in My World'. They will explore their hopes and fears for the year as well as rights and responsibilities and rewards and consequences. 

Music 

Hey You!

Hey You! is written in an Old-School Hip Hop style for children to learn about the differences between pulse, rhythm and pitch and to learn how to rap and enjoy it in its original form.

As well as learning to sing, play, improvise and compose with this song, children will listen and appraise other Old-School Hip Hop tunes.

Art/D&T

Make your Mark!

This unit helps pupils to understand and use different line types and mark-making techniques in drawing; enhancing children's ability to describe lines, control drawing materials like pencils and chalk, and experiment with various media, while responding to music.

Computing

Computing Systems and networks!

Children will learn about Health, Well-being and Lifestyle whilst using technology. 

PE

FUNdamental Football

Our PE days are on a Monday and a Friday. We will be developing the skills in FUNdamental Football. On a Monday, we have PE with our coach from Amber Valley Sports Partnership. Children will need to come into school in their PE kit on their PE days. 

Home learning

For phonics, we follow the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds programme. The children take home a reading book each week that closely links with their phonics stage. We encourage them to read this as much as possible over the week before returning it to school. You can also take a look at the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Resources for Parents page: For parents | Letters and Sounds (littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk) 

In addition to this, children take home a book which they choose from our school library to read for pleasure with their parents/carers. 

For maths, we encourage the children to log on to Numbots each night and practise just a few questions.

You can also use the White Rose One-Minute Maths which is a great resource when time is limited. 

https://whiteroseeducation.com/1-minute-maths

Our Long Term Plan for 2024 - 2025

Below is the long term plan which outlines all of our units for the year.