Author: L Higgins

Communication and Language
Engage in daily story time with both fiction and non fiction texts
Retell the story of the Billy Goats Gruff once a deep familiarity with the text has been developed, some repetition as exact and some in their own words
Focus on Inference reading comprehension strategies—VIPERS— Vocabulary, Inference, Predict, Explain,
Retrieve, Summarise
Learn a poem every week using poems from the Poetry Basket—see Expressive Arts and Design
French— Count to 12. Sing a song about going on a bus. Discovering ways of getting to France. Joining in with the story ‘La Chasse a l’Ours’

Christian Values
Term 3—Trust
Bible Links:
Daniel in the Pit of Lion—Daniel 6
Learning powers:
Have a Go
Henry The Hedgehog
Christian Values
Term 4—Friendship
Bible Links:
Jesus Heals a Paralysed Man
Luke 5 -17:25
Learning powers:
Concentrate—Colin the Caterpillar

Expressive Arts and Design
Artist Study—Yves Klein
Develop storylines in pretend play
Return to and build on previous learning, refining ideas and developing ability to represent them
Pantomimus
Understand how to play percussion instruments with control
Follow and lead simple performance directions e.g. stop/start, louder/softer
Poetry Basket
Popcorn—a six line poem
A Little House—an eight line poem
Pancakes—a six line poem
Let’s Put on Our Mittens—a six line poem
I Can Build a Snowman—a four line poem
Carrot Nose—a four line poem
Spring Wind—eight line poem

Literacy
Blend sounds into words so that they can read short words made up of known letter—sound correspondences
Read a few common exception words
Continue with Phase 2 phonics—see class page

Robins—Term 3 and 4
Seasons
(Winter turns to Spring)

RE
Is the word “God” special?
Find out about special things, how they are treated, whether everyone has the same ideas about what is special, interview Rev. Miri about why God is special to her

Mathematics
Composition of numbers to 10- 2 groups. How many altogether? Composition of numbers to 10- 3 groups. How many are hiding?
Comparing mass- heavier/lighter than
Compare Capacity- full and empty
Measuring ingredients

Enrichment
Berkshire Maestros
Soundstage performance
Pilgrimage around local area
Welly Walks—local
How to help at home
KIRFS—see class page and blog
Reading at least 5 times a week
Rehearse Show and Tell

Physical Development
Continue to develop fine motor skills so that we can use a range of tools competently, safely and confidently; pencils, paintbrushes, scissors, knives, forks and spoons

Understanding the World
Draw information from a simple map
Understand that some places are special to members of our community
Understand the effect of the changing seasons on the natural world around us (ongoing throughout the year)

Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Show resilience and perseverance in the face of
challenge
Identify and moderate feelings socially and emotionally