BEN HOPE

TERM 1 & 2

Movers and Shakers

                             

 

Maths	Place value, addition and subtraction and shape.
English	The Way Back Home (narrative); Neil Armstrong (non-fiction); My Christmas Star (narrative)
Memorable Experience	Witney and District museum
History	Driver project: Movers and Shakers  This project teaches children about historically significant people who have had a major impact on the world. They will learn to use timelines, stories and historical sources to find out about the people featured and use historical models to explore their significance.
Geography	Lets Explore the World This essential skills and knowledge project teaches children about atlases, maps and cardinal compass points. They learn about the characteristics of the four countries of the United Kingdom and find out why there are hot, temperate and cold places around the world. They also compare England to Somalia. Children carry out fieldwork, collecting primary data in their locality to answer geographical questions.
Science	Companion project: Habitats and Human Survival This project teaches children about habitats and what a habitat needs to provide. They explore local habitats to identify and name living things and begin to understand how they depend on one another for food and shelter. This project teaches children about the basic needs of humans for survival, including the importance of exercise, nutrition and good hygiene. They learn how human offspring grow and change over time into adulthood.
Design and Technology	Companion project: Remarkable Recipes  This project teaches children about sources of food and tools used for food preparation. They also discover why some foods are cooked and learn to read a simple recipe. The children choose and make a new school meal that fulfils specific design criteria.
Art and Design	Companion project: Mix it This project teaches children about basic colour theory by studying the colour wheel and colour mixing. It includes an exploration of primary and secondary colours and how artists use colour in their artwork.
Computing	We are Treasure Hunters In this project, pupils learn basic programming ideas through experimenting and solving problems with simple, programmable robots.
PE	Gymnastics and netball
PSHE	Oral hygiene and Thrive
Religious Education	Christianity  What do Christians believe about God?
Music	Unpitched percussion - learning instrument names and playing in time to a beat.

PE days

Monday- gymnastics

Tuesday- year ones will have forest school and year twos will have netball.

Please send your child in wearing their PE kits on these days. 

Home Learning:

Learning with Parents - we will be setting weekly home learning as well as reading tasks. Please login to www.learningwithparents.com

TTRS and Numbots - please login to www.play.ttrockstars.com

Complete Maths - please login to www.completemaths.com

 

Memorable Experience

KS1 children visited the Witney and District Museum to bring their local history topic to life. They learnt about Charles Early and the important role he played in Witney’s blanket industry, even trying their hand at weaving and preparing wool just like factory workers did in the past. The children also explored a historical classroom, compared old Witney with today, and enjoyed listening to local stories, including the famous tale of the stone monkey at St Mary’s Church.

Children’s voice –

Isabelle – “How did the monkey get up the church? Why did it go up there then?”

Jesse – “did you see the bike hanging down? I think it is the policeman bike, will it fall on me?” (cycle bike hanging from ceiling over the stairs).

Ava-May – “I liked brushing the wool it made it longer and soft”

Thomas – “Miss Hawkins look there is a monkey on the church stuck on the church”