Teacher/s: Mrs Parsons
Class Teaching Assistant: Mrs Williams
Additional Teaching Assistant: Miss Wilkinson
Curriculum information
Class 1 – Reception and Year 1
Terms 3 & 4 2025
Our class topic for the first half-term will continue to be Florence Nightingale and Significant historic people, places and events within Gloucestershire.
Our class topic for the second half-term will be Around the World – comparing the UK with The Americas.
Here are some of the things we will be doing and learning about this term:
English
Poetry
We will be reading and enjoying poems based on Winter. We will look at different versions and then practice writing our own, focusing on using repetitive phrases and adjectives.
Fiction
We will be using our Pie Corbett work to read and learn the story ‘Beegu’ by Alexis Deacon and we will innovate the story to write our own versions.
Non-fiction
We will look at sets of instructions, leading to writing our own set of instructions to show how to plant a seed and grow a healthy plant.
We will also use all the knowledge we have gained about Florence Nightingale to write present a fact file all about her life.
Please remember to read and enjoy books with your child as much as possible, it makes such a difference in so many areas of their learning.
Reception – Communication and Language
Ask questions to find out more and to check they understand what has been said to them.
Listen to and talk about stories to build familiarity and understanding.
Retell the story once they have developed a deep familiarity with the text; some as exact repetition and some in their own words.
Learn rhymes, poems and songs.
Listen to and talk about selected non-fiction to develop deep familiarity with new knowledge and vocabulary.
Describe events in some detail.
Use talk to help work out problems and organise thinking and activities, and to explain how things work and why them might happen.
Develop social phrases.
Use new vocabulary in different contexts.
Listen to and talk about stories to build familiarity and understanding.
Retell the story once they have developed a deep familiarity with the text; some as exact repetition and some in their own words.
Learn rhymes, poems and songs.
Listen to and talk about selected non-fiction to develop deep familiarity with new knowledge and vocabulary.
Describe events in some detail.
Use talk to help work out problems and organise thinking and activities, and to explain how things work and why them might happen.
Develop social phrases.
Use new vocabulary in different contexts.
Maths
Number and Numerical Patterns Year 1
Addition and Subtraction within 20
Add by counting on; find and make number bonds; add by making 10; subtraction not crossing 10 and crossing 10; writing related facts and comparing number sentences.
Place Value within 20, then 50.
Write numbers to 20, then 50; recognise tens and ones; represent numbers to 50; finding one more and one less; compare objects and numbers within 50; order numbers within 50; count in steps of 2 and 5.
Measurement – Length and Height; Mass and Volume
Compare lengths and heights, measure lengths. Introduce weight and mass; measure and compare mass; introduce capacity and volume; measure and compare capacity.
Reception
Comparing numbers to 5.
Comparing numbers to 10.
Subitise
Bonds to 10
Combining two amounts
Making pairs
Comparing mass and capacity
Length, height, and time
3D shapes
Patterns
Computing
Communication: texts, images, and multimedia
We are going to be using technology to explore and access digital content. Then we will operate a digital device to create digital content e.g., digital art. We will choose media to convey information and select a digital device to complete a specific task.
Science
Understanding the World – The Natural World
Seasonal Changes
In the first half of this term, we will name the four seasons in order, observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and note changes across the four seasons.
Plants
In the second half of the term, we will name the petals, stem, leaf, bulb, flower, seed, stem, and root of a plant. We will identify and name a range of common plants and trees and recognise deciduous and evergreen trees. We will also name the trunk, branches, and root of a tree.
Reception
Describe what they see, hear, and feel whilst outside.
Understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around them.
Recognise some environments that are different to the one in which they live.
Geography
Understanding the World –
People, Places and Communities Around the World – comparisons with The Americas.
This term we will be looking at location, human and physical geography, direction/location, fieldwork, and map work by learning about a small area of the United Kingdom and North and South America. We will begin our unit of work by naming and locating the seven continents and the countries that make up the United Kingdom.
Reception
Recognise some similarities and differences between life in this county and life in other countries.
Art
Expressive Arts and Design Drawing – Paul Klee
We will know the difference between a straight and curved line and draw these using different mediums. We will know that there are different grades of pencil and use these to create different shades in our drawings. We will experiment with smudging of pencils and colour and also experiment with a range of media: pencils, rubbers, crayons, pastels, felt tips and charcoal.
Reception
Create collaboratively, sharing ideas, resources and skills.
Develop storylines in their pretend play.
DT
Cooking and Nutrition
We will group familiar food products and understand where food comes from. We will explore how products have been created and how objects and designs identify likes and dislikes. We will prepare simple dishes safely and hygienically (without using a heat source) and learn how to cut ingredients safely. Finally, we will evaluate our designs saying what we like or don’t like about our product.
PE
Physical Development – Gross Motor Skills Gymnastics and Fundamentals (Multi-skills with Mr.S.)
Reception
Use their core muscle strength to achieve a good posture when sitting at a table or sitting on the floor.
Combine different movements with ease and fluency.
Further develop and refine a range of ball skills including throwing, catching, kicking, passing, batting, and aiming.
RE
Understanding the World – People, Places and Communities
Who is Jewish and how do they live?
Over the term we will recognise the words of the Shema as a Jewish prayer; retell simply some stories used in Jewish celebrations (e.g., Chanukah); give examples of how the stories used in celebrations (e.g., Shabbat, Chanukah) remind Jews about what God is like. We will give examples of how Jewish people celebrate special times
(e.g., Shabbat, Sukkot, Chanukah); make links between Jewish ideas of God found in the stories and how people live.
Reception
Understand that some places are special to members of their community.
Recognise that people have different beliefs and celebrate different times in different ways.
Why is the word ‘God’ so important to Christians?
Why is Easter special to Christians?
Music
Expressive Arts and Design – Creating with Materials
Great Composers and Musicians – Mozart
We will listen to short, simple pieces of music and talk about when we may hear it. We will begin to identify simple repeated patterns and follow basic musical instructions and understand that musical elements can be used to create different moods and effects.
Reception
Sing in a group or on their own, increasingly matching the pitch and following the melody.
Explore and engage in music making and dance, performing solo or in groups.
PSHE
Personal, Social and Emotional Development – Self Regulation, Managing Self, Building Relationships
Keeping Myself Safe
We will find out that the body gets energy from food, water, and air (oxygen) and recognise the importance of sleep in maintaining a healthy, balanced lifestyle. We will discuss the importance of sleep in maintaining a healthy, balanced lifestyle and explore the emotions and physical feelings associated with feeling unsafe. We will identify people who can help them when they feel unsafe.
Reception
Identify and moderate their own feelings socially and emotionally.
Think about the perspectives of others.
Keeping Myself Safe > Keeping my Body Safe
What’s safe to go onto my body
Keeping Myself Safe – What’s safe to go into my body (including medicines)
Safe indoors and outdoors
Keeping Myself Safe > Listening to my Feelings
Listening to my feelings
Show resilience and perseverance in the face of challenge.
Being my Best – Bouncing Back (growth mindset)
Bouncing back when things go wrong
Yes, I can!
Being my Best – Healthy eating
Healthy eating (1)
Healthy eating (2)
Being my Best – Exercise and Sleep
Move your body
A good night’s sleep
See themselves as a valuable individual.
Express their feelings and consider the feelings of others.
Rights & Responsibilities – Looking after Myself and my Friends
Looking after my special people
Looking after my friends
Rights & Responsibilities – Caring for my Environment
Being helpful at home and caring for our classroom
Caring for our world
Please keep this curriculum information handy as it can be a useful tool in supporting your child in their learning during this term. Please do not hesitate in contacting us if you would like any further details about your child’s learning process or the curriculum being studied this term.
Many thanks, Mrs Parsons.