Y1 Spring 2

'I have come so that they may have life and have it to the full.' Mark 10:10

National Curriculum Design purposeful, functional, appealing products for themselves and other users based on design criteria Generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through talking, drawing, templates, mock-ups and, where appropriate, information and technology.

Key Vocabulary Design, future, emissions, material, plan, re-draft.

Topic For children to be able to design their own car for the future. From all they have learnt about making the world a better place, what would they put in to place to help cars to help the planet.

Mount Carmel Values Our aim is for every child to leave here an Ambassador of Christ. Our values are deeply rooted in the high expectations that we have of each child in the school. Our Values permeate across the school through children's learning, friendships, behaviour and leadership. Our values come from the Church. C - consideration H - helpfulness U - unity R - respect C - commitment H - honesty

Our British Values Our children learn about our British Values through 5 areas. These are discussed at whole school liturgies and during lunch times. We are committed to serving our community, with the strong belief that we are one school for all.

Our Power Values Our aim is for every child to leave with the power to make a positive change in the world. Through our subjects there are five themes that we believe are integral with teaching children how to become powerful adults. We ensure that these themes run through our subjects. Children learn about 5 areas of power - Education, Religion, Resources, People and Legacy.

National Curriculum Alternative spellings of the same sound Add prefixes and suffixes using the spelling rule for adding -s or –es Add prefixes and suffixes using the prefix un Add prefixes and suffixes using -ing, -ed, -er and –est Saying out loud what they are going to write about Composing a sentence orally before writing it Joining words and joining clauses

Writing - Genres Newspaper report Non-chronological report

Grammar Capital letters for names Plurals Conjunctions Exclamation marks Verbs Adverbs Prefixes Suffixes 2 adjectives

Vocabulary Remember remind&nbsp; clean&nbsp; healthy&nbsp; recycling&nbsp; energy, valuable, electricity, spring, air pollution,&nbsp;

National Curriculum The aim of&nbsp;RHE&nbsp;is to give young people the information they need to help them develop healthy, nurturing relationships of all kinds. It should enable your child to know what a healthy relationship looks like and what makes a good friend, a good colleague and a successful marriage or other type of committed relationship.

Forgiveness, Prodigal&nbsp;Son, parable, act,&nbsp;actions, sorry, nuclear&nbsp;

Key Vocabulary

Children to learn that&nbsp;saying sorry is important&nbsp;and can mend&nbsp;friendships; Jesus cared for others&nbsp;and had expectations of&nbsp;them and how they&nbsp;should act; To identify&nbsp;‘special people’ (their&nbsp;parents,&nbsp;carers, friends,&nbsp;parish priest) and what&nbsp;makes them special; The importance of&nbsp;nuclear and wider&nbsp;family;

National Curriculum To begin to measure length, capacity and weight. To use common vocabulary - heavier, taller, longest, quicker

The Area of Study is Geometry and Measures.

Key Vocabulary Long, longer, longest, short, shorter, shortest, tall, taller, tallest, measure, distance, unit, centimeter, total, difference, capacity, heavier, heaviest, lighter, lightest, balance scales, compare, estimate

Topic Introducing length and height Introducing weight and volume

How you can help your child's learning this half term.

Read every night for 30 minutes. During their bedtime prayers, pray for those who look after the world. Print out a map of the United Kingdom with the Capital Cities, and place it on the fridge for them to see. Their assessment is to create their own passport. They will have to look at the different countries that make up the UK. You can show them a passport and talk through why we have them and what is inside them.

National Curriculum

Social Justice&nbsp;is a non-statutory subject. Catholic Social Teaching is based on the belief that God has a plan for creation, a plan to build his kingdom of peace, love and justice. Our part in this story is a kind-of vocation for the common good, a call to treat everyone as our brothers and sisters. It is something that we all share. we want to engage your child in expressing their faith through social justice and action.

The Area of Study is Rights and Responsibilities

Happiness. Feeling,&nbsp;emotions, joy, pleased,&nbsp;proud, needed,&nbsp;responsible

Happiness is? Finding&nbsp;happiness with each&nbsp;other. For&nbsp;children to know&nbsp;what makes them&nbsp;happy. To know there&nbsp;are many things at&nbsp;different times that&nbsp;make them happy. To&nbsp;look at the feelings they&nbsp;have experienced when&nbsp;they have helped&nbsp;someone.&nbsp;

National Curriculum Learn about a range of artists, craftsmen and designers.

Key Vocabulary Photorealism, dimension, line, definition, background, foreground, perspective.

Topic For children to choose an artist that has drawn pictures about change in the world. To look and discuss the changes and then for children to re-create their own picture in that style.

National Curriculum recognise common uses of information technology beyond school&nbsp;&nbsp; use technology safely and respectfully, keeping personal information private; identify where to go for help and support when they have concerns about content or contact on the internet or other online technologies.

Key Vocabulary Camera, connect, console, devices, digital footprint, internet safety, laptop, online, personal information, posting, respect, sharing, smart device, smartphone, smartwatch, strangers, tablet, trust,

Topic Using the internet safely, understanding online emotions, to always be kind and considerate and to know how to post and share online.

National Curriculum PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education)&nbsp;is a non-statutory subject. But we feel that there are so many areas in a child's personal life that we need to teach them, that is more than the National Curriculum. Therefore, PSHE is taught during Live Life to the Full Week.

Fundraising&nbsp; Charity&nbsp; Wants &amp; needs

To understand what&nbsp;charity is and explain&nbsp;why people donate to&nbsp;charity To understand&nbsp;the difference between&nbsp;wants and needs&nbsp; To celebrate&nbsp;achievements&nbsp; To celebrate the&nbsp;achievements of others&nbsp; To fundraise money for a&nbsp;charity

National Curriculum Play tuned and untuned instruments musically.

Key Vocabulary perform, singers, dance,&nbsp; instruments, imagination

Topic They are able to recognise and name different instruments by sight. They can make and change sound on an untuned instrument creating both long and short sounds.

National Curriculum perform dances using simple movement patterns master basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and co-ordination, and begin to apply these in a range of activities

The area of study is Dance and Striking, Fielding and Target games.

Heavy, light, perform,&nbsp;movements, patterns,&nbsp;‘sunshine’, express,&nbsp;Equipment,&nbsp;technique,&nbsp; underarm, striking,&nbsp;tracking, retrieving.

Children will be able to&nbsp;perform basic dance&nbsp;actions with some&nbsp;understanding of&nbsp;mood and feeling.&nbsp;&nbsp;Understanding the&nbsp;difference between&nbsp;heavy and light. Explore&nbsp;technique when throwing&nbsp;overarm and underarm&nbsp;towards a target. Explore&nbsp;striking a ball with their&nbsp;hand and equipment.&nbsp;Explore striking a ball with&nbsp;their hand and equipment.

National Curriculum To be able to match graphemes for all phonemes. To read accurately by blending sounds. Read Phonic Books aloud

Children's reading is a priority. Children practice their reading skills through: Reading aloud to an adult every day. Guided reading sessions. Daily Phonic Sessions. Independent reading books. Stories being read by an adult. Non-fiction and Fiction books connected to '10 things I can do to help my world'

Meals – Mass, Jesus’ special meal Islam – Muhammad Change – Lent: a time for change

Vocabulary family, meal, Mass, share, blessing, bread, host, wine, altar, Last Supper, Holy Communion, Preparation of the Gifts, litany, chalice Muhammad Makkah, Ka’bah, Qur’an change, seasons, spring, growth, Lent, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Alleluia, Cross, Resurrection Fairtrade

National Curriculum <ul><li>identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees</li><li>identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including trees</li></ul>

Key Vocabulary Plant, leaf, grow, weed, change, living, water, healthy, similar to, different from, potato, chitting, seeds, garden centre, pollen, flower, stem, leaves, trunk, bark

Topic Explore the outdoor area of school and look at plants that are growing. Talk about what they are and what they will look like when they are fully grown. Map out the school garden area and decorate with sketches, facts and labels. Plant chitted potatoes and set up a garden centre in the classroom. Examine a flower and make a large model in the classroom, do leaf rubbings and then create a large piece of art on the playground floor

National Curriculum Name and locate the four countries and capital cities of the UK using atlases and globes.

THREE ENTRALLING THINGS •UK is made up of England, N Ireland, Scotland and Wales (artefacts) •A rainforest is a tall dense forest that receives a lot of rain every year. (Legacy) • The coast is part of the land near to the sea. (People)

The Area of Study is People and their Communities.

Key Vocabulary Continents, human, physical geography, non-European, images, maps, atlases, globes

Topic Children will take four different world journeys. Starting with their local area, they then look at coastal, rainforest, dry (desert) and world city locations. Virtual and imagined journeys are important for children to look for similarities and contrasts.? Children will learn to balance images and specific case study examples, even within a lesson, allows children for challenges against stereotypes and misconceptions.

Through books, we will be learning about Geography.

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