RE

The spring term starts with our learning about Christmas, where we will be sequencing the story of Christmas from the Annunciation to the flight into Egypt. We will use maps to show the journeys faced by Mary and Joseph, and think about the difficulties they faced when travelling to Bethlehem and Egypt. We will then move to learning about the special celebrations that happen within the Church. We start the unit by looking at the Liturgical calendar and the events that happen within each part before focusing on the two sacraments of Marriage and Baptism. Following this, we will learn that the Church is the family of God and the different roles and responsibilities that people have within the parish community. Towards the end of the term, we will explore the unit of Lent. We will learn about Jesus’ teaching on forgiveness, why it may be difficult to forgive and how we experience forgiveness through the sacrament of reconciliation. 

English

Following on from the autumn term, spring starts with our twisted tale unit. Within this unit, we will be creating our own version of a popular fairytale. After this is our instructions unit where we will be writing a set of instructions on how to be an explorer. We will use our knowledge from our History lessons to fill our instructions with facts. Next is our non-chronological report unit, where we will write a factual report about minibeasts. We will use our Science learning to support our writing and will take part in a research project to make our writing informational.

Maths

During the spring term we will be covering:

Unit 5 - Money

Unit 6 - Multiplication and division (1)

Unit 7 - Multiplication and division (2)

Unit 8 - Length and height

Unit 9 - Mass, capacity and temperature

As in the autumn term, we will be working hard to learn our 2,5 and 10 times tables.

Science

In Science, we will learn all about animals and their offspring, animal cycles, what makes up a balanced diet, whether we all grow at the same rate, how to make sure we maintain good hygiene and what can we do if we feel ill. Following this, we start a new unit called Living Things and their Habitats where we children will learn how we know if something is alive, what a habitat is, what different habitats there are, what a microhabitat is, how animals get their food and how they are adapted to their habitat.

Geography

In Geography we are learning all about hot and cold places. The unit starts with learning about the differences between seasons and weather. We will then learn how we find out about the weather, how it changes over time, how the weather is different around the world and where the equator is. After this, we will focus on the Antarctic where we will learn about its climate, human and physical features and link it to our History knowledge of Captain Scott's expedition.

History

This term, we will be learning all about explorers. We will learn what an explorer is while comparing the lives of significant explorers such as Ibn Battuta, Captain Scott and Neil Armstrong.

Art

Through our Art lessons this term we will be looking closely at the work of David Hockney. We will explore how he used different colours and textures, eventually we will be using our explorations to design and create our own version of Pop Art in order to show what we have learnt.

DT

We will start the term by finishing our money pouches from the autumn term. We will then move onto our first structures unit where we will work to create a chair fit for Baby Bear. 

Music

This term, we will invent a musical story and recognise different sounds. We will do this through singing, continuing to play the glockenspiel and starting to learn to play the recorder. We will compose our own songs, using different notes and beats.

RHE/PSHE

During the Spring term, we will be learning about the things that we like or dislike and our feelings. We will learn about what we can do if we feel angry focusing on growth mindset and also about the cycle of life. Throughout the term, we will also learn about how God loves us, the special people in our lives, how we can treat others well and how we can say sorry. We will also focus on how we can voice our opinions within school.

PE

In PE this term, we will develop and apply our jumping and landing and seated balance through focused skill development sessions, cooperative and competitive games. We will also be developing our Gymnastic skills to build a sequence that includes a core shape, balance and jump.

During Spring 1, our Catholic Virtues are Compassionate and Loving and our Catholic Social Teachings are Family, Community and Participation.

During Spring 2, our Catholic Virtues are Faith-filled and Hopeful and our Catholic Social Teachings are Option for the Poor and Vulnerable.