Our topic this term is, ‘I wonder what happened Once Upon a Time?’

Using the Coronation of King Charles as a stimulus, we will be exploring castles, the history of the King and will even have a go at creating our own castles using our cardboard joins! We will be encouraging the children to use Historical language (such as past/present, modern/old/ancient) and will be comparing palaces through time.

We are also going to explore London using Google Earth and maps. We will then compare it to Bristol. The children will be able to identify similarities and differences between the two cities and say where they would prefer to live and why.

In English we will be learning all about Fairy Tales. We will be studying the stories of ‘The Gingerbread Man’ and ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. We will be identifying things that are the same in all fairy tales and things that are different. We will also be developing our descriptive language and challenging the children to write independent sentences and captions. We are also going to explore the feelings of the characters using hot seating and drama. We will also be revisiting the story of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ through Drawing Club, with a focus on developing the character of the wolf.

In Maths, we are going to consolidate our understanding of numbers to 10, including composition, subitising and correct formation. We are then going to build beyond 10! We will be exploring how teens numbers are made from tens and ones and how we can show this using our Numicon, counters and other resources. We will also explore addition and subtraction and develop our understanding of number sentences. 

Our artist study this term is the wonderful Yayoi Kusama. We will be looking at her work, discussing what we like and dislike and then we will develop an understanding of how she uses colour to create her pieces. We will also use Google Earth to visit where she was born and where she created many pieces of her art. We will also use clay to create a pumpkin and paint it in the style of Kusama.

We will continue to use SingUp to develop the children’s understanding of music on a Wednesday afternoon. The children will be learning to invent movements to a piece of music and compose and perform a simple body percussion pattern. We will also be using our piano to teach the children how to play ‘God Save the King’ and will be using our Glockenspiels and ‘notation washing line’ to give the children the opportunity to compose their own music.

Our RE question for this term is ‘What can we learn from stories?’ We will be exploring stories from different cultures (such as ‘The Boy who Cried Wolf’) and discussing the lessons that each story teaches us. 

We are very excited that this term is Sports Day! We will be developing the children’s Sports Day skills, including egg and spoon racing and different throwing and catching games! We will be learning how to be fantastic sports people to encourage everyone around us.