Literacy Non fiction : We will be researching Dinosaurs and writing our own information books and creating simple reports. Poetry: Dinosaur poems. Narrative: Write an exciting story set in the land before time. We will continue to use interesting connectives, and adjectives.
RE
Topic
Exploring Materials: We will use different materials to create dinosaur images including pastels, charcoal, paint, collage and ICT.
Universal church unit – Treaures We will be learning that life is God’s gift and appreciating That all His gifts lead us to treasure everything in life.
Dinosaur songs - We will use a variety of instruments to experiment with beat, rhythm and tempo.
The Easter story.
Maths We will be focussing on number and calculations this half term.
Linked to Topic Handling data and measures Create a class pictogram or graph of favourite dinosaurs Measure the estimated length or height of a dinosaur. Calculating, measuring and understanding shape. Creating dinosaur pictures using various shapes, 2D and 3D.
Use internet texts to gather information for our reports in Literacy. Use ICT as a way of producing dinosaur art work and texts to be included in our information books.
Science
Dinosaur Discovery! Counting, partitioning and calculating Solving simple problems Securing number facts Times tables 2,5,10
ICT
KS1 Class 2E
1B
We will be looking at what the Dinosaurs ate, how they moved and their similarities and differences. We will be researching and sorting dinosaurs based on various criteria.
Geography / History Maps – Where have dinosaurs been found? What did Earth look like millions of years ago?
PE
We will be focusing on coordination and skills.