Autumn Term 2024
Autumn Term 2024
Class Topics
We are all really excited about welcoming our new Year 1 children into Key Stage 1 to learn, grow and make new friendships with our wonderful Year 2 children who are already established in their classes. Our first topic 'Let's be Friends!' has been planned to allow the children to get to know one another and to learn the true value and importance of being a good friend. Our focus text for this topic is Meesha Makes Friends by Tom Percival (but please don't spoil our slow reveal of this book, or any other of our focus texts for the year, by reading it at home!).
Our second topic of the year will have a strong history focus and is called 'What's in the toy box?'. Through this topic, we will look at how toys have changed over time and find out about popular toys from different periods in history. Our focus text will be Nibbles the Book Monster by Emma Yarlett.
Please see the topic web file below for further information.
Mathematics
In mathematics, we follow the White Rose scheme of work and will be focusing on the following units of work during the first term. Links to games for each unit of work can be found on the maths page.
Number: Place Value
Year 1:
- count to and across 100, forwards and backwards, beginning with 0 or 1, or from any given number
- count, read and write numbers to 100 in numerals; count in multiples of twos, fives and tens
- given a number, identify one more and one less
- identify and represent numbers using objects and pictorial representations including the number line, and use the language of: equal to, more than, less than (fewer), most, least
- read and write numbers from 1 to 20 in numerals and words
Year 2:
- count in steps of 2, 3, and 5 from 0, and in tens from any number, forward and backward
- recognise the place value of each digit in a two-digit number (tens, ones)
- identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations, including the number line
- compare and order numbers from 0 up to 100; use <, > and = signs
- read and write numbers to at least 100 in numerals and in words
- use place value and number facts to solve problems
Number: Addition and Subtraction
Year 1:
- read, write and interpret mathematical statements involving addition (+), subtraction (–) and equals (=) signs
- represent and use number bonds and related subtraction facts within 20
- add and subtract one-digit and two-digit numbers to 20, including zero
- solve one-step problems that involve addition and subtraction, using concrete objects and pictorial representations, and missing number problems such as 7 = ? – 9.
Year 2:
Solve problems with addition and subtraction:
- using concrete objects and pictorial representations, including those involving numbers, quantities and measures
- applying their increasing knowledge of mental and written methods
- recall and use addition and subtraction facts to 20 fluently, and derive and use related facts up to 100
Add and subtract numbers using concrete objects, pictorial representations, and mentally, including:
- a two-digit number and ones
- a two-digit number and tens
- two two-digit numbers
- adding three one-digit numbers
-show that addition of two numbers can be done in any order (commutative) and subtraction of one number from another cannot
- recognise and use the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction and use this to check calculations and solve missing number problems.
Geometry: Shape
Year 1:
- recognise and name common 2-D and 3-D shapes, including:
- 2-D shapes [for example, rectangles (including squares), circles and triangles]
- 3-D shapes [for example, cuboids (including cubes), pyramids and spheres]
Year 2:
- identify and describe the properties of 2-D shapes, including the number of sides and line symmetry in a vertical line
- identify and describe the properties of 3-D shapes, including the number of edges, vertices and faces
- identify 2-D shapes on the surface of 3-D shapes, [for example, a circle on a cylinder and a triangle on a pyramid]
- compare and sort common 2-D and 3-D shapes and everyday objects.
Science
In science, our topic is 'Material World' and we will be focusing on the following:
- distinguishing between an object and the material from which it is made
- identifying and naming everyday materials
- describing the properties of materials using scientific vocabulary
- comparing and grouping materials based on their properties
- developing hands-on science skills
Writing
We follow the Pathways to Write English scheme. Here are tables showing the target areas for each year group for each half term:
Year 1 and Year 2 Autumn 1
Year 1 and Year 2 Autumn 2
(available soon)
Other Subjects/More Information...
Please see our Autumn Term topic web by clicking on the file below.