Spring 2025
Spring Term 2025
Class Topics
Our first topic this term is 'Roar!' and learning in English lessons will be based around the text 'The Lion Inside' by Rachel Bright. During the second half term, our topic is 'Lost Worlds' with learning centred around 'The Curious Case of the Missing Mammoth' by Ellie Hattie. Please see the topic web file below for further information (available soon).
Mathematics
In mathematics, we follow the White Rose scheme of work and will be focusing on the following units of work during the second term. Links to games for each unit of work can be found on the maths tab along the top of the page.
Year 1
Number: Place Value
- 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
Number: Addition and Subtraction
-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
Measurement
- compare, describe and solve practical problems for: lengths and heights [for example, long/short, longer/shorter, tall/short,
double/half], mass/weight [for example, heavy/light, heavier than, lighter than] and capacity and volume [for example, full/empty, more than, less than, half, half full, quarter]
- measure and begin to record lengths and heights, mass/weight and capacity and volume
Year 2
Geometry: Shape
- 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
Measurement: Money
- recognise and use symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p); combine amounts to make
a particular value
- find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money
- solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of
money of the same unit, including giving change
Number: Multiplication and Division
- recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication
tables, including recognising odd and even numbers
- calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division within the multiplication
tables and write them using the multiplication (×), division (÷) and equals (=) signs
- show that multiplication of two numbers can be done in any order (commutative) and
division of one number by another cannot
- solve problems involving multiplication and division, using materials, arrays, repeated
addition, mental methods, and multiplication and division facts, including problems in
contexts
Measurement
- choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height in
any direction (m/cm); mass (kg/g); temperature (°C); capacity (litres/ml) to the
nearest appropriate unit, using rulers, scales, thermometers and measuring vessels
- compare and order lengths, mass, volume/capacity and record the results using >, <
and =
Science
In science, our topic is 'Animals, humans and staying healthy' and we will be focusing on the following:
- working scientifically to observe, test, classify and record data
- understanding the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food and hygiene
- identifying and naming a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores
- identifying, naming, drawing and labeling the basic parts of the human body and saying which part is associated with each sense
- understanding that animals, including humans, have offspring which grow into adults
Writing
We follow the Pathways to Write English scheme. Below, you can see tables showing what we aim for children to be including within their writing at the end of each half term.
Spring 1
Spring 2
Other Subjects/More Information...
Please see our Spring Term topic web by clicking on the file below (available soon).