Literacy

We will focus on sentence structure and openers in term 1. We will follow the writing scheme 'CYPIC' where the children will write 3 times a week for 20 minutes a day and 5 minutes editing time.

Children will get one spelling sound a week and we will follow our spelling carousel which includes, introducing the sound, diacritical marking, elkonin boxes, silly sentences and a test on a Friday. 

We will continue to follow the reflective reading scheme and do two long reads (book related comprehension) a week and one short read (comprehension relating to a topic, interest or anything else) a week.

Numeracy

We will focus on 2D and 3D shape,  patterns and relationships and Maths Week Scotland will be from 22nd - 28th September.

Children will  be looking at vocab such as, sides, faces, vertices and edges. Naming more complex shapes and looking at angles in 2D shapes.

We will  be looking at patterns and relationships, with a specific focus on number patterns. With a mix of looking at ready created ones, finding out what the pattern is, continuing it on and making our own number patterns.

HWB

We will focus on mental health and wellbeing and our emotions. 

We have already introduced our emotional check-in which children complete every morning and can change throughout the day.

We will also have a focus on our mental health, ways we can help improve our mental health, what mental health is and much more!

We will have RADS every Tuesday and P.E with Mrs Forbes every Wednesday.

Science

We will be looking at Biodiversity and

Interdependence.

This will include looking at things such as -

• Living vs non living things.

• Growing plants - what they need, how to look after them, recording daily what they are doing, how much it grows, weather impacts.

• Vocab - mammal, amphibian, insect, bird, reptile

• Food chains.

Energy sources

and sustainability

• Types of energy that we get from different energy sources, for example, light, sound, heat and electrical.

• Different energy sources, sun, food, fuel, wind and waves, to discuss the importance of different types of energy for everyday life and survival. 

Cross Curricular

Our first topic this term is Caring Citizens which gives us an opportunity to get to know each other, our learning styles, needs, abilities, work on friendship making and building and creating structures, routines and our UNCRC Class Charters. 

We will then move onto  Historical where we will be looking at victorians!