English

Our focus this half term is writing an explanation text about space. 

Our immersion into this topic began with a classroom planetarium and we were able to go on a journey through space. We started on the ground and worked our way up the sky until we reached the planets. We observed how big the planets were and tried to understand their significance

We then continued with our immersion by acting out a journey to space as if we were the astronauts. This meant we had to build our rocket and imagine what a journey would feel like, sound like and look like. 

History 

In our history this half term we are looking at the space race. We will be exploring why Man went to the moon and what impact technology has had on today. 

We explored whether man really had been to the moon and how we could know for sure. 

'The parachute had to come before the boats in the sea. How did they get down from space?' - Asher

We explored the early attempts of flight and how it was possible to even get a transport vehicle in the air. We ordered these in the order we thought they happened. Some of us were very surprised. Then we introduced and looked at the humans and animals who went before the moon landing.

We then discovered the timeline of the space race and what came before man on the moon. We ordered this and then researched about how it was possible to even get to the moon.

DT

In our DT this half term we are focussing on cooking and nutrition. Linking to our second english journey, we will be exploring and making our own healthy wraps and then writing up instructions for this. 

We started with exploring the food groups and where different foods fit into these categories.

Science 

In our science this half term we are looking at plants, light and dark. We started by retrieving our knowledge from year one on the parts of a plant and what we may see on different types of plants.

‘I remember that this plant is called a sunflower' – Ava

‘I remember that this plant is called a daisy' – Avaani

We investigated plants under our magnifying glasses to see what properties we could see.

Computing 

In our computing we are looking at Robot Algorithms. We discovered that an algorithm is a set of instructions and used this knowledge to create instructions on a robot Beebeot.

Hand 2 Mouth visit

On the 22.1.25, Hand to Mouth came to visit us for a lesson about a good smararitan and loving our neighbour.

The children listened to the story told and then created some creative reflections on the messages they took from the story.

RE

In our RE this half term we are looking at the religion of Judaism. We introduced this topic by providing an opportunity for children to bring in items that were precious to them in preperation for finding out what precious items Jewish people may have.