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Lady Joanna Thornhill (Endowed) Primary School

Learning for the Head, Heart and Hand

Term 2

Please find below the curriculum areas we will be looking at throughout Term 

English:

This term our English learning is based on the Great Fire of London. We will be learning about the features of non-fiction texts and using this knowledge to write our own information text about The Fire. There will be plenty of opportunities for drama in our lessons, which will help us to write an eye witness statement and a diary as if we were there in 1666.

Maths:

In Maths we will be continuing our work on Addition and Subtraction, adding and subtracting one and two-digit numbers from any two-digit number. Then we will move onto Shape. We shall be counting 2D and 3D sides and vertices as well as exploring lines of symmetry,

In the wider curriculum this term, we are studying:

History: The Great Fire of London – We shall look at what life was like in 1666 and the causes of the Fire of London and the steps that were taken to stop the fire.

Science: We will be continuing our work on Living Things and their Habitats by looking at different habitats and how they provide the basic needs for different animals and plants.

Art: Printing. The children will design and print images using multiple colours.

DT: The key focus is on Mechanisms where the children will be making a moving greetings card.

RE: Who is a Muslim and what do they believe?

PE: Yoga and Ball Games

Music: Dynamics and Tempo

PSHE and Rights: Keeping safe at home and managing risk, this includes fire safety and road safety.

Computing: Algorithms and debugging

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