Our Autumn 2 Journey
Our Autumn 2 Curriculum Web
Our Autumn 2 Homework Web
English
Over Autumn 2, our learning journey was linked to the text 'Vlad and the Florence Nightingale Adventure' by Kate Cunningham.
Week 1 - This week, we used a number of Let’s Say’ approaches to explore Vlad and Florence Nightingale’s Adventure. We imagined what it would be like to be Vlad the flea and Loxton the rat, using our ideas and clues from the pictures to predict what they might be like. As we read more of the story, we used ‘Let’s Say’ scenarios to imagine how the characters might feel about Florence Nightingale arriving at the hospital and the changes she might bring. We shared our ideas, discussed different possibilities and used clues from the story to explain our predictions.
Week 2 - we explored some exciting vocabulary from the story, including littered, vividly, chaos and hovel. We acted out the words, discussed their meanings and thought of examples from our own experiences. We then practised answering vocabulary and retrieval questions, using clues from the text and illustrations to find information. We even imagined peeking through a keyhole into Scutari Hospital, drawing and labelling the details we could spot in the story.
Maths
Week 1 - Our unit is Addition and Subtraction. We revisited our number bonds to 10 and 20 and explored how we could use these facts to help us add to 100. We practised finding one more and one less than a given number, adding three one-digit numbers and adding by making 10. We also began developing our reasoning skills by exploring addition problems and explaining how we knew our answers were correct. We used practical resources, number lines and tens frames to support our learning.
Week 2 - We continued our unit on Addition and Subtraction, building our confidence with numbers up to 100. We explored how to add to the next 10 and how to add and subtract across a 10 using number lines and hundred squares. We also developed our problem-solving skills, tackling questions with more than one possible answer and learning to explain our thinking. We used practical resources and different strategies to help us become more confident mathematicians.
Science - Animals including humans
Week 1 - Our unit is Animals Including Humans. We became farmers and explored the animals living on our farm. We sorted animals into different groups, including farm and non-farm animals, carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. We also explored the meaning of ‘offspring’ and matched baby animals to their adult parents.
Week 2 - We became zoologists and investigated how animals and humans grow and change over time. We explored different life cycles and sequenced the stages of a human life cycle and a barn owl's life cycle. We also compared the similarities and differences between them.
History - Florence Nightingale
'I wonder who the lady with the lamp was..,'
Week 1 - Our unit is Who Was the Lady with the Lamp? We used the ‘Let’s Say’ approach to travel back in time with Daisy. We explored an old-fashioned lamp and investigated what it might have been used for. We compared Victorian life with life today and imagined entering an old, mysterious hospital. We made predictions about what might be hiding behind a mysterious door!
Week 2 - We continued our 'Let's Say' adventure with Daisy and finally opened the mysterious hospital door! We discovered the poor conditions inside the hospital and thought about how the injured soldiers might have been feeling. We then met Florence Nightingale and explored how she could help improve the hospital. Working in groups, we took on different roles and used freeze frames and drama to bring the hospital to life, showing how cleaning, nursing and caring for the soldiers could make a difference.
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Music
Week 1 - We explored different families of musical instruments, focusing on string instruments such as the cello and double bass. We practised keeping a steady pulse through marching, clapping and body percussion. We also learnt the chant 'Ickle, Ockle, Blue Bottle' and explored how rhythm could be created using actions.
Week 2 -We listened carefully to Bach's Air on the G String and identified the string instruments we could hear. We explored the brass family, including the trumpet, trombone and tuba. We also experimented with shape notation to create and clap our own four-beat rhythms and began learning a song about Florence Nightingale.
Values
Week 1 - We became Peace Detectives to help Mrs Wright discover the ingredients of a peaceful school. We explored what peace looked, sounded and felt like, thinking about kindness, respect, friendship and fairness. We then created our own recipes for a peaceful school.
Week 2 - We used ‘Let’s Say’ to explore what we could do to help a new child feel welcome at school. We discussed how small acts of kindness could make a big difference and thought about ways to include others, listen carefully and show respect. We created kindness promises to help make our school a more peaceful place.
RSE - Connections are key
Week 1 - Our unit is Connections are key. We began reading Along Came a Different and explored how people can be different in their appearance, interests, abilities and families. We discussed why these differences should be respected and how people can have things in common even when they look different.
Week 2 - We explored what makes a healthy friendship and why kindness, respect and inclusion are important. Through our ‘Let’s Say’ scenario about Sam, a new child in the playground, we thought about how it might feel to be left out and how we could help someone feel welcome. We also created our own kindness promises.
RE
Week 1 - Our unit is What Do Christians Believe God Is Like? We began exploring the parable of the Lost Son. We learnt what a parable was and listened to the story, thinking carefully about the characters and the choices they made. We used freeze frames to bring the main events to life and created our own 'I wonder...' questions.
Week 2 - We revisited the parable of the Lost Son and explored its hidden meaning. We discussed what the story taught Christians about God and why forgiveness is important. We then created our own story cubes, illustrating the key events and placing a hidden meaning message inside for others to discover.