2024-2025

Key Stage 1

Term 1

English: The children will be following the 'Nursery Narrative' programme from Black Sheep Press. This programme is centred on developing children's skills within literacy, including listening skills and language ability. Sessions include sharing stories, role-play, singing and puppets alongside Language Through Colour to support children's understanding. Children will also have frequent opportunities to continue developing their letter formation and writing skills. 

Maths:  In Term 1, we will follow the White Rose scheme of learning to continue building on children's mathematical understanding. This will focus on place value to 20, thinking about the composition of different numbers before moving onto addition and subtraction. 

Term 2

English: The children will continue following the 'Nursery Narrative' programme from Black Sheep Press. This will continue for the first four weeks of the term. Following this, the children will apply their narrative skills and understanding of Language Through Colour to explore two new storybooks. One of these will be a traditional tale and the other a festive Christmas themed book.

Maths: We will continue following the White Rose scheme of learning to finish the children's unit on addition and subtraction. Once the children have secured the small steps of knowledge within this unit, we will move onto learning about 2D and 3D shapes.

Key Stage 2

Term 1

English: This term, we will be using the book 'Gorilla' by Anthony Browne as a key text for our learning. The children will continue to develop their literacy skills such as composing sentences and a narrative through retelling the story and key events. We will also be using the text to inspire some non-fiction work on Gorillas. The children will research Gorillas, thinking about different elements of Language Through Colour to do so e.g. 'where', 'what like', 'what doing'. Throughout the term we will be using our Star Word webs to introduce and explore new vocabulary. 

Maths: In Term 1, we will continue to follow the White Rose scheme of learning to build on the children's mathematical understanding. The first unit will look at the place value of numbers to 100. This will allow children to revisit their learning from the end of last year whilst building on their knowledge of the composition of two digit numbers.

Term 2

English: This term, we will be sharing the story 'Ninja Nan' by Hollie Hughes and Natalie Smillie. The story follows an ordinary nan who joins the circus! The children will use Language Through Colour to explore all of the vocabulary associated with the circus, using word webs to learn any new vocabulary and our Language Through Colour books to build up a bank of useful words. This will then help the children to write amazing sentences about the story and its characters throughout our sessions.

Maths: We will continue to follow the White Rose scheme of learning and complete the unit on addition and subtraction to 100. This will include adding and subtracting 10s an 1s from 2 digit numbers, adding three 1 digit numbers together and answering missing number problems. Once this unit it is completed, we will move onto learning about 2D and 3D shapes and their properties. 

We continue to have daily Phonics sessions which are tailored to meet each child's targets.

The children continue to have Speech and Language Therapy delivered by Mrs Hedges and Mrs Eakins.

Home Learning Opportunities

Please continue to support your children's learning at home by reading regularly. 

Other useful websites to support your child's learning include:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/phonics/balloon-phonics-cvc-game

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/3-5-years/speaking-and-listening

Please also explore our SRP page with further information about the interventions that your child may be involved in.

Please continue to check our class blog as we enjoy sharing our learning with you.