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Treasure Island
"All aboard!"
Welcome back to the Spring term. We hope you have all had a lovely time over the Christmas holidays.
During this half term we will be beginning our learning online and we thank you in advance for the time and support you give your children with this. We will adapt our activities as much as we can to make them accessible for you at home.
Our topic for this half term will be 'Treasure Island'.
Since people first sailed on the oceans, there have been pirates, who have been both fascinating and feared in equal measure. We will find out who these people were, and how they lived and travelled. Ahoy mateys! Let's explore the globe like pirates!
In Geography, we'll be finding out:
In Art, we'll be finding out:
In Music, we'll be finding out:
In Technology, we'll be finding out:
In International, we’ll be finding out:
In Physical Education, we'll be finding out:
Teaching in a thematic way, the national curriculum requirements of English, Maths, RE and Science will be interwoven with our topic learning. In English we will be looking at a range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry texts including Journey, Night Pirates, Pizza for Pirates and many more. In Numeracy, we will be developing and applying the number system, securing numerical fluency and calculating.
If there is anything you need to ask or find out then we are here to help so please contact the school to arrange a time to chat.
We look forward to working with you all.
Mrs Bannister, Miss Garoghan and the Year 1 team