Sparrows is the name of our Year 1 and Year 2 class which is currently taught by Mrs Morris and Mrs Scott. Take a look at some of the things they have been up to recently…
In Early Years and Key Stage 1, we use Little Wandle to teach Phonics and early reading. Please visit the following page of our website to find out more about how reading is taught at All Saints:
Reading at All Saints
For more information regarding how we meet the needs of our Early Years children, please visit the following page of our website:
Early Years at All Saints
In Maths this half term Year 1 are focusing on place value within 50 and then moving on to length and height. In Year 2 we are continuing to work on multiplication and division. The Year 2 Sparrows have started to use the multiplication symbol in their Maths lessons this week and today they were confident enough to complete questions independently on TT Rockstars.
In English this half term our quality text is ‘The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark’. This is a lovely book featuring an owl who learns about all the wonderful things that happen at night. In Year 1 we are focusing on pronouns and personal pronouns. In Year 2 we are consolidating previous learning on pronouns and personal pronouns as well as adding additional conjunctions to our vocabulary to use in compound sentences. In English we are working towards creating a fact file in Year 1 and a nonchronological report in Year 2.
In History we will be covering a unit called ‘How was school different in the past?’ They will be building on previous learning about our Victorian school by looking at historical similarities and differences. Children will be using a range of sources to recognise continuity between children’s lives past and present.
In Science children will be studying food chains to complete their learning of animals and their habitats and moving on to looking at Seasonal Change.
In Art, Sparrows will be exploring colour mixing using a range of tools and surfaces and creating paintings in the style of Clarice Cliff. (One of Mrs Scott’s favourite artists!)
For RE, we will be completing the unit of Salvation by finding out why Easter matters to Christians.
In PE we are continuing with Gymnastics at Acton Trussell Community Centre. Please note – children who cannot tie laces really need Velcro trainers until they are competent with laces as this is causing issues each week trying to get knots out when we need to be on the bus!
In Computing, Sparrows are using Purple Mash to create animated story books.
Finally, in Music this half term we are completing the ‘Zoo Time’ unit of Charanga.
