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Frenchwood Community Primary School – Parent Overview
This is what your child will be learning this half term
EYFS – Reception- Spring 1
Personal, Social and Emotional Development	Self-Regulation, Managing Feelings and Building Relationships Jigsaw Piece: Dreams and Goals Challenge Never giving up Setting a goal Obstacles and support Flight to the future Footprint awards Children will also be taking part in the Let’s Get Brushing programme. They will know how regularly brushing is important for their health.
Communication and Language	Listening, Attention and Understanding Children will talk about key events in a story. Children will ask when questions. Speaking Children will know and retell ‘Supertato, Giraffes Can’t Dance, The Hungry Caterpillar. Children will know and use vocabulary linked to their theme and stories they read. Children will develop their oracy skills through various activities and opportunities. Children will express their ideas using past and present tense.
Physical Development	Gross Motor and Fine Motor Skills We will be continuing to develop our 5 Fundamental Movement Skills, running, jumping, throwing (overarm), catching and hopping including travelling and rolling with accuracy. Through planned provision activities we will continue to develop our fine motor and hand eye coordination skills. Children will know how to correctly form lower case letters.
Maths	Number and Numerical Patterns Counting and Comparing Partitioning Addition and Subtraction Comparing Measures Sorting and Patterning
Literacy	Comprehension and Word Reading Fiction Key Texts: Supertato by Sue Hendra, The Tiger who came to Tea by Judith Kerr, The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett, Jack and the Beanstalk by Iona Treahy and What’s in the Witches Kitchen? By Nick Sharratt. We will also be watching animations to support our Literacy too. RWI: Continuing to develop knowledge of SET 1 sounds including special friends and begin to blend, read and spell words when they are ready. Children will also be moving onto short stories(Ditties) and Red books. Writing The children will still be encouraged to mark make independently. They will continue to write their names and familiar letters of the alphabet. If your child is ready, they may begin to blend letters into words and form lower-case and capital letters correctly by the end of term. Children will begin to spell words and short sentences using Fred Fingers.
Understanding of the world	Past and Present, People Culture and Communities and The Natural World We will be learning about different people who help us including the fire fighters, police officers and professionals from the health service. We will be linking what we know to the past, making connections and comparisons between then and now. We will also be learning about different animals, exploring their habitats, life cycles and food. We will also be discovering special stories mentioned in the Bible and The Qur’an.
Expressive Arts and Design	Creating with Materials Children will be exploring paint and painting techniques through nature, music and collaborative work. Developing creativity through child-led exploration of mixed-media, making collages and transient art. Being Imaginative and Expressive Charanga- Everyone- Copying-clapping some rhythms of phrases from familiar known songs. We will be exploring high pitch and low pitch in the context of the songs, and we will be inventing new ways to find a pulse.
Computing	Online Safety Children will be talking about how to keep safe online. Programming Children will be experimenting with programming a Bee-bot/ Blue-bot and learning how to give simple commands.

Frenchwood Community Primary School
What your child will be learning this half term
Cycle A		Y1/2.	Spring 1
English	Stories by the same author This half term we will continue to develop Key Stage 1’s writing skills. We will build our vocabulary and grammar each week, focussing on spelling, joining words, apostrophes and sentence structure. We will look at texts written by Smirti Halls, focussing on similarities in her texts and using this to create our own narrative, based on a model. Non-chronological reports This half term, the non-chronological reports will link to science. We will research and create fact files about different animals, noting their lifestyles, what they eat and where they live.
Maths	Place Value Mass, Volume and Capacity Multiplication and Division Money
Science	Animals including Humans. Your child will be learning to identify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Identify them as carnivores and herbivores and compare their structure. Children will develop their skills of pattern seeking and identifying and classifying.
PE	Indoor – Playground Games from the 20^th Century Outdoor – Piggy in the Middle – Core Task
History Geography	Grandparents’ treasures What games and toys did our grandparents play with? Are they different to the ones children play with now? Are any similar. Did our grandparents keep any little treasures, precious items that they may want to share with the class. What memories do they have of growing up in a different time and maybe a different place? Children will use first-hand information to find out how toys have changed within living memory.
Art or DT	Textiles: Puppets Exploring different ways of joining fabrics before creating their own hand puppets based upon characters from a well-known fairytale. Children work to develop their technical skills of cutting, glueing, stapling and pinning.
PSHE	Dreams and Goals: • Know how to set simple goals • Know how to achieve a goal • Know how to work well with a partner • Know that tackling a challenge can stretch their learning • Know how to identify obstacles which make achieving their goals difficult and work out how to overcome them • Know when a goal has been achieved
Computing	Children during this term will be continuing to develop their skills of mouse control and using software to create pictures. They will be adding to the knowledge of certain tools on the computer and design a rocket. They will also be thinking critically to create instructions, follow them to build their rocket and then to evaluate their design.
Music	In The Groove by Joanna Mangona – an easy-to-learn song that demonstrates different styles of music.
RE	Islam. Why do Muslims believe it is important to obey God?

Frenchwood Community Primary School
This is what your child will be learning this half term
Cycle A		Y3/4	Spring 1
English	Stories with issues and dilemmas This half term, children will read the text, The Great Kapok Tree, this will be used as a stimulus to create their own narrative about dilemmas and solutions. Year 3 and 4 will continue to develop grammar skills and application, embedding previous skills and learning new techniques. Persuasion The non-fiction topic this half term will focus on persuasion. Throughout this topic, children will learn to write in a persuasive manner, sharing facts and opinions and participate in healthy debates to inform their writing.
Maths	Multiplication and division. Fractions and place value Addition and subtraction (statistics) Fractions. Angles
Science	Rocks. Your child will Compare and group together different kinds of rock based on their appearance and simple physical properties. Children will describe how fossils are formed and Classify accordingly. Children will investigate hardness and absorbency. Children will conduct a soil separation investigation. Further to this, children will research Mary Anning.
PE	Indoor - Dance – Vikings Outdoor - Net and Wall Unit – Core Task 1
Geography	Why are rainforests important to us? Pupils will explore the significance of rainforests, focusing on the Amazon and human impacts. They will learn key vocabulary, rainforest layers, plant adaptations, and threats such as deforestation and mining. The unit promotes understanding of environmental interdependence, indigenous resource use, and sustainable practices, encouraging global responsibility and local conservation.
Art or DT	Drawing: Your child will develop their drawing skills by exploring how artists use shape, line and tone, practising shading techniques to blend tones smoothly, and using careful observation to add detail. They will create imaginative, nature-inspired drawings and experiment with digital media to enhance and refine their botanical artwork, building confidence and creativity in their approach to drawing.
PSHE	Dreams and Goals Know about specific people who have overcome difficult challenges to achieve success • Know what dreams and ambitions are important to them • Know that they are responsible for their own learning, how to overcome learning challenges • Know what their own strengths are as a learner • Know what an obstacle is and how they can hinder achievement • Know how to take steps to overcome obstacles • Know how to evaluate their own learning progress and identify how it can be better next time
Music	Three Little Birds by Bob Marley – a Reggae song. Children will be using instruments to accompany the song.
RE	Sikhism – This term we will learn about the ‘five k’s’, what they are and why they are important to Sikhs. We will also find out about the place Sikh’s worship – the gurdwara.
MFL	Know how – Do not know how. This is one of the first units introducing the negative form, allowing the children to build more interesting and complex sentences including the option of using conjunctions.
Computing	Children will be describing the purpose of a trailer, design their own storyboard and create a finished trailer. When taking pictures, they will need to consider the angles and the product, they will import pictures and edit using editing software. They will be able to add text to the videos and incorporate transitions between images and then finally evaluate their product.

Frenchwood Community Primary School
This is what your child will be learning this half term
Cycle A		Y5/6	Spring 1
English	Y5. Science Fiction. Your child will read a variety of science fiction texts, they will create their own science fiction stories using their imagination and applying taught grammar skills. Information booklets. The non-fiction topic this half term will be Victorian Preston, linking to our history topic, sharing what we have researched and found out. Y6. Older Literature. This half term, your child will focus on Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare. They will investigate his writing style and language and use this to create their own stories int eh same style. Poetry. Your child will learn to recite a variety of poems, linked to a topic, focusing on texts such as ‘The Witches’ by Roald Dahl and ‘Double, Double, Toil and Trouble’ by William Shakespeare. This will inform their writing, and they will create their own poem based on these structures.
Maths	Y5. Time. Place Value and negative numbers. Addition and subtraction. Multiplication Measures (length, mass and capacity). Geometry Y6. Place value, negative numbers and number sequences. Coordinates and geometry. Calculations. Fractions
Science	Electricity. Your child will associate the brightness of a lamp with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuits. Children will compare the use of different components in different circuits. Children will design and make circuits to solve problems. Children will carry out fair tests, exploring changes in circuits.
PE	Indoor - Swimming – Phase 3 Outdoor – Striking and Fielding - Cricket
History	Life in Victorian Preston. Children will learn all about Preston’s rich Victorian past, its buildings, notable people and industrial development. We will examine how the rich, the middle class and the poor lived their lives. A visit to Winckley Square will bring the past to life with all the surrounding buildings and the stories they tell. Reading – Street Child. Enrichment – A visit to Winckley Square
Art /DT	Textiles – Waistcoats. Children will learn about waistcoats and how they are made. They will select materials and use a template to cut and prepare ready for sewing. They will use a simple running stitch to make their own waistcoats. Children will wear their waistcoats during a Victorians day.
PSHE	Dreams and Goals: • Know that they will need money to help them to achieve some of their dreams • Know about a range of jobs that are carried out by people I know • Know that different jobs pay more money than others • Know what jobs they might like to do when they are older • Know that young people from different cultures may have different dreams and goals • Know ways that they can support young people in their own culture and abroad
Music	Charanga - Make You Feel My Love by Bob Dylan – a Pop Ballad sung by Adele. We will also be learning and performing a song about life in a Victorian matchstick factory – Bryant and May. Mr. McLoughlin has written a song about the effects of “Fozzy Jaw” which workers suffered from. We will perform it in a KS2 assembly and post the recording on class dojo.
RE	Islam – We will be learning all about Hajj (a pilgrimage to Mecca).
MFL	Presenting - Pupils will focus on asking questions and providing accurate replies. They will demonstrate a growing understanding of grammar to manipulate language and start to create sentences of their own using a range of personal details including name, age, where they live and nationality.
Computing	Children will continue their work on the Mars Rover and investigate how they work. They will be creating a pixel picture and understanding that a pixel is the smallest element of a digital image. They will link this to prior knowledge and know that this is transferred by binary code. They will combine these skills in 3D design tools.