Spring 2025

Our Spring Term topic is...

All Creatures Great & Small!

Spring Term 1 Curriculum Newsletter

A large focus will be learning about animals and the world.

Please take a look at our curriculum page for more information on what key knowledge is taught in each subject.

Keep your eyes peeled for more information on our learning and photographs of the exciting times we have during spring term.

English

We received a letter from Ms Allin (our Forest School Teacher) who asked us to investigate what might have happened in the allotment. The clues (a basket, paw prints, a blue jacket, some dug up vegetables and some fur) led us to make predictions about what might've happened and we found out that it was... Peter Rabbit! Our key text for this half-term has been 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit'. We have learnt about what Peter Rabbit was like as a character in order to write a character description. We will also learn the features of a diary entry and then write our own entries in the role of Peter Rabbit.

Geography

In geography we have been naming and locating the seven continents on a world map. We have also located different landmarks (human features) in different continents of the world. The children really enjoy singing some songs about the continents and oceans - I'm sure some of you have heard them by now! Here are the links to them:

Oceans Song

Continents Song 1

Continents Song 2

We also enjoy doing this interactive quiz: Interactive Continents and Oceans Quiz

Science

In science we've been learning how to classify animals depending on their diet. Children have learnt that herbivores eat plants, carnivores eat meat and omnivores eat both plants and meat. They will also be learning how to classify animals depending on their structure in the next half-term.

Art

Collage

Artist: Deborah Shapiro

In Art we have been learning about the artist ‘Deborah Shapiro’ and how she uses magazines and paper to create collage images. We have been inspired to create our own collage of an animal, thinking carefully about the way in which we use shape, colour, layering, overlapping, cutting and ripping to create a desired effect. We linked this learning to our science and asked children to collage an animal. I'm sure you'll agree that their masterpieces look brilliant!

Deborah Shapiro's Website

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