Spring Term 2026

English

This term Beech Class will be looking at six different text drivers. The first book they will be using as a text driver is Big Bear Little Brother and they will be writing to entertain. They will then be looking at Meerkat Mail and will be writing to persuade. Next, they will look at Traction man which is always a favourite, and they will be writing to entertain. They will be using Superworm to write to entertain and looking at Baby Crow to write to discuss. Finally, they will be using the book Shh to write to entertain. They are going to be learning about and using repetition, alliteration, onomatopoeia’s, adverbs, questions, exclamations and writing in different tenses. They are also going to be evaluating and editing their own writing to improve.

 

Year 1 Maths

This term in Math's the Year one’s will be working on the following topics:

Place value (within 20), Addition and subtraction (within 20), Place value (within 50), Length and height and mass and volume

 

Year 2 Maths

This term in Math's, Year twos will be working on the following topics:

Money, Multiplication and division, length and height and mass, capacity and temperature.

 

Yr1 Phonics

This term, the children in Year 1 are going to be recapping their phonics that they learnt last term and will be expanding their knowledge. They will start by revisiting phase 4 and 5 tricky words and sounds before moving on to learning alternative digraphs in phase 5.  During these phonics sessions they will orally blend words that include the sound and also write the sound and words on a whiteboard and then include these words in sentences.

 

Yr2 Spellings

This term they will be recapping the spellings of tricky words and looking at the spelling rules. They will be using different techniques such as pyramid writing and rainbow writing to learn these spellings. These spellings will include: the /ŋ/ sound spelt n before k, -tch, adding s and es to words, the /s/ sound spelt c before e, i and y, the /r/ sound spelt wr at the beginning of words and the /l/ or /əl/ sound spelt –el at the end of words 

 

Science

This term in science the children will be learning about different habitats and how plants and animals adapt to survive in different habitats. The children will be conducting an experiment to explore the variation of snails in the school grounds and what plants need to survive. Towards the second half of the spring term the children will be learning about seasons and exploring the question, Do seasons affect habitats?

 

Art

This term in Art to link in with our history topic this topic is also Great fire of London. The children are going to be exploring a variety of artists such as Lieve Verschuier and Ron Embleton. They are going to be focusing on drawing (line, pattern, shape) and Printmaking. They are going to be creating prints of houses from the Great fire of London using cardboard, string and paint.

 

DT

In DT this term the topic is Textiles. They are going to be making their own superhero glove puppets. They will be looking at the purpose of their puppet, designing it and then making it using fabric and sewing skills. The children will then evaluate their puppets at the end of the unit.

 

Music

The first unit the children will be focusing on is Football. This unit sees children echo singing, composing word patterns, improvising with mi-re-do, and playing a percussion ostinato. The pupils will understand the difference between pitched patterns and rhythm patterns, higher and lower.

The second unit is Who stole my chickens and my hens? In this unit the children will listen to and copy short rhythm patterns by ear, mark rests in the song with actions, their voices, and instruments, sing the rhythm of the melody accurately, compose new lyrics and create short body percussion patterns to accompany the song and play a partner clapping game while singing a song.

 

History

This term in history the topic is the Great Fire of London. All learning will be based around the enquiry question Why did the Great Fire of London cause so much damage and what happened as a result? The children will be learning about how the fire started and how it spread across London and they will also be looking at some accounts from Pepys and Evelyn.

 

Geography

This term, the topic of geography is Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place? The children will learn the seven continents, locate the coldest places on Earth, locate the equator on a world map, compare the UK and Kenya, investigate local weather conditions and identify key features of hot and cold places.

 

RE

In RE this term Beech will be looking at these topics: Remembering – Jewish Passover and Belief – Easter.

When looking at the remembering concept the children will be able to recognise what remembering means. Recognise ways in which Jews remember the Passover story, recognise the value/importance of remembering Passover for Jews, express creatively their own responses to remembering in their own experience and recognise ways in which remembering can be applied to their own and other’s lives.

When looking at the Belief concept the children will be able to recognise what have been taught about the concept of belief and recognise some believes Christians have about Jesus, recognise something of the value of belied to Christians in the Easter story, express their response to the concept of belied and recognise how belied relates to their own lives and those of others.

PSHE

This term in PSHE the children will be looking at health and wellbeing. This will include describing and understand their feelings, learn how to relax in different ways, recognise and celebrate their strengths and set simple but challenging goals, understand the benefits of physical activity and rest, understand how germs are spread and how we can stop them spreading, understand the risks associated with the sun and allergies.

PE

This term in PE the children are going to be focusing on four units:

Ball skills (Hands). Pupils will: develop sending and receiving skills, applying and developing understanding of where we send a ball and why and they will combine their developing dribbling, passing and receiving skills in order to keep possession and score a point.

Attack V Defence. Pupils will apply simple principles of attack vs defence, with a particular focus on creating simple tactics in order to win the game, continue to develop an understanding of the transition from defence to attack and apply these tactics as a team into games.

Ball skills (Rackets, Bats, Balloons & Balls). Pupils will: develop their ability to keep a ball controlled using a racket and refine their understanding of how they can use their hitting (striking) skills to send the ball into space in order to win a game.

Dance (Explorers). Pupils will: create and develop their characters, adding movements, expression and emotion to their performance, be able to create a motif and will develop their motifs with a partner to include some different elements of choreography.

Computing

The computing topics this term are:

What is a computer and Rocket to the moon.

What is a computer will teach the children to recognise the parts of a computer, recognise how technology is controlled, recognise technology, create a design for an invention and understand the role of computers.

Rocket to the moon will allow the children to make a list using software and a digital device, draw a rocket using a computer, sequence a set of instructions, build a rocket using digital instructions and test and edit a rocket design