Curriculum Impact Tag: KS1

This week, pupils have been observing their plants' growth and recording  their data as well as take photographs of each prepared bag.  Pupils can accurately assign the data to the condition in which the plants are placed. 

Knowledge: to investigate the best conditions for germinating cress…

In Music, pupils have been reading and playing 1/2, 1 and paired beats.

Knowledge: 

To use a rhythm in different ways to demonstrate structure.

Skills:

• I can read, clap and play rhythms using one beat and paired half beats.
• I can read and play rhythms that use a one beat rest.
• I…

Year 2 are exploring non standard measures by using their own hand spans

Knowledge: to use non standard measures

Skills: to use my hand span to measure objects around the classroom

Vocab: non standard measures, hand span

Year 2 are learning how to use noun phrases to describe a dragon's bird's eye view of the world below from the story "The Dragon Machine".

Knowledge: to know that an adjective is a describing word and a noun is the name of a person, place or object

Skills: to use noun phrases in our…

Behaviour focus - each week, all classes consider what their rights and responsibilities are.  In Y2, we have discussed as a whole class our Class Behaviour Agreement and how rules can help them learn, stay safe and respect others.

Knowledge: I know that some rules are made to be followed by…

Well done Key Stage 1 and Early Years on a fantastic nativity!  Happy Christmas one and all.

Year 2 are investigating how the shapes of solid objects can be stretched, twisted, bent or squashed.  They explored 3 materials - air dried clay, plasticine and Playdoh.

Knowledge: to find out how the shapes of solid objects can be squashed, twisted, stretched and bent

Skills: to use…

Year 2 had a lovely day at Bickley Farm, learning all about animal skeletons and bird habitats.

Year 2 have been learning to partition 2 digit numbers into different combinations this week.

Knowledge: Partition any 2 digit number into tens and ones to demonstrate an understanding of place value

Skills; use Base 10 equipment to support me in splitting the tens from the ones

Vocab:…

We have been looking at birds eye view maps. We created maps of our classroom.