Christ Church Primary School
Term 1 Autumn 2021
Autumn Term 1 2021
This term we are busy getting to know each other along with all these other skills:
- exploring "being me in my world" in PSHE
- designing and making bread in Design and Technology
- improving our letter formation in Handwriting
- being historians exploring why the Great Fire of London destroyed so much of the city in History
- investigate materials and their uses in Science
- creating artwork linked to the Great Fire of London in Art
- becoming more confident mathematicians with a focus on place value and number in Maths
- developing our fluency and understanding in Reading
- looking closely at our writing to make it the best it can be in English
- practising multi-skills through cricket and creating dances in PE
- listening and responding to pieces in Music
- studying what it means to be a Muslim in RE
- researching uses of IT, creating animations and understanding the importance of e-Safety in Computing
A very busy term ahead!
Term 1 Welcome Letter
Example Year 2 timetable
Term 1 Science Knowledge Organiser
Term 1 History Knowledge Organiser
Year 2 Long Term Overview 2021-22
Year 2 NumBots Letter to Parents
Year 2 D+T Cooking Letter to parents
Year 2 Cheltenham Literature Festival Trip Letter to parents
Diary writing like Samuel Pepys with quill pens
Museum boxes
We are fortunate to be able to borrow Museum Loan Boxes from The Wilson Museum in Cheltenham. These are replica items from The Great Fire of London.
Cheltenham Literature Festival
Fire Engine Visit
History - Great Fire of London
How did the Great Fire of London start? was our first enquiry lesson looking at 8 different clues to make a conclusion. We decided the fire most likely started from a spark from the oven in a baker's house - Thomas Farriner, who lived on Pudding Lane on Sunday 2nd September 1666 at around 1 am.
D+T - Tasting different breads
As part of our D+T Cookery project, we wanted to taste different breads so we could try lots of flavours.
We tried: white bread, wholemeal, seeded, cranberry, olive and iced buns. We had a discussion to think about healthy options and we will design our own breads next before making our creations next week.
PE - Cricket Sessions
Year 2 are having 6 weeks of Cricket Sessions with All Stars Cricket and today we practised catching the ball when fielding and also having a go at batting. It was great fun!
History - timeline lesson
In history we have looked at lots of timelines to help us understand when 1666 was! We explored the school timeline in the corridor and found out it happened in Tudor times when King Charles II was on the throne.
D+T Bread-making
We have loved making bread this week and we are writing instructions in English showing the steps needed to make our loaves.
Skipping Workshop
