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Welcome to Maldives Class!
For this half term, Maldives and New Zealand will be taught together.
Our class consists of year one children and our teacher is Miss Silk supported by Miss Rowley and Ms Crossley. This year we have lots of exciting topics to find out about and some exciting visits and visitors that will help to bring our cultural capital to life.
We are starting this year with a science topic of ‘Marvellous Materials.’ We will look at materials that homes are made from in different climates. We will also discuss the materials used for the homes of ‘The Three Little Pigs.’ For our outcome we will retell the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’ (using Talk for Writing). In Autumn 2, we will be learning about the Great Fire of London and Samuel Pepys during our topic of 'Sparks and Flames’.
As we move into Spring 1, the classroom will become a habitat for an escaped animal
engaging us in our topic of ‘Sensational Safari’. We’ll be drawing on our trust and
unity to solve the mystery of whether humans help or endanger the jungle. We will
compare the UK to Kenya, looking at the animals of each country as well as the
culture, comparing our lives to a Kenyan child’s life. We will draw maps and
understand where Kenya is using atlases and globes.
Spring 2 sees us explore whether all heroes wear capes in our topics of ‘Healing
Hands’. We will compare the lives of different nurses, uncovering the stories of both
past and present heroes, emphasising the values of truth, respect, unity, sincerity and
tolerance. Significant individuals such as Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole and
Edith Cavell will help us understand how nursing has changed throughout history
and what makes people unique and important.
In Summer 1, we’re ‘Keeping it Local’ with a scavenger hunt that will encourage pupils
to discover the wonders of their own community, fostering sincerity and tolerance. We
will explore how our local area was created and focus on how the uniqueness of
individuals helps us to have a diverse community.
Finally in Summer 2 we’re hitting the road in our topic of ‘Wheels and Wings’. We are
going to find out about the ways travel and transport has changed over time from the
Viking Longboat to the hot air balloon and modern day electric cars. We will have our
heads in the clouds exploring the different ways humans have tried to fly throughout
history.
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