Welcome to New Zealand Class!

Our class consists of year one and year two children and our teacher is Mrs Attwell supported by 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.’ Would the climate affect our choice of suitable materials for our homes? 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’. We will look at life in the past and make comparisons with present day firefighters.

As we move into Spring 1, we will look at ‘No Place like Home’ where we will have a geography focus of home or away. We will look at island life and compare and contrast to other islands. We will focus on human and physical features.

Spring 2 sees us head back to the Victorian era. We will have a ‘Toys from the Past’ workshop and compare these to our toys we have at home and school. We will look at toys from the past and create a timeline and then design our own toys.

In Summer 1, we are heading ‘Coast to Coast.’ We will focus on the United Kingdom and the countries within it. Which ones have we visited and where would we like to go? Why? What makes these places different?

Finally, in Summer 2 we are heading into ‘Kings and Queens’ and deciding what makes a good monarch. We will discuss significant individuals both past and present. There have been changes to our monarchy within our living memory. We will look at historical vocabulary to talk about things from the past.