KS1 Autumn 2 Learning

Great Fire of London

History:

We will be finding out about the Great Fire of London. We will be exploring how it started, why it got so big and spread so quickly, what happened after, how many people died and then moving onto why a fire so big shouldn't happen again due to modern day firefighting. This is a great topic to learn about how things have changed and what life was like in the past.

Computing: Digital Music

We will be responding to music and explore how they music can make us feel certain ways. We will then be using Chrome music lab to create rhythms and patterns and create short pieces of music.

Art: Clay

We will be using clay to mould and create pieces of art and developing into making clay houses using appropriate tools.

Science Year 1:

The first being the seasons with a particular focus on Autumn and Winter as well as animals including humans.

We will look at different experiments to make these lessons engaging and practical. We will look at a variety of different animals including birds, mammals, fish, amphibians and reptiles.

Science Year 2:

We will be learning about properties of different kinds of materials and their uses. We will be looking at how we can change the shape of some materials by twisting, squashing, bending and stretching. We will be exploring the suitablility of materials for their intended uses and  learn how to compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple properties.