Welcome to Indigo Class

The class teacher for Indigo is James.

 

Numeracy and Problem Solving

We will be expanding on our numeracy skills both through indoor and outdoor education.

Throughout the term, we will be looking at all the areas of maths as well as working on our individual goals, which you can see on the Curriculum Goals sheet.

Number 

  • we will be linking our counting, addition and subtraction to the pirate topic – counting gold coins, sorting treasure and other pirate themed maths activities

Measure

  • we will be measuring masts for our ships and making big and small boats.

Geometry

  • we will be focussing on positional language e.g. in, out, on, next to, behind, inside as well and some directions e.g. forwards, backwards, left and right linked to pirate activities.

Literacy and Communication

In Literacy we will be working on our individual goals throughout the term, which you can see on My Curriculum Goals Sheet

Every day we will be focussing on Reading, including phonics, Writing and communication as well as working on our individual tasks at our workstations.

The class will read a selection of pirate stories together which will allow learners to sequence events and engage through images. We will read: Ten Little Pirates, Portside Pirates and Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC during the term.

We will be enjoying our reading corner in the classroom too, sharing books with each other and the adults in our classroom.

Knowledge and Understanding of the World

(Science, Geography, History, RE, ICT)

Science

  • this term we will learning about forces and motion, specifically ‘pushing’ and ‘pulling’, linking this to our topic on Pirates. We will be learning about how things move and how we can make them move in different ways.

History

  • we will be looking at Tudor Exploration and what life was like on a ship then. We will be looking at the food that they ate, where they travelled to and how it was different to today.

Geography

  • we will be learning about life on an Island and how it is different to where we live in London. We will explore how islands are made. Hopefully we will find some treasure on our desert island too!

RE

  • we will be learning about stories that Jesus told and what these stories mean.

Computing

  • we will be learning about how to control things e.g. a robot to make it move forwards, backwards etc linking to our maths.

Physical and Social Development

(PE and PSHE)

PE

  • we are learning about dance this term and ‘moving stories’. We will be looking at different ways that we can move. We will be creating some Pirate dances too!

PSHE

  • we are learning about rules this term and how they are important in our lives. We will be learning about rules that we follow to keep us safe as well what happens when we follow them or don’t. The class will also focus on healthy eating. The learners will be encouraged to explore different fruits and vegetables.

We will continue to encourage learners using Let’s Make a Deal.

Creative Development

(Art, Music, DT)

Art

  • this term we are learning about painting techniques and what happens when we add water to our paint. We will be painting sea and boats and looking at the work of Turner to see how he painted stormy seas. We will be painting some pictures of pirate ships too!

 

DT

  • we are learning about mechanisms and how we can make things move using a balloon, pump and some tubing to make moving sea creatures!

 

Music

  • we will be creating some pirate music and sound effects to go with stories. We are also learning to tune into sounds and to select instruments using PECS.