Summer Term 2026

English

This term the children will be looking at five different text drivers to inspire their writing. The first book they will be using as a text driver is Journey and they will be writing to entertain. They will then be looking at The Storm Whale, and they will be writing to inform by writing a letter. Next, they will look at the short film Baboon on the Moon writing to inform and entertain. They will be using Man on the Moon to write to narrate and looking at Biscuit Bear to write instructions on how to make biscuits. They are going to be using adverbs, rhetorical questions, repetition of structure, dialogue exclamations and writing in different tenses. They are also going to be evaluating and editing their own writing to improve.

 

Year 1 Maths

This term in Math's the Year ones will be working on the following topics:

Multiplication and division, Fractions, Position and direction, Place value (within 100), money and time.

Year 2 Maths

This term in Math's the Year two’s will be working on the following topics:

Fractions, Time, Statistics and position and direction.

 

Yr1 Phonics

This term, the children in Year 1 are going to be recapping their phonics that they learnt last term and will be expanding their knowledge. They will start by revisiting phase 5 tricky words and sounds before moving on to learning new phase 5 sounds and alternative digraphs.  During these phonics sessions the children orally blend words that include the sound and also write the sound and words on a whiteboard and then include these words in sentences.

 

Yr2 Spellings

This term they will be recapping the spellings of tricky words and looking at the spelling rules. They will be using different techniques such as pyramid writing and rainbow writing to learn these spellings. These spellings will include: Words ending –il, adding –es to nouns and verbs ending in –y, the /ɔ:/ sound spelt a before l and ll, the /ʌ/ sound spelt o , the /i:/ sound spelt – ey, the /ʒ/ sound spelt s and contractions.

 

 

Science

This term in science the children will be looking at and conducting different investigations to explore a variety of topics. They will be looking at pushes and pulls and animal life cycles.

 

Art

This term in Art the children are going to be creating clay tiles in the style of the artist William Morris. Throughout this topic they will make observational drawings to show increasing detail and context, create paintings to show increasing detail and context and use of the visual elements (colour, line, pattern, texture etc), mould and create simple shapes with malleable materials (clay) with care and purpose developing ideas and observation and talk about their sculpture and relating them to the work of artists, craftsmakers and designers (William Morris). 

 

DT

In DT this term the topic is  Mechanisms: Slides and levers. They will:

• Generate initial ideas and simple design criteria through talking and using own experiences.   

• Develop and communicate ideas through drawings and mock-ups. 

• Select from and use a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks such as cutting and joining to allow movement and finishing. 

• Select from and use a range of materials and components such as paper or card according to their characteristics. 

• Explore and evaluate a range of products with sliders and levers

 

 

Music

This term the children will be dancing and drawing to Nautilus. Through this music, pupils will develop their feeling and understanding of pitch, beat, and duration. They will listen actively to the piece, interpreting its gestures in dance. They will engage imaginatively with the piece by drawing to the music. Finally, they will compare their interpretations with contrasting animations and videos, discovering that music can be interpreted in a myriad of ways.

 

 

Geography

This term, the geography topic is What is it like to live in Shanghai? They will be learning about physical and human features, drawing maps of our local area using symbols and a key. Name and locate some continents on a world map, focusing on Asia, identifying physical and human features in China, describing what it is like in Shanghai and comparing Shanghai to a small area of the UK.

 

RE

In RE this term Beech will be looking at these topics: Remembering – Shabbat and Special books focusing on the Bible and Torah.

PSHE

This term in PSHE the children will be exploring the theme Safety and the changing body. Children will be learning how to communicate safely with adults; considering who keeps us safe in our community; learning steps to crossing the road safely; identifying which substances should or should not go in the body; learning how to call 999 and knowing the difference between secrets and surprises.

PE

This term in PE the children are going to be focusing on two topics.

Athletics activities relating to sports day: running, jumping, throwing, catching, relays and striking and fielding activities

Dance – Country dancing

Computing

This term in Computing Beech will be learning about three topics:

Digital Literacy – Online Safety

Programming – Algorithms and debugging