Some of the things we will be doing next half term. 

DT 

Children will make a moving picture. Children develop 

an understanding of simple mechanisms through 

designing and making moving pictures. These can be 

based on characters or scenes from stories and 

could be designed for use in storytelling activities. 

Children develop their understanding of how 

movement can be created by investigating everyday 

products and making simple levers and sliders from 

given examples.  

Literacy 

Our literacy this half term is 

information texts and recounts. 

We will discuss some of the 

decisions writers make when 

composing texts, and provide 

opportunities for children to do 

the same.  

We will also draw children’s 

attention to the different ways 

people or ideas are represented 

in informational texts.  

Science 

Children will learn about 

different sorts of 

movement and how to 

describe these. They 

relate movement to pushes 

and pulls. Experimental and 

investigative work focuses 

on making observations and 

communicating these. 

Children will also have the 

opportunity to relate 

understanding of movement 

to everyday contexts such 

as road safety. 

History.  

Children will look at 

similarities and 

differences between toys 

today and toys in the 

past. We will introduce 

children to the concepts 

of 'old' and 'new', and 

encourage them to think 

about the changes in 

their own lives and in 

those of their family or 

adults around them.  

RE 

Children will begin to 

explore what it means 

to belong to a religion. 

They will look at some 

Christian stories and 

beliefs. Children will 

look at worship as well 

as religious codes and 

rules. 

ICT 

During this half term the children will learn how to use ICT 

to represent information graphically. They learn how to 

create pictograms and how to answer simple questions on the 

data shown in their pictograms. Children will use a graphing 

package to create their work and will learn how to enter data 

correctly and how to use icons.  

Numeracy  

Our main Numeracy targets this half term will be 

to know number bonds to 10 and beyond. We will 

look at problem solving and using the concepts of 

money. We will also be learning about capacity.  

What you could do at home: 

• Have a look if you have any old toys to share with your 

child.  Talk about any differences from the toys you 

played with to those your children now have.  

• Look at objects around your house and work out how 

they move. Do you have to push or pull anything to make 

it move? 

• Look at some books or cards with moving parts.