Foundation Subjects
Foundation Subjects - Autumn 2
Please see the Long Term Plan for details of what will be covered this term in more detail, including objectives to be covered in each subject. Below, you will find links to websites which will be useful in supporting your child at home to further develop their learning and understanding.
Geography
World War 2
Can I explain when and why Britain declared war on Germany?
Can I explain why the Battle of the Atlantic so important?
Can I explain what rationing was and why it was needed?
Can I investigate the Blitz, its impact on Liverpool and why evacuation was needed?
Can I explain when and why America become an ally and what happened at Pearl Harbour?
Can I explain what happened on D-day and what it led to?
Plot the key dates of WW2 on a timeline. Justify which they think was the most significant
World War 2 Knowledge Organiser
RE
Islam
Why is the Qur’an so important to Muslims?
- The Qur’an
- The Night of Power
Computing
Coding with Scratch: Developing Games
Design and program a maze game
Design and program the next level for a maze game
Add a final level, further enhancing the code in a Maze Game. To add sound effects with a purpose
Design and program a game within Scratch using Boolean operators
Program costume changes for a sprite in a game. To add effects that enhance a game
Add a point-scoring system to a game
Add backdrop changes to a game
Spanish
Nursery Rhymes
Actively participate in two traditional nursery rhymes / songs in Spanish.
Start to understand and decode more of the spoken/sung Spanish we hear.
Memorising the lyrics for one nursery rhyme, song or film
Cultural lesson on Christmas in Spain
Music
Enjoying Musical Styles
There are so many different, wonderful and interesting styles of music. Something that happens in music that makes it so interesting is ‘texture’. ‘Texture’ refers to the layers of sound you hear in a piece of music. Texture can be the number of voices and instruments you hear at once. Styles of music have different textures. Explore how voices and instruments combine to create texture in music.
Enjoying Musical Styles Knowledge Organiser
Art
Portraits
-Understand and explain what retrofuturism is.
-Participate in discussions and offer ideas.
-Evaluate images using simple responses, sometimes using formal elements to extend ideas.
-Provide plausible suggestions for how a piece was created.
-Comfortably use different stimuli to draw from.
-Use past knowledge and experience to explore a range of drawing processes.
-Select and place textures to create a collagraph plate, applying an understanding of the material, which may be supported by testing.
-Create a selection of drawings and visual notes that demonstrate their ideas using sketchbooks.
-Generate a clear composition idea for a final piece that shows how it will be drawn.
-Apply confident skills to make an effective collagraph print.
Independently select tools and drawing techniques, with some guidance.
-Demonstrate growing independence, discussing ways to improve work.
PE
Dance
• I can translate ideas from a stimulus into a dance.
• I can show some ‘space’ elements in my dance.
• I can show some ‘relationship’ elements in my dance.
• I can show some ‘dynamic’ elements in my dance.
• I can collaborate to create a dance performance.
• I can show some dance elements in my performance (space, relationships, dynamics).
Indoor Athletics
- Chest push with accuracy and power, bending knees through to feet, extends arms to increase distance.
- Perform a Triple jump for distance varying techniques to improve performance.
- Speed bounce with speed, fluency and rhythm.
- 5 strides – improve starting position to ensure a better first stride.
- Skipping – with speed (30 skips or more).
- Vertical jump – Push into ground, lift with an explosive movement up and focus on landing softly – keep core engaged.
- Pass a relay baton in competitive situations (timed).
Indoor Athletics Knowledge Organiser
PSHE
Health and Well-Being
- Perform some yoga poses, following the instructions from a video, and describe how yoga makes them feel.
- Describe how they can get a good night’s sleep and explain why this is important.
- Describe why they should embrace failure.
- Describe a strategy to help manage feelings of failure and to help them to persevere.
- Set themselves goals and consider how they will achieve them.
- Describe a range of feelings and suggest two ways of dealing with a difficult situation.
- Demonstrate an understanding of what calories are and how to use them to help plan healthy meals.
- Recognise the food groups and acknowledge that having a variety of food is important for having a balanced and healthy diet.
- Understand how to keep safe in the sun and some of the risks, now and in the future, if they don’t.