Art and Design Observational Drawing and Painting for

Art and Design Observational Drawing and Painting for self-portraits Colour Mixingusing powder paints Class 1 Theme Autumn Term 2014 On the farm Portraits and Self-portraits: Drawing and painting skills Pastels, coloured pencils and Wax crayons Maths Number and Place value , Length and mass, weight Addition and subtraction. 2 D and 3 D shapes Including activities such as: comparing sizes of animals and tractors Ordering smallest to largest –farm animals, tractors Looking at Portraits and Self-portraits by famous artists-Guiseppe Archimbaldo Science ICT – drawing software – Paint and 2 Simple IPAD drawing apps, Purple Mash Geography Locality of the school and surrounding area-farms * Use atlases and globes to locate England Catforth on map Language and Literacy *Observe daily weather patterns Labels, lists and captions (classroom signs and posters) *Introduce 4 compass directions Stories with Predictable language (Old Mc. Donald, Over in the Meadow, Farmer Duck Etc) Identify local features such as roads, fields, Village Hall, canal >Discuss city, town, village, factory, farm, house etc Phonics and reading tasks, drama and role play and speaking and listening opportunities Computing Programming (units 1 &2) Navigating around the farm. Construct indoor or outdoor farm area and program floor robot to get around. Use Daisy the Dinosaur or Bee Bot on i-tunes and use 2 Control NXT E-safety Sending emails safely to farmers/machinery producers enquiring about machinery/products Personal, Social, Health and Emotional Education New Beginnings Setting up class rules and establishing routines Mrs Clitheroe and Mrs Grierson Identify basic plants and their parts (roots, leaves, flowers etc. *Classify according to own criteria-plant we can eat/can’t eat etc *categorise common plants into deciduous and evergreen. *observe weather changes RE Unit: Buddhism This unit enables pupils to examine Buddhist relationships with others and the world and how this is shaped. The content focus is on Buddha. Physical Different ways of moving-moving like various farm animals Things we can do now with our bodies Action rhymes and games, dance