Autumn: What makes Great Britain so great?
Our Enquiry
The below enquiry overview shows the week by week learning for your child's class in English, enquiry and maths. You can use the overview to see what your child is learning in school each week.Our weekly enquiry questions are:
1. Where in the world are we?
2. What is the chance of sunshine in Nottingham?
3. Have you seen the bright lights in the city?
4. Who is the Angel of the North?
5. Now tell me your dragon.
6. Can you tweet like a twite?
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7. Does Nessy really exist?
8. Is there a crown in the castle?
9. Does the Giant live on the Causeway?
10. What makes Great Britain so great?
English
A high-quality text drives each of our enquiries and the texts are used to give knowledge and purpose to the enquiry. High quality texts can only be accessed through knowledge of vocabulary in different tiers. Explicit teaching of new vocabulary and using the classroom environment to showcase key vocabulary helps us to infuse rich and sophisticated vocabulary from EYFS to Year 6. The texts are used as a stimulus for both English and cross curricular writing, ensuring high expectations of our children. Reading is interweaved into all aspects of the enquiry to encourage reading and language development and promote reading for pleasure.
Key English Text
Our chosen texts this term are ‘Everybody's Welcome’ written by Patricia Hegarty.
Maths
In maths we follow the Power Maths programme to support children’s learning and to build a deep understanding of maths concepts. Power Maths is a curriculum mastery programme designed to spark curiosity and excitement and nurture confidence in maths. It is built around a child‑centred lesson design that models and embeds a growth mindset approach to maths.
This term we are covering the following:
- Counting objects to 10
- Writing numbers to 10
- Counting backwards from 10 to 0
- Counting one more and one less
- Comparing groups and numbers
- First, second, third etc
- The part-whole model
- Finding number bonds
- Comparing number bonds
- Finding the whole - adding together and adding more
- Finding a part
- Making number bonds
- Finding addition facts
- Solving word problems