Autumn Term

Our Autumn Term Learning 2026

Branch 1- In this branch, pupils will encounter the God who creates and calls a people. They will explore revelation of the Christian belief that all that is comes from God, the Creation accounts in Genesis, and scientific explanations of the process of Creation. They will explore the call of God and his covenantal relationship with his people first through Abraham and Moses, then through the narrative of the Old Testament.

Branch 2- The prophets speak of God reaching to his people, calling them back into a relationship with him. In this branch, pupils will explore the Christian understanding of the teaching of the prophets as they point to the fulfilment of God’s promise in a messiah, Jesus Christ. They will explore the expectant waiting for the Messiah through the Advent season and how this speaks to Christians today as they wait for Christ. Pupils will encounter the story of the nativity of Jesus and the mystery of the incarnation.

English

In English this year we are concentrating on 'hold a sentence' and 'build a sentence' where we will focus on skills of transcription. For year 1 a focus on being able to orally compose and then write a sentence with basic punctuation. We will use the stories Monkey Puzzle, Tabby McTat and Supermarket zoo. We will then work on composition of sentences and work on adding detail to our descriptions. Letter formation is also a big focus in year one JAMMY LINES!!

Maths
Throughout the term we will be covering the following units:

Unit 1 – Numbers to 10

Unit 2 – Part-Whole within 10

Unit 3 – Addition and subtraction within 10 (1)

Unit 4 – Addition and subtraction within 10 (2)

Unit 5 – 2D and 3D shapes

Unit 6 – Numbers to 20

Science
During the Autumn term, we will also be learning about everyday materials. We begin by identifying different types of materials and describing their properties. Investigations will also be carried out, for example, to test the transparency, absorbency and waterproof qualities of materials. We begin our scientific learning by exploring the four seasons. We will learn to name and identify the seasons and describe the key features of each. By creating our own rain gauge and learning how to measure temperature, we will collect data to create a class graph about the weather patterns over the course of the year.

Art
We will be studying the work of significant artist, Henri Matisse. We will use inspiration from his work to create a range of exciting artwork using different media, such as pastels, water colours, print making and collage. We will then begin a short unit about the craft designer, Emma Bridgewater.

Design & Technology
Our first project will be focused around textiles. We will develop our technical skills of cutting, glueing, stapling and pinning to join fabrics together. We will use these skills to create our own hand puppets.

Geography
This term we will be thinking all about our local area and where we live in the world. We will begin our geography learning by exploring how maps are used and learning the compass points: North, South, East and West. We will then focus on Tean and use fieldwork to observe what our local area is like. By exploring the area ourselves, we will look at the different types of housing and jobs and create our own pictograms to represent this.

History
We will begin our history topic by learning to sequence events in chronological order and develop an understanding that history is everything that has happened in the past. Next, we will identify similarities and differences between ways of life in different periods of time, e.g. toys, food and school life. We will also explore what life was like for children in the past, as well as identifying changes in the local area.

Music
We will begin by learning about what pulse is and how we can identify this within a piece of music. Our unit focus is: How Can We Make Friends When We Sing Together? We will learn to perform songs, such as, 'Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes' and 'We Talk To Animals.' In the second half term, we will focus our learning around rhythm and pitch. This unit is titled: How Does Music Tell Stories about the Past?

Computing
For our computing lessons we will be using an online scheme called 'Purple Mash'. We will begin with a unit focusing on online safety, where children will learn how to log in and out of their account safely and save their work to their own folders. We will also be exploring what a spreadsheet program looks like and use 2Calculate to record data. Next, we will think about how technology is used outside of school. We will walk around the local community to find and record examples of technology. Our final unit is called 'Lego Builders'. We will learn how to follow instructions on a computer and know that an algorithm written for a computer is called a program.

PE
Our PE lessons are on a Wednesday and a Thursday. Please make sure you have a labelled PE kit and bottle of water.