Science

Identify amphibians, birds, fish,

reptiles and mammals that live

in the UK and animals that live in Polar Regions.

Find out how different animals

obtain their food.

Identify carnivores, herbivores

and omnivores.

Learn how animals are suited to polar habitats.

Observe seasonal changes

Music

Listen to Music related to our Topic, Antarctica by Vangelis and Troika by Prokofiev

Talk about the texture, dynamics and tempo music we hear and make.

Create a soundscape to represent Antarctica.

History

Find out about a famous polar explorer Ernest

Shackleton and the Endurance expedition

Use photographs, books and videos

to find information

Think about why the polar explorers

were significant

Know that some people events are significant

because many people remember them or because

they led to changes in other people’s lives.

Order the lives of famous people on a timeline.

Geography

Find the Arctic and Antarctica on a map and a

globe.

Use photographs, video and texts to learn

about the features of polar landscapes.

Make models to show what we have found out.

Find out about weather patterns in the UK,

the polar regions

Find out what it is like to live

and work in Antarctica.

Compare life in Antarctica with life in England

Religious Education

Why do people pray?

What can we learn from stories?

Finding out how Jews and Christians

pray and why it is important to them.

Explore special stories and

think about what they can

show Jews and Christians about God

Discover ways that what Christians and

Jews believe affects their lives.

Explore the Easter story

English

Read stories and information texts about polar regions and polar explorers.

Write narratives based on the story of The Rainbow Bear by Michael Morpurgo

and the Story Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers.

Descriptive writing and poetry about snowy weather.

Write fact files about Antarctica.

Write a narrative about the real events on the Endurance expedition.

Sentence work using capital letters and full stops.

Phonics and reading skills.

PE Gymnastics

Practise Gymnastics skills,

Create a sequence of movements

on the floor and on apparatus

Design and Technology

Explore how a frame

structure is used to make a

tent.

Find out how to make frame

structures strong and stable

Design, make and

evaluate our own

model tents.

Art

Explore the work of Nick

Bibby who creates sculptures

of animals.

Practise different ways of

shaping and joining clay.

Make an animal

sculpture from clay.

PSHE

Discuss how to be a good friend .

Know who can help if someone is affected by

bullying

Know ways to keep myself safe

Lands of Ice and Snow Year 1

Computing

Talk about ways we can use technology safely

and responsibly.

Learn how to search for information safely on

the internet.

Combine pictures and text to make a poster

about a polar animal.

Make an animation about

the Endurance expedition.

Mathematics

This is a selection:

Count, read and write numbers to 70

Add and subtract numbers to 20 quickly and

accurately and solve problems

Solve problems with missing numbers

Begin to recognise place value

Learn number bonds of 6, 7 and 10

Make different amounts using coins

Tell the time to o’clock and half past

Recognise and talk about 3D shapes