Maths: Literacy: Fractions – Pupils will learn to recognise, The core reading text for this term is The find and name a half and a quarter as one of Queen’s Handbag by Steve Antony. The two or four equal parts respectively. writing genres explored will be a narrative (story) based on the core text and a piece Measures: Length and mass – Pupils will learn of persuasive writing in the form of a to compare, describe, measure, record and leaflet or advert (linked to Geography unit). solve practical problems.

Art & Design: Sculpture & Andy Geography: The United Kingdom Goldsworthy Driving Question: Why should people visit the United Pupils will respond to sculptures and Kingdom?

craft artists to help them adapt and Pupils will: make their own work . Sculptures will be -become familiar with maps of the United created by assembling basic shapes or Kingdom and learn to locate it on a world map and

forms e.g. bodies/ heads and adding Year 1 – Summer Term a globe surface features. -identify England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as well as their capital cities

-locate their own town/city within the United Kingdom -develop contextual knowledge of the location of significant places within the UK -recognise the 4 countries individual flags, as well Science: Spring & Summer as the Union Jack and what it represents Pupils will discover what the seasons are and PSHE/Citizenship: Economic Wellbeing – Sports, Health & Fitness: the clues around us that tell us which season Money

we are in. They will also revisit which months Pupils will learn: What money is; forms that Sports: Active Athletics

are in each season. Pupils will learn about money comes in; that money comes from Health: Body Protectors & Body Changes weather forecasts, weather symbols and what different sources, the difference between

the weather is like in both spring and summer needs and wants, that money needs to be Fitness: Step to the Beat before looking closely and what happens to looked after and different ways of doing this.

plants and animals in these seasons.

Handwriting & Spelling – Practice writing these words on the sheet. Can you use them in a sentence in your blue exercise book?

Writing

Fiction text – Narrative (story)

Pupils will write their own story based on ‘The Queen’s Handbag’. Pupils should use substitutions for the handbag and significant places visited. To tie in with geography knowledge, pupils could use significant places from the UK covered in this unit.

Watch and listen to the video of your teacher reading ‘The Queen’s Handbag’ by Steve Antony (insert link).

Knowledge phase - Features of a story. Please make yourself familiar with them. Use the model text (what a good one looks like) to explore and identify the features together.

5-part story

Model Text

One sunny morning, the Queen was ready for her tour of the United Kingdom when suddenly, a sneaky swan swooped off with her handbag! She drove after it to Windsor . Then, she rode after it to Stonehenge. Next, she flew after it

to the enormous White Cliffs of Dover. She cycled after it to Oxford. She dived after it to the vast mountains of Snowdonia. Then, she sped after it to the Giant’s Causeway. After that, she

chugged after it to the towering Angel of the North. Finally, she galloped after it to Edinburgh

Castle, and all the way back to London but the swan was nowhere to be seen. Just then, the

Queen spotted it in the crowded London marathon, where she finally caught that sneaky swan at the finish line! Task 1: Can I recognise the features of a story?

Look at the model text and use the checklist below to tick off any of the key features you can spot.

Feature Model text Characters (red)

Setting (orange)

5 part story: opening, build up, dilemma, resolution, ending Interesting adjectives and similes (green) Time adverbials (blue)

Past tense verbs (purple)

Task 2: Can I create a story map of The Queen’s Handbag? On a plain piece of paper, draw a story map of what happens in the story. A story map is the graphic representation of a story. Below is an example. Can you learn the story, retell it in your own words and add your own actions?

Skills phase – The language features needed to write this story are: interesting adjectives, similes, past tense verbs, time adverbials, conjunctions and capital letters for proper nouns. adjective: a word that describes a noun e.g the black cat simile: comparing one thing to another to help make a description e.g the girl was as brave as a lion past tense verb: actions in the past e.g jumped, walked, played (regular, -ed ending) ran, drove, swam (irregular) time adverbial: a word that describes when, for how long, or how often a certain action happened e.g suddenly, first, next, then, finally.

Supporting links: past tense - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrqqtfr/articles/z3dbg82 adjectives - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrqqtfr/articles/zy2r6yc

Task 1 - adjectives Task 2 – past tense verbs

Task 3 – time adverbials Task 4 - similes

Authorial phase – Now it is time to plan and write your story based on the ‘The Queen’s Handbag’. Remember, you should use substitutions for the characters, handbag and significant places visited. You can use significant places from the UK/London to develop your geography knowledge. Below are examples of some substitutions. Can you think of some other examples?

Possible substitutions for handbag: Possible substitutions for significant places: • Back pack • Water bottle • The London Eye

• Hat • Buckingham Palace • Lunch box • Brighton Beach • The Roman Baths

Use all the knowledge and skills you have gained and fill out the planning writing frames. There are some word mats to help you. Please use the checklist to edit your plan before your final piece of writing. Write your final story in your blue exercise book.