Topic: Neighbourhood Watch!

Our first topic is called Neighbourhood Watch. During this half term we first learn about ourselves in 'All about me!'. We will be thinking about who
we are, who are families and friends are and what our favourite things are. We will be thinking our homes and school and how to keep them clean and
cared for. We will then learn about Halifax in 'Where am I?'. We will investigate how Halifax has changed over the recent and distant past and why this has happened. Also we will be looking at the geography of the area in different parts of the town. We will be making lots of local visits and
comparing what we find there. Our last section is 'Another Halifax'. Here We will learn about Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada. Hopefully we will
make pen pals with children in schools there and find out about their lives. We will compare the geography of the two areas and investigating how we
would travel there. Our science work will be linked to the topic and we are going to be looking at green plants and living things in our local environment. We will grow seeds in beautifully decorated pots and sell
these to raise money to buy a Year 1 tree for our garden. We will research how to care for our local plants and animals and perhaps even meet a few of our animal friends. After this we will be thinking about
forces and motion by creating our own vehicles based on those seen in Halifax now and in the past. Our art work will also link by creating
scenes, collage and sculptures of our local areas and landmarks.

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