Whales - Miss Gerrard & Miss Wilkinson               

Parrots - Miss Sears & Mrs Bingham       

Pandas - Miss Woodhouse & Mrs Ratcliffe

Welcome to Year 1! We are very excited to teach your children and watch them grow this year. We’re looking forward to a fantastic year of learning, exploring, and achieving together! This page is for our parents and children to use together. It includes information about what Y1 are learning, key dates, homework and helpful websites. This year our main aims are to develop self-confidence in our learning (even when we make mistakes), to become resilient learners who never give up when faced with a challenge and to become more independent in the classroom.

Our first topic will be Inside my Toy Box

    

 

In English, we will be learning about all the important components of a sentence. It is important that we remember we need a capital letter, finger spaces, a full stop and that the sentence makes sense. We will be practising dictated sentences, and we will have the opportunity to construct our own sentences when looking at a variety of different pictures.

In Maths, we will be practising our number formation, sorting and counting objects, counting forwards and backwards from any number 0-10, counting 1 more and 1 less, comparing amounts, ordering, addition and subtraction and learning number bonds to 10.

In Science, we will be investigating and naming materials and objects. We will be finding out the properties of different materials and grouping them accordingly. The children will find out which materials are waterproof.

In History, we will be learning about the history of toys. We will be looking at toys from over 100 years and comparing them to the toys of today!

In Design Technology, we will be designing and creating our own free-standing structures. We will learn about the features of a free-standing structure and what materials can be used to create stronger structures. The children will select their own materials and will make an animal shelter that is free-standing.

In Geography will be studying the local area. The children will look at maps and learn why they can be useful. The children will follow a simple map and instructions to find different locations around the school.

In Religious Education the children will be thinking about who Christians are and what they may believe in. We will look at important objects in the Christian faith and discuss why they are sacred. We will also be looking at important stories from the bible.

Key vocabulary pupils will learn through this topic can be found in the table below.

Important Information

Whales' P.E days are Tuesday and Thursday.

Parrots' P.E days are Tuesday and Friday.

Pandas' P.E days are Thursday and Friday.   

Please make sure your child’s P.E kit is in school on these days and labelled with their name and class.

 

Dates for your diary

Autumn 1 - Parent workshop Thursday 18th September 9:00am

Toy workshop - Monday 13th October 

Autumn 2 - Christmas Concert - Wednesday 17th December 2:00pm

Spring 1 - Craft Afternoon - Wednesday 11th February 1:30pm 

Spring 2 - Craft Afternoon - Wednesday 18th March 1:30pm 

Summer 1 - Parent Workshop - Thursday 23rd April 9:00am 

Summer 2 - Showcases

• Parrots - Monday 29th June 2:30pm
• Whales - Tuesday 30th June 2:20pm 
• Pandas - Wednesday 1st Juky 2:30pm 

 

Home Learning

Each half term we will send out a home learning bingo grid with tasks for you to complete at home. Here are this half term’s challenges for you to try. 

Other home learning activities for Autumn 1 are

• Read at home each night.
• Practise the class spellings.
• Practise reading and writing the tricky words and Year 1 common exception words.
• Practise phonics - there are some great free games and activities on the Phonics Play website. https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
• Practise counting forwards and backwards to 20
• Recap all number bonds to 10.

Useful websites

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-the-2-times-table-with-bridget-the lioness/zrrx92p

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-the-5-times-table/zhbm47h

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-the-10-times-table-with-webster-the-spider/zm32cqt