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 Autumn 2 topic will be My Bodies Super Senses

    

 

In English, we will be continuing our learning of constructing a sentence. We will be developing our knowledge of spelling rules and learning nk and ve. We will be learning about what a noun is. The difference between common nouns and proper nouns that relate to people. The need for capital letters with nouns. We will be learning what a verb is and how we use them in our writing. Also, we will be looking at suffixes and when they are needed.  

In Maths, we will be learning about systematic number bonds, subtraction within 10, looking at the 8 fact families, comparing addition and subtraction sentences, shape and place value within 20.

In Science, we will be learning all about what is outside of the human body and what is inside the human body. We will be learning about the 5 senses. We will be doing multiple experiments surrounding the sight, taste, hearing, touch and smell.

In Geography, we will be looking at Waverley. We will be finding Waverley on maps, looking at what icons we can see on a map, routes we can take around Waverley and designing new additions to the estate.

In Religious Education, we will be learning about why Chrisitans believe that Christmas is important.

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 July 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