Literacy:
Read Write Inc: Set 1/2/3 sounds. Non-fiction: books about winter, eg penguins, polar bears Fiction: ‘Lost & Found’, ‘Penguin Small’ |
What Are We Learning? |
Maths:
Number: Place Value and Addition within 20
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Science: Everyday Materials How can materials change, eg water to ice? |
Y1 Curriculum Overview: Spring A 2025 ‘Wonderful Weather’
Core Value: AMBITION Secrets of Success: Push Yourself
Cultural Capital: Dance Festival at the Civic Hall |
PSHE: Health and Wellbeing Safety and the Changing Body Citizenship |
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Geography: What is the weather like in the UK? |
D&T: Textiles: Puppets |
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Art:
Recap last half-term: Drawing Mark your Mark |
Computing:
Computer Science: Beebots |
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PE: Dance: Heroes (Monday) |
Music: Sound Patterns Fairy Tales |
RE: CHRISTIANITY What do we think about how the world was made and how we should look after it? |
History: Recap last half-term: How am I making history? |
Parents - please recap this previous learning with your child:
Literacy:
Read Write Inc: Set 1/2/3 sounds. Non-fiction: Information books about bears and wolves and Science books about materials Fiction: Traditional tales, for example the Three Little Pigs. Also Christmas stories. |
What Were We Learning? |
Maths:
Number: Place Value and Addition within 10
Shape
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Science: Everyday Materials What are the things I use made from? |
Y1 Curriculum Overview: Autumn B 2024 ‘Making History’
Core Value: DETERMINATION Secrets of Success: Work Hard & Concentrate
Cultural Capital: Panto & Father Christmas Visit |
PSHE: Family and Relationships Health and Wellbeing |
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Geography: Recap last half-term: What is it like here? |
D&T: Recap last half-term: Structures: Windmills |
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Art: Drawing Mark your Mark |
Computing: Digital Literacy Making a Christmas Card |
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PE: Gymnastics Body Parts (Friday) |
Music: Recap last half-term: Pulse & Rhythm; Nativity Songs |
RE: CHRISTIANITY Why is Christmas celebrated by Christians? |
History: How am I making history? |
Parents - please recap this previous learning with your child:
Literacy:
Autumn A: Read Write Inc: Set 1/2 sounds. Non-fiction: Information books about bears and wolves and Science books about our senses and body parts. Fiction: Traditional tales, for example Little Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks and the three bears. Also, family books such as Owl Babies. |
What Were We Learning? |
Maths:
Number: Place Value within 10
Shape
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Science: Animals, including humans
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Y1 Curriculum Overview: Autumn A 2024 ‘Where Am I?’
Core Value: CONFIDENCE Secrets of Success: Try new things
Cultural Capital: local visit (the old school by the church) |
PSHE: Family and Relationships Health and Wellbeing |
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Geography: What is it like here? |
D&T: Structures: Windmills |
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Art: Craft and Design: Woven Wonders |
Computing: Computer Science Introduction to Algorithms |
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PE: Running and Jumping (Friday) |
Music: Keeping the Pulse My Favourite Things |
RE: CHRISTIANITY What does it mean to belong? |
History: No history this half-term |
Click here: Year 1 Blog to find out what we have been learning so far this year.
Homework
Spellings will be given out on Friday ready for a spelling test on the following Thursday. Please encourage your child to practise their spellings over the week.
Learning log homework will be given out on Fridays and the content will vary week to week depending on what we are learning in school that term.
Home readers will be given out on a Monday to be returned on a Friday. You can either log on to your ebooks which will correspond with the Read Write Inc book read in school or read your hand-held book. In addition to this is another reading book which is levelled to your child's needs plus a library book which is a picture book for you to read and enjoy with your child.
My Maths on-line tasks will be set weekly, please remember your log in details. If you don't have access to IT then please request a paper activity.
Phonics in Year 1
We follow the scheme Read Write Inc to teach reading and phonics. Please take a look at this link which explains in more detail how we teach the letter sounds. There are some useful videos which you can use to support home learning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkXcabDUg7Q
Writing in Year 1
We are very keen to secure the correct formation of letters and numbers in year 1 and would appreciate any support from home in this area. A quick 5 minutes a day practising the correct formation, will have a huge impact.
Maths in Year 1
At the start of year 1 we like to secure our number recognition to 20 and begin to explore our numbers to 100. It is very important to be able to read, write and count up to 100 and beyond. We also begin solving simple addition and subtraction sums, multiplication and division, shape, space and measures, money, fractions and telling the time.
Here is a link to our scheme of work for Maths, here you can see what learning is taking place in school week by week.
White Rose: https://whiterosemaths.com/resources?year=year-1
General Reminders…
- Please ensure you have named all items of clothing.
- The children will be doing PE on Fridays. Please ensure your child wears their PE kit to school and that all items are clearly labelled with their names.
I hope that you enjoy the new challenges and approaches to learning that Year 1 has to offer!
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