Year 1
Welcome to the Year 1 class page!
Our teachers are Mrs Lamble and Mrs Martin-Henry, and Miss Caton
We are really excited about the year ahead and can't wait to share our learning journey with you all!
Click the link below to see the exciting learning that will be taking place this year in Year 1.
RE Come and See
This term we will complete the following topics: Special People, Meals and Change
LOCAL CHURCH– COMMUNITY: Special People
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EUCHARIST- RELATING: Meals
Learning outcomes
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To know and understand: • Families and groups share special meals • Mass as Jesus’ special meal |
LENT/EASTER - GIVING: Change
Learning outcomes
To know and understand:
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• That we change and grow |
• Lent; a time to change in preparation for the celebration of Easter
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Phonics
We follow the Essential Letters and Sounds Phonics programme.
For more information, click the presentation below.
Click the link below for some guidance on pronunciations of the sounds.
English
We will reading lots of exciting books. Our first book that we will be using to do some writing about will be Dogger by Shirley Hughes. Mrs Martin-Henry is really excited as she loves this story - Mrs Lamble can't wait to enjoy this book too!
We are going to be learning lots about Grammar this half term too.
These links will help with some of the work that we will be completing:
Maths
In Maths this term we will be completing work on Place Value, Addition and Subtraction within 20.
During the Place Value topic we will be sorting and counting objects, finding one more and one less, learning numbers in words, find less than, more than and equal to plus lots of other activities.
Science
We will be learning about animals including materials. We will be looking at different materials and their properties. During this topic we will be answering the following Key questions:
Can I label a picture or diagram of an object made from different materials?
Can I describe the properties of different materials?
Can I label a picture or diagram of an object made from different materials?
Can I describe the properties of different materials?
Can I sort objects and materials using a range of properties?
Can I choose an appropriate method for testing an object for a particular property?
Can I use their test evidence to answer the questions about properties? (e.g: Which cloth is the most absorbent?)
We will also be investigating what happens to our world during the winter season and we will be comparing it to other seasons.
Humanities
In Humanities this half term we will be learning about continents around the world and the different climates.
PE
Our PE days are Monday and Wednesday. On Monday we will be taking part in Multi-Sports and on Wednesday we will be doing gymnastics.
Art
This term the children will get to express their arty ideas about the natural world using a variety of skills, techniques and natural materials. They will make pet rocks using different sized rocks, stick sculptures using sticks and twigs, leaf animals using fallen leaves and much more.
Music
We will be learning about being in the In 'the Groove' and performing using our voices and different musical instruments.
