Year 1
Miss Bate and Miss Stanley
Mrs Smith
Welcome to the Year 1 web page. You will find Miss Bate in 1HB and Miss Stanley in 1JS, with the wonderful Mrs Smith helping our fantastic children across both classes. If you have any concerns or queries, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
On this page you can find:
- Class information, including spellings and home learning;
- Information about our curriculum and learning, including an overview of our current topic.
Click on our logo to find out about our Year 1 Curriculum.
In Unit 2 in English we will be introduced to 2 texts. The first text is called 'Astro Girl' by Ken Wilson-Max and the second text is called 'We're going on a monster hunt' by Malorie Blackman. We will use these texts to explore the use of adjectives and noun phrases to describe. Throughout the unit we will write a character description of Astrid from 'Astro Girl' and a setting description of the journey Charlie and Eddie take in 'We're going on a monster hunt'. We will continue to practise the basic sentence structure of capital letters, finger spaces and full stops and we will be introduced to exclamation marks.
In Maths we will focus on adding and subtracting numbers within 10. We will deepen our understanding of place value, number bonds and addition and subtraction number stories. We will also build on our understanding of 2D and 3D shape. We will compare these and use shape to make patterns.
In Geography we will be taking a virtual trip around the United Kingdom as we learn about the 4 countries within the UK and the waters that surround them. We will explore where we are in the world, our location on a map and human and physical features within the Lickey Hills.
In other curriculum areas, we will discuss slider and lever mechanisms in DT; in Computing we will explore the technology around us and how this impacts our lives; we will explore and celebrate our differences in PSHE; in Science we will identify the 4 seasons and the differences between the seasons. As well as all of this, we will also participate in Music, RE and PE lessons throughout unit 2.
Spellings will be posted on our webpage on Monday evening to practise at home before a spelling quiz on the following Monday. You can find the most recent spellings in the list of links below. Maths home learning is set on Wednesday and is due back the following Monday. We also strongly encourage our children to read at least three times a week at home, ensuring this is logged in their reading diaries.
Year 1 have PE on Monday and Tuesday afternoons. On PE days please send your child to school in their PE kit - navy joggers or shorts with their coloured house t-shirt, a navy zip up jacket and trainers. Please also make sure all earrings are removed or covered with tape before school on PE days.
