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 5 in English, we will be introduced to a text called 'Rapunzel' written by Bethan Woollvin, this is a different take on the traditional fairytale. We will use this text to explore the features of a traditional fairytale and will compare and contrast the similarities and differences to the Bethan Woollvin version. We will use this text to explore writing in role, with a particular emphasis on characters' feelings and giving reasons for their feelings by using the conjunction 'because'. Whilst writing in role, we will be introduced to suffixes and prefixes that we could use in our writing, such as -un to explain that the character is unhappy. We will also focus on plurals, understanding when to use -s and -es. Once we have read the whole text, we will focus on writing in first person as the character Rapunzel. We will write a diary entry to explain the events of the story and how she felt throughout. Throughout this unit, we will continue to practise the basic sentence structure of capital letters, finger spaces and full stops, exclamation marks or question marks.
In Maths, we will focus on grouping and sharing. We will explore and demonstrate how to count in 2s, 5s and 10s and will use this knowledge to solve word problems. We will think about equal groups, doubling and how to display our understanding using arrays and we will find halves and quarters of shapes and numbers. As well as this, we will think about positional and directional language. We will introduce the children to left and right, clockwise and anti-clockwise and different types of turn, such as a quarter turn, half turn, 3 quarter turn and a full turn.
In History, we will develop an understanding of significant individuals who have shaped our health system and the medical treatment that we can seek today. We will explore the lives of Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole and their roles during the Crimean War. We will compare and contrast the similarities and differences between these significant individuals and how they were treated on their return to England once the war had ended.
In other curriculum areas, we will explore natural collage in Art; in Computing we will use the iPads to create animations; we will discuss relationships in PSHE; in Science we will explore plants and what they need to survive. As well as all of this, we will also participate in Music, RE and PE lessons throughout unit 5.
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.
