Year 1

In Unit 1 in English we will be introduced to a text called ‘The Story Machine’ by Tom McLaughlin. We will use this text to explore punctuation, such as capital letters and full stops and we will use these to write our own simple sentences. We will identify adjectives and noun phrases in a text and will begin to use them in our own writing. Throughout the unit we will write a letter, a recount and a character description. Our English learning will be supported with a trip to The Hive library in Worcester to explore the children's section, with a focus on picture books and how we can use our imagination to create our own stories with these books.

In Maths we will focus on numbers to 10. We will deepen our understanding of place value, number bonds, addition and subtraction and number stories within 10. Throughout the unit we will be introduced to concrete resources, such as tens frames, number lines and base ten to support us to find answers and to demonstrate our reasoning for answers.

In History we will be taking a virtual trip to the seaside as we discover what the seaside was like 100 years ago, comparing this to the seaside as we know it today. We will be looking at transport to the seaside, seaside clothes and seaside entertainment and how these have changed over the years. We will have the opportunity to make our own puppets as puppet shows were typical seaside entertainment many years ago and we will try on clothes that would have been worn at the seaside 100 years ago.

In other curriculum areas, we will discuss landscape drawings of known artists and create our own drawings in ART; in Computing we will use beebots to demonstrate our understanding of directional language; we will explore what it means to be unique in PSHE; in Science we will be identifying our 5 senses and how we use these senses to keep us safe. As well as all of this, we will also participate in Music, RE and PE lessons throughout unit 1.

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.

Year 1 Unit 1 Medium Term Plan1HB Timetable1JS TimetableKS1 Spellings