Year 1

In Unit 4 in English, we will be introduced to a text called 'Lila and the Secret of Rain' written by David Conway. 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 narrative writing and non-chronological reports. We will use our understanding of the text, the location it's set and information we have about that location to produce our own reports. 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 develop our understanding of numbers to 50. We will explore 1 more than, 1 less than and begin to count in 2s, 5s and 10s. We will use base ten to ensure we have a secure understanding of the value of number. We will also explore length and height. We will encourage the use of vocabulary such as short, shorter, shortest, long, longer, longest and tall, taller, tallest. Finally we will explore volume and capacity, where we will develop our understanding of empty, nearly empty, half full, nearly full and full.

In Geography, we will be looking at the wider world around us. First, we will look at the 7 different continents, where we live within those continents and what we understand about the other 6. We will then have a focus on Lickey Hills vs Kenya. We will think about the climate, the land use and the human and physical features of both of these places.

In other curriculum areas, we will explore cooking and nutrition in DT; in Computing we will use the iPads to create digital paintings; we will discuss being healthy in PSHE; in Science we will continue to identify different materials and the properties of materials. As well as all of this, we will also participate in Music, RE and PE lessons throughout unit 4.

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.

Unit 4 Medium Term Plan1HB Timetable1JS TimetableKS1 Spellings