Year 1
Miss Bate and Mrs Whittaker
Mrs Smith
Welcome to the Year 1 web page. You will find Miss Bate in 1HB and Mrs Whittaker in 1SW, 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 6 in English we will explore the text ‘One day on our blue planet in the Savannah’ by Ella Bailey. This is a fabulous text that follows the life of a lion cub as he grows up. A non-fiction text that will support the children to write an animal fact card about lions and a leaflet all about the Savannah. Alongside this text we will explore the features of information texts, such as a title, a heading and a subheading. We will focus on adding detail to our writing using adverbs and noun phrases.
In Maths we will begin to learn about mass. Children will have the opportunity to explore the weighing scales, measuring the weight of objects and comparing the weights to use the terms heavy, heavier and heaviest and light, lighter and lightest. As well as this we will learn about position and directional language. We will be introduced to a quarter turn, half turn, three quarter turn and a full turn.
In geography we will be thinking about our local area in and around Lickey Hills. We will take a virtual tour of Worcestershire to identify the cities, towns and villages near us. We will identify human and physical features, compare and contrast urban, suburban and rural areas around Worcestershire and we will locate these places on a map.
In other curriculum areas, we will be creating 3D sculptures made from a range of different materials; in Computing we will use the chrome books to practice digital writing; we will discuss the life cycles of humans and how our bodies change in PSHE, and in Science we will be thinking about animals, their characteristics, their habitats and the things they eat. As well as all of this, we will also participate in Music, RE and PE lessons across the half term.
Spellings will be posted on Monday evening to practise at home before a 'spelling quiz' on the following Monday. Current spellings can be found online on the link to the right. Maths Home Learning is set on Wednesday and due back the following Monday. We also strongly encourage the children to read at least three times a week at home, ensuring this is logged in their reading diaries.
Please make sure your child comes to school in their PE Kit for our outdoor and sporting activities: Year 1 have PE on Monday and Tuesday afternoon. All PE lessons will be outdoors (weather permitting) and you may wish to consider your child having a navy tracksuit for the day. Please also make sure all earrings are removed or covered with tape before school on PE days.
