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 3 in English we will be introduced to a text called 'The adventures of Egg Box Dragon' written by Richard Adams. We will use this text to explore instructions and we will think about how we could instruct someone to make their own Egg Box Dragon. We will use time conjunctions, such as first, next and finally and we will use imperative verbs to give clear direction. We will also use our VIPERS skill of prediction to guess what might happen next in the story and we will use our imagination to write the next part of the story, before continuing to read the text. Once we have read the whole text we will focus on letter writing. We will write in role, pretending to be a character from the story that needs Egg Box Dragon's help. 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 teen numbers, working with numbers from 0-20 to solve maths problems. First we will use base ten to ensure we have a secure understanding of the value of number. Next, we will focus on addition and subtraction strategies within 20, such as counting on, the use of the number line and the crossing out method.
In History we will explore the events during The Great Fire of London. We will develop an understanding of London in 1666, what was happening at the time, why the fire started, how it spread and the impact of the fire. We will craft replicas of houses, set this alight and watch on as our own city of London burns down. This unit will also involve a trip to Selly Manor, a replica of a house in 1666, to deepen our understanding about why the fire spread so rapidly.
In other curriculum areas, we will explore colour mixing in Art; in Computing we will use the chromebooks to develop our keyboard skills; we will discuss our dreams and goals in PSHE; in Science we will 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 3.
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.
