Welcome to Year 1, our class teacher is Laura who is assisted by Jacqueline and Lucy. You can find out more about us on our Meet The Staff page.
We place a great emphasis on play in Year 1 and believe that it is an important part of children’s learning. Although our timetable looks full, children are given access to continuous provision in every lesson. Adults are also given time to work in the provision with children to ensure they are getting the best out of their time in class.
Useful documents for Year 1
Year 1 Long Term Overview 2023-2024
Welcome to Year 1, our class teacher is Laura Tomlinson who is assisted by Jacqueline Handy and Lucy Renwick.
We place a great emphasis on play in Year 1 and believe that it is an important part of children’s learning. Although our timetable looks full, children are given access to continuous provision in every lesson. Adults are also given time to work in the provision with children to ensure they are getting the best out of their time in class.
Here is an overview for each subject for the second half of the Autumn term:
English:
This term we are looking at the stories ‘Journey’ and ‘quest’ by Aaron Becker. We will focus on using our phonic knowledge to write simple words/phrases and possibly sentences. We will be trying to form our letters correctly and place them on the line. We will introduce capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.
Mathematics:
We are looking at numbers 1-10. We are trying to build an in depth knowledge of number and make them really secure as this will help them further up the school I know you may thing that ‘My child can count to 10’ but we are working on building those deep foundations of numbers such as 7 can be made of 3 and 4 or 5 and 2. It doesn’t matter which way round they go and the sums are equal as they all equal 7.
Science:
Our topic this term is animals including humans this term. We will be focusing on humans. We will be learning different parts of the body, looking into our senses and learning about scientific investigation. We will be doing this with Charlotte this term.
History:
We will be looking into our family and our family trees. We will discuss differences between past and present and how life as a child differed between the two.
Design Technology:
We are looking at healthy food, particular fruit. We will be testing lots of different fruits and we will be using them to create our own Year 1 smoothie.
We will also be constructing a windmill. We will design, make, test and evaluate our construction.
The children have access to the creative area where they can make and create their own designs. This term will focus on free standing structures using different materials and resources.
Computing:
This term we will be using the programme ‘RM colour magic’. We will be practising painting on the computer and comparing digital art to real life art.
P.E.
This term is Gymnastics and PE fundamentals. On a Monday, we will be practising basic fitness skills such as balances, jumps, running and dodging. On a Wednesday we have Grass Roots coming in to give us an in-depth practise on gymnastics. Please ensure your child has a PE kit in school as we will also be getting dressed by ourselves.
Music:
We are learning about rhythm and song. We will be learning lots of lovely new songs this term.
R.E.
Our key questions this term are ‘What do Christians believe about Jesus?’ and ‘What is it like inside a church?’
How parents can help
We believe that any work you do at home with your child should be simple and purposeful. We would ask you to support you child in the following:
Reading- Reading any texts with your child will help improve their fluency and knowledge. We will send home a reading book assessed at their current reading level. We will send home a book for pleasure that can be enjoyed with your child.
Number skills- Basic number skills are a great way to help improve your child’s confidence in maths. We would ask that you support them to play Numbots/ Time Table Rockstars as this will really help their basic skills. These skills will support them in all areas of numeracy.
In Year One, children will take part in a phonic reading assessment you can find out more information about this here:
Here are a selection of website you might like to try at home: