Year 1 2024 - 2025

YEAR 1 - Miss Hart and Mrs Wilson

Miss Hart will work with the children on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  Mrs Wilson will be in class Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Spring Term 

The children's learning experiences in Year 1 will become more structured this term with more group work and independent work.  The children will still have the opportunity to learn through play, but this will mostly be in the afternoon sessions.  As children progress through Year 1, we carefully structure the day to help them adjust to the change in teaching and learning style.

Spring Term Learning:

Our class topic this half term will be 'Toys Through Time’

In English, our text this half term is 'Toys in Space'. At the end of our unit of work we will write a fantasy story about some toys who are taken onto a spaceship.

During the unit we will be learning to:

• Punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop
• Use some question marks and exclamation marks
• Use ‘and’ between words and some clauses
• Use simple description to add detail and interest for the characters and setting
• Use some story language and write simple sentences in sequence
• Include a beginning, middle and an end
  

In Maths, we will focus on place value to 50.  The children will also learn different sabout length and height and mass and volume.

In Religious Education, our topic is 'From Garden to Desert.'  Part of this we see the children learn about Easter.

In Science, our topic is 'Science Skills’.  The children will ask simple questions and identify that they can be answered in different ways. 

In History,  children will learn about the how toys have changed over the past 100 years.  They will look at toys played with by their grandparents and parents.

We also have lots more exciting learning planned in PE, Forest School, Music, Art and Computing. 

Our P.E days this half term will be TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY

Children wear their PE kit on these days.  Children can choose to wear either a school hoodie, jumper or cardigan.  During the cold weather I recommend wearing leggings or joggers rather than shorts.

All earrings must be removed before the PE lesson.  Children must be able to remove their own earrings if they have not been removed before school.

Miss Hart and Mrs Wilson

Important Dates: Forest School

27th February 2025

17th April 2025

26th June 2025

Children will need to wrap up warm in the winter shoes and wear thick socks with waterproof shoes.

School Trips / Enrichment Activities

2nd April 2025 - Chester Grosvenor Museum

25th June 2025 - Ness Gardens