Hello everyone,

It was lovely to see so many of you at our parent consultations this week. The children have settled into Year 1 extremely well, and we are so proud of all their hard work and enthusiasm for learning — well done, Year 1!

Please see below for an overview of the topics we will be exploring next term.

 

English- Next week in Year 1, we’ll be diving into the wonderful story Cave Baby by Julia Donaldson! We’ll begin by reading and discussing the story together, thinking about the characters, the setting, and the amazing animals Cave Baby sees along the way. The children will then have the opportunity to tell stories and describe incidents from their own experiences. The children will be writing labels for the animals from the story and describing them using adjectives.

 

Maths- The children will be subtracting within 10 and place value within 20.

 

Science- The topic ‘Uses of everyday materials.’

 

Geography- The topic ‘What is it like here?’

 

RE- The children will be learning about the religion of Islam.

 

Design & Technology- Eat more fruit and vegetables.

 

Art- Self portraits in the style of the artist Paul Klee.

 

 

ICT- The topic ‘Computing systems and technology around us’. 

 

PSHE - Celebrating differences.

 

 Have a wonderful half term

 

The Year 1 team

 Hello everyone,

We’ve had a fantastic week in Year 1! On Tuesday, the children took part in an exciting STEM science workshop all morning, all about materials. They identified various materials and sorted objects based on their properties.

Next, they carried out an investigation to help the Three Little Pigs choose the best fabric for their curtains. After that, the children became engineers and worked together to build a house for the pigs using only 12 toothpicks and 20 jelly sweets.

The children had a wonderful morning—it was lovely to see them so engaged and excited throughout the activities. We hope you enjoy the photos below!

 

Next week

English

The children will be working from the much-loved book Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson. They will use adjectives to describe characters from the story They will write a witch’s shopping list of weird and wonderful items needed to make a special magic potion and they will design and label their own character to join the witch on her broom, thinking about what makes their character unique.

 

Maths

The children will explore number bonds to 10 and continue learning about addition. They will also practice solving addition problems to build their confidence and understanding.

 

RE

The children will be learning about Diwali.

 

Art

The children will be exploring shapes

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PSHE

The children will explore choices and consequences.

 

Notes

Parent Consultations

Wednesday 22^nd (am) & Thursday 23^rd (pm)

 

We hope you all have a restful and relaxing weekend.

Mrs Flatley, Mrs Blatch & Miss Russon