In Year One we are enthusiastic and ambitious learners! This year is about developing our numeracy and literacy skills as we enter into Key Stage 1. We are continually adding to our range of Maths skills and developing our fluency in Maths. We love doing our Mental Maths sessions each day! We are making great progress with our phonics knowledge and becoming strong readers. We are also learning writing skills and developing the ability to write well structured but exciting sentences. This year we also get to explore the wider curriculum; Science, History, Geography, RE, Design Technology, Art and PSHE! We are learning so much about our world and are looking forward to some exciting trips and activities.
PE
PE days are Monday and Thursday. Please come to school wearing your PE kit on these days.
Reading
We expect children to read at least four times a week at home – an adult needs to sign when they read in their reading record and reading books need to be in school every day.
Our class books this year so far: Ruby’s Worry, Last Stop on Market Street, Perfectly Norman, Six Dinner Sid, The Knight who wouldn’t fight, The Queen’s Hat.
Phonics
In Year 1 children consolidate Phase 2 sounds first
s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, l
Then these sounds next…
j, v, w, x, y, z, qu, th, sh, ch, ng, nk
and then finally these sounds…
ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, er
Visit our phonics page for parent guides to help you support your child with learning phonics at home.
Homework
Homework will be sent home on Fridays, and is expected back in on the following Friday, when we will mark it together.
The homework will be maths and English based, recapping previous learning from the week before, recalling what the children have learnt that current week and looking ahead to the next week.
Homework is expected to take the children around 20 minutes.
Our Learning
Details of learning in our class can be found in Our Learning pages. The curriculum map below is a summary overview for the year.
In DT, Year One have learnt about sliders and how they can be used in moving pictures to make a character move horizontally or vertically. Year One children all made their own moving pictures with one of the characters from …
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On Tuesday morning, Year 1 were lucky enough to have a visitor from Wessex Water. We learnt where our water comes from and even had a chance to filter dirty water. We learnt about how water can be a liquid, …
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Year One have been learning about sound effects in Music. This week they brought the story of Noah’s Ark to life by creating sound effects both with their voices and bodies and by using different percussion instruments. They also dramatized …
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Today Year 1 became great Geographers, we conducted some Fieldwork outside focusing on the weather around our school and how buildings and environments may change this. We focused particularly on the speed of the wind and how the sun has …
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Year 1 have really been enjoying their PE lessons this term. We are developing our throwing and catching skills and practising both underarm and overarm throwing. We have enjoyed lots of games with throwing at a target and working in …
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Welldone Year 1 for showing superb curiosity this week in Science week, we have had a fabulous time making observations through time! Children have been using scientific language to describe what they think might happen, “I predict…” Year 1 …
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Year 1 are really enjoying Music this term, they have been developing their Geography and Science knowledge about weather, making music that sounds like all the brilliant weathers we see and hear in Spring!
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Year One children have been exploring the art of renowned land artist and sculptor, Andy Goldsworthy, who creates art with natural objects. They were inspired by his art to create an art piece of their own and went into our …
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Everyone one enjoyed a the Christmas dinner where we wore our Christmas hats and used the placemats that we made during the week. Of course, the highlight of the week was our Nativity performance. Sadly, we were missing a number …
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