Year 1
Welcome to Year 1
Class Teachers:
Beech: Miss Macdonald
Holly: Mrs Whittle
Support Staff:
Mrs Duncan (LSA)
Miss Lapthorn (LSA)
Key Messages/Dates
- PE is on a Monday. Please ensure your children come to school in full PE kit.
- Year 1 visits the library every Tuesday afternoon. Please ensure your children bring their library books into school ready to exchange on this day.
- Fossil Hunter Beach Trip - Thursday 12th February.
What are we learning in Year 1 this half term?
Spring 1
Reading
These are the texts that we cover throughout the this half term:
At St Margaret's we are passionate about reading! We teach a daily reading session based on a Curriculum for Unity School’s Partnership (CUSP) text.
This half term, our core texts are 'The Boy who Cried Wolf' an Aesop's Fable and 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' by Beatrix Potter. These core texts are supplemented by a variety of additional texts, to support children developing their reading fluency and confidence across a range of text types.
Writing
At St Margaret's Primary Academy we follow CUSP for our writing curriculum. The CUSP curriculum is a vocabulary rich, knowledge based approach to help develop pupils' retrieval, vocabulary and deepen their learning. During the Spring 1 term, Year 1 will be writing their own stories with familiar settings.
Maths
At St Margaret's Primary Academy we adopt a mastery approach to teach maths lessons. The mastery approach supports children in becoming fluent and confident mathematicians. Maths lessons include ‘Flashback 4’ where children recap 4 previously learnt skills, fluency activities and opportunities for children to apply their knowledge to reasoning and problem solving. This half term we will be covering 2D and 3D shapes and place value within 20.
Science
This half term, children will continue to learn about animals including humans. The children will identify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals and identify and name a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. The children will also compare different animals, looking at what is similar and what is different.
The children will then begin to look at everyday materials. Within this topic the children will learn what materials are and be able to name and identify what material different objects are made of. The children will have the opportunity to take part in a walk to investigate what materials different things in the school are made of. The children will need to use their scientific skills to work out the different materials using the properties they have learnt about.
History
In history this half term the children will be learning about the lives of significant individuals. This topic focuses on the lives of Mary Anning and David Attenborough. The children will discover who these individuals are, find out facts about their lives and the achievements they had and why they are significant individuals.
Music
In music this half term the children will be learning about rhythm and pulse. The children will learn the differences between rhythm and pulse. The children will make simple percussion with their bodies to support their knowledge and deepen their understanding of both rhythm and pulse.
PSHE
In PSHE this half term, the children will be learning about dreams and goals. The children will be looking at how they can set simple goals and work on small steps to achieve these goals. The children will also look at new challenges and how they can tackle and overcome these in order to be successful in achieving their goals.
RE
In RE this half term, the children will be learning about Judaism. The children will focus on who God was to the Jews. The children will learn about how Jewish beliefs began. The children will also look at the 10 commandments and explain the rules that Jews believe God wanted them to live by.
PE
In PE this half term, the children will be learning about health and wellbeing. The children will focus on what healthy and unhealthy means. The children will learn how to be healthy and what they can do to stay healthy, this will involve having a balanced diet and keeping their minds and bodies healthy. The children will also be learning gymnastics. The children will focus on balancing on small and big body parts. The children will be using a range of balances to create a short gymnastic sequence.
Home learning
We expect children to read a minimum of 3 times a week at home; this should be logged on Boom Reader. If it has been logged on Boom Reader that your children have read 3 or more times a week, then they will receive an extra play time at the end of each week.
If you need support with Boom Reader, please come and speak to a member of the Year 1 team who will be more than happy to help.
Children can log onto Numbots to practise their maths skills at home regularly using Numbots.
If you need support with logging into Numbots or are unaware of your child's login, please reach out to a member of the Year 1 team
https://play.numbots.com/#/intro
