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.
• Colour Run - Friday 5th June - 11.50am - 12.20pm
• Africa Alive Trip - Friday 26th June
• KS1 Sports Day - Wednesday 1st July

What are we learning in Year 1 this half term?

Summer 1

Reading

At St Margaret's we are passionate about reading! 

These are the texts that we cover throughout the this half term:

Our core texts are 'The Koala who Could' by Rachel Bright, 'The Snail and the Whale' by Julia Donaldson and 'Giraffes Can't Dance' by Giles Andreae. 

Writing

At St Margaret's Primary Academy in Year 1 we are focusing on sentence structure and what components are needed to form a gramatically correct sentence. We are using colourful semantics to help the children understand that sentences must include a subject (who is the sentence about), a verb (what is the subject doing). We are extending this knowledge and our writing by also composing sentences with a subject (who is the sentence about), a verb (what is the subject doing), and an object (what is the action happening to) or sentences with subject (who is the sentence about), a verb (what is the subject doing), and a location (where is the action happening). The children will improve their sentences by adding more detail using adjectives and the connecting word 'and'. The children will be writing from their own personal experiences and will have outdoor learning opportunities as a stimulus.

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 learning about fractions, position and direction, place value within 100 and money.

Science

This half term, children will revisit the topic of plants. The children will have the opportunity to recap their understanding of different plants and trees. The children will also have the chance to grow some cress to help embed their knowledge and investigate whether plants need soil to grow. The children will also be revisiting the topic 'animals including humans'. The children will have the opportunity to recap their understanding of mammals, amphibians, reptiles, fish and birds. The children will embed their understanding by comparing the features of different catergories of animal and looking at what different animals eat. Finally the children will look at what makes them an animal, focusing on the 5 senses.

Geography 

In geography this half term, the children will be learning about mapping and fieldwork. The children will learn about the features of maps, will have the opportunity to look at different maps and compare them. The children will also be creating their own maps.

PSHE 

In PSHE this half term, the children will be learning about changes. The children will be learning about different changes in their lives. The children will look at life cycles of different animals, identify the changes they have gone through so far in their lives whilst also highlighting things that have stayed the same. The children will look at the differences between boys' and girls' body parts and learn the names of these body parts. Finally, the children will look at change to prepare them for moving up to Year 2. 

RE 

In RE this half term, the children will be learning about Judaism. The children will focus on how visiting a synagogue helps Jewish people feel closer to God. The children will learn about what a synagogue is and what happens there. The children will also look at the Jewish Holy book and the clothes that Jewish people wear. 

DT

In DT this half term the children will be learning about textiles. The children will focus on their sewing skills. The children will have the opportunity to learn and practice the running stitch on different materials. The children will then be able to apply these skills to create their very own monster handwarmer. 

The children will also have an opportunity to learn about food and nutrition. The children will explore different vegetables and use these as ingredients to make rainbow wraps, Crudités and vegetable kebabs. The children will learn about how to prepare these vegetables in different ways for different dishes and practice these first hand. 

PE

In PE this half term, the children will be learning about invasion games. The children will learn the skills needed to accurately attack and defend. The children will also be learning ball skills. The children will focus on using rackets or bats to accurately control balls and to make passes.

The children will also be learning different athletic disciplines to help prepare them ready for sports day!

Home learning

We expect children to read a minimum of 3 times a week at home; this should be logged in their yellow reading records. If it has been logged 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.

Please ensure that reading records are brought to school daily so that reading at school can also be logged.

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