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.
- Year 1 will visit Forest School once a week this half term. Please ensure your child comes to school with a coat and wellies to be prepared for all weather conditions.
- Visit from local historian Ivan Bunn - date TBC
What are we learning in Year 1 this half term?
Autumn 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 'Family and Me' by Michaela Dias-Hayes, 'This is Our House' by Michael Rosen, 'Beegu' by Alexis Deacon and 'Where the Wild Things Are' by Maurice Sendak. 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 Autumn 1 term, Year 1 will be learning about foundational skills in writing using their reading texts 'Family and Me' and 'This is Our House'. The children will also be learning about poetry, focusing on patterns and rhymes, as well as writing a setting description.
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 place value within 10 and addition and subtraction within 10.
Science
This half term, children will be learning about seasonal changes and daily weather. They will focus on the different seasons and identify different weathers that relate to each season. The children will learn the different months that are in Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer.
Children will also be learning about plants. They will be looking at different flowers, plants and trees. The children will learn about the different parts of plants and trees and learn the role that they have. Children will also be looking at different types of trees and identify whether they are deciduous or evergreen.
History
In history this half term, the children will be learning about changes within living memory. They will be looking at the changes they will go through in their lifetime. They will be able to compare things that they did as a baby to what they can do now. The children will also look at how shops have changed since the 1950s and compare the shops to what shops look like now.
Music
In music this half term, the children will be learning about being together in music. The children will be focusing on a range of nursery rhymes. The children will sing along to different nursery rhymes, learning different lyrics and melodies for each nursery rhyme.
PSHE
In PSHE this half term, the children will be learning about being me in my world. The children will be focusing on how they are special. The children will be learning how to be safe and belong in their class. The children will learn how it feels to be proud of an achievement, whilst learning about their rights and responsibilities within the class.
RE
In RE this half term, the children will be learning about Christianity. The children are focusing on what Christians believe about God. The children will be learning about creation, respect and how Christians believe God wants them to behave in the world, whilst also focusing on how it feels to take care of somebody or the world.
PE
In PE this half term, the children will be learning about ball skills. The children will focus on controlling a ball using throwing, kicking and rolling. This will allow the children to improve their accuracy, power and control of a ball. The children will also be learning locomotion skills. The children will focus on running, walking and jumping. The children will learn how to travel in different ways to create space, avoid defenders and stay away from taggers. This will allow children to improve their speed and control of gross motor movements.
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
