Year 1
Welcome to Year 1
Class Teachers:
Beech: Miss Macdonald
Holly: Mrs Ffrench
Support Staff:
Mrs Shelley (LSA)
Miss Lapthorne (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 Wednesday afternoon. Please ensure your children bring their library books into school ready to exchange on this day.
- All parents are invited to attend the reading cafes taking place this half term.
- Holly Class - Tuesday 24th June at 2.30pm - 3.15pm.
- Beech Class - Thursday 26th June at 2.30pm - 3.15pm.
- Sports Day - Wednesday 9th July - 9.15am - 12.00pm - more details to follow soon!
What are we learning in Year 1 this half term?
Summer 2
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 'and Tango Makes Three' by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, 'The Lion Inside' by Rachel Bright and 'The Hare and the Tortoise' an Aesop's Fable. 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 Summer 2 term, Year 1 will be learning about instructional writing and writing their very own instructions. We will also be learning about poetry and how to play with language.
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 geometry (position and direction), place value within 100, money and time.
Geography
In geography this half term, we will be learning all about mapping and fieldwork skills. We will be learning about what a map is, and how to use them. We will also be learning about what a map can tell us, and where they can be used.
Science
This half term, children will be revisiting their learning about plants. Children will be looking at different plants and identifying the different parts of the plant. Children will have a go at planting their own seeds and watching how plants grow. Children will also be looking at different types of trees and identify whether they are deciduous or evergreen. This science topic allows children to remember what they have learnt previously in the year and to embed their knowledge further.
Children will also be revisiting their learning about animals including humans. They will revisit what an animal is. The children will also look at the 5 different animals groups and revisit the features of: mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish. The children will revisit their learning about what food tells us about animals. This science topic allows children remember what they have already learnt previously in the year and to embed their knowledge further.
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
