Welcome to Year 1

The Team

Mrs Humphris
​Year Lead
​Rowan Class 
Miss Armarn
​Class Teacher
​Cedar Class 
Mr Shipton
Class Teacher
​Rowan Class 

Resources

Key Dates


Please note: In Spring Term 2 Rowan class will be taking part in PE on Monday and Forest schools on Wednesday.
Cedar class will be taking part in PE on Tuesday and Wednesday.

This Half Term

Project

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Compare two writers- one from the past- Beatrix Potter and one from the present- Benjamin Zephaniah
  • ​ Find out about the lives of Victorian children
  • Create watercolours in the style of Beatrix Potter 

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Read stories by Beatrix Potter and poems by Benjamin Zephaniah
  • Visit the Cecil Higgins Museum in Bedford to see how the Victorians lived 
  • Visit the library to find books on Victorian children 
  • Look at the illustrations of Beatrix Potter 

Writing

This half term we will be learning to:
  •  Re tell the story of Peter Rabbit
  •  Write a persuasive letter 
  • Use  question marks
  • Use similes and alliteration 
  • Use  conjunctions such as and,but and so

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  •  Read  the story of Peter Rabbit and other stories by Beatrix Potter
  • Watch videos of stories by Beatrix Potter
  • Write your own stories about animals

Maths

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Solve problems involving counting in steps of 2 and steps of 5
  • Compare lengths and height
  • Measure in lengths using different apparatus
  • Measure in lengths using a ruler
  • Problem solve involving length
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Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Play games on ICT games
  • Learn their 2,5,10 x tables
  • Add simple amounts of money when shopping
  • Find change from 50p
  • Discuss what length is and compare different objects ,comparing their length

Science

This half term we will be learning :
  • About Forces such as pushes and pulls, and gravity- this is a continuation from last term

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Visit the Science Museum in London or Birmingham
  • ​Talk about how their toys move-do you push or pull them?

Art and Design

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Draw illustrations in the style of Beatrix Potter using water colours
  • Make vegetable soup

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Look at the illustrations of Beatrix Potter 
  • Follow a simple recipe 

Music

This half term we will be learning to:
  • ​Play percussion instruments

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • ​Share a variety of music with your children such as jazz,classical and pop

RE & PSHE

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Find out about the teachings of Jesus
  • Look at some of the important stories/parables that Jesus told
  • Find out about what Jesus teaches us through his actions
  • In PHSE we will be looking at Risks and how we deal with them

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

  • To support your child at home you could:
  • ​Use the WWW to find out about the different stories Jesus told
  • ​Talk about our diverse community and celebrate the differences we see around us
  • Talk to your child about what a risk is to know what a safe risk is

PE

This half term in Indoor PE  we will be participating in team games,developing simple tactics for attacking and defending through invasion games.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

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Encourage your child to practise their routine at home and encourage them to be physically active for at least half an hour a day.