Welcome to Year 1

The Team

Miss Funell
Year Lead
​Cedar Class 
Miss Woodward
Class Teacher
​Rowan Class
Sandy Eaglen 
LSA
Rowan Class
​Ros Smith
1:1
Cedar Class

PE Days

Indoor PE

Rowan Class: Thursday Morning
Cedar Class: Thursday Afternoon

Forest School (Wellies required)

Rowan Class: Monday Afternoon
Cedar Class: Friday Afternoon

Outside PE 

Rowan Class: Monday Afternoon
Cedar Class: Monday Afternoon

Resources

Key Dates

  • ​Monday 6th September- First day of Autumn One
  • Monday 6th September- Home Learning Shared
  • Thursday 9th September- Cake and Curriculum via Zoom​
  • Monday 11th October- Parent's Evening
  • Friday 14th October- Parent's Evening
  • Monday 11th October- Home Learning Due
  • Thursday 21st October- EYFS and KS1 Spooky Disco 3.45-4.45

This Half Term

Project: The Adventures of Bear and The Queen

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Label timelines using language such as: past, present, older and newer.
  • Show an understanding of the nation's history.
  • Use artefacts, stories and pictures to learn about the past.
  • Ask our own questions.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Talk about the Queen and her family.
  • Research or visit London and the tourist attractions.
  • Talk to your children about their own family history.
  • Encourage your children to ask questions.

Writing

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Name the letters of the alphabet.
  • Form and write a simple sentence.
  • Use capital letters and full stops correctly.

Throughout each topic we will be continuing to use our phonic sounds to help us with our spellings and building up our independence with forming sentences.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Write sentences using capital letters, full stops and finger spaces.
  • Practise common exception words.
  • Practise letter formation and recognition.​ 
  • Practise phonic sounds daily.
  • Play word games that help spell out CVC words.
  • Read daily with your child.​
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Maths


​This half term we will be learning to:
  • Sort and count objects.
  • Counting forwards and backwards from any numbers between 0 and 10.
  • Count one more and one less.
  • Order numbers 0 to 10.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Continue to practise number formation.
  • Practise recognising numbers 0-10.
  • Practise ordering numbers 0-10.
Numbots is an online learning resource that will support their fluency in maths. Your child will have an individual log in to Numbots inside their reading diary. 

Science- Who Am I?


​This half term we will be learning:
  • About the basic parts of the human body.
  • The 5 different senses and how we use them in everyday life.
  • Which body part we use for each sense.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Encourage your child to recognise their 5 senses and use them when trying food or out on a walk.
  • Have a conversation with your child about their senses and their body parts.
  • Take part in fun games using the 5 senses, for example putting your hand in a box and seeing what you can feel.

Computing


​Suggested Activities to Support Learning
This half term we will be learning to:
  • ​Collect and group data.
  • Answer questions about data.
To support your child at home you could:
  • Practise logging on to a computer at home with your child.
  • Allow your child time to explore technology for their learning, such as numbots.
  • Talk with your child about staying safe on the internet and how to use technology in a safe way.

Art and Design

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Recognise the colour wheel.
  • Mix colours.
  • Create different colours.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:​
  • Encourage your child to be creative.
  • Ask your child the names of different objects around the house or on your walks.

Music

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Copy and repeat a simple singing melody.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Practise tapping to a beat.
  • ​Practise singing well known songs.

​PSHE Continuing our Jigsaw schemes of work

This half term we will be learning to:
  • Recognise where we feel safe.
  • Discuss our feelings.
  • Recognising different feelings and events where these may occur.

 Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:​
  • Remind your child of the class worry box and what they need to do in school if they are being bullied or have a worry.
  • Talk to your child about their feelings.

RE

This half term will be will be learning to:
  • Re-tell the Christian creation story.
  • Reflect on where objects came from.
  • Be respectful of different views and beliefs.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning
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To support your child at home you could:
  • Talk to your child about your families personal religion or beliefs.
  • Discuss with your child about respecting different religions and beliefs.

PE

This half term we will be looking at a variety of games. This will include learning to:
  • Master basic movements.
  • Create a simple routine.
  • Land a simple jump safely. 

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Discuss the benefits of physical exercise and the effect that it has on our bodies.
  • Practise throwing and catching different sized balls.
  • Make up your own game with your own set of rules with your child to play together.