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Year 1

Welcome to Year 1

The Team

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

PE Days

 Indoor PE
Rowan Class: Thursday Morning
Cedar Class: Thursday Afternoon
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Forest School (wellies and waterproofs required)
Rowan Class: Monday Afternoon

Cedar Class: Friday Afternoon

Resources

Year 1 Curriculum Zoom
Autumn 1 curriculum overview
Autumn 1 Home Learning
Autumn 2 Curriculum Overview
Autumn 2 Home Learning
Google classroom

Key Dates

​Monday 1st November- Back to School
Monday 1st November- Home Learning Shared
Monday 6th December- Home Learning Due
Thursday 9th December- Year 1 Christmas Performance PM
Thursday 16th December- Christmas Outdoor Carols by Candlelight
Friday 17th December- Last Day of Autumn 2 

This Half Term

Project: The Adventure of Bear

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This half term we will be learning to:
  • Name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas.
  • Use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the United Kingdom and its countries.
  • Make observations from pictures, videos about the characteristics of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom.
  • Use aerial photographs to recognise landmarks.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Talk to your child about their geographical location.
  • Look at a map and discuss key features together.
  • Look at a map of the United Kingdom and label the four countries.
  • Research key landmarks in each country that makes up the United Kingdom.

Writing

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This half term we will be learning to:
  • Sequence sentences to form short narratives.
  • Leave finger spaces in between words.
  • Compose a sentence orally before writing it.
  • Use a capital letter for names and at the start of sentences.

Throughout each topic, we will be focussing on using our capital letters, full stops, using our phonic sounds to help our spellings and using simple sentence structures.
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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.​
  • Practise weekly spellings set on Google Classroom using Spelling Frame.
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Maths

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​This half term we will be learning to:
  • Subtract two one-digit numbers.
  • Count back from a given number.
  • Compare addition and subtraction number sentences.
  • Recognise, name and sort 2D and 3D shapes.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Practise counting forwards and backwards to 20.
  • Play board games that support your child’s fluency in addition and subtraction.
  • Continue number formation ensuring numbers are the correct way round.
  • Practise number bonds to 10, ensuring your child is fluent in these.
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Science- Celebrations!

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​This half term we will be learning to:
  • Distinguish different material types.
  • Describe the properties of everyday materials.
  • Carry out simple tests to explore our 5 senses.
  • Finding our own ways to answer our own questions

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • ​Practise creating shadows using your hand and a torch.
  • Experiment making different sounds and seeing what makes them louder or quieter.
  • Talking about the different materials that are in your house and the properties of these.

Computing


​Suggested Activities to Support Learning

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This half term we will be learning to:
  • Create our own digital painting.
  • Experiment with different tools to create different lines and shapes on a computer.
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 and spelling frame.
  • Talk with your child about staying safe on the internet and how to use technology in a safe way.


Art and Design

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This half term we will be learning to:
  • Create our own class tree using different materials and textiles.
  • Draw and create mock ups before evaluating and then recreating the final piece.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Research different materials and textiles.
  • Have a go at creating your own patterns using different materials.
  • Encourage your child to be creative and experiment with different patterns and colours.

Music

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This half term we will be learning to:
  • Copy and repeat a simple singing melody.
  • Sing with confidence and expression.
  • Sing in unison and in canon.
  • Follow pictorial cues and hand cues for changes in pitch and tempo.

Suggested Activities to Support Learning

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

​PSHE Continuing our Jigsaw schemes of work

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This half term we will be learning to:
  • Celebrate our differences.
  • Identify similarities and differences between us and members of our class.
  • Make friends.
  • Recognise the signs for bullying and know what to do if this is taking place in our school.

 Suggested Activities to Support Learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Remind your child to use our worry box or the people on their safe hand if they have a worry in school.
  • Talk to your children about celebration differences.
  • Engaging in a conversation with your child about differences but whilst ensuring we all treat each other with respect.

RE

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This half term we will be:
  • ​learning to reflect on the Christmas story and decide what gifts would be meaningful for Jesus.

Suggested activities to support learning

To support your child at home you could:
  • Have a discussion with your child on respecting beliefs and religions.
  • Talk to your child about gift giving and what this means.
  • Talk to your child about the celebration of Christmas.

PE

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This half term we will be looking at dance. This will include learning to:
  • Master basic movements using balance, agility
    and coordination.
  • Link  2 or 3 different rocking and rolling actions and link them together into a short movement phrase.

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.
  • Talk about the importance of keeping ourselves safe during physical activity.
  • Encourage to child to move around their space at home, using actions to link movements together.

Location

Office Contact: Julie Newton

​Great Linford Primary School
St Leger Drive
Milton Keynes
​MK14 5BL
01908 605027

​If you would like a paper copy of any of the information displayed on our website, please contact the office. 
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