Year 1 - Sombrero 2023/24
Summer 1 topic - Out Of This World
Our topic for this half term is entitled Out Of This World. The children will be reading the text Look Up which you can you can listen to here :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZrr-KTpoCU
In maths we will be focusing on multiplication, division, and fractions. In science, we will be learning about the human body, senses, and the Summer seasons. We will also be completing STEM week in the last week of the half term where will be conducting some space science experiments. We will be sequencing historical events, asking and answering basic questions about the past, and understanding key features of events in History.
Spring 2 topic - Searching For Wild Things
Our topic for this half term is entitled Searching For Wild Things. The children will be reading the text The Lonely Beast which you can you can listen to here :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bpJ6ueF5ZA
In maths we will be focusing on identify tens and ones within numbers and using this knowledge to partition. We will also be looking at measurement of height, volume and capacity. In science, we will be learning about animals. We will identify and name a variety of animal types as well as discussing their features and what they eat. In Geography will be improving our map skills by navigating around the School grounds and learning more about directional language.
Spring 1 topic - Only we can save the world
Our topic for this half term is entitled Only we can save the world. The children will be reading the text 10 things I can do to help my world which you can you can listen to here :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmNcToKvVZ4
In maths we will be focusing on place value up to 20 and addition and subtraction to 20. We will be learning how to write number sentences and how to solve problems with addition and subtraction. In science, we will be learning about materials. We will be identifying and naming a variety of everyday materials and describing the physical properties of those materials. In geography will be studying the local area of Atherstone and our school grounds specifically how to improve them.
Autumn two topic –Who is Daisy?
Our topic for this half term is entitled Who is Daisy?! We are starting the half term by reading the story Daisy saves the day. The children will be reading the story and completing lots of activities about the book. In Maths we will be focusing on addition and subtraction up to 20. We will be learning how to write number sentences and how to solve problems with addition and subtraction. We will also be focusing on number bonds to `10 or 20. In Science, we will be learning about seasons, focusing on the season Winter. We will looking at how the weather changes throughout Winter and how and why animals hibernate in Winter. In History we will be identifying some similarities and differences between ways of life in different time periods and sorting artefacts from 'then' and 'now'. We will be finding answers to some simple questions about the past from simple sources of information.
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Year One Staff
Sombrero Class:
Class teacher- Mrs Malin
Teaching assistants - Mrs Cressey, Mrs Wyatt
Beanie Class:
Class teacher – Mr Murch
Teaching assistant – Mrs Peacock, Mrs Colclough, Mrs Wyatt
Mrs Peacock will be working in year one on Monday and Tuesdays. Mrs Colclough will also be working in year one on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Mrs Wyatt will be working across year one.
PE
Our PE days are Wednesday and Thursday. Please send your child into school wearing their PE kit on these days.
Toast
Toast is available to buy daily at a cost of £1 per week. Please send your child’s money into school in a named envelope.
Autumn One Topic – Off We Go!
Our topic for this half term is entitled Off We Go! We will be learning all about transport and maps as well as finding out more about our local area, including Atherstone and nearby towns and cities. We are starting the term by reading the story of the Jolly Postman. The children will be reading the story and completing lots of activities about the book. In Maths we will be focusing on the place value of numbers up to and beyond 20. We will be learning how to represent these numbers in different ways and how to compare and order them. We will teach the children how to solve problems involving the place value. In Science, we will be learning about different seasons and how the weather changes throughout the seasons of Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer. We will also be conducting weather experiments to find out more about the wind and the rainfall during Autumn.
Reading Update
The children are really enjoying taking part in our new Little Wandle reading groups at school and they now have their own personal logins to access their school reading books electronically at home. We hope you all enjoy sharing and discussing the texts they have been reading and learning about in depth at school. In addition to this, the children are given a school reading book (selected by the class teacher) and a home shared reading book (that they choose themselves.)These will both be in their named reading folder. It is really important that the children bring their reading folder into school EVERY day so they can be read with individually and so that staff can change their books each week. We hope you are all enjoying reading and sharing lots of books together at home and please do not hesitate to speak to a member of the year one team if you have any questions about, or need any support with reading at home or school.