Year 1

Welcome to Year 1

Meet the Team

Mrs Gilbert
1G Class Teacher

Miss Round
1R Class Teacher

Mrs Boyles-Simpson
1G HLTA

 

This term we are learning

  • History - Why were Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale treated differently? Who were they? What did they do? Making comparisons.
  • Computing – Computer systems and networks – technology around us.  Name parts of a laptop.  Turn a computer on, log on and off.  Open a programme and save it. 
  • Geography – That the United Kingdom is made up of 4 countries.  The capital city and some key facts.  That a compass has 4 point – North, East, South and West.
  • Art – Basic skills for painting.  Make secondary colours.  Know that different 2d shapes can make pictures.  Select different size brushes.  Use the tripod grip.
  • Science – Parts of a plant and tree.  Name some garden and wild plants
  • RE – Christians believe in God and Jesus.  Will listen to some stories from the bible and that
  • Music – Pulse and rhythm
  • Design and technology – Make a hospital bed ensuring that it has a strong structure

In maths, we are learning to..

  • Place Value within 10
  • Addition and subtraction within 10
  • Place Value within 20
  • Addition and subtraction within 20
  • Geometry – 2d and 3d shapes
  • We will be reading the following books..  Judith Kerr books
  • The Tiger who came to tea
  • The crocodile under the bed
  • Mog and the vet
  • Mog the forgetful cat
  • Katinka’s tail
  • Mog’s Christmas

In English we will be learning to

  • Form letters correctly
  • Use ’Hold a sentence’ to write sentence using the letters we have been practising

Our PE day is…

Wednesday