Year 1

Welcome to Year 1

This area contains helpful information and reminders. It will also be updated regularly throughout the year with photos and updates about what we get up to as part of our learning journey.

Year 1 Staff

Our class teacher is Mrs Blakey.

Mrs Blakey enjoys family days out with her husband and little boy, especially when they can have pancakes or cake somewhere too! She enjoys reading, singing and going to the theatre to watch a musical.

We are supported in our learning by Miss Carey.

Miss Carey loves animals – all animals! – especially her cat Birnie. He’s a rescue cat and sadly has only one eye but she’s been lucky enough to have him in our family for many years now. He’s such a character and knows lots of commands,he’s like a cat/dog really! Wildlife conservation is also very important to her. Art is also one of her passions.

The Year 1 staff ask that Year 1

listen to instructions
be kind
try their best

Our Learning

You can find our more about our learning by visiting the Curriculum section of our website.

You can see our long-term learning overview here: Year 1 Long term overview 22-23

Autumn 1:

Science: We will be learning about the parts of the human body, our senses, groups of animals (mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and birds) and what animals eat (carnivores, herbivores and omnivores).

History: We will be learning all about the Great Fire of London including how it started, why is spread so quickly and the impact it had on life today.

Art: We will be developing our drawing skills through observational drawing and continuous line drawing as well as discovering how to use a sketchbook.

Computing: We will be exploring computers and how they are used in the world. We will be practising how to log on to a computer and learning how to open a webpage and develop our mouse skills.

Music: We will be exploring pitch, pulse and rhythm in a range of music genres and sharing our opinions of different music.

We have PE with Mr Storey on Monday and Tuesday each week.

We will be developing our sending and receiving skills and will be our rolling and bowling skills.

Autumn 2:

Science: We will be continuing to learn about groups of animals (mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and birds) and what animals eat (carnivores, herbivores and omnivores). We will also be observing the changes of the seasons.

Geography: We will be exploring our Local School and Local area. We will be identifying human and physical features of our area and looking at and drawing maps.

DT: In DT we will be working with textiles to design and create our own fabric faces.

Computing: In Computing we will be learning all about algorithms and how to create, follow and debug instructions.

Music: We will be developing our understanding and skills of pitch, pulse and rhythm as we learn and perform our Christmas Nativity songs.

We have PE with Mr Storey on Monday and Tuesday each week.

We will be developing our movement and motor skills and our throwing and catching skills with small balls and beanbags.

Spring 1:

Science: We will be learning about plants. We will explore wild and garden plants, label the parts of a plant and carry out some plant investigations.

History: We will be learning about a significant person in our area – Grace Darling. We will find out who Grace was and why she was famous and consider what we have learnt from Grace’s example.

Art: In Art we will be exploring paint. We will be practising working with watercolour.

Computing: In Computing we will be exploring how to use a Beebot to give program a device and plan and follow instructions.

Music: We will be learning about some important musical vocabulary through our Under the Sea topic.

We have PE with Mr Storey on Monday and Tuesday each week.

We will be developing our movement and kicking skills and our throwing and catching skills with large balls.

Spring 2:

Science: We will be continuing to learn about plants. We will find out the difference between evergreen and deciduous trees, label the parts of a tree and identify some common trees.

Geography: In our ‘Our Country’ topic, we will be learning about the four countries of the UK, their capital cities, rivers and the nationalities of the people living there.

DT: In DT we will be making a freestanding structure through designing and creating a suitable packed lunch for Pirate Paddy.

Computing: In Computing we will be exploring digital imagery. We will be taking searching for and editing photos and using them to create a photo collage.

Music: We will be learning about timbre and rhythmic patterns through our Fairy Tale topic.

PE:

We have PE with Mr Storey on Monday and Tuesday each week.

We will be developing our Net and Wall game skills and our Gymnastics skills.

Summer 1:

Science: We will be learning all about materials. We will be identifying and naming a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock and distinguishing between an object and the material from which it is made. We will learn how to describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials and compare and group together a variety of everyday materials.

History: We will be learning about how toys have changed within living memory. We will be looking at the toys our grandparents played with, what our parents played with and how they are different to the toys we play with today.

Art: We will be exploring sculpture and creating our own bird sculptures.

Computing: In Computing we will have our first introduction to data. We will be presenting data in different ways and then collect record and sort data using branching databases.

Music: We will be learning about pitch and tempo through our Superhero topic.

We have PE with Mr Storey on Monday and Tuesday each week.

We will be developing our bouncing skills and playing striking and fielding games.

Summer 2:

History: We will be learning about a significant individual from History. Our significant individual will be Neil Armstrong. We will be learning about why he is famous, the events surrounding the moon landing and why the moon landing is so important for us. We will then be comparing the lives and careers of Neil Armstrong and Tim Peake.

Geography: In our ‘Our World’ topic, we will be learning and the continents and oceans and how to locate them on a map.

DT: We will be looking at Sensational Salads. We will be learning about root vegetables, where they come from and how to prepare them. We will be looking at where fish comes from and why it is good to eat. We will then be preparing a fish salad and a fruit salad.

Computing: In Computing we will be showcasing all of the Computing skills we have developed throughout the year by researching, planning, designing and making our own rocket.

Music: We will be learning about vocal and body sounds through our By the Sea topic.

We have PE with Mr Storey on Monday and Tuesday each week.

We will be developing our Athletics skills and our Sending and Receiving Skills.

Knowledge Mats

We use knowledge mats to learn about our topics and the vocabulary and sticky knowledge we need to remember after this topic.

Autumn Knowledge Mats-
Maths – Place Value to 10
Maths – Addition and Subtraction to 10
Maths – Shape
Science – Parts of Animals & Types of Animals
History – Great Fire of London
Geography – Our School
Geography – Our Local Area
Computing – Using a Computer
Computing – Algorithms Unplugged
Music – Pulse And Rhythm
Music – Classical Music, Dynamics & Tempo
Art – Spirals
PSHE – Families And Relationships
PSHE – Safety and the Changing Body

Spring Knowledge Mats-
Maths – Addition and Subtraction to 20
Maths – Number and Place Value to 50
Maths – length and height
Maths – weight and volume
Science – Plants
History – Grace Darling
Geography – Our Country
Music – Musical Vocabulary – Under The Sea
Music – Timbre And Rhythm – Fairytales
PSHE – Health And Wellbeing
DT – Pirate Paddy’s Lunch
Computing – Programming BeeBot
Computing – Digital Imagery

Summer Knowledge Mats-
Maths KO – Multiplication and Division
Maths KO – Fractions
Maths – Position and Direction
Maths – Place Value to 100
Maths – Money
Maths – Time
Science KO – Materials
History KO – Toys
History – Neil Armstrong
Geography – Our World
Music KO – Pitch And Tempo
Music – Vocal and Body Sounds
PSHE KO – Citizenship
PSHE – Economic Wellbeing
DT – Sensational Salads
Computing KO – Introduction to Data
Computing – Rocket to the Moon

Homework

Children should be reading as regularly as possible throughout the week (at least 3 times) with an adult and ensure if is recorded in their reading records. Children will have a phonics book that will reflect their phonics level that they should be able to read fluently. They will also have a library book that is for ‘reading for pleasure’ that can be shared with their family at home.

Phonics sounds for each week will be shared so that children can practise spelling words containing their new sounds at home.

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