Year 1 Welcome

Welcome to Year 1

Welcome to the Year 1 class page. We are so happy to be back for the Summer 1 term and cannot wait to get started. We have lots planned and exciting learning opportunities during the next 5 weeks. Let’s get going!

For English this term, we will be studying the text ‘Toys in Space’ by Mini Grey. What happens when you leave your toys out in the garden at night? They get beamed up into space, that's what! Meet the Cowboy, the Wonder Doll, the Dinosaur and all the gang as they travel the stars and help out one lonely alien along the way...

During our new exciting text, children will be introduced to the toys that have been left in the garden. Children will have the opportunity to write a short diary entry from the viewpoint of one of the toys. Children will use their senses knowledge and describe what they toys would have seen, felt and heard when left in the garden. Furthermore, children will perform role-play and hot seat as the characters moving on to writing speech bubbles. They will continue their knowledge of adjectives and verbs by describing the toys. Children will be introduced to the alien Hoctopize and have the opportunity to create their own space creature. To finish our unit, children will write their own fantasy creature story by changing some of the toys and creating their own.

For maths this term, children will complete their mass and volume unit in which they will learn about full and empty. Children will be hands on with their maths and will use jugs and water to show the various capacity. Children will measure capacity and compare capacity too. During our next unit, children will switch back to place value, this time learning numbers to 50. Children will learn to count from 20-50 then count in groups of 10. Children will learn about tens and ones using larger numbers, look at a number line with numbers to 50 and finish by estimating. In year 1 we get involved in active maths lessons in which we will take our maths outside come rain or shine!

In science, our topic this term will be ‘Plants’. During this unit, children will start their first lesson by learning about seeds. They will have the opportunity to plant their own seeds and observe the changes their plant makes over the next few weeks. They will take pictures and record the changes. Children will learn how to identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants. They will learn the basic structure of plants, draw their own and label them. Furthermore, children will learn what deciduous trees and evergreen trees are. They will take a walk around the surrounding areas of school to observe these trees and complete some observational drawings. Children will then start their last unit ‘All about Animals’ in which they will identify and name a variety of animals including fish, amphibians and reptiles. Children will also learn about animals and their diet and learn what a carnivore, omnivore and herbivore is. Throughout our topic, children will learn how to work more scientifically and how to become a St Anne’s Scientist!

Things to remember

Our PE days will continue to be on a TUESDAY. Children need to come into school wearing their correct PE uniform.

Please make sure your child brings their book bag in every day.

Their reading book will then be changed every Friday.

Children also need to bring a labelled water bottle to school each day.

Miss Roberts and Miss Baker x