Year 1 Welcome

Welcome to Year 1

Welcome to the Year 1 class page. We are so happy to be back for Autumn 2 term and cannot wait to get started. We have lots planned and exciting learning opportunities during the first term. Let’s get going!

For English this term, we will be studying the text ‘Nibbles the Book Monster’ by Emma Yarlett. Nibbles is a very cheeky book monster! He’s chomping, munching and nibbling his way through fairy tales that don’t belong to him. We need to catch him quick and put him back into his own story!

During our new exciting text, children will have the opportunity to create a wanted poster to help identify Nibbles to all the other children and adults around St Anne’s. Children will also labels books that have lost their titles furthermore creating their own stories using their already taught phonemes. Children will work their way through the text and be introduced to lots of fairy tale characters including Goldilocks, Little Riding Hood and Jack and the Beanstalk. Here, children will be involved in lots of writing activities including simple sentences using capital letters, identifying the emotions of the characters and writing a short diary entry.

For maths this term, we will focus on addition and subtraction (within 10). Children will learn lots of new techniques which will help them combine numbers together. Children will start by learning about part whole models to add and subtract and even create their own using some practical resources. Children will move on and learn how we write number sentences using the correct mathematical symbols including + - and =. Number bonds to 10 will quickly follow in which children will learn songs and find lots of different ways to create 10. Children will finish the term learning about fact families using addition and subtraction. Here children will learn that the order of numbers in a number sentence can change and be varied. 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 ‘Everyday materials’. Children will identifying and naming a variety of everyday materials including glass, plastic and wood. Children will move on to distinguish and objects and the material it is made from! Children will be able to explore objects in their groups and around the classroom. Furthermore, children will learn about the properties of materials and discuss whether they are hard, soft, stretchy, rough or bendy. Here, children will have the opportunity to conduct some experiments and test materials. Nearing the end of our topic, children will learn about nature and man-made objects then finish by learning which materials float and sink. Here children will conduct another experiment by predicting first then carrying out the experiment. 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