Welcome to Year 1
Our Class Teacher is Miss Thorpe
Our Curriculum
Geography
This half term in Geography, Year 1 will be learning all about weather and the seasons. The children will explore the different types of weather we experience in the United Kingdom, identifying the countries that make up the United Kingdom and learn how weather changes across the four seasons. They will begin by identifying and ordering the months of the year, linking them to the seasons, and describing what each season looks and feels like.
They will learn to describe and compare seasonal changes using weather vocabulary and pictures, and use simple equipment to help them measure and record the weather.
The topic will also help the children understand how the weather can affect people’s jobs and daily life, as well as how the weather affects what people wear and why it is important to know what the weather will be like. By the end of the unit, the children will be able to talk confidently about the different types of weather, the four seasons, and how the weather changes across the year.
Our Key Enquiry Questions:
- How does the weather change during the year?
- What are the four seasons, and how are they different?
- How does the weather affect what we wear and what we do?
- Why do we need to know what the weather will be like?
- What kinds of weather do we have in the UK?
Science
This term in Science, Year 1 will explore the topic of Seasonal Changes. The children will observe and describe how the weather changes across the four seasons and notice how the length of the day varies. They will think about how these changes affect animals, including hibernation, and plants throughout the year. The children will also look at weather forecasts and compare the weather between different seasons. Through hands-on observations and discussions, they will begin to understand how seasons influence the world around them.
English
Our class text in our Pathways to Write unit and our class novel for this half term is: ‘Katie Goes to London.’
This half term, Year 1’s focus text is Katie Goes to London by James Mayhew. In this unit, the children will be developing their early writing skills by learning to:
The children will learn to:
Join words using ‘and’- Punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop
- Use capital letters for names of people and places
- Sequence sentences to link ideas or events using pronouns
Throughout the unit, pupils will build these skills through a range of purposeful writing opportunities linked to the text. They will:
- Write simple sentences describing Katie’s adventures
- Create postcards from different London landmarks
- Write a bus tour guide script for a trip around the city
- Build up to their final piece — a non-chronological report about London
PSHE
In Year 1, children will learn about how to keep their minds and bodies healthy. They will begin by exploring feelings and emotions, learning to describe how they feel and develop simple strategies for managing their emotions. The children will recognise and celebrate their own strengths and practice setting simple but challenging personal goals.
As part of understanding how to stay healthy, the class will learn about the benefits of physical activity, rest, and sleep, and discover different ways to relax. They will also find out how germs spread and what we can do to stop them from spreading, such as practicing good hygiene.
The children will learn how to stay safe in the sun, understand what allergies are, and explore how different people in the local community help to keep us healthy, such as doctors, nurses, and pharmacists.
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Our focus SDG for the term is: SDG3 Good Health and Well-being.
Year 1 will learn about Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3), which is all about staying healthy and looking after our well-being. The children will explore simple ways to keep themselves and others healthy, such as eating well, washing hands, being active, and getting enough rest. They will also think about how being kind, caring, and helping others can make people feel happy and safe.
Our focus Children's Rights Article for the term is: Article 27
Year 1 will learn about Article 27 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This article explains that every child has the right to a safe place to live and enough food, clothing, and care to grow up healthy. The children will explore what it means to have these rights and why it is important that all children have their basic needs met. They will also think about how having these things helps them feel safe, cared for, and able to learn and play.
Our PE days for this half term are: Mondays and Thursdays. If there are any changes, I will inform you with plenty of notice.
Homework will be handed out on a Friday and should be completed and returned by the following Thursday.
Please find our Curriculum map below for more information.
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