Welcome to Year 1
Our Class Teacher is Mrs Allott
Weather and Seasons - Geography
During this half term, we will be identifying seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom, how it affects our local environment and different jobs. This will also link with our Science learning on seasonal change.
Our enquiry questions are:
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How is the year organised into months and seasons?
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How do people dress for different kinds of weather?
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Does this week’s weather match the forecast?
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Is the weather forecast accurate?
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How does the weather affect people's work?
Class novel and Pathways to Write text
English
Year 1 children will enhance their writing and grammar skills through the story of "Katie in London" by James Mayhew.
Through activities linked to the text such as writing postcards as Katie and a bus tour guide, the children will build on their skills from Autumn 1 to achieve this half term's mastery keys. As we read more of the book each week, we will be adding key facts about key places in London to our working wall to support us in our writeaway at the end of the half term, which will be a non-chronological report.
This half term’s mastery keys are: to join words using and, punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop, use capital letters for names of people and places and sequence sentences (link ideas or event by pronoun)
Children's rights and SDGs
This Autumn, Year 1 children will be learning about children's rights, focusing on Rights 12 and 28.
Right 12 emphasizes a child's right to an opinion and have it listened to which links well to one of our objectives in PSHE Jigsaw as they know their views are valued and can contribute to the Learning Charter. Right 28 focuses on a child's right to education. We will also explore right 27 through our History and Geography lessons on our local area.
Additionally, children will explore Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3), which focuses on good health and wellbeing.
PSHE Jigsaw
In the second half of the Autumn term, Year 1 will focus on the PSHE Jigsaw unit "Celebrating differences’. As part of this, they will identify similarities and differences between themselves and their peers, explain what bullying is and how it might feel, and identify who can help us in different situations.
Please see our curriculum map below to find out what other exciting concepts we will be exploring this half term.
Remember to check Seesaw regularly to see our wonderful work and stay up to date with announcements.
If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact me.
Mrs Allott