Striving to be the best we can!
We cannot believe we are in the final term of year one! We will be going out with a bang with our brilliant, new topic of 'A Whole New World'. Please scroll below to find out more and view dates for your diary.
Please look below for information about what have been learning in year one.
Also, below is a 'Parent News' link. This has our weekly newsletter uploads for you to view.
The Year One Team
Class 1a Teacher- Mrs West
Class 1b Teacher- Miss Stewart
Year 1 Teaching Assistant- Mrs Wheeler and Miss Creighton
1:1 Teaching Assistants- Miss Withers, Mrs Haggo and Mrs Beckett
Our wonderful helpers are Mrs Fletcher and Mrs Lamb
PPA Cover- Mrs Main
Useful Information
PE Days: Thursday (with Mrs Main) and Friday
Reading Books: We will aim to change reading books on a Tuesday and Friday. Please write in your child's diary so that we can see that they have read.Thank you.
Homework: Will be given out on a Friday and should be back at school the following Thursday.
If you have any problems or questions, please do come and find us. We are more than happy to help! We look forward to working with you all.
Year One Topics
Term 1: Superheroes!
Term 2: Fee Fi Fo Fum
Term 3: Moon Zoom
Term 4: Garden Detectives
Term 5: Robin Hood
Term 6: A Whole New World
Term One
Superheroes!
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No...it's Superman!
The children had a taster of our new topic on move up day and they told their new teachers what they would like to learn about. So, we will be carrying out missions, role playing in our Superhero Hideout and designing our own superhero. Also, the children asked for a dress-up day so please look out for upcoming letters regarding this.
SUPERHERO DAY- 21st October- The children are invited to come to school dressed as their favourite superhero. W will have some super activities ready for them! It will be a fantastic way to end our first term together.
Term Two
FEE FI FO FUM
Traditional Tale characters have taken over the year one classroom! It is very exciting!
We are working very hard this term! We have been learning about the story of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. So far, we have thought about Jack’s journey up the beanstalk, met and described a giant and thought about how we could build a castle with better defenses to stop people getting in! Please click on the link below to find out more…
Our Christmas Play, 'A Midwife Crisis' was a huge success! The children were fantastic and we are very proud of them all. They behaved well, sang beautifully and the costumes were amazing. Many thanks to the parents for their support in this, we hope you enjoyed the performance as much as we did.
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Term Three
Moon Zoom
Commencing countdown, engines....on!
The children have really enjoyed this topic! They have remembered so many facts about Space and the Moon Landing! We are very proud of them and loved that they have been so engaged in their learning- well done children!
This term, we have learned about the Moon Landing of 1969. We have taken part in some fantstic activities including visiting the Planetarium, making aliens and reading evidence given from 'NASA'. Please use the link below to learn more about the skills and objectives that we have covered.
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Term Four
Garden Detectives
Magnifying Glasses at the ready!
With Spring just around the corner, it's time to head outside and do some investigating! We will be using stories including 'The Hungry Caterpillar' and 'The Secret Garden' to develop our spelling and punctuating skills and consider the allotment when adding and subtracting in Maths. We are loving the new 'Maths No Problem' program!
Other activities to link to our Science, Geography and Art subjects will involve planting sunflower seeds and watching them grow, using the printing technique and observational fruit drawings and designing a new garden for the school...we can't wait to get our hands dirty!
This term, we will also introduce 'Big writing'. Please look out for information regarding this.
Please click on the link below to find out what we have been up do on a weekly basis.
Please note...
On Friday 31st March, the children are invited to come to school in old, gardening clothes. They will spend time in the school garden.
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Term Five
Robin Hood
The Legend of a Local Hero...
This term, we will be learning about the life of Robin Hood. We will begin the topic by visiting the place that the legendary character spent a lot of his time- Sherwood Forest. There, we will be learning about Robin Hood and how he lived then try our hand at shelter building. This trip will link brilliantly with our Science topic- we will see how many trees we can name and try to spot the famous Major Oak!
Other things planned this term include archery commentary, thinking about how we can look after the environment and developing our photography skills.
Please click on the link below to find out what we have been up do on a weekly basis and to view the Curriculum Booklet. This will give information on how our learning links to the National Curriculum and how our values are threaded into our lessons.
Please click on the link below to see some photographs from our school trip.
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Term Six
A Whole New World
Where will the Magic Carpet take us?
This term, we will be learning about the Arabian Desert. We have so many exciting things planned including using our crafting skills to create desert animals, imagining where a magic carpet ride may take us and re-creating the traditional tale in our role play areas- Widow Twankey's Launderette.
Also this term, we will be preparing the children for their move to year two. There will be opportunities for the children to meet with their new teacher and time to talk about the transition.
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