Year 1

 Welcome to Year 1!

We are so excited to have you here!

In year 1 we have two classes. These are 

1 Ivy and 1 Cherry

In year 1 we are ready, respectful and safe.

Staff you will see working in Year 1

Mrs Scandling - Ivy (Wednesday morning to Friday)

Ms Marshall - Ivy (Monday to Wednesday morning)           

 Miss Richardson - Cherry

   Miss Clark- TA    Miss Grant - TA   Mrs Juett - HLTA

 

 Miss Kania-TA 

   

Important Information

The School Day

Children arrive between 08:30 and 08:45.

The class register will be taken at 8:45am and learning will begin immediately after this.              It is vital that pupils are on time to school so that they do not miss any important learning.

Pupils should bring to school each day:

• Their reading books and reading record
• A water bottle with their name on
• Suitable clothing for the weather
• A packed lunch (if required) or select your child's meal on Arbor before school

Pupils are to be collected from school at 3:15pm

 

We have three school rules:

Be Ready

Be Respectful

Be Safe

 

PE Days

 

In Year 1, PE is taught on a Monday and Friday.

Please send your child to school wearing their PE kit.

For more information on uniform please click Uniform.

Please make sure your child's name in in their PE kits, school uniforms, coats, hats, scarves and gloves. 

 

Key Dates

 Autumn 1 2025

Friday 26th September
European Languages Day
October
Black History Month
Friday 10th October
World Mental Health Day
Thursday 23rd October
Last day of school for pupils
Friday 24th October
INSET day - school closed to pupils

This half term we will be learning...

Phonics

We follow the Little Wandle phonics scheme. A weekly information sheet will be sent home via ClassDojo to inform parents what children have been learning that week. Please support children at home by practicing the phonemes, tricky words and sentences. The image below shows how children are taught to form letters correctly.

English
This half term we will be applying our phonics skills to writing, developing our spelling, letter formation and using finger spaces, capital letters and full stops.  We are using the following texts to inspire our ideas:

 Maths

 Our Maths curriculum follows the White Rose Maths scheme, which is designed to help children develop a deep understanding of key mathematical concepts. This half-term focuses on place value with numbers up to 10. This includes skills such as counting, adding one more and one less, comparing numbers, reading numbers as words and using a numberline.

  

Science
In our science learning this half term, we will be looking at animals including humans.
We will start by looking at parts of the human body we can see and cannot see, similarities and differences, conducting investigations including predictions, measuring and recording. We will look at fitness and keeping healthy using influential person Joe Wicks and we will explore how our senses work.  

History
Our History topic this half term is 'There is only one me' where we will travel back in time to find similarities and differences in childhood, toys, houses from then to now.

 

  Art

In Art children will be learning a range of line drawing techniques inspired by Picasso.

RE

 For our RE studies we follow the Kirklees Agreed Syllabus. 
This half term our key question will be

'How can we make good choices?' 
This explores how people always face moral choices. It starts with a consideration of what makes a happy classroom, and why rules are important. Pupils then study moral codes from Christianity, Judaism and Islam including the Ten Commandments and the Five Pillars and the ways in which Sikhs, Buddhists and Hindus make good choices.  They also look at non-religious stories and how these exemplify some guidelines for life. They are invited to respond by considering what would make the best rules for life.  

PSHE

In PSHE, we will be using My Happy Mind. This half-term focuses on 'Meet your brain' learning about how 'Team HAP': the hippocampus, amygdala and pre-frontal cortex; work together to help you make decisions, learn, remember and keep you safe.

 Music

 As musicians, we follow the Charanga music scheme.
This half term our unit is a review of everything we have learnt over the last year. 

We will also listen to our whole school 'Focused Artist' each week. Here we will experience a broad genre of music whilst deciding if we like or dislike what we have been listening to.

 

 

 

Author Focus

 

Michelle Robinson

 

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