Learning in Year One

Welcome back after the Christmas break. We are ready to begin our new term of exciting work.  Let’s get started!   

Literacy (reading and writing)

 Year One will be learning to:

• Apply phonic knowledge for reading
• Read with understanding
• Read a variety of fiction and non-fiction texts
• Write in different forms such as stories and information texts.
• Use joining words in sentences to add more information.

Maths

Year One will be learning to:

• Counting in 1, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s.
• Continue adding and subtracting numbers.
• Solve one step problems involving addition and subtraction.
• Begin to read an analogue clock to the hour and half past the hour.
• To solve simple multiplication and division problems. .

Further curriculum subjects

Science- Year One will be learning to:

• distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made
• identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock
• describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials
• compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties.

History The Titanic - Year One will be learning to:

• Recognise the difference between past and present.
• Identify similarities and differences between past and present.
• Place a few events in order to show the passing of time.
• Ask questions about the past.

ICT- Year One will be learning to:

• To create simple coding for moving objects

Class reminders

• We change reading books daily- if you read with your child, please remember to sign their reading diary. Books will not be changed if diaries aren’t signed.  
• P.E. is on Mondays and Thursdays- children need P.E. kits in school everyday
• Homework goes out on Fridays and must be completed by the following Thursday

PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR CHILD'S NAME HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN EACH ITEM OF THEIR SCHOOL UNIFORM AND PE KIT.

Learning in Year One

Hello Spring!

Literacy (reading and writing)

 Year One will be learning to:

• Apply phonic knowledge for reading
• Read with understanding
• Read a variety of fiction and non-fiction texts
• Write in different forms such as stories and information texts.
• Use joining words in sentences to add more information.
• Listen to a range of Beatrix Potter Books.
• Retell a story.

Maths

Year One will be learning to:

• Counting in 1, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s.
• Continue adding and subtracting numbers.
• Solve one step problems involving addition and subtraction.
• Solve missing number problems.
• Begin to read an analogue clock to the hour and half past the hour.
• To solve simple multiplication and division problems. .

Further curriculum subjects

Science- Year One will be learning to:

• distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made
• identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock
• describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials
• compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties.

Geography Island Homes - Year One will be learning to:

• Recognise the features of an island.
• Understand that the UK is an island
• Name some UK islands

ICT- Year One will be learning to:

• To create simple coding for moving objects

Class reminders

• We change reading books daily- if you read with your child, please remember to sign their reading diary. Books will not be changed if diaries aren’t signed.  
• P.E. is on Mondays and Fridays- children need P.E. kits in school everyday
• Homework goes out on Fridays and must be completed by the following Thursday

PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR CHILD'S NAME HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN EACH ITEM OF THEIR SCHOOL UNIFORM AND PE KIT.