Year
1
Welcome to the Year 1 page. This year the teachers are Mrs Sawyers and Mrs Rowley. (Friday) Our teaching assistants are Mrs McGahey and Mrs Jabeen. We have lots of exciting and engaging topics planned for this year, with some fun-filled activities and experiences. Through these, we hope to inspire and stimulate the children and promote a love for learning as well as providing them with some amazing memories.
This year, we are adopting a ‘Continuous Provision’ approach to learning rather than a more ‘Formal’ style. It goes beyond traditional teacher-led instruction by empowering children to explore, investigate, and extend their learning independently. This helps the children transition from reception whilst still covering the areas of the Year 1 curriculum.
Get Set Topics
Autumn: Superheroes
Spring: Once upon a time in London
Summer: What a wonderful world
Core Subjects:
In Maths in Year 1, we follow the White Rose scheme of work to help develop fluency, reasoning and problem solving. We focus on place value to 20 and beyond, addition and subtraction strategies, different units of measure and recognising 2D and 3D shapes and their properties.
In English we follow the ‘Talk for writing’ approach where the children learn a text through a story map, then focus on building our writing skills in letter formation, word and sentence structure and recounting of stories and events. We develop our speaking and listening skills by participating in role play and group activities and taking turns. We are also using the RWI (Read, Write Inc) scheme to develop our reading and phonics. Each half term, we look at a different author and learn about the British Values.
In Science we learn all about Plants and Growth, Animals including Humans, Everyday Materials and Seasonal Change. To support our learning, we do lots of practical investigations, and take our learning into the outside environment where possible. We also make educational visits linked to our learning.
Extra information
This year, our P.E lessons will take place on Wednesdays, please ensure children have correct P.E kit in school.