Year 1
Welcome to Year 1's information page!
Your Year 1 team are - Miss Simpson, Miss Carlin, Miss Ball, Miss Nicula & Miss Qadoos.
Autumn 2’s half-term is a very busy one, with lots of exciting visits and events this half term. We will be visiting the cinema and the library. We will continue to learn through exciting first-hand experiences throughout the curriculum.
Global theme: Social Justice and Equity 
How can we make things fair for everyone?
Our focus in history and geography will be learning about the features of a medieval castle. We will compare the life of rich and poor people, focusing on their lifestyle and diet. We will learn about the different roles inside a medieval and how people lived in the past. In Geography we will continue to learn about the countries in the United Kingdom. We will focus on the capital cities of the United Kingdom with an emphasis on Edinburgh this half term. We will look at the human and physical features of a castle and label an ariel map.
English
In English we will be learning about castles and writing facts about them and who used to live there. The children will continue to develop the fundamentals of a writing focusing on the structure of a sentence. As readers, we will be looking at books which are all about castles ‘The Story of Castles’ and ‘Peep inside the Castle.’ These books both focus on knights, treasure, grand feasts, and all things castles. We will be reading Emmanuel’s dream during book study which focuses on our global theme for this half term.
Maths
In maths, we will be learning to add and subtract numbers within 10 - moving from practical methods to pictorial methods and then onto ‘adding on’ in our heads. We will learn to use number bonds to ten and will use these skills to answer word problems. The children will learn to recognise and sort 2d and 3d shapes and begin work on place value – recognising tens and ones in 2-digit numbers.
Science
Our Science lessons will teach us about materials and their properties. Exploring how materials are made, and which materials are useful for different real-world purposes.
Visits
We will be visiting Darnall library, High Hazels park and going to the cinema at Centertainment.
Home Learning
Reading is the most important thing you can do to help your child learn. Every Friday we will change the children’s reading books and send home a copy of any new sounds which have been taught in phonics lessons. We will also be sending home handwriting and maths sheets to cement the children’s learning.
For your information
Please ensure your child has their book bag and water bottle in school every day.
PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday. Please make sure that all children are in the correct P.E uniform, including trainers, hair is tied up and they are not wearing jewellery. The children should come to school wearing their PE uniform on PE days.
As part of Readmore@Phillimore on Wednesdays we will be holding a library day. Children who have their book bag will be able to borrow a book.
Dates for your diary
- W/C 10th November – Parent’s Evening
- Wednesday 26th November – Cinema visit
- Wednesday 3rd December, family Winter Craft event 8:45-10:00
- Christmas performance –
Welcome to Year 1’s page.
Autumn 1’s half-term is a very busy one, where the children will settle in and begin to transition from a play-based Early Years Curriculum while keeping all the elements that make learning fun and engaging.
Global theme: Power and Governance
How can we make things fair for everyone?
Changes within living memory: Darnall, Sheffield
Our focus in history and geography will be learning about our local area. Where is Phillimore within Darnall? Where is Darnall? And where is England and our capital? The children will be learning about how things have changed in our homes over time. Have Houses and telephones always been the same? At the end of the half term, we will use what we have learnt to make maps of our local streets, focusing on human and physical features of the area and how buildings have changed.
English
In English we will be learning about traditional tales including Cinderella, where we will focus on the characters and ordering the story. We will develop the fundamentals of sentences through whole class transcription. In book study we will be reading: The Water Princess and That Rabbit belongs to Emily Brown.
Maths
In maths we will be focusing on place value to 20 and addition and subtraction.
Science
Our Science lessons will teach us about our body parts, their functions and how our senses help us to enjoy the world around us. We will be exploring all five of our senses through first hand learning experiences.
Visits
We will be going for a walk around the local area, focusing on the age of different houses. This will also help us learn about the geography of our local area and how things change in the Autumn. We will visit the Crucible to take part in a musical performance of The Storm Whale. We will also visit Darnall Library every half term as a class, this is a great opportunity for the children to develop a real love for reading.
Home Learning
Reading is the most important thing you can do to help your child learn. Every Friday we will change the children’s reading books.
For your information
Please ensure your child has their book bag and water bottle in school every day.
- PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday. Please make sure that all children are in the correct P.E uniform. This should be a plain white t-shirt with a round neck (not a school uniform polo shirt), black jogging bottoms or legging and trainers. Hair is tied up and they are not wearing any jewellery. The children should come to school wearing their PE uniform on PE days.
As part of Readmore@Phillimore on Wednesdays we will be holding a library day. Children who have their book bag will be able to borrow a book.
Dates for your diary
Wednesday 3rd September 2025- children return to school
Wednesday 8th October 2025- The Storm Whale performance, Crucible Theatre.