Welcome to Year 1's information page!

Your Year 1 team are - Miss Simpson,  Miss Carlin, Miss Ball, Miss Nicula & Miss Qadoos. 

Welcome to Year 1’s page. 

We have an exciting half term ahead of us. There are five weeks which will be full of first-hand experiences to support the children’s learning. Reading continues to be a focus, and it is great to see the children develop a love of books. In class they vote for our daily story and the children become very excited about the books they choose. 

Global theme: Peace and Conflict 

The children are taught to think about the peace and conflict in their own lives. How do they get on with each other and what happens when they fall out with their friends? 

How can people change the world? 

Our focus in history will continue to be all about significant people who have changed the lives for others. We will focus on Rosa Parks and her determination to make things equal as she helped ignite a nationwide movement against racial segregation. In Geography, we will continue to revise the countries and capital cities of the UK. The children will also learn about the hotter parts of the world. They will explore the different climates, why it is hot there and which animals can survive in those places. 

English 

In English we will be reading Jack’s Amazing Shadow by Tom Percival. In this story Jack falls out with his shadow as it is always getting him into trouble. As the story continues, he realises that he needs his shadow and makes amends. The book beautifully supports our global learning theme. We will continue to use transcription and ensure sentence basics are used more accurately and consistently – full stops, capital letters and finger spaces. Handwriting and letter formation remains a big focus.  Book Study lessons will see us read an explore Lubna and Pebble, Growing good, and Lila and the secret of rain. 

Maths 

In maths, we will revisit basic addition and subtraction within 20 and focus on place value within 50. Children will learn the value of ‘tens’ and ‘ones’ in a 2-digit number (eg. 15 = one ten and 5 ones). Problem solving and reasoning are key skills to help Year 1 children evolve and deepen their maths skills.  We will learn continue to practice number bonds to ten and will use these skills to answer word problems. 

Science 

In science we will be learning about spring, common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees. To support the children’s learning we will be visiting High Hazels park and growing things in our outdoor area.  

Visits 

We will continue to visit Darnall library to ignite children’s love for reading. 

• Thursday 5th March – EIS Sports day. 

• Wednesday 9th March – Class 4 Library 

• Wednesday 18th March – Class 3 Library 

• Wednesday 25th March – High Hazels Park  

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. We also send a handwriting sheet and a maths sheet which focuses on what we have been doing in the classroom. 

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, 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: 

• Thursday 5th March – World Book Day 

• Friday 6th March – Book café at 2:45