Hello and Welcome to Year 1!

We are Mrs Cartlidge and Mrs Yemm and we are the teachers for Year 1 this academic year. Mrs Yemm will teach on a Monday and Mrs Cartlidge will teach Tuesday to Friday.

Below is some information about what we will be learning, our topics and some ideas on how you can help your child at home. I hope you find it useful.

If you do have any questions or concerns regarding your child's learning, please do not hesitate to contact us, via the school office and we can arrange a mutually convenient time to speak.

Kind Regards,

Mrs Cartlidge & Mrs Yemm

Information for Year 1 Class

English:

Our class story which will play an integral part of our English this term. In term 1 our Fiction book will be “We’re going to find the Monster” and our non-fiction text will be “Welcome to Our World”. Through the means of a story map, the children will be learning the story of ‘We’re going to find the monster’. We will then be focussing on the different settings in the story where the children will be making simple statements, as well as applying grammar such as capital letters and full stops. We will then move onto looking at our non-fiction text of ‘Welcome to Our World’ where the children will write a fact file all about themselves, focussing on using simple present tense, writing in the third person and using relevant vocabulary. In term 2 our class text will be ‘Look Up’ where the children will focus on re telling the whole story and will use simple descriptions to describe the characters in their narrative writing. The non-fiction text In Term 2 will be ‘Meet the Oceans’ where the children will write an invitation. In Term 3 the class text will be Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion and the children will write an alternative Version – Little Red and the Hungry …….. The non fiction text will be The Queen next door and the children will write a postcard. Term 4 the class text the children will be looking at is called Tidy and the children will retell the story in a non – rhyming narrative. The non – fiction text is called The Digger and the Flower and the children will be writing a simple letter to persuade the other diggers. Term 5 the children will look at Lost in the Toy Museum and will write an alternative version and the non fiction text will be called, Dare we be Dragons, where the children will write a recount.

Finally in term 6 the last fiction text will be A home for Stone where the children will write an alternative version and change the stone to a different item found on the beach and the non fiction text is called Tiny Crab is a Tidy Crab, and the children will write a set of instructions of how to keep the beach tidy.

Maths:

In Maths in terms 1 & 2 the children are looking at place value (within 10), addition and subtraction (within 10) and shape. The children will be sorting, counting and representing objects. They will recognise numbers as words, count on from any number, counting forward and backwards and will be finding one more and one less. We will also be comparing groups of objects and indicating which one has more, less or equals to. The children will also be looking at parts and wholes, fact families, number bonds to 10, addition problems and subtraction problems. Language is very important in maths and the children will learn the meaning of greater or less than. The children will also be looking at parts and wholes, later this term, we will also look at shape and a key focus will be our number formation and being able to write numerals as words. Term 3 the children will be learning about place value within 20 and addition and subtraction within 20. In term 4 they will be looking at place Value within 50, length and height and mass and volume. In term 5 they will learn about multiplication and division, fractions and in Geometry – position and direction. Finally in term 6 they will be looking at Place value within 100 and in Measurement they will look at Money and Time.

RE:

• Autumn Terms: Creation, Prayers Saints and Feasts. Advent
• Spring Terms: Christmas, Revelation, Lent, Holy week
• Summer Terms: Easter, Pentecost, Sacraments

Science:

For science, in term 1 the children will be learning about seasonal changes and will be identifying and talking about the changes that happen within Autumn and winter, including looking at the weather and about the amount of daylight hours there are across the four seasons. In term 2 the children will learn about Everyday materials and will be comparing every day materials and objects, they will identify, name and describe a variety of every day materials, compare and group a variety of materials and finally they will describe the properties of these materials. In term 3 we will be looking at Animals including Humans. The children will name a variety of common animals and identify which groups of animals belong to fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. They will also look at which animals are herbivores, carnivores and omnivores. They will also look at Identifying, naming and labelling the basic parts of the human body as well as looking at senses. Term 4 they will learn about Plants and will name a variety of wild and garden plants, identify evergreen and deciduous trees and talk about the structure of a plant. In Term 6 they will look at seasonal changes again and will identify and talk about the changes that happen within Summer and recognise that in Summer the days are longer. Finally they will talk about the changes that happen within the natural environment.

Geography:

In term 2 in Geography our topic will be: What is it like here? The children will locate three features on an aerial photograph of the school and know the name of the country and village, town or city in which they live. They will make a map of the classroom with four key features, using objects to represent the distance and direction of features in the classroom and recognise four features in the school grounds using a map.

In term 4 the topic will be: What is the weather like in the UK?

The children will name and locate the four countries on a map of the UK, aswell as identifying the country they live in. Identify the four seasons and the current season and describe some seasonal changes. Identify the four compass directions and identify that the arrow on a compass always shows north. They will use the compass directions to describe the location of features.

In term 5 the topic is called: What is it like to live in Shanghai?

The children will give examples of human and physical features and draw a sketch map. They will name and locate some continents on a world map and identify physical and human features of a non-European country. Finally they will describe what it is like in Shanghai and compare Shanghai to a small area of the UK.

History:

In term 3 the topic the children will look at in History is : How am I making history?

The children will order three photographs correctly on a simple timeline, they will use the terms ‘before’ and ‘after’ when discussing their timelines. The children will talk about three memories and place one of them on a timeline.

In term 4 it is called: How have toys changed?

The children will ask questions about toys in the past and make comparisons between toys in the past and present. They will sequence artefacts from different periods of time and identify changes between teddy bears today and those from 100 years ago, while describing how toys have changed over time.

In term 5 they will look at: How have explorers changed the world?

In this unit the children will explain what explorers do, while naming what equipment or transport an explorer would need. They will sequence four photographs from different periods of time. The children will look at and name important explorers (e.g. Christopher Columbus, Dame Ellen MacArthur, Matthew Henson and Mary Kingsley), while identifying where they travelled and the achievements of one explorer.

Physical Education (PE):

Our PE day is a Wednesday afternoon. We will do a mixture of activities both inside and if the weather is kind, outside. It is really important that your child has the right PE kit each week. they will need trainers, t-shirt and either shorts (if its hot) or tracksuit bottoms or leggings. As we are approaching the winter months, a jumper suitable for exercising in would also be useful. In term 1 we will do team building activities and term 2 we will have a fitness focus. In term 3 the children will be learning games/ball skills. Term 4 the children will take part in invasion games, term 5 the children will learn a range of dance techniques and routines and in term 6 the children will focus on Athletics.

Reading:

Reading is really important and ideally children should read for 10 minutes every night. Please write in their Yellow Reading Record book every time your child reads and that their reading books are bought to school every day. Reading isn't just about ' reading a book ' - you can also help improve their comprehension skills by asking your child questions about what they've read, can they make predictions based on what they know about the story so far, can they find specific words in a book, can they compare this book to another one they've read etc.. All these are important skills that make reading easier and more enjoyable. It is really important that all children read preferably for 10 minutes every night.

Long Term Plan - 2025 - 2026

Please click here to view our Long Term plan for this Year.  This document details our topics and focus for each subject for Terms 1 through to 6 for this academic year.