Year 1K 2020 - 2021

Welcome back and a Happy New Year!

We hope you all had a lovely, safe break during Christmas. We have got another exciting half term planned in year 1!

We are looking forward to starting our new topic in R.E, ‘Jesus was special’ looking at his life and ministry. We will ask lots of different questions including: What makes Jesus special? Who were Jesus’s special friends? How can we build special friendships? We are looking forward to learning more about the miracles Jesus performed!

We will be learning all about the continents and countries of the world in Geography and discovering new information about various cities and islands from around the globe. In Art we will be looking at the topic of ‘tackling textiles’ and will be learning about various artists. In Science we are going to be learning about humans and animals, comparing the similarities and differences and developing an understanding of our own body’s and our life cycle.

In English we will be reading traditional tales, funny poems, writing letters and learning to write instructions. This term we are going to be focusing on using adjectives and verbs in our writing to make our sentences more interesting. We are going to continue building our knowledge of number in Maths, including place value, addition, subtraction and number sequences. We will also learn more about time and money and begin measuring lengths and weights.

Please ensure that your child has the correct P.E. kit in order to take part. Homework is given out on Fridays and needs to be completed by your child and returned the following Thursday. Please send your child to school with their reading book and reading record each day. We appreciate your support with reading with your children at home.

Please bear in mind that phonics remains a very important aspect of Year One and we would appreciate any extra help or support that you can give to your child with their phonics learning.

Thank you

Year 1 team!