Year 1CW 2024 - 2025

Welcome back to the first half of the summer term. In Year One we have lots of exciting and interesting activities planned!

In RE our new topic is ‘Which stories are special and why’ we will be learning about stories which are special to different religions and discover why these are special to different believers. We will focus on the impact of these stories on the lives of the believers. Children will learn key events from these stories and re tell them from different world views. 

In maths, the children will be focusing on fractions, 3D shapes, money, time, and addition and subtraction. In English, we will be looking at fairy tales and fantasy stories before moving onto letters, information texts and poetry.

In science, our new biology topic is plants. We will be learning about the different plants we see in our school grounds, comparing garden and wild plants, labelling plants and learning all about how plants grow.

Animals and their Habitats is our topic in Geography, the children will explore the different continents and discover where their favourite animal lives. Andy Goldsworthy inspires this half term in art, as we will be looking at Nature’s Art. We will be collecting natural objects and creating our own land art.

As the Year One phonics screening test is fast approaching, please continue to help and support your children with their phonics at home. Alternatively, there are links to phonics websites on the school website, which can be found on the 1CW and 1KW class pages.

Please make sure your child has their reading books and reading records in school every day to ensure they are getting new books each week. PE kits must also be in school every day for children to take part. Homework including spellings is given out on Thursdays and needs to be completed by your child and returned the following Wednesday. 

We look forward to another great half term with Year One.

Thank You!