Year 1

A very warm welcome to Year 1  

Adults in the classroom

Miss Hussain

Mrs O'Kelly

Spring Term

We are enjoying the topic Australia! We have been locating it on a map, learning about all the differnt animals and we even had a visitor who was a native Australian. Book week will also creep up on us and we will be making and writing our own books.  On world book day we will be dressing up as animals from stories and will be meeting Helen Cooper, an author and illustrator famously known for the story Pumpkin Soup. 

English 

In English we have been exploring traditional tales, the last of our traditional tales will be Goldilocks and the three bears.  We will be taking this out of the classroom and visiting the Chiltern Open Air Museum where we will be undertaking their workshop including, making porridge on a fire.

This term we are also learning about the history of airplanes and how they have developed.  We may even have a air hostess who will come and visit when she is not too busy helping out the pilot.

Maths

Autumn, counting and ordering, place value, odd and even numbers, addition and subtraction.

After half term, addition and subtraction, measuring length and 2D shape.  

PE

PE will take place on a Monday and Friday afternoon. Monday will usually be indoor PE and Friday will usually be outdoor PE, weather permitting.

PE kit consists of:

· A white or green t-shirt.

· A pair of black shorts.

· Indoor shoes.

· During the colder months, the children are able to bring in a tracksuit and trainers.

Expectations

Please be prompt for an 8.40am start, otherwise children miss their morning activities.

Children are expected to read at home every night. Please let us know by filling in their reading records which will be checked on a Wednesday.

PE kits must come into school every Monday.

Homework will be given out on a Friday and is expected back on a Wednesday.

All children should be coming in with a book bag and a water bottle.

Polite notice, the children do not need rucksacks in year 1 as they take up too much room in the classroom.