Year 1
This half term, our Year 1 theme is 'The Earth and Beyond: Our Blue Planet'. We will be exploring the wonderful world of animals and discovering more about the different creatures that share our planet. The children will learn about a variety of animals, their habitats and the environments they live in, as well as exploring how animals are similar and different. We will be linking our learning across the curriculum to our theme, using stories, creative activities and exciting investigations to develop our understanding of the natural world. We will also be thinking about how we can care for our planet and the animals that call it home.
Stay tuned for lots of pictures of our brilliant learning from throughout the half term.
PE days
Class 4– Monday & Thursday.
Class 5– Wednesday and Friday
Class 6 – Tuesday and Friday
We love learning in Year 1
In Year 1, we follow an engaging, broad and balanced curriculum. We love practical learning, as you can see from these photos! In Maths, we follow Maths Mastery to ensure that no learners are left behind. We use manipulatives to deepen our understanding of key concepts and we love to explore and reason within mathematics.
We will also be learning about our local area in geography. We love linking our science learning to our topic too, and will be learning about animals, including birds, amphibians, mammals and more. As well as that, we have started learning about online safety and how to stay safe in the increasingly digital age that we are living in.
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Reading
At St Georges School, we focus on the importance of developing a love of reading from an early age. In Year 1, we are accessing high quality texts including 'There’s a tiger in the garden', 'Safari ("National Geographic" Readers)', 'The Magic Bojabi Tree', 'All the animals were sleeping' 'One Day On Our Blue Planet... In the Savannah', 'Poetry – the big hardback book of poems', and 'Little Gooses- Autumn'.
We use Little Wandle to deliver high quality, effective phonics to ensure that every child has the ability to be a fluent reader by the end of Key Stage 1 and beyond!
Writing
In English, we are linking our fantastic writing to our 'Our Blue Planet' topic. The children are completing a range of texts linked to this. We will be focusing on securing the fundamentals of writing, with links to our topic.
We will also be developing our oracy skills, engaging in role play and sharing our learning with other year groups.
Mathematics
At St Georges School, we are dedicated to the Maths Mastery approach to teaching and learning. .
During our first half term, we will be revisiting gaps in our learning from EYFs. Then, we will move onto learning about place value, addition and subtraction
We have also started an exciting new scheme called 'Mastering Number', which aims to devleop childrens fluency and understanding of core numeracy skills.
Wider Curriculum
We will be linking our wider curriculum learning to our topic 'Our Blue Planet'. In Year 1, we have a broad and balanced curriculum where we will be developing our skills in Science, Art, DT, Music, PE, Computing, RE, DT and PSHE throughout the term. We also love to make our learning cross curricular wherever possible, and will soon be engaging with a 'Wonder Dome: Space VR' experience ! We can't wait to share photos from this exciting day on our website page!
Year 1 Wonderdome
In Autumn term, Year 1 had an amazing 'Wonderdome' experience linked to our theme 'Space Explorers'. The children engaged with an immersive, presenter led planeterium show, brought to life through the power of VR.
