Welcome to Year 1!

Welcome back! We hope that you had a wonderful Easter break and were able to enjoy some of the lovely weather that we had. 

In English, we will be starting off the half term focusing on a poetry unit as we listen to and write our own riddles then we will move onto the story Grandad's Island by Benji Davies. We will continue to focus on writing full sentences and we be taking this a step further as we start to use conjunctions to extend our sentences and adjectives to make our writing more exciting. Alongside using our phonics skills in our writing we will also be working on spelling the Year 1 common exception words correctly. A list of these can be found further down the page. 

 In Maths we will begin out first unit on multiplication and division which will include us counting in groups of 2s 5s and 10s and we will then move onto a fractions unit as we focus on finding 1/2 and 1/4 of numbers and shapes. In Science we will be finding out about materials and we have some exciting investigations to enjoy which include floating and sinking and looking at magnetic and non magnetic items. Our Geography topic is all about the seaside. We'll be looking closely at what is found in rock pools and how to protect the seaside from pollution. 

Please try to read at home at least 4 times each week and help your child to read and write the tricky words that are on a bookmark at the back of their reading planner. 

To find out more about what we will be learning, please see out 'Curriculum on a Page' document which will give you an overview of our learning across the year. 

Key Information

Our P.E. days for this half term are Monday and Friday. The children will require an indoor kit for these sessions which includes pumps. 

Earrings must not be worn for P.E. If your child cannot take their earrings out, please ensure that they are removed before school on P.E. days. 

Please feel free to make contact at any time with any questions or queries.

Mrs Sharrock and The Year 1 Team