Year 1
Welcome to Year 1!
2023-2024
Your Teachers:
Miss Fisher - 1F
Miss Rowe - 1R
Year 1 News
We hope you enjoyed the half term break. We are looking forward to seeing you again for our exciting new topic, Enchanted Forest! Below you can find out more about what we will be learning in different subjects
We will post updates and information here, and important messages will be communicated via the app so please make sure you are checking there regularly. Please don't hesitate to contact your teacher either in person or via email admin@didsburyroad.stockport.sch.uk if you have any questions
Photos are added to the Gallery section of the website so you can have a look at some of our learning!
Books
Children's reading books will now be changed each Thursday. Children will bring home a library book, levelled reading book and a Monster Phonics book. These books aim to address different reading targets such as decoding, comprehension skills and developing a love of reading. Please ensure your child has their reading books and record in their bookbags every day as your child will be having their Guided Reading session reading with a teacher between Tuesday-Friday. Please sign and comment in their reading records whenever they read at home as this will help us to monitor children's progress. If you do not have a yellow reading record please ask in the office for a new one.
Forest School
This half term we will have Forest School on a Wednesday. Please can your child bring a bag into school for the first week back containing wellies, waterproof trousers, waterproof coat and gloves. This will then stay in school for the rest of the half term to be used each week.
PE Kit
Our PE days for Spring 1 will be:
1F: Monday (indoor PE), Friday (outdoor PE)
1R: Tuesday (indoor PE), Friday (outdoor PE)
Please ensure your child comes into school wearing the correct PE kit on these days. Navy or black shorts/leggings/joggers, white or house colour T-shirt and a black or navy sweatshirt.
Supporting Learning at Home
To support the transition from EYFS to Year 1 we sent home the end of year objectives for Year 1 so you are familiar with the targets your child is working towards this year. Please let us know if there is any more information or resources you would like for home. There is some information below on what we are learning in different subjects if you would like to work on any of these areas at home. There are also links at the bottom of the page to games/websites/activities at home.
What are we learning in Spring 2?
We are excited to start our new topic - Enchanted Forest, where we will be learning all about plants and trees, fairy tales and exploring the outdoors.
- English: We will continue to focus on core writing skills - capital letters, finger spaces and full stops, and we will be recapping each letter family to encourage correct letter formation. We will be reading 'Bog Baby', using this story to learn about similes and to write instructions. We will also compare the fairy tales 'Little Red Riding Hood' and 'Three Little Pigs', writing interview questions for the wolf and creating our alternative stories.
- Phonics: We are following the Monster Phonics scheme through daily Phonics lessons. This half term we will introduce the remaining sounds left to teach, they begin revision of sounds taught this year, focusing on reading real and alien words. We will continue learning the spelling of common exception words and high frequency words:
- Maths: We will finish our unit on addition and subtraction to 20, focusing on related facts and missing number questions. We will consolidate our number facts using the Mastering Number scheme. We will then move up to numbers to 50, focusing on the place value of tens and ones. Our final unit is measurement, looking at measuring height, length, mass and volume.
- Science: We will be learning all about plants and trees, including labelling the parts, understanding what they need to grow, planting our own beans and naming garden and wild flowers. We will be covering lots of these objectives through our learning at Forest School.
- Geography: We will be learning about the United Kingdom - naming the countries and seas surrounding the UK, and looking at landmarks and identifying flags.
- Art: We will be focusing on artist Gustav Klimt and creating a mixed media book based on his artwork the Tree of Life. We will also be sketching trees and experimenting with using charcoal.
- DT: We will be designing, making, eating and evaluating our own fruit kebabs.
- PE: In our indoor PE sessions we will be focusing on Dance, including using counts of 8 to dance in time, following a sequence and creating a dance using actions and pathways. In our outdoor PE sessions we will be focusing on Striking and Field Games.
- PSHE: We will be learning about Fire Safety (linked to Forest School) and growing in our world.
- RBV (Religion, Beliefs & Values): We will be thinking about our new focus question 'What can we learn from sacred books?'
- Computing: We will be learning about programming, coding and robotics. We will use different software to create movement, create simple algorithms, and make a robot follow a short sequence.
Our Topics:
Autumn Term
Magical Me
Toytastic
Spring Term
Hooray for the Heatons
Enchanted Forest
Summer Term
Amazing Animals
Happy Holidays