Welcome to Year 1’s homepage! In Year 1 we work hard to build on the early foundations of learning. We encourage a love for learning. At the beginning of Year 1 we recognise the importance of providing children with a well-balanced transition from Early Years.

This year is full of amazing opportunities and learning for Year 1. We will be developing and growing our learning and building on important relationships and skills through trips, workshops and hands-on lessons. This year we will focus on main topics across the year, such as the ‘History of Camden Market’ and our soon-to-be-announced Shakespeare text. We will also celebrate Black History Month in October and our annual Mitzvah Day.

You can keep up with what Year 1 are doing through our class blog and our home learning that is sent home every week. We are always happy to hear from you and find out what you think!

Year One Team!

Class teacher: Mrs Evans and Mrs Bern

Teaching assistants: Mrs Kabir, Ms Ortiz and Ms Coles

Timetable

Autumn Term 1

This term, Year 1’s topic is ‘the History of Camden Market’. We will be visiting the market and using our detective skills to find clues about what the market used to be like. In drama we will throw ourselves back in time to imagine what life might have been like in the past, and understand what Camden Market must have been like with the stables and the horse hospital.

Our class texts this term encourage lots of imaginative retelling. We will be reading the beloved picture book, Someone Just Like You and traditional fairy tales.

In Maths, we will be revisiting our number facts – counting up to 10 and working with numbers from 0-10 to build a more solid understanding of place value, addition and subtraction. We will be trying to use our reasoning skills to explain what we have found.

In Science, we will be learning about seasonal changes and plants! In Art, we will work on developing our drawing and mark-making skills, as well as looking at the work of artist Frank Bowling for Black History month. In RE, we will learn about the Christian/Jewish creation story and learn to share and explain our beliefs as well as understand that Christians believe that God created the world in seven days.

Key Dates

  • Parents Evening W/C 9th November (more information to follow)
  • Class collective worship will be on Friday 20th November at 2.55pm in the church hall.
  • Whole School Advent Church Service on Friday 18th December at 11am.