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.
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
Timetable
Autumn Term 2
In geography we will be learning about our local area and will also start to learn to read simple maps. In writing, our class texts are Beegu, The Pet Potato and The Christmas Pine. Year 1 will be writing character and setting descriptions, as well as rewriting the story in their own language.
In maths we are building on the strong foundations of composition of number that we covered last term and starting addition and subtraction within 10. We will be learning about animals including humans in science.
In RE, we will be delving into the Nativity story and exploring the different roles in the story. Finally in art, we will be creating beautiful pieces of landscape art!
Autumn Term 1
In History, we will be learning about ‘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 take 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, The Odd Egg and Who Are You. We will also look at poetry inspired by Black History month.
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! 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
- Class collective worship will be on Friday 14th November at 2.50pm in the church hall.