Meet our wonderful Year 1 Team
Year 1 Teachers
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Miss Kay
Year 1 Class Teacher
Google Certified Educator Level 1
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Miss Sprot
Teaching Assistant
Miss Kay
Year 1 Class Teacher
Google Certified Educator Level 1
Miss Sprot
Teaching Assistant
Please find everything you need to know about Year 1 in the PowerPoint below.
To ease the transition from EYFS into year 1, we promote the use of continuous provision throughout the year. We provide a broad and challenging curriculum with many opportunities for children to thrive.
Homework
Please listen to your child read their reading book and book they know each week. Please download the White Rose 1 Minute Maths app and encourage your child to use this. Here is the link for it https://whiterosemaths.com/resources/1-minute-maths
Reading
Reading books: Your child will bring one decodable book home every Thursday. This will be the book they have worked on in their Reading Practice Sessions at school that week. It is an expectation that your child reads to you once before returning the books for changing on Monday. Please can you sign their reading diary to confirm this.
Books We Know: Your child will bring home a book they know each week. They will have read these books at school so sit back and enjoy them telling you a story. It will be their responsibility to look after it and they must remember to bring it to school each Friday in order to exchange it for a new book.
PE
This term we have PE every Monday. Please ensure children have PE kits in school and any earrings are removed or plasters need to be provided for the children to cover them with.
Uniform
All children should wear full uniform including their ALWAYS badges.
We do allow pupils to wear all black trainers - no coloured swooshes/stripes etc. with all black soles.
Black shoes are also still acceptable and preferred for school.
Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term
Year 1 Autumn 1 - Knowledge Mats
Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term
Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term
Year 1 Spring 1 - Knowledge mats
Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term
Year 1 Spring 2 - Knowledge Mats
Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term
Year 1 Summer 1 - Knowledge Mats
Have a look at our knowledge mats to see what we are learning this term
Year 1 Summer 2 - Knowledge Mats
Fun in year 1!
We have a new member of our class... it’s Grandma Fantastic and she brings us amazing vocabulary to help us with our work. As you can see the children have been jotting down what they can see on the front cover of our new book Rosie’s Walk. Ask your child about the drama they did today. Can they tell or show you how Rosie and the fox walked?
Grandma Fantastic
Science is all about materials this term. We had to solve a problem for Mrs Jones as she needed to know what material was the best for cleaning up spilt liquids. We enjoyed our first experiment testing out which material is the most absorbent. Ask the children to demonstrate it at home, they might even help with the cleaning
We have had a great morning and mostly managed to miss the weather. We are about to start our session which is about dragons. We will post more pictures on our return.
The children were split into 2 groups to ensure they all had a turn at the activity. In the sand we built our own Motte and Bailey castle just like Clitheroe Castle. We also learnt how to be Masters of Arms with our swords and in circle time we even got to hold a real dragons tooth, claw and scale!
On Friday, Years 1 and 3 went to The Billy Project to deliver the food we collected for harvest. We felt proud that as a school, we were using our school value of love to support people less fortunate than us.
Year 1 Autumn 2- Knowledge mats
Friday's snowball disco. All the children enjoyed themselves that much that we forgot to take pictures as we were too busy dancing!
Christmas jumper day has been a fantastic day. Lovely to see everyone getting in the spirit.
Year 1 Spring 1 - Knowledge mats
We’ve been super busy today!
Today in Science, we have started our new topic of Animals including human. We have learnt the names of many different body parts by playing Simon says, and by drawing around each other to label them on paper. It was great fun!
In Maths, we have been recapping numbers bonds to 10. We used numicon and other equipment to helps us. We did a great job!
In RE, we have started our new topic of creation. To start this off, we have been getting creative and discussed how we felt after we had made our creations. We then thought about how God might of felt after he made the world.
In Science this week, we started by recapping the names of some of our body parts by signing heads, shoulders, knees and toes. We then learnt all about our senses! It was great fun and we got to smell, taste, touch, hear and see various things!
In Maths, we are learning all about 3D shapes. Today we have been sorting various objects into groups based on their shape.
In PSHE this week, we discussed our bedtime routines and how everyone’s may be different. We then cut out Harold the giraffes routine and helped him to get to bed with his tasks in the correct order.
We have been busy bees this week in Year 1!
In Maths, we are continuing to look at shape and we are now learning about 2D-shapes. Today, we have grouped the shapes and put them into the correct hoops. We will be continuing this next week in our provision!
In English, we have been sequencing the events of our class story Farmer Duck! We have started to look at time adverbials to support us with this.
This week we have been practicing our letter formation! We have been focusing on this to ensure our handwriting is super neat.
In Maths, we have finished our Shape topic with repeating patterns! We have done a great job.
Today we have been artists in Year 1!
In RE, we have created a posters to encourage people to stop damaging God’s creation!
In Geography last week, we did our Show it! This means we got to show off everything we have learnt about the United Kingdom. We did a great job and hope you enjoy watching!
In Maths this week, we have been focusing on numbers to 20! We have wrote it and made the numbers in many different ways.
We have started our new topic in History, The Great Fire of London! We have looked at a timeline using toilet roll, to show us how long ago it really was. We then looked at some new vocabulary that we can use throughout the topic!
Happy Love Day. Thank you to all parents for sending your children in red today, it was lovely to see everyone in their non-uniform! Today we have created some fantastic art inspired by Keith Haring! The children did a great job.
We’ve been super busy today!
Today in Science, we have started our new topic of Animals including human. We have learnt the names of many different body parts by playing Simon says, and by drawing around each other to label them on paper. It was great fun!
In Maths, we have been recapping numbers bonds to 10. We used numicon and other equipment to helps us. We did a great job!
In RE, we have started our new topic of creation. To start this off, we have been getting creative and discussed how we felt after we had made our creations. We then thought about how God might of felt after he made the world.
In Science this week, we started by recapping the names of some of our body parts by signing heads, shoulders, knees and toes. We then learnt all about our senses! It was great fun and we got to smell, taste, touch, hear and see various things!
In Maths, we are learning all about 3D shapes. Today we have been sorting various objects into groups based on their shape.
In PSHE this week, we discussed our bedtime routines and how everyone’s may be different. We then cut out Harold the giraffes routine and helped him to get to bed with his tasks in the correct order.
We have been busy bees this week in Year 1!
In Maths, we are continuing to look at shape and we are now learning about 2D-shapes. Today, we have grouped the shapes and put them into the correct hoops. We will be continuing this next week in our provision!
In English, we have been sequencing the events of our class story Farmer Duck! We have started to look at time adverbials to support us with this.
This week we have been practicing our letter formation! We have been focusing on this to ensure our handwriting is super neat.
In Maths, we have finished our Shape topic with repeating patterns! We have done a great job.
Today we have been artists in Year 1!
In RE, we have created a posters to encourage people to stop damaging God’s creation!
In Geography last week, we did our Show it! This means we got to show off everything we have learnt about the United Kingdom. We did a great job and hope you enjoy watching!
In Maths this week, we have been focusing on numbers to 20! We have wrote it and made the numbers in many different ways.
We have started our new topic in History, The Great Fire of London! We have looked at a timeline using toilet roll, to show us how long ago it really was. We then looked at some new vocabulary that we can use throughout the topic!
Happy Love Day. Thank you to all parents for sending your children in red today, it was lovely to see everyone in their non-uniform! Today we have created some fantastic art inspired by Keith Haring! The children did a great job.
We’ve been super busy today!
In Art, we have been using all of the drawing techniques we have learnt to create an observational drawing of an apple. We have done a great job! Well done Year 1.
In History this week, we looked at how the fire was put out in The Great Fire of London. Ask your children if they can remember?
World Book Day 2025 in Year 1. We really appreciate all the effort you have gone to with the costumes and jars, the children looked fantastic! Thank you.
In Art, we have been using all of the drawing techniques we have learnt to copy an artists piece of work through a view finder. It was tricky to look whilst drawing but we did a great job!
Today, we went on a walk around our local area! We talked about the seasons and how we are currently transitioning from winter to spring. We also linked this to our RE topic of Easter by looking for signs of new life.
Today, in our science lesson, we have been investigating air resistance.
Today, in RE we have been growing cress as part of our Easter topic. We have made our own new life and can’t wait to watch it grow over time.
After that, we returned to class and Max had left his supper… it was still hot! The children got the chance to try it, it was yummy!
In Art this afternoon, we have used charcoal, chalk and rubbers to create patterns and shapes in our sketchbooks. We have used different mediums to help us create tones and tints.
Reader of the Week! Laiyla is our first reader of the week! Well done for reading multiple times at home, you are a superstar!
In Science this week, we have learnt about amphibians!
We are so proud of our cress! We created our own new life and look after it! Well done Year 1!
Year 1's Reader of the week is Perez!
This week, Mrs Mohamed taught us all about Eid! It was interesting to find out about a different religion and their celebrations. Mrs Mohamed gave us all a treat and we said Eid Mubarak!
In Science we have been grouping animals by what they eat. We have been using the words Carnivores, Herbivores and Omnivores. Ask your children about this at home!
Last week's DT week was fantastic! We started by investigating fruits and vegetables, tasting smoothies and fruits, and surveying other year groups for their smoothie preferences.
DT week continued with skills practice. We learned to juice citrus fruits (very sour!), practiced safe cutting, and used the blender, getting us ready to create!
Finally, we made our smoothies! It was so much food and they tasted delicious. We had different stations to ensure we have all the ingredients in our smoothie.
To end our DT week, we evaluated our design! We talked about wether we liked it and if it met our design criteria! We also sat in the sun and finished all the fruit that was left.
We have been super busy in Maths this week!
We have now finished our History topic so we have done our Show it! We pretended to be news reporters and share everything we know about The Great Fire of London. We did a fantastic job and used our oracy skills.
In Art, we have started our painting topic. We have been using the Primary colours and mixing to create Secondary colours.
In Maths, we have started our new Height and Length unit. We started by looking at height and comparing using the words taller and shorter.
In the next lesson, we looked at length and we compared using the words longer and shorter. We used our oracy to talk about the objects we had found in the classroom.
We have been measuring using non-standard units. We used cubes, counters and books and discussed what would be best to measure each object.
In Art this week, we have been using our Primary colours again but this time we have used a range of tools to create marks in the paint.
Praise is our reader of the week this week! She has read multiple times at home, keep it up!
We have been busy bees in provision this week!
In Science, we have been learning all about Plants! In this weeks lesson, we talked about what plants need to grow and how they start from a seed or a bulb. We then planted our own seeds and are going to look after them and observe the grow over time!
In our outdoor area, we have been using the water tray to help us with our Maths! We have been looking at capacity and using the words full, nearly full, nearly empty and empty.
In Maths, we have been looking at Place value to 50. We have been counting by grouping in tens.
This week was Miss Sprot's big birthday! We made sure she had a special day by singing Happy Birthday and making her a cake in provision!
Jaymee-Leigh is our reader of the week this week! Jaymee-Leigh has had her journal signed every week since January and this can be recognised in the progress she has made. Keep it up!
In Art today, we have used a new medium which is water colours. We have added more water, used different brushes and created patterns.
In Geography, we have been looking at maps and globes and discussing the difference. We then linked it to the previous topic of the United Kingdom and located it on the map. Finally, we put the continents on the world map and sang the song!
Nana is our reader of the week this week! Nana has been reading regularly at home and has been having her journal signed! Keep it up!
Yesterday in Maths, we were counting in 2s. The children were excellent at this and worked really hard. We used a variety of equipment to support our understanding.
Yesterday in Science, we explored the roots of a plant. We took apart a plant carefully and had a closer look using a magnifying glass! It was amazing what we could see. Ask your children at home what is the job of the root in a plant?
Today in Maths, we focused on counting in 5s. The children were excellent, working hard with various equipment and talk partners to support their understanding.
Today in Geography, we successfully reviewed the 7 continents, locating them on a map. We then learned about the 5 oceans, singing a song and identifying their locations.
We had our final PE lesson with Sam! We had so much fun!
This week we have been carrying on with our multiplication and division unit. We have split various objects into even groups and rows, this is challenging but we are working hard!
Outdoor prayer experience! We had a wonderful morning exploring different ways to pray and reflect.
Counting to 100!
In Art, we have been exploring the work of Georgia O’Keefe. We used water colours to recreate some of her work. We did a fantastic job!
In English, we have been studying the story of Mole’s Star! We have been copying Mole and making a wish looking up at the stars! It was a great experience. We then wrote our wish down and closed our books, in hope that they come true!
We have been super busy in Maths this week!
This week in Science, we continued our plant studies by exploring trees. We went on a local walk to examine different parts of trees, measured their trunks, and even made some bark rubbings. It was a great time, and we learned that every tree is unique!
What a busy week we have had in Year 1! We started the week by playing with the parachute in the sunshine.
We have started to explore money in Maths, we have been looking at different coins.
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We decided to have our English lesson in the sunshine! We created our story map for Mole’s Star!
In Art, we have been doing observational painting of fruit and vegetables! We have used black water colour in different ways. They look brilliant!
Today we have done our DT Know it! We have recapped all the skills we used in our last DT week to make smoothies, however this time we made lemonade! It was delicious and cooled us down.
Mrs Harrison, thank you so much for our amazing end of year treat! The bouncy castle was so much fun, and it was lovely to see all the children experience the joy that comes from following our ALWAYS rights.
It's DT week, and we're creating nursery rhyme pop-up cards! Our investigation began by exploring various pop-up books and nursery rhymes, and we even surveyed other classes for their preferences. Plus, we spotted a pop-up book in the 'Scrumptious' show!
We then looked at our skills! We practised cutting and drawing ready for the real card! We picked the nursery rhyme we are going to use and followed step by step instructions!
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