Welcome to Year 1 with Mrs Hayward and Mrs Kemp.

Outlined below is a vision of what we aim to cover.

In Geography we will;

Carry out a local study – traffic survey. The children will learn how to use geographical terms to describe an area.

The children will learn how to identify major geographical features.

The children will learn how to use maps and plans. They will also learn how to use globes and atlases.

The children will learn how to understand and use basic symbols on a map.

The children will learn how to understand and use bus routes and timetables.

They will use the compass directions – North, South, East, West

They will learn about Nantwich and Crewe train stations, Manchester airport, bus routes, routes on a map, market towns, train lines, timetables and world travel.

In History we will;

Focus on Space. We will also look at planes, trains and automobiles. We will learn about the history and development of transport.

The children will learn about timelines

The children will learn about famous people including Mae Jemison/ Neil Armstrong and the race to space.
The children will learn how to describe significant people from the past.

The children will be encouraged to ask questions about people in the past anduse dates where appropriate.

In Art we will;

Learn about Abstract art with a focus on Jackson Pollock.

The children will learn about Sculpture with a focus on wheels.

The children will learn how to use a combination of shapes, including lines and texture using a variety of materials eg. rolled up paper, straws etc.

In Design and Technology, we will;

Observe, draw and design a bicycle using the book Christopher's Bicycle as a hook.

The children will learn how to Design, Make an Evaluate

The children will learn how to explore products and talk about how they have changed.

In R.E. we will;

The children will learn about identity diversity and belonging

The children will find out about Christianity by visiting the local church?

The children will learn how do Christians show they belong.

The children will learn how Christians celebrate marriage?

The children will learn about the Jewish Concept of God
They will also learn what do Jews say God is like.

In music we will;

Under the Sea

The children will create new lyrics to fit a known melody and rhythm. They will accompany their singing with percussion instruments and compose a piece of music describing the sea.

Blast off!
Pupils are to create lyrics for their own space song and accompany with percussion instruments. They will use a selection of tuned and untuned instruments to compose a piece of space music.

In Science we will;

Learn about materials.
The children will learn how to distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made.
The childrenwill learn how to identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water and rock.
They will learn how to describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials.
They will learn how to compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties.

The children will learn about plants and seasonal change.
They will learn to identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants, and trees.

They will learn to identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including trees.

In English our Pathways to Write books will be;

Summer 1

Toys in Space by Mini Grey
The children will learn how to plan and write a fiction: story based on the structure of the text

Summer 2

Goldilocks and Just the one bear by Leigh Hodgkinson
The children will learn how to plan and write a fiction: story based on the structure of the text

In Maths we will;

Carry out a variety of activities related to;

Multiplication.

Place value within 100.

Investigations linked to fractions.

Investigations linked to time.

In Computing we will;

Learn how to;
To Connect-Safer internet searches
To Code -Summer 1 – Year1 We.Do.2 (Project: Speed)
To Collect -Creating graphsUseful websites

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/pop_n_drop/

Here is a link to the Common Exception Word Vimeos
https://vimeo.com/497930323

Numbots is an excellent way for your child to practice their mental maths. It helps with understanding, recall and fluency in mental addition and subtraction so that they can move from counting to calculating. User names and passwords have been put into their reading diaries.

Here is a link to the spelling videos of the Y1 common exception words. The idea is that the children hear the word read out to them, the children write it down and then they are shown the the correct spelling so they can check it. They can pause the video after each word.Y1 Spelling- https://vimeo.com/497941667

If you would like to share your work with us, please send it to this email address:sapphire@stjamesaudlem.cheshire.sch.uk