Year 1

Welcome to Year 1 Woodpeckers!

Our class teachers are Mrs Walsh and Mrs Hollas. We are supported in class every morning by Miss Watson. 

We are expected to read, at home, three times a week and books will be changed at least every Friday.

In the morning we have:

Phonics, Guided Reading, Literacy and Maths.

In the afternoon after Worship, our lessons are based on the wider curriculum which includes: 

Science, Art, DT, PE, History, Geography, PSHE, Music and RE. Junior Jam teach Computing on a Thursday afternoon. We also have an outdooor area where we can continue our learning.  

Every Monday afternoon, parents are invited in to class to sit and read with their child. This is from 3:00 until 3:20.

Our PE lessons take place on a Wednesday afternoon. Children are expected to wear a full PE kit, including pumps. If your child wears earrings please remove these in the morning before school.

Homework can be found on our Google Classroom, every Friday and is expected to be returned the following Wednesday.

 

Our curriculum map for 2024 - 2025 can be found below:

Year 1 2024-25 Curriculum Map

WORSHIP IN YEAR 1

We started the year off by revisiting the Vine which winds it way throughout school.

We remembered our 5 loving statements and even came up with our own actions to help us remember them.

Our Learning Journey:

Autumn 1

We started off our time in Year 1 by looking at our British Values. We practised democracy by voting for our house captain and looking at how we are all individuals and that it is OK to have different opinions and views. In PSHE we learnt about how to keep ourselves safe when out and about and online. We learnt about strategies we can use when what we get angry. 

In Maths we will be looking at number and place value, addition and subtraction, measurement (length and mass/weight) and geometry.

Our text in Literacy this term is The Enormous Turnip. We will learn the story by heart and use it to write our own versions.

We will also learn be looking at recounts and will have a go at writing our own recount about one of our trips.

Our RE work is all about Harvest and how we can help those who do not have a good harvest.

In Science  this term, we will be investigating plants. We will all become scientists and look really closely at plants and will have a go at growing our own plants. 

In History we will be finding out all about Toys. We will look at toys from the present and from the past and will have a trip to Blackburn Museum to play with toys from the past. 

 

CERTIFICATE WINNERS

Each week we award up to 5 certificates to children that have really shown an improvement or a great attitude to learning in Reading, Writing, Maths, our Chrisitian Value of Love and to someone who has been a Behaviour Buddy.