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Welcome to the Year 1 Class Page

On this page you will be able to access information about the Year 1 class and what will be taught during the year.

Teaching Organisation

Miss Thompson and Miss Maddison, our lovely teaching assistants, also works within our Year 1 class. 

Context for Learning

Our theme for Autumn term is 'Where My Feet Take Me'.

Our theme for Spring term is 'At the zoo'. 

English

We will be enjoying texts under the theme of 'At the Zoo' such as 'The Lion Inside' and 'The Curious Case of the Missing Mammoth'. We will be focusing on:

Using to use capital letters and full stops, some question marks and exclamation marks

Joining words using and

Using the prefix un-

Adding suffixes to words, including -ed, -ing, -er and -est

History and Geography

In Autumn term, under the theme of 'Where My Feet Take Me', we will be focusing on 'What is it Like Here?' in Geography and 'What Was Shopping Like?' in History. We will be beginning to look at maps and symbols and changes from living memory through recognising differences in artefacts and photos. We will also be going on a local walk around the area to identify different shops from the past and learn about local history.

In Spring term, under the theme of 'At the Zoo,' we will be focusing on the 'Lives of Significant Local People in History and 'What is the weather like in the UK?' in Geography. We will begin exploring the life of George Mottershead and will be looking at the developement of Chester Zoo.

Science

In Science, we will be looking at 'Animals Including Humans'. We will be identifying different types of animals and learning about growth and change. We will also be using our working scientifically skills to observe and classify. 

Maths 

In Maths we are looking at place value. We will be focusing on number formation and numbers to 30. 

Useful information

PE Days (your child will require their PE kit to school) and Forest School Days (your child will be required to wear their Forest School kit). 

During the Summer term we will have PE on a Monday and Forest School on a Wednesday. 

Supporting at Home

We know that the best possible learning experience a child can have is when school and home work together to build on and develop existing skills. We appreciate the amount of time parents give to supporting their children's learning and hope that the documents below help you to help your child.

Useful Documents

The documents below will be updated to provide you with current information about the learning taking place in class. There may also be additional resources to support you and your child.