Welcome to Year 1

Where learning is fun!

Welcome to our class page. Come and look at all the exciting and fun things we have been doing in school!

Important Information

Please bring your child's reading folder in every day.

PE- Every Tuesday and Wednesday.

Spellings- Given out on a Monday. Test on Friday.

Summer Term

We have a busy Summer Term coming up. Let's see what we will be doing...

In Religion - we are learning about Ascension and Pentecost, as well as looking at the Parable of the Good Samaritan.

In English - we are reading a variety of fiction and non-fiction books. Writing stories, information texts and instructions.

In Maths - we will be looking at 2d and 3d shapes, telling the time and using different measures of weight, length and capacity.

Our new Topic is "Hooray it's the Holiday". We are going to learn about different countries around the world as well as using the atlas' to locate countries, continents and oceans. We will look at how holidays have changed and compare them to the past.

Our Class Assembly is  Thursday 20th June! We look forward to seeing you there!

If you have any questions please feel free to chat to us, we are happy to help in any way we can! We look forward to working with you this year. 

Miss Mallalieu and Mrs Casey

Spring Term

We have a busy Spring Term coming up. Let's see what we will be doing...

In Religion - we are learning about special meals and Holy Communion. We will also learn about the different parts of the Mass. We will also begin our Lenten journey towards Easter. 

In English - we are reading traditional stories. This is one of my favourite genre of books. We will look at very familiar ones like Jack and the Beanstalk as well as different cultural ones such as Pattan's Pumpkin! We will also write our own versions of these traditional stories.

In Maths - we will be partitioning numbers into tens and ones as well as adding them together. We will focus on using the dienes equipment to help us do this. Keep an eye out for homework on this!

Our new Topic is "The Circus Comes to Town". We are going to learn bout the History of the Circus, considering how it has changed over time. We will be looking at different materials and the properties of them.

If you have any questions please feel free to chat to us, we are happy to help in any way we can! We look forward to working with you this year. 

Miss Mallalieu and Mrs Casey

Clown Masks

The children have enjoyed designing their own clown faces and then had opportunity to paint one of these designs on a mask.

Can you see yours?

A Visit to Jamiakhizra Mosque

The children in Year 1 and Year 2 went on a visit to one of of local Mosques. The Imam talked to us all about the Muslim faith, the traditions and celebrations. He told us about the 5 Pillars of Islam as well as showing us their Holy Book The Qur'an. We had an excellent opportunity to hear the Call of the Prayers as well as watching the 1 o'clock prayers. We had an excellent afternoon and are very thankful to the Imam and his staff for their hospitality to us all. 

Art Week- Paul Cummins

This week we are looking at the artist Paul Cummins. He was most famous for his ceramic poppies that were displayed at the Tower Of London. We are going to be learning all about him, his life and his work. We will also be making our own ceramic poppies that we will put on display on the hall board. Keep an eye out for pictures of the exciting things we will do...

Autumn Term

Welcome to Year 1. The children have settled in very well into their new class and are all having lots of fun.

We have a busy Autumn Term coming up. Let's see what we will be doing...

In Religion - we are learning about families; our own, our school and our Church families.

In English - we are reading books written by Julia Donaldson, such as The Gruffalo, Superworm, The Highway Rat and many many more! We are also going to write labels, captions and lists as well as character descriptions.

In Maths - we will reading, writing and ordering numbers to 100, as well as beginning to make 10 by adding 2 numbers together.

In Topic we are learning about "Who am I?" We are going to label the parts of our body and think about what they are used for. We will do still life drawing of different fruits and vegetables as well as taste them and we will also learn about homes from the past and around the world.

If you have any questions please feel free to chat to us, we are happy to help in any way we can! We look forward to working with you this year. 

Miss Mallalieu and Mrs Casey