Welcome to Sycamore and Willow Classes -Year 1

The teachers in year 1 are:

Sycamore

Mrs Ward: Monday - Wednesday

Mr Aziz: Thursday - Friday

Willow

Mrs Salt: Monday - Friday

Learning Support Assistants:

Sycamore

Mrs Hutt - Monday to Friday

Mr Ball- afternoons

Willow

Mrs O'Malley - Monday to Wednesday

Mr Beckett - Monday to Wednesday

Mrs Wood - Thursday to Friday

Mrs Porter - Thursday to Friday

Important Information

P.E

Sycamore: Monday and Thursday

Willow: Monday and Thursday

Please ensure you come to school in P.E kit on these days.

Forest School and Music - Tuesday for both classes

For Forest School, please ensure you have waterproofs to cover your PE clothes and wellies.

Curriculum Information Autumn 2024

English

This term our topic is Animals and we are starting with the book Can't You Sleep Little Bear. We will be focusing on using full stops, capital letters and finger spaces. We will be developing our sentences by adding conjunctions and adjectives as the weeks go on. We will also be learning to develop our sentence structure skills. We will be writing for a variety of purposes specifically focusing on captions and lists. 

Reading

We have a daily story slot after lunch, during which time we read a variety of picture books. Every child in the class is heard read by a teacher over a two week period.

Maths

In the beginning of the term we will be focusing on Place Value using objects to represent numbers and then moving on to counting forwards from any number and backwards from 10. We will then look at less than, more than and compare numbers using number lines and ordering them. 

Science

This term we are learning about the human body, seasonal changes and materials. We will focus in on the five senses and then move on to the season of Autumn. We will then explore materials such as wood, plastic, glass, metal and rock. We love to introduce as many practical activities as possible and this will include investigations for melting, freezing, floating and sinking. 

History

This term we are learning about the history of toys from the Victorian period to present day. 

Geography

After half term we will learning about weather and seasons, looking at different types of weather and climates. 

RE 

This term we are learning about celebrations and special occasions that different people observe. We will arrange a visit to one of our local churches and focus in on Christian and Jewish festivals. 

PSHE

This term we are learning about what it means to be yourself as an individual in the world and then moving on to look at celebrating the differences we have. 

Art & D&T

This term we will be exploring drawing and the different skills in mark making. We will then move on to textiles and making puppets. 

Computing

This term we will focus on online safety and exploring Purple Mash. We will then look at grouping and sorting giving the children an early understanding of algorithms. 

Music

This term they will be learning about body percussion and composition using a number of musical instruments. 

P.E

This term we will be learning gymnastics alongside hit, catch and running skills. 

This year the phonics test will take place in June 2025. 

Parent Partnership
We are always happy to discuss anything with parents and carers to help to support children in learning or to provide pastoral support. If you would like to meet, please contact the office to arrange this.

    Bug Club Sounds and Actions

In their phonics lessons, the children are taught the letter sounds along with a matching action. This helps many children remember the individual letters or combination of letters more readily. It is important that the children use the 'pure' sound as they read each letter, this will ensure the words makes sense when blended back together. Phases 2, 3  & 4 are taught in Foundation and phase 5 in Year 1.

(Please note there are no new sounds taught in Phase 4.)

Copy the link below into your browser to watch a video of the sounds taught in each phase.

Phase 2 

https://mediaplayer.pearsoncmg.com/assets/bcpafsp2

Phase 3

https://mediaplayer.pearsoncmg.com/assets/bcpafsp3

Phase 5 (Set A)

https://mediaplayer.pearsoncmg.com/assets/bcpafsp5a

Phase 5 (Set B)

 https://mediaplayer.pearsoncmg.com/assets/bcpafs5