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 Space and we will be looking at the book Beegu. The children will start their journey through this book by creating their very own alien. We will then use this as a stimulus to start their writing. We will focus on noun phrases to describe their alien characters and they will then have the opportunity to write a story about their alien using capital letters, finger spaces, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks. 

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 recap our knowledge of Place Value and then move on to Addition and Subtraction. The children will then move on to learning about Measurement which includes height, length, mass and volume. We have a number of practical activities for the children to help them understand key concepts and will develop their understanding over the next few weeks. 

Science

This term we are learning about both Plants and Animals. The children will discuss what they already know about these topics and then build on their knowledge starting from what conditions plants need to go. When we move on to the Animals topic we will look at different groups of animals such as mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles. We will then classify them into carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. 

History

This term we are learning about the history of famous people. We will be learning about people such as Neil Armstrong which ties in with our topic of Space. 

Geography

After half term we will learning about weather and seasons, looking at different types of weather and climates. This will be a more in-depth study of weather in the UK with our new scheme of learning that we started using after the October half term. 

RE 

This term we are learning about how important the groups are that people belong to. We will look at a number of different view points and focus in on Christianity and Judaism. 

PSHE

This term we are learning about dreams and goals, discussing what they can be and how we can work towards achieving them. We will then move on to the Healthy Me topic, teaching children about a balanced diet and other ways to keep healthy. 

Art & D&T

This term we will be exploring painting and shades of a colour. We will then move on to looking at structures and designing our own windmills. 

Computing

This term we will focus on pictograms and Lego Builders on Purple Mash. The children will have the opportunity to develop their familiarity with both the laptops and iPads in school. 

Music

This term they will be learning about musical theory and the history of music. They will develop their understanding of musical terms such as treble cleff and bass cleff, understanding the difference between them. 

P.E

This term we will be learning dance along with sending and returning in a number of different fun filled activities. 

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