Advent 1 Term- what will we learn?
Penguins, Possums and Pigs
In Phonics in year 1, we use Little Wandle Phonics which follows on from their phonics learning in reception. In Phonics this half term, we will be recapping all of the phase 2, 3 and 4 GPC’s (sounds) and tricky words the children have learnt so far, and we will be practising reading and writing words with these sounds in. We will then move on and start phase 5. Phase 5 includes learning alternative graphemes for phonemes (sounds) we already know (e.g. ‘ay’ in play) , or alternative phonemes for graphemes we already know (e.g ‘ow’ in snow). We will practise reading and writing words and sentences with these sounds in them and we will learn some new tricky words. On top of this, we will continue practising the phase 2, 3 and 4 words and sounds we have learnt so far.
In English, we will be reading the story ‘Lost and Found’ by Oliver Jeffers and use this narrative to innovate the characters and setting to create our own class story. We will practise re-telling this verbally before re-telling this in written form. Afterwards, we will be looking at non-chronological texts on different animals to create an information poster on a specific animal which we will collate and create a booklet for other classes to learn from.
In Maths our learning begins by building on from their Maths learning in Reception. Our first topic will be place value within 10, followed by addition and subtraction within 10.
In RE, we are beginning a new scheme of learning called the RED (Religious Education Directory) Curriculum. Our first topic will be called Creation and Covenant where we will introduced to the Creation Story in Genesis 1 as a prayerful and poetic reflection on God’s world and be able to tell this story in any form. Following on from this, children will begin to recognise that prayer is a way of drawing us closer to God, become familiar with the sign of the cross and the Our Father. Finally, the topic will draw this learning together to teach the children that God gave us the responsibility for taking care of the World and its people through Stewardship.
Our topic this term is called Penguins, Possums and Pigs. Within this topic we will be learning all about animals, including animals from five of the different animal groups, and where different animals are from in the world. The subjects we will be learning as part of this topic are Science, Geography and Art and Design.
In our Science topic, we will be learning about sorting and classifying animals by their features based on their animal group (mammal, amphibian, reptile, fish, birds) and what they eat (carnivore, omnivore, herbivore).
In Geography, we will be learning all about the 7 continents and the 5 oceans of the world. We will also be looking at hot and cold places of the world and where they are in relation the equator. We will also be looking at where different animals from the around the world are from.
In Art and Design, we will be practising using different materials to create different animals. Our final project will be creating a model penguin out of clay.
In Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) and PSHE (Personal, social, health and economic) our topics this term will be ‘Created and Loved by God’.
PE this year will be on a Monday and a Friday. In PE this term, the children will be practising multi skills.
You will see below our timetable for this first Advent half term along with the knowledge organisers for our different subjects this term.
Look out for up-to-date messages and homework on Class Dojo.
Many thanks,
Miss Buttarazzi.
Year One Curriculum- Yearly overview
Little Wandle Graphemes Chart
Little Wandle Tricky Words by Phase and Term
End of Year One Expectations:
