Year 1

Welcome to St. Maximilian Kolbe’s Class

Teacher: Mrs Brown

Teaching Assistant(s): Mrs Watkins

Advent 1 Term- what will we learn?

Hello Families,

Welcome to Year 1’s class page. I am so excited to be teaching in year 1 for my third year now, I love year 1 and I am very excited for the year ahead. Please read below for an overview of what the children will be learning about this second Lent half term:

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 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, our topic will be Families. Within this topic, we will learn about the different types of families that we are a part of (home family, God’s family, Church family, School family) and how they show love and care to each other. We will then start our second RE topic of ‘Belonging’. In this topic, we will discuss some of the different groups we belong to (families, school, church, clubs) and talk about the importance of the feeling of belonging and feeling welcomed into new groups. We will also be learning about Judaism this term.

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,

Mrs Brown and Mrs Watkins

Year 1 Advent 1 Weekly Timetable

Advent 1 Science Knowledge Organiser

Advent 1 Art & Design Knowledge Organiser

Advent 1 Geography Knowledge Organiser

RE Topic 1- Families Knowledge Organiser

RE Topic 2- Belonging Knowledge Organiser