Our first half term topic this year is 'Marvellous Me'. This theme is a great way of starting our new journey in Year 1 and helps us to focus on what is amazing and unique about us and the importance of friendship and family.

Our core text is 'Who are you?' By Smriti Halls. 

English - This half term our main focus is on orally composing our sentences before writing them down, letter formation, using phonics to segment words we want to write, using finger spaces, capital letters at the beginning of a sentence and full stop at the end.  
 

In Maths our main focus areas are sorting objects, counting forwards and backwards, identifying one more and one less, comparing numbers to identify which is smaller and larger, ordering objects and numbers on a number line, addition and subtraction of objects using a part-whole method, and number bonds to 10/20.

We began our Year 1 Maths learning with a range of practical hands-on experiences to help develop our listening, counting, memory and recording skills. 

Class 5 Learning Zones

In Year 1 our learning environments are set up with Learning Zones which use a continuous provision model to facilitate learning across the curriculum. Continuous provision refers to the resources which are always available within the classroom for the children to access to continue their learning independently. 

In Year 1 we use the term 'independent learning' with the children. This learning has a different purpose to the continuous and enhanced provision provided in our Nursery and Reception classes.  Year 1 children are encouraged to consolidate their skills, knowledge and understanding through the National Curriculum subjects. 

Children are introduced to learning challenges in each Learning Zone for different areas of the National Curriculum, where they can independently apply skills which have previously been taught.