Year 1

Welcome to Year 1

Welcome to Year 1

Spring Term 2025

We have packed in lots of learning this term, here's a recap of what we have done:

English

During spring term we started by looking at our feelings and what we might do when we are worried after reading 'Ruby's Worry'. This was followed on by 'Oi Frog' where we looked at rhyming words. We then ended the term by looking at performance poetry and created our own theatre where we performed

poems based on our love of zoo animals as well as Michael Rosen's Chocolate Cake using funny voices and actions. 

Maths

In Maths this term we continued working on our number bonds to 10, and looked at addition and subtraction using numbers up to 20. We also were introduced to the concept of money, looking at coins and cash and using them to go to our own 'shop'. This term we finished by counting in 2s, 5s and 10s, using songs to help us remember the patterns in these.

Curriculum

Art: This term we focused on 3D sculpture using paper. We learnt different
techniques of folding and rolling paper to make the best towers and tubes.

DT: We looked at puppets this term in DT, learning the different ways we can join

materials. This helped us to make our own puppet.

History: Our topic for History has been 'How toys have changed'. During this topic we 
explored and discussed our favourite toys and how these are made and played with as well
as look at some toys from when our parents and grandparents were younger and how

these are different.

Geography: This term we explored more about the UK as well as looked at the
seasons and weathers and compared these to other countries.

Science: Our Science topic for this term was looking at the human body and exploring

body parts and senses.

PE: We continued to work on our ball skills, developing control and improving our

technique with various pieces of equipment.

Summer Term 25

We look forward to welcoming you back to start our Summer term refreshed and ready for a whole new term of learning.

English

In English we will start our Summer Term by exploring the book 'Paddington's Post', thinking about why we send letters and creating our own postcards. This will be followed by looking at free verse poetry based on 'Out and About'. We will finish our term by exploring the use of narrative through the story 'Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion.

Maths

Year 1 are going to be introduced to multiplication this term, starting this by thinking of placing groups of objects into equal and unequal groups. We will then explore fractions and how we can represent these through looking at equal and unequal parts.

Science

We will have an Introduction to plants this term in Science, thinking about which plants you can eat and exploring the life cycle of plants. We will then use stories to help us explore our understanding of the natural world. 

Art

In Art we will be exploring mixed media looking at how colours splash, mixing paint colours and printing.

DT

Our focus for DT this term will be cooking with fruit and vegetables and thinking about nutrition. 

History

 In history we will be focusing on significant historical events, thinking about how explorers changed the world and the evolution of travel.

Geography

 Our topic for geography will be based on the physical geography of Southend, exploring this area through maps and aerial photographs and thinking about what it is like to live by the sea.