Year 1 - Maple

Welcome back, everyone! We hope you have had a wonderful Christmas and a very happy New
Year and are excited to continue our learning in the Spring term. We have a very exciting half term ahead of us! We will be continuing to work through our curriculum. We have a lot of
activities going on this half term such as forest school.

Here's a little look at what we are learning about over the next few weeks of the school year.

English
We have started a new story in our English lessons called Tin Forest. We will be starting
this unit by exploring a range of non-fiction texts about forests and creating our own.
Then, we will start to explore the story and produce some pieces of writing around it,
whilst developing and improving our reading skills. Phonics is being taught daily to
ensure the children are growing in confidence and fluency when reading.

Maths
In our Maths lessons, we are going to be explore a range of strands such as place
value, addition and subtraction and shapes. We will be improving our fluency, reasoning
and problem solving skills throughout our lessons. Every morning, when the children
come in, we will be taking part in our Morning Maths sessions. These are opportunities
for the children to improve their key mathematical basic skills such as counting, adding
and subtracting.

Science
Our topic for our Science this half term is Materials. Throughout this topic we are going to
distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made, identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water and rock, describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials and compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties.

Computing
Our new unit is all about digit creation. We will be using varieties of software and
applications to help the children develop their creativity. We will cover many aspects
such as typing, saving and mouse skills.

Art
In our Art lessons, we will be exploring and creating a range of different landscapes. The children will be using their cutting, drawing and painting skills to enable to create wonderful pieces of art in their sketchbooks.

Geography
For our Geography unit, we will be exploring our people and their communities. We will
be comparing how people's lives and communities are similar and different to our own.

Music
The children are very excited to be In the Groove unit. We will be
exploring Latin, Classical music. We will sample a range of musical pieces from this genre
and compare them, exploring how they are similar and different. As well as making our own music on the glockenspiels.

PE
This term we are developing our Teamwork Skill with Liverpool Football.

RE
Our unit is What makes some places sacred? We will be spending our time learning
about this religion and understanding its beliefs and traditions.

PSHE
In our PSHE unit, we are going to be exploring relationships we have with a particular emphasis on Friendship. Our aim is to ensure all children understand the foundations of true friendship and we explore ways of interacting with our friends, whilst discussing ways of making new friends.

We are very excited to get started. Please keep an eye on our school X page for more updates of
our amazing learning.

Continuous Provision

This year we have introduced Continuous Provision to support children as they move from Reception into Year 1. This approach allows pupils to continue exploring and developing their learning through play, while also making strong links to the National Curriculum.

We are very excited to get started. Please keep an eye on our school X page for more updates of our amazing learning.

Miss Jessup

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