Welcome to Y1!

General Information

Staff:

Teachers: Miss Stone, Miss Hay and Miss Robinson

Teaching Assistant: Miss Moore

P.E;

Children will come to school dressed in their uniform and will bring their PE kit in a labelled bag.

Some PE sessions will take place outside unless there are extreme weather conditions i.e. ice, snow or heavy rain.

Please ensure they have the appropriate kit e.g. jogging bottoms/leggings and a jumper/hoodie.

Homework:

Home learning menus are given out at the start of every half term highlighting activities and projects the children can complete based on their current topic.

Each half term, children will be encouraged to complete homework from a 'homework menu' from their class teacher. This will be a range of activities relating to their current topic that parents can complete with their children.

Please do share photographs of your children carrying out the tasks by sharing them with the year group's Twitter page. 

Subject Knowledge Organisers

For more information around subject coverage, knowledge and skills, head on over to our Foundation Subjects section on the website which can be found here.

Topics covered:

Summer 1

Grace Darling- Ship Ahoy! 

Henry History will be helping us find out about why Grace Darling is so significant.  By being historians in class, we will learn why and how Grace Darling became a national heroine after risking her life to save the stranded survivors of the wrecked steamship Forfarshire in 1838. We will also be learning about the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and how safety at sea has improved.  

With Dara DT, we will be designing and creating our very own puppets! We will be identifying the skills you need to make a puppet, such as threading and gluing, and putting these skills into practice to create a hand puppet.  

Books to read at home!

Summer 1 

Play Time: Plays for all ages includes eleven fun-to-act short plays for all children to enjoy, especially those in primary school.

The boy has always loved the sea. So he builds a boat and sails away on a voyage of

adventure. Wonders of the world await you in this beautiful and inspiring book about following your dreams.

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Big or small, near or far, we all need someone to watch over us. This touching picture book is a reassuring tale about a journey and the people who are with us as we travel through life. It is for anyone who has wondered, Who will keep me safe? and for anyone who has answered, I will.

"Lighthouse and the Little Boat" by Katie Frawley is a heart warming story about a lighthouse guiding a young boat named Brightness through life's journey, mirroring the relationship between a parent and child, with the lighthouse offering support and Brightness eventually exploring and returning home.