Year 1
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.
Home Learning
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:
Autumn 2
Crazy Climates!
This term the children will be geographers and will be exploring and studying ‘Greenland.’ Through our enquiry question Is Greenland green? The children will draw on their previous Foundation Stage learning around ‘cold places’, changing seasons and basic maps and will continue to develop an understanding of maps, keys and their uses enabling them to describe where places are in relation to each other. During this geography unit the year 1 children will have opportunities to explore and discuss life in Greenland specifically the climate and how this affects food, clothing and homes making comparisons to their own experiences here living in Sheffield in the UK.
In science the children will be fully immersed in their topic of ‘Animals including Humans’ through an immersion day on Monday 4th November and an educational visit to Yorkshire Wildlife Park further in the term. The children will use their previous understanding of the school environment and their local area throughout the year to explore and answer questions about animals in their habitats. Their enquiry question this term is ‘Do all animals have the same parts?
During this half term, the children will become familiar with the common names of some fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, including those that are kept as pets. The children will have plenty of opportunities to learn the names of the main body parts (including head, neck, arms, elbows, legs, knees, face, ears, eyes, hair, mouth, teeth) as well as to investigate animal senses: sight, hear, touch, smell and taste. The children will work scientifically by using their observations to compare and contrast animals first hand and through using pictures and videos.
Books to enjoy at home!
Autumn 2
When two small sisters go fishing to the magic pond, they find something much better than a frog or a newt. They find a bog baby. Small and blue with wings like a dragon, the girls decide to make him their secret. I won't tell if you won't.
But the bog baby is a wild thing, and when he becomes poorly, the girls decide they must tell their mum. And she tells them the greatest lesson: if you really love something, you have to let it go.
Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae
Gerald the giraffe longs to go to the great Jungle Dance, but how can he join in when he doesn't know how to tango or two-step? Everyone knows that giraffes can't dance ... or can they?
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
The rainbow fish with its iridescent scales is the most beautiful fish in the whole ocean. But since he is also vain and proud, he becomes more and more lonely over time. Then he realizes that you can't win friends through beauty. He overcomes his pride and begins to distribute his glitter scales to the other fish.
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
Follow and join in the family's excitement as they wade through the grass, splash through the river and squelch through the mud in search of a bear. What a surprise awaits them in the cave on the other side of the dark forest!
My First Book - Greenland by Penelope Palette
The culture, the beauty, the landmarks, the food - it is simply fascinating. In this book, we cover all of those magical elements about GREENLAND in a digestible and engaging way!