Our class has been named after the well-known children’s author Julia Donaldson. She was born in 1948. She is the writer behind many well known stories (such as The Gruffalo, Stick Man, The Snail and the Whale) she was Children’s Laureate too.

Phonics

At the end of Year 1, children will be completing the Year 1 Phonics Screening. https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ is a fantastic website which can be used to support your children with their phonics learning at home. Throughout the year, I will be sending home additional resources to support you and your children with their phonics development. If you need any support with phonics learning at home, please do not hesitate to contact us within school.

Along with phonics, reading is incredibly important to develop our phonetic understanding. Ideally, children should be reading a short amount each day, but at least three times a week. The children do get the opportunity to change their books every day but those linked to phonetic understanding will be updated with the support of a teacher weekly. 

Maths

In Year 1 we will be focusing on the following core facts:

  • Know and recall number bonds to 10 
  • Know double and half of numbers within 20 
  • Know one more and one less of any given 2-digit number

Homework will be sent home to support this learning. 

PE

PE will be on Mondays and Wednesdays

PYP

Across the school we follow the PYP, and within the Year 1 classroom a Learner Profile Attribute display is available for children to reference. We encourage children to recognise times when they have shown the characteristics, and support them in reflecting on the learning and the choices that they have made.

The International Baccalaureate Learner Profile

Within the PYP, we explore the National Curriculum through the transdisciplinary themes of the International Baccalaureate. These are:

  • Who we are
  • Where we are in place and time
  • How we express ourselves
  • How the world works
  • How we organise ourselves
  • Sharing the planet

Knowledge Organisers

How we express ourselves

Central Idea:
Creativity can help us to express ourselves and our ideas.

Sustainable Development Goal:
Life on land

Lines of Inquiry:

The importance of being an individual (Responsibility)
Conditions needed for living things to thrive (Function)
How nature is represented in art (Perspectives)

 

Core Texts:

  • Dogs Don’t Do Ballet
  • Katie and The Sunflower

English Writing:

  • Diary entry
  • Narrative
  • Newspaper report

Science:

  • Plants

History:

  • Significant individual – Van Gogh

Art:

  • Van Gogh – Sunflowers

Geography:

  • Identify human and physical features of the local area

Computing:

  • Creating media – Digital writing

Music:

  • Sing up – Come dance with me

RE:

  • How should we care for others and the world, and why does this matter (Christianity and Islam)

Where We Are In Place & Time

Central Idea:
Children’s experiences of learning through play may differ.

Sustainable Development Goal:
Good health and wellbeing

Lines of Inquiry:

Developments in living memory
The relationship between technology and play
Innovations in play 

 

Core Texts:

  • Dogger
  • Traction Man

English Writing:

  • Letter
  • Narrative
  • Instructions

Science:

  • Materials

History:

  • Toys past and present

Geography:

  • How is weather different around the world.

Art:

  • Tony Hart’s ‘Morph’. Sculpting your own ‘Morph’.

PSHE:

  • Growing and changing.

RE:

  • What does it mean to belong to a faith community (Christianity and Islam).

Music:

  • Dancing and drawing to Nautilus, Cat and Mouse.

Computing:

  • Programming animations.

DT:

  • Constructing a set for your Morph character.

How we organise ourselves

Central Idea:
Monarchies may shape our society

Sustainable Development Goal:
Climate Action

Lines of Inquiry:

My country’s special relationships (Connection)
The significance of monarchs in British history (Perspective)
The role of monarchy in modern Britain (Causation)

Core Texts and writing outcomes:

  • The Cat and The King
  • The King’s Pants
  • The Princess and the Wizard
  • Story writing narrative
  • Writing a letter

Maths:

  • Place Value (within 50)
  • Length and Height
  • Mass and Volume

Geography:

  • Where is my country in the world?

History:

  • Kings, Queens and Castles

D&T:

  • Making a castle

Music:

  • ‘Dawn’ from Sea interludes, Musical conversations

Computing:

  • Data and information – Grouping data

PSHE:

  • Physical health and Mental wellbeing, Keeping safe

RE:

  • What makes some places sacred? – Muslims

PE:

  • Racket, bat and balls

How the world works

Central Idea:
Cycles occur in the natural world.

Sustainable Development Goal:
Climate Action

Lines of Inquiry:

Study the natural world around me (Form)
Cycles in nature (Change)
Our understanding of cycles (Perspective)

Core Texts:

  • Lila and The Secret of The Rain

English Writing:

  • Story writing narrative
  • Writing a weather report

Maths:

  • Place Value (within 20)
  • Addition and Subtraction (within 20)

Science:

  • Plants

History:

  • Significant Individual (Matthew Henson)

Geography:

  • What are seasons like in the United Kingdom?

Art:

  • Artists across the four seasons, pointillism.

PSHE:

  • Media Literacy & Digital Resilience. Money & Work

RE:

  • Who is a Muslim and what do they believe?

Music:

  • Football

PE:

  • Hand skills (ball skills)

Computing:

  • Programming A – Moving a robot

Sharing the Planet

Central Idea:
Special places may shape the relationships in communities around them.

Sustainable Development Goal:
Sustainable development goal 1 – no poverty

Lines of Inquiry:

How technology supports relationships (Connection)
Development of community spaces (Change)
The purpose of celebrations in our community (Function)

Core Texts:

  • The lonely Christmas Tree
  • Mog’s Christmas

English Writing:

  • Story writing narrative
  • Diary entry

Maths:

  • Addition and Subtraction within 10
  • Shape

Science:

  • Animals including humans

History:

  • Changes in technology

Geography:

  •  Local Study – simple map

Art:

  • Collage – stained glass windows

PSHE:

  • Respecting ourselves and others, belonging to a community

RE:

  • What makes some places sacred?

Music:

  • Colonel Hathi’s march
  • Magical musical aquarium

PE:

  • Fundamental skills

Who we are

Central Idea:
Society can be shaped by living things and relationships between them in local communities

Sustainable Development Goal:
Sustainable development goal 4 – Quality Education

Lines of Inquiry:

What it means to be me (Perspective)
My role in the local area (Connection)
Animals in our local area (Form)

Core Texts:

  • To write a simple sentence
  • Non-Chronological report
  • Narrative writing- fairytale

Maths:

  • Place Value (within 10)

Computing:

  • Computing systems and networks

Science:

  • Animals including humans

History:

  • History of the local area including the school

Geography:

  • What is my classroom like? Where is my school on my street?

Art:

  • Sketching animals

PSHE:

  • Families and friendships including safe relationships

RE:

  • Who is a Christian and what do they believe?

Music:

  • Menu song

PE:

  • Fundamental skills

DT:

  • Cooking porridge