School gates open at 8:40 and the day finishes at 3:10. Our main classroom door for the start and end of the school day is Maple Class, located by the gate near EYFS.

Our PE lesson is on a Wednesday; children should come to school wearing their PE kit. We will also be doing a daily run every morning, and engaging with outdoor play in our self-led learning daily. Please send in wellies for pupils to keep at school for outdoor learning!

We will change reading books on a Tuesday and Friday.  However, please bring your child's reading book and diary in every day, as there will be an opportunity to read during the week with an adult during Reading sessions. Reading books will be changed after three reads when an adult has signed in your child's reading record.

Spring term learning

Kings and Queens

Year 1 follows a continuous provision approach which may look similar to our Reception classroom. 

Phonics: We follow the Little Wandle Phonics Programme where by every child learns 4 new sounds a week. If any children struggle within their phonics learning we may support them with additional 'Keep Up' activities. There are many games and websites that you can use, for example phonics play which is a free resource. We encourage the children to put sound buttons on their words to ensure they slow down and spot the diagraphs/ trigraphs. This term we will focus on revisiting Phase 3 and Phase 4 sounds.

English: We will be continuing to develop the children’s independence to write a simple sentence with capital letters, finger spaces and punctuation. We will start the Spring term by looking at tradition tales before exploring recounts after February half term.

Maths: In the Spring term, we will be continuing to explore addition and subtraction. Alongside our core Maths learning, we will be using Number Sense to consolidate pupils' fluency.

Geography: We will be learning about the 4 countries that make up the united Kingdom as well as naming their capital cities.

History: We will be looking at our current royal family as well as previous, influential rulers. We will also be looking at important castles in the UK including Windsor castle.

Art: During this half term we will be learning about pop art including studying the famous pop artist, Andy Warhol.

PE: The children will be focusing on their locomotion skills during PE sessions. We are also learning about the importance of stretching and practicing different stretches daily. 

PSHE: We will be educating children on the importance of sleep, who they can go to for help and good and bad touches.

DT: We will be learning about mechanisms through creating wheeled vehicles.