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 lessons are on a Thursday and Friday; 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 Monday and Thursday.  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 when an adult has signed in your child's reading record.

Spring 1 Current Learning

Kings and Queens

Year One follows a continuous provision approach which may look similar to our Reception classroom. In our topic this term we will be learning about significant British Monarchs. 

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 4 sounds and learning Phase 5 sounds.

Art: During this half term we will be looking at Pop Art. Pupils will use a range of materials creatively to design and create pieces of Pop Art inspired by artists such as Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. Pupils will use their painting and drawing to develop and share their perception of the world.

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 be exploring texts to inform and entertain.

Maths: In the Spring time, we will be focusing on Place Value to 20, Addition and Subtraction, Length and Height, and Mass and Volume. Through this, we will be developing subitising strategies and moving between concrete, pictorial and abstract methods. Alongside our core Maths learning, we will be using Number Sense to consolidate pupils' fluency.

Geography: As a class, we are tracking the weather daily which will lead to us making observations of weather patterns across the year.

History: We will be learning about significant British Monarchs. Through this we will look at chronology, family trees/history, the life of Richard III, and traits of a good monarch.

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

PSHE: Following the Coram Scarf curriculum, we will be learning about sleep, who can you go to for help, good and bad touches and sharing pictures.

DT: We will be learning about mechanisms and will be making a vehicle.