Our topics
Ourselves
Light and Dark
Materials
Fairytales
Jungles
Seasides
General
Information
for Year 1
Our topic for this half term will be ‘Ourselves’. We are planning to teach this topic through
a cross-curricular, creative approach. The purpose of this topic is so that the children
can find out all about themselves and link their understanding to practical and real life
situations.
Have a go at labelling
the body parts here.
The children will be learning about
their body, senses and how they grow
and change in comparison to other
animals, which will enable them to be
more aware of the world around them.
They will recognise the differences
between animals, including humans. A
strong emphasis will be put upon how
to keep our bodies healthy, such as
looking after our teeth, eating and
drinking healthily.
See what you can find out
about out topic here
Our topic for this half term will be ‘Light and Dark’. We are planning
to teach this topic through a cross-curricular, creative approach. The
purpose of this topic is so that the children can find out all about light and
darkness being the absence of light.
Have a go at
investigating
the different
light sources
here.
Learn about the different colours and light here.
Look around your house and
see if you can find 5
different light sources.
Share these with your class
mates.
Look here and see if
you can sort
materials correctly.
Our topic for this half term will be
‘Materials’.
We are planning to teach this
through a cross-curricular creative
approach. The purpose of this topic
is so that the
children will develop their
understanding of Materials, their
purpose and their properties and link
their understanding to different
aspects of the curriculum.
Rough, smooth, hard, soft,
prickly...what could we be
describing?
Can you think of any other words
to describe an
object?
Our topic for this half term will be
‘Fairytales’ and Traditional Tales.
We are planning to teach this
through a cross-curricular creative
approach. The purpose of this topic
is so that the children will develop
their understanding of Fairy Stories
as well as other traditional stories
and link their understanding to
different aspects of the curriculum.
What is your favourite
Traditional Tale?
Look here and see if
you can find your
favourite fairy tale.
Look here and see
what you can find
out about sound
from our science
topic.
Come and
read a
jungle story
Our topic for this half term will
be ‘Jungles’.
We are planning to teach this
through a cross-curricular
creative approach. The
purpose of this topic is so that
the children will develop their
understanding of the Jungle,
sounds, beats, rhythms and
rhymes through different
aspects of the curriculum.
Have you been on
holiday? Where did
you go? What did you
see?
Bring a seaside or
holiday picture into
school for show and
tell.
Let’s have a look at
holidays in the
past.
Our topic for this half term
will be ‘Seasides’.
A few of the activities within
this topic will include:
• finding out about
seaside holidays today
and in the past.
• Making a puppet for our
puppet theatre.
•Writing stories based
around the seaside.
•Playing seaside games.
Brainbuilder homework will be sent
home every other Friday and should
be returned to school the following
Wednesday morning for marking.
You can give your child as much
support as they need.
P.E.
P.E. may change in Year1 . We will confirm this as
soon as we know for definite. The children need
a P.E. kit including a pair of pumps / trainers, a
red T. shirt and a pair of blue shorts. If for any
reason they are unable to participate then a note
needs to be handed into the class teacher.
Reading
Please read regularly with your child and record comments in
their diary Reading homework will be sent home as and when it is
required.
How can you help at home?
Encourage your child to read for 10 minutes each night.
Practise correct letter formation to aid your child with their handwriting.
Practise correct number formation.
Ask your child about what they have been learning about today.
Class Fund Money
Please ensure that this is sent in each week (£1).
HELP! If you are able to
come in to school to help,
for example hearing
children read, please see
me!