What is going on in Year 1 - this half term, our topic is OUR COMMUNITY!
Over the course of the school year, we will be adding some useful information to this page. You can find all the information you need, below, regarding our current learning within school this term and it may also include some handy tips and tricks to help your child at home or may be some useful websites for learning, related to our topics in class.
English
- We will be continue to develop our reading skills in both independent reading to adults and our weekly guided reading sessions as well as in our weekly library time - don't forget to read your 2 reading books as many times as you can each week to become a confident and fluent reader!
In Autumn 1, Year 1 will be building their literacy skills using colourful semantics and through fun and engaging activities. At the start of the term, children will draw and write about their summer holidays, practising how to make a perfect sentence by remembering the key rules: start with a capital letter, leave finger spaces between words, use neat handwriting, and finish with a full stop. They will also learn how to use the word "and" to join ideas together. Later in the term, the class will explore stories from Julia Donaldson such as her much-loved story The Gruffalo. Children will retell and sequence the events, describe characters and settings using adjectives. Alongside this, they will continue to strengthen their phonics, spelling, and vocabulary skills, while role play and oral storytelling will help bring their writing to life.
Phonics
At Holy Trinity, we follow the Twinkl Phonics Scheme, which has been approved by the DfE as a validated scheme and is already making us fantastic at Phonics!
We began the year by recapping Phase 2, 3 and 4 before moving onto Phase 5. We will be reading a mixture of real and nonsense (alien) words in preparation for the Phonics Screening Check which takes place in June 2025. Please see the parent guide that has been uploaded. During this half term, we will continue to learn our Level 5 phonemes and consolidate our phonetic knowledge to help us become super spellers and confident readers and writers by following the Twinkl Rhino Readers home reading books which revise our prior learning.
Some Useful websites and resources that you can access at home and use to help your child with their phonics are:
Interactive games linked to each phase and a useful section on information for parents:
Offers interactive games, comics, and resources for various phonics phases, including blending, plural rules, and more.
BBC CBeebies series of animated programmes featuring the Alphablocks characters – great for practising sounds and blending words:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks
Mrs G's little lessons on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJKLhhyCG1E&list=PLDNY9D-fYJHyzX_viN0HUr4f_Kr-e-JvY
A website set up by a Year 1 teacher who started making phonics videos for his class. He has since became very popular and has now created his own phonics apps:
More interactive games to support phonics skills.
https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/literacy.html
A collection of further games and resources
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=40
Some ideas for phonics games at home:
https://phonicsfamilycom.wordpress.com/phase-6-games/
Phonics screening check information:
a-parent-guide-to-the-phonics-screening-check.pdf
Maths
In Maths this half term, we will cover the following maths topics:
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We will explore these topics through a combination of practical whole class, small groups and independent activities, learning through play, pictorial learning as well as seeing if we can then apply our knowledge independently at the end of each week with some trickier tasks. We will be working very hard to learn numbers bonds that make 10 so we can recall them rapidly, continue to reading and recognizing numbers to 50, days of the week and practicing our counting forwards and backwards skills within our 'Flashback Fluency' daily maths activities.
RE Our RE topic this half term is “Who do Christians say made the World?” We follow the Manchester Diocese RE syllabus. Children will learn that Christians say God is the Creator, who made the earth, sky, plants, animals, and people. The creation story in the Bible, found in Genesis, shows how Christians believe God made the world good and full of life. This teaches Christians that the world is special, belongs to God, and should be cared for and looked after. In class, the children will explore this idea through stories, discussion, and creative activities, helping them to understand why the world is important to Christians today. Our Christian Value this term is Friendship. We will be exploring at how we can be a good friend and the importance of friendship.
Topic Our topic this half term is Our Community. We will be exploring our local area and investigating what the community has to offer. We will be going on walks to discover Littleborough at first hand. We will also be looking at the different types of buildings and houses and learning our address. Science In science our topic is seasons. Our learning goals for this topic are:
When working scientifically, children will have a go at:
PSHE This half-term our topic is “Families and relationships”. We will be exploring how families can be different, the characteristics and impact of positive friendships; learning that issues can be overcome, that people show feelings differently and that stereotyping is unfair.
Art and Design Technology In Year 1 this term, we are developing our creativity through exciting Art and Design Technology projects. In D.T., the children will be learning a range of textile skills as they design and make their own puppets. They will explore how to join materials together, decorate their designs, and bring their ideas to life with imagination and care. In Art, our focus will be Woven Wonders, where children will develop their craft and design skills by experimenting with different materials, colours, and patterns to create woven artwork. These projects will help the children to build fine motor skills, practise careful design techniques, and express their creativity in fun and meaningful ways.
Computing This subject is taught by Mrs Bester. The topic she will be focusing on is "what is a computer?". One of the softwares they will be using is paintz.app
This lesson is taught by our specialist music teacher. This term the children will be "exploring sounds."
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Year 1 Reading Journey
Want to learn more about the books we have enjoyed so far this year and the books we will read this half term? Take a look at our Year 1 Reading Journey: