Welcome to Year 1

Our Teachers are:

     Mrs Jones - Lions                  Miss Hughes -Honeybees           Miss Buckinger-Dolphins

Our Teaching Asisstants are:

Mr Land - Lions                         Mrs Stokes - Dolphins

Mrs Stafford and Mrs Wilkins - Honeybees

Summer Two

Our Wonderful World

English

Our book focus this half term is Goldilocks and Just One Bear by Leigh Hodkinson. We will be looking into this alternative version of the classic traditional tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and will be writing our own version of the story with a new character or new setting. We will also be writing a class poem focusing on our sense of hearing look at the sounds we might here in the busy city where our story is set. We will also have the chance to look into the topic of non-fiction and write a non-chronological report about bears.

Maths

We will be covering the topics of position and direction, money, time and place value to 100 this half term. We will be using positional language of left, right, forwards, backwards, above and below as well as describing turns. We will be recognising and naming different coins and notes and practise counting the value of different coins. In time, we will be focusing on telling the time to the hour and half hour on analogue clocks as well as naming the days of the week and months of the year in chronological order. Our number focus will include counting to 100, partitioning 2 digit numbers into tens and ones as well as finding one more and one less.

Topic

In science, we are looking at the outside world and learning all about plants. We will be identifying the different parts of a plant, naming wild and garden plants and identifying evergreen and deciduous trees.

In RE we will be looking at the different places of worship for Christians and Jews. We will be visiting a local church to identify the different features and discussing special events that take place in churches and synagogues such as weddings.

In art, we are looking at natural materials and creating our own collages and patterns. We are learning about the artist and sculptor Andy Goldsworthy and creating our own pieces of artwork in his style.

In DT, we are learning about pivots and levers. We will be investigating moving picture books out find out how they work and will have a go at making our own moving pictures using a pivot or lever.

In health and relationships ed will be looking at change. We will focus on how animals and humans change from babies to adults and prepare ourselves for our future and our new classes in September.

In geography we are looking at our local area and how it has changed. We will be comparing Mansfield to Sherwood Forest and identifying human and physical features.

Exciting Opportunities

We are beginning the half term with a visit from ‘Wonderdome’ a travelling planetarium where we can ask lots of scientific questions and learn about different planets and stars.

This half term we will be going on a trip to Sherwood Pines to support our geographical learning by testing out our fieldwork skills through orienteering opportunities. We will also have the chance to create a gallery of natural art whilst we are there support our art topic.

We are also visiting a local church to identify what different places of worship look like and learn about what happens there.

We will be taking part in Sports Day showcasing our amazing PE skills through a variety of different activities and races.

We will be having lots of transition activities to prepare us for the next year including a family and friends picnic with our current and new teachers. Having transition days to see our new classmates, classroom and teachers and having playtimes on our new playgrounds.