Up in the sky

We have been thinking about the sun, moon and stars. We know why it is dark in the night and light in the day. We know why we can't see the stars in the day. We have been painting, drawing and creating lots of different pictures and models of the suin, moon and stars.

'Happy St.David's Day'

We worked together in a team to create a big dragon. We talked about what shapes to use, what colour to use and who was going to do each part. We worked very well as a team, listening to eachother and helping eachother.

We have talked about animals with big or small wings and made dragons, birds and butterflies.

'Dydd Dewi Sant'

We listened to a chant about a dragon and practised clapping in two different rhythms. The boys clapped in one rhythm and the girls clapped in another. It was very hard to concentrate on the clapping and saying the Dragon poem at the same time!

Jigsawing - Owl Facts

Knowledge and understanding of the World

We all thought of some questions we would like to find out about owls. Working with a partner we researched our question using books, fact cards and the Internet. We wrote and drew what we had found out and then told the rest of the class. By the end of the day we had found out and shared many new facts about owls.

Waterproof Materials

What would be the best material to make a coat for Colin to wear in the rain?

We decided the coat would need to be water proof if Colin was to wear it in the rain. We sorted objects into those we thought would be waterproof and those we thought would not be waterproof.



Then we tested some materials, by putting them into the water tray to see if our predictions were right.

The wool got very soggy and would have been no good to make the coat. Paper also got soggy and ripped. Everyone decided the plastic bag material would be the best to make Colin's coat as it would not let the water through.

Flying Carpet

Creative Development/ Language, Literacy and Communication
We read the story Aladdin and enjoyed creating our own flying carpet. Now we pretend we are going on our own flying carpet adventures and hope to write our own magic carpet stories too.

Areas of study outline - Spring Term

Our theme in Year 1 for the Spring term is 'Up in the sky'. Below you will find a brief overview of what your child will be covering during this time.

Mathematical Development
• Counting/ recognising/ matching numbers to 100.
• Counting in 10’s, adding 1n 10’s
• Number bonds to 10
• Ordinal numbers
• Comparing and ordering numbers
• More and less
• Adding and subtracting by counting on and back up to 30
• Weight- heavy / light/ making comparisons
• Positional language –above, below, left, right, beside, forwards, backwards. - follow trails
• Name 3D shapes
• Time- o’clock/ half past
• Reading formation in graphs and tables.

Language, Literacy and Communication Skills
• Listening to a range of stories, poems and rhymes
• Sequencing stories – beginning, middle and end.
• Re-telling theme related stories (stories from other cultures / traditional / fairy stories)
• Writing an alternative ending to a story (traditional / fairy stories
• Writing own poems
• Jolly Grammar 1- pronouns, initial blends, alphabetical order, verbs, past tense, future tense, nouns, adjectives, doubling rule.
• Spelling – ss, zz, ck, y, vowels, magic e, wh, ay, ea, igh, y, ow
• Read and spell high frequency words
• Handwriting – letter formation
• Writing non chronological reports
• Recounts of events, trips, weekend news

Personal and Social Development, Well being and Cultural Diversity• Recognise, name and deal with their feelings in a positive way.
• Think about themselves, learn from experiences and recognise what they are good at.
• Working with a partner and in small groups
• Recognise how their behaviour affects other people.
• New Year’s resolutions/promises
• Set simple goals
• Transport Safety

Knowledge and Understanding of the World
• Ask and answer questions.
• Water - Explore the water cycle
• Sorting materials – which materials are waterproof?.
• Weather – facts, how does weather effect us
• Night/day – compare
• Create shadows and silhouettes.
• Travel – compare old and new, discuss holiday destinations
• Transport – what types of transport can go in the sky? Ask and answer questions.
• Aerial view/ bird’s eye view. Create plans and maps

Religious Education
• Beliefs and feelings
• Heaven
• Discuss The Easter story
• St David’s Day

Physical Development
• Rolling, bowling, bouncing, throwing and catching small equipment
• Carrying apparatus safely.
• Understand the effects and importance of exercise on the body..
• Creating sequences of movements.
• Performing for others.
• Fine motor- drawing, chalking, painting, cutting, threading and modelling.


Welsh Language Development
Communicating in Welsh through Speaking and listening, reading and writing. Covering topics of:
• Greetings
• Weather
• Night/day
• Transport/ Travel
• Holiday

Creative Development
• Dance - To respond to a story or object stimulus
• Perform in pairs using mirroring technique.
• Music - recognise the differences between beat and rhythm
• Explore and recognise pitch- high and low voices
• Perform a story using high and low sounds.
• Art/D.T- Junk modelling,
• Night/day contrast pictures
• Look at and recreate artists’ work
• Aerial Views
• Observational drawings – sunsets, clouds, night, transport
• Design and make a kites/flying machines