Welcome back after the long summer break. Below you will find a basic overview of what your child will be covering this term. This blog will enable you keep up to date on what your child has been doing in Year 1, so don't forget to check in regularly!
Mathematical Development
• Counting up to 100- forwards, backwards, in multiples of 1 and 10.
• Reading numbers to 20 in figures.
• Recognising and understanding value of teen numbers.
• Doubling
• Less than / more than
• 2D shape recognition.
• Comparing lengths and heights of classroom objects.
• Shop role play- using till and money, coin recognition
• Days of the week, months and seasons.
• Number
Language, Literacy and Communication Skills
• Listening to a range of stories
• Grammar - recognising sounds, using capital letters, common and proper nouns
• Sequencing stories, jumbled sentences, missing words.
• Reading and spelling high frequency words
• Cvc words- spelling, reading, and writing.
• Letter Formation
• Re-telling theme related stories
• Listen to Poems – Make lists of rhyming words, shared writing.
• Writing lists
• Read, follow and write instructions for practical activities.
• Recounts of events, trips, weekend news
Personal and Social Development, Well being and Cultural Diversity
• Setting targets- celebrate achievement; think about what they can improve.
• Contributing to Class rules
• Identify and deal with feelings in a positive way
• Circle time activities/games - Identifying and respecting similarities and
differences between people
• Friendship – what makes a good friend
• Play and work cooperatively
• Safety at home and school
Knowledge and Understanding of the World
• Address, maps of locality
• Family and pets
• Electricity –Identify objects that use electricity in the home and school
• Water - Explore the water cycle. What do we use water for?
• Soil/clay – What is soil/ clay? Find out about animals that live underground
• Create a wormery
• Autumn – sequence of seasons, animals that hibernate. Go on an autumn
woodland walk
• Dinosaurs – Make fossils. Become historians. Explore the history of
dinosaurs. Where did they live? What did they eat?
Caves – prehistoric life, paintings, formation of caves
Religious Education
• Harvest
• Divali
• Christmas
Physical Development
• Games- throwing and catching for height, distance and accuracy using
beanbags, balls etc.
• Target games- skittles
• Gymnastics - perform short movement sequences
• Changes in direction and control over large body parts
• Putting / getting apparatus away carefully.
• Fine motor- drawing, chalking, painting, cutting, and modelling.
• Construction –building models (houses, buildings etc.)
Welsh Language Development
• Communicating in Welsh through Speaking and listening, reading and writing. Covering topics of:
• Greetings
• Numbers
• Colours
• Pets
Creative Development
• Self portraits
• Fruit/vegetable/leaf prints
• Design and create model house
• Exploring clay, making marks and models
• Christmas cards/ decorations
• Music - identify different sources of sound
• Make sounds using body and instruments
• Select sounds to reflect the mood of the songs and recognise long and
short sounds.
• Make long and short sounds using instruments.
• Dance - Responding to music/ story stimulus
• Linking 2/3 contrasting actions.
• Explore different pathways.
