Welcome back to Year 1! The staff would like to thank you for the wonderful gifts that were given at the end of term. They were very much appreciated. We hope you have had a good break. The term ahead is going to be a busy one. Our topic is 'Up in the Sky'. Below you will find a brief overview of what your child will be covering this term in each area of learning.
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.
• Name 3D shapes
• Time- o’clock/ half past
• Reading information 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- alphabetical order, verbs, past tense, future tense, nouns, adjectives, doubling rule, final blends, compound words
• Spelling – vowels, magic e, wh, ay, ea, igh, y, ow, ew
• 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.
• 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
• Chinese New Year
• Story of Creation
• 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
• Likes/dislikes
• 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.
• 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
