Robins 2024 - 2025

Welcome to Robins Class

We are a Year 1 class who are taught by Miss Wright, supported by Mrs Lister.

This is what we will be learning about in the Spring term:

Maths:

Number: Place Value - Numbers to 20

Count to and across 100, forwards and backwards, beginning with 0 or 1, or from any given number. Read and write numbers from 1 to 20 in numerals and words. Identify and represent numbers using objects, pictorial representations including the number line, and use the language of equal to, more than, less than (fewer), most, least. Recognise the place value of each digit in a two-digit number (tens, ones). Given a number, identify one more and one less.

Number: Addition and Subtraction – Addition and Subtraction within 20.

Add and subtract one-digit and two-digit numbers to 20 including zero. Represent and use number bonds and related subtraction facts within 20. Solve one-step problems that involve addition and subtraction, using concrete objects and pictorial representations, and missing number problems such as 7 = ☐ – 9.

Number: Place Value - Numbers to 50

Count to and across 100, forwards and backwards, beginning with 0 or 1, or from any given number. Count, read and write numbers to 100 in numerals, count in multiples of twos, fives and tens. Identify and represent numbers using objects, pictorial representations including the number line, and use the language of equal to, more than, less than (fewer), most, least. Recognise the place value of each digit in a two-digit number (tens, ones). Given a number, identify one more and one less.

Measurement – Introducing length and height

Compare, describe and solve practical problems for: lengths and heights (for example, long/short, longer/shorter, tall/short, double/half. Measure and being to record lengths and heights.

Measurement – Introducing mass and capacity

Compare, describe and solve practical problems for: mass/weight (for example, heavy/light, heavier than/lighter than); capacity and volume (for example, full/empty, more than/less than, half, half full, quarter). Measure and being to record the following: mass/ weight, capacity and volume.

English:

At the beginning of the Spring term the children will be reading, analysing and exploring the story Hermelin by Mini Grey. This beautiful book follows the adventures of Hermelin, a detective mouse, who helps the occupants of Offley Street find their missing items. The children will have opportunities to write their own detective narrative, reinforcing Year 1 English objectives to sequence sentences, accurately use basic punctuation and write using prefixes. The children will also complete a non-fiction piece of extended writing, looking at how to compose and write an informal letter.

In the second part of the term, we will explore the classic story: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. This beautifully illustrated text follows Max who puts on his wolf suit and makes mischief of one kind and another, so his mother calls him 'Wild Thing' and sends him to bed without his supper. The children will write a non-chronological report and portal narrative. They will build on previous learning to accurately write suffixes added to words, combine words to make sentences and sequence sentences to form short narratives.

Science:

Everyday Materials

In this unit the children will learn to identify and name everyday materials and will have the opportunity to explore the properties of these materials. The children also will carry out a simple investigation to help them decide which material would be most suitable to use for an umbrella. At the end of the unit the children will apply their knowledge of everyday materials to sort objects by their properties.

Scientists and Inventors

We will learn about the inventions of Lego and earmuffs and will explore the materials used to make them. The children will investigate other materials that keep us warm, carrying out simple tests. They will find out about the work of animal scientists, such as vets and zookeepers. They will group and sort animals to make their own paper zoo, and will act in role as a vet, identifying the body parts of different animals.

History:

Toys

We will learn about toys through the 20th century and the early 21st century. The children will explain what they know about toys today and explain how we can find out about the past. They will describe features of different toys, learn how to recognise old and new toys and use words relating to the passing of time.

Geography:

Our Country

We will explore the UK by looking at individual countries, capital cities, human and physical features. The children will name the four countries of the UK, capital cities and surrounding seas. They will begin to know the differences between town and country locations, use a range of maps (world, country, street maps, aerial views and plans) to locate places and landmarks, produce a journey line. In a study of our capital city, the children will describe human and physical features of the city of London, use internet mapping programmes to observe aerial views and will compare the capital cities of London and Brasilia.

Computing:

Digital Painting

This Painting unit will teach the class basic painting skills in a painting application on a computer or tablet device. The children will use a simple painting program to paint with different colours and brushes, create shapes, fill areas, undo and redo and add text.

Programming Toys

In this unit about programming toys, the children will be introduced to the principles of programming through unplugged tasks and the use of Bee-Bots. They will be introduced to algorithms as a set of step-by-step instructions given to a device, will learn how to debug simple algorithms and how to use logical reasoning to predict how a program will behave.

Art:

Miro’

We will learn about the Spanish Catalan artist, Joan Mirό, inspiring the children with colour, fun, dreams, and nonsense as they create their own pieces of art. They will learn all about his Magical Realist paintings, drawing on their own experiences to create dream-like pictures about their own lives. We will have great fun exploring printmaking with lots of different objects and materials to illustrate a nonsense alphabet. The children will love using their imagination as they delve into Mirό’s Surrealist paintings and sculptures, learning new techniques and making their own unique, colourful, and exciting artworks.

Design and Technology:

Sensational Salads

As part of this unit, we will learn about peeling, zesting, cutting safely and applying these skills when preparing healthy dishes. The children will explain that the food they eat can be split into different groups and know they should eat a balance of foods, including fish, to have a healthy and varied diet. They will learn the basic principles of a healthy diet to prepare dishes and start to understand why it is healthy. They will follow a simple recipe and work with some independence to correctly use measurement spoons, zesters and juicers when preparing dishes. Finally, they will learn to understand that fruit and vegetables are grown in different places and that fish is caught in seas, rivers and lakes.

Religious Education:

Christianity: Jesus as a friend

Through story reading and questioning, the children will explore whether it was it always easy for Jesus to show friendship?

Christianity: Easter - Palm Sunday

We will question why was Jesus welcomed like a king or celebrity by the crowds on Palm Sunday?

Music:

Beat: Machine followed by Pitch: Seasons

Exploring sounds: Our School followed by Beat: Patterns

We will learn what the beat is, use body percussion and instruments to combine a steady beat with word rhythms and we will explore changes in tempo. The children will explore sounds in the environment and investigate ways to produce and record sounds. They will use ICT to stimulate musical ideas. We will develop further vocabulary and understanding of pitch movements and explore pitch through singing, pitched percussion and listening games.

P.S.H.E.:

Health and Well-being: Think Positive

The children will recognise, talk about and accept their feelings, both positive and negative, as well as how to manage certain emotions. They will explore themes of thinking positively and calmly, making good decisions and developing resilience. They will also explore the positive feelings associated with being thankful, grateful and mindful.

Relationships: Digital Wellbeing

The children will consider how we can use the Internet in a safe and responsible way. They will discuss how the Internet can be useful in our everyday lives and how we can balance time online with doing other activities to keep our mind and body healthy. The children will consider what risks there are online and how we can make sure we stay safe, including how important it is to not share any personal information over the Internet. They will also explore the importance of communicating online in a way that shows kindness and respect and discuss whether or not we can believe everything we see on the Internet.

Physical Education:

Outdoor PE (Monday): Attacking and Defending Techniques, Multi skills: Bat and Ball.

Indoor (Wednesday): Circuit Training, Dance

On these days, the children will need to come to school dressed in their P.E. uniform: navy shorts and light blue T-shirt; navy tracksuit and light blue T-shirt. No logos or football kits. Trainers should be plain black or plain white. All long hair should be tied back, and earrings should be removed.

Homework:

Weekly Recaps

A weekly recap will be out every Friday on Class Dojo. These weekly recaps will focus on the following: Read Write Inc sounds taught, common exception words discussed in class and new vocabulary learnt. There will also be two cheeky challenges based around our English and Maths work. Sometimes, there will be a chilli challenge for the children to complete.

In addition to the weekly recaps, your child can access maths games via NumBots to help improve their mathematical fluency. During this term, the children will begin to explore counting in multiples of 2, 5 and 10. If you could continue to encourage the children to practise these at home it would be much appreciated.

BBC Supermovers (https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers) is an engaging way to help.

Reading

Reading remains the most important aspect of home learning. At Weston, we expect children to read at least four times a week. This can include reading both at home and at school. To make recording this straightforward, children only need to write the book title and author once in their reading diary and then simply note the page number they’ve reached each time they read. To support this routine, children should bring their reading diary to school every day. For completing their reading four times a week, they will earn four Reading Dojos.