Year 1 - Summer 2 2025
Welcome back for the Summer term.
P.E.
This term we will be focusing on Games. The children will be introduced to a variety of different games such as Football and Tennis. We will be focusing on a range of skills such as dribbling and striking a ball.
Pupils will need to wear a school PE kit and remove any earrings before coming to school.
Our PE day is Wednesday.
We will also have a sports day this half term!
Reading
The children will have daily phonics lessons in the mornings, during these lessons they will also read a book matched to their phonics lessons.
The children’s reading books sent home will match their phonics level. Their reading log should be completed at home and their book bag should be brought in every day. Children should be reading 3 times a week at home.
Homework
Homework will be given out on a Monday and expected back the following Monday.
English
We will be reading 'The Last Wolf' by Mini Grey. We will be writing a hunting story as well as a recipe.
Math
This half term we will be looking at place value within 50 and 100, as well as mass and time.
Geography
For the final half term we will go back to Geography. This half term we will be learning about weather patterns. We will learn the countries that make up the UK as well as their capital cities and we will compare the weather in Birkenhead the the weather in Edinburgh.
Science
We will continue to learn all about plants. We will be able to label parts of plants and say what plants need to grow. We will also be looking at seasonal change and review the observations we have made over the year during the different seasons.