Year 1 - Autumn 1 2025
Welcome back for the Autumn term.
P.E.
This half term we will be focusing on fundamental skills such as throwing, catching and dribbling.
Pupils will need to wear a school PE kit and remove any earrings before coming to school.
Our PE day is Tuesday.
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.
Reading logs will be checked every Monday.
Homework
Homework will be given out on a Monday and expected back the following Monday.
English
We will be reading 'Old Bear' by Jane Hissey. We will be learning how to construct a sentence using full stops, finger spaces and capital letters. We will focus on writing a return narrative and a message.
Math
This half term we will be looking at place value within 10, using a number line and identifying one more and one less than a number.
History
For our first history topic we will be learning about 'toys from the past.' We will look at what toys lookeed like when our grandparents were children and how that changed now when we look at our toys.
Science
We will be using 'Developing Experts' to learn all about our bodies. We will name our body parts and learn about the different senses.