Class 1 2024 - 2025

Year 1 ( Spring 2)

Welcome back to Spring 2! We hope you have had a fabulous half term break and we can’t wait to hear about all the fun things you’ve been up to.

We have lots of exciting things planned and can’t wait to work with you all again this half term. 

This half term our Geography unit is ‘Weather Patterns’. We will be recapping the 4 seasons, different weather we experience in the UK and how are weather is the same and different to other countries around the world.

In Literacy, we will focus on the book ‘The Curious Case of the Missing Mammoth’ by Ellie Hattie. This book will form part of our Literacy scheme of work which we will be following. 

In Maths, we will be learning about addition and subtraction within 20 and then moving onto place value within 50. We'll be providing lots of practical resources for the children to access to support them with this. 

Our Science topic this half term is ‘Materials’. We will be naming different types of materials objects are made from, recognising what material an object is made from and looking at similairities and differences between materials. 

PE this half term will be on a Wednesdays and Fridays. The children are to wear the correct uniform which is a red top and black shorts/tracksuit bottoms with trainers. The children can bring in a pair of black pumps to use in the hall for gymnastic type activities but these are not essential.

Homework will be given out on a Friday and is due in on the following Wednesday. 

Some children will be having extra catch up sessions in Phonics and Spelling. These sessions will be fun but with a clear focus and are intended to help by giving confidence to write and spell through games and a variety of spoken and written activities.

For this half term, Miss Addis’ PPA time will be on Tuesday afternoon. During this time Mrs Walker will be teaching Year 1.

It is very important that the children continue to read regularly at home, as this builds up their fluency and will continue to build on their comprehension skills. Please remember to record any reading completed at home in your child/children’s reading diary.  To develop your child/children’s thirst for books, reading to your child and discussing stories develops their range of vocabulary and their love for books.

I hope this is helpful. If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to ask. My door is always open.

Kind Regards,

Miss Addis