Welcome to Year 1

Our classes are Rowan and Silver Birch.

Rowan: Your teacher is Miss Burnett.

Your class email address is rowan@churchfields.q1e.org.uk

Silver Birch: Your teacher is Miss Akhtar. 

Your class email address is: silverbirch@churchfields.q1e.org.uk

In English this half term we will begin by reading Cloudland by John Burningham and children will be writing their own descriptive Cloudland stories. Following this, children will be writing non-fiction texts about the Victorians, linked to their Changing Childhood history topic. Finally, children will be reading The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield, and writing an emotive letter in role as the Bear, based on their understanding of the text.

In maths we will be continuing to follow our ‘Maths No Problem’ scheme. We will be extending children’s understanding of place value, addition and subtraction using numbers up to 100. Following this, children will move onto learning about time to the hour and half past the hour. Finally, we will move onto our Money topic, where children will learn to recognise coins and notes. 

In science we will be learning about plants. Children will learn about the parts of a plant including their role and function. They will also learn about how plants change and grow over periods of times and be able to identify some common British plants.

In topic our Historical focus this half term is on Changing Childhood. Children will be learning about what life was like over 100 years ago in the Victorian times. They will be learning about Victorian schools, homes and jobs and consider how life has changed from the past. We will head ‘back in time’ with a special Victorian School Day later in the half term where children can come dressed up and experience a Victorian school day.

In art we will be looking at relationships between cool and warm colours.  

Reminders

Rowan Class PE: Wednesday & Friday

Silver Birch PE: Monday & Friday

Please can your child attend school in their school uniform with their PE kit in their bag. Children will take their PE kit home at half term.

Every child needs to bring their full PE kit including a top in their house team’s colour, clean socks and suitable trainers.

Water Bottles:

Please ensure your child has a named water bottle in school.

If you need to speak to us directly about anything, please use the class email to arrange an appointment.

Thank you for your support.

Miss Akhtar & Miss Burnett