Year 1

 English

This half term, our core text is 'Dougal's Deep Sea Diary' which follows a young explorers adventures in the deep sea. The children will have opportunities to learn about fascinating marine creatures and also generate descriptive language to describe characters and settings. The children will be working towards creating a diary entry to recount what Dougal saw while on his journey. 

Maths

In maths this half term, the children will be focusing on multiplication and division by counting and making equal groups, creating arrays and sharing equally.
We will also be learning about fractions focusing on identifying and finding a half and a quarter of shapes, objects and numbers.
Finally, the children will be learning about position and direction using the key vocabulary of left, right, forwards, backwards. This topic offers chances to make links to prior learning of fractions by making quarter and half turns. They will also be able to make links to their computing learning by giving instructions using directional language. 

In Geography, Year 1 will be learning about oceans and coastlines. They will have an opportunity to identify physical and human features of a coast line such as cliffs and piers. They will then investigate the human effects on coastlines and work together to research ways reduce pollution and protect the waters around the UK. We will be linking this learning with our global learning outcome. 

Knowledge Organiser 

In RE, Year 1 will be learning about Islam and important beliefs within this faith. Children will learn about the Quran and identify features of a place of worship. Throughout the half term we will be working towards answering our assessment question of 'Who was the Prophet Muhammad and why is he so important to Muslims?'

 Knowledge Organiser 

In DT this half term, we will be learning about textiles focusing on the skill of weaving. As part of their learning journey, the children will be experimenting with different types of weaving styles and they will use equipment and materials to collectively weave a blanket. 

 Knowledge Organiser 

In Computing, we will be learning to present a story in different ways through a mindmap, fact file or quiz. The children will be using application on purple mash to create their own quiz based on a traditional tale. The children will also create a presentation which they will share with their peers.  

This half term, we will be focusing on the topic of athletics. The children will use a variety of different movements and speed as well as develop listening skills and quick reactions. The children will have opportunities to build team working skills through working in small groups and taking turns.

RHE

In RHE this half term, Year 1 will be learning about online relationships and how to keep ourselves safe when using technology. The children will learn to recognise ways the internet can be used to communicate as well as the importance of treating people with kindness and respect. 

In Music, we will be exploring a variety of songs and experiment with finding the pulse. We will listening carefully to the songs to identify the beats and then will play simple rhythmic patterns using long and short sounds. We will also be singing a melody that travels up and down. 

Our Global Learning this term will be focused on planning a community clean up. We will look at the impact humans have on our local area and research ways we can help look protect it. We will be linking our learning to our Geography curriculum of pollution and how we can look after our oceans.