Year 1 2024 - 2025

Summer Term 1 2025 

Mini Explorers 

Curriculum

This term our learning will focus around the theme of 'Mini Explorers'

In Science we will be naming and identifying wild and garden plants in and around our school. We will go on a walk to Marshall's Arms to see what we can see growing in the wild. We will grow some of our plants,  learn how to care for them and name the main parts. We will be exploring and identifying trees and find out about how they change across the seasons. We will be also continuing to find our about amphibians as we make careful observations of our tadpoles now they have grown over the Easter holidays!

In Geography, we will be exploring our own school and the human and physical features in our immediate locality. We will look at different maps and learn to follow a map of the school. We will make our own journey maps and follow simple directions. 

In English, we will be using the text 'Bog Baby' by Jeanne Willis. We will make and describe our own Bog Babies and write about how to look after them. We will then think about changing the setting and write our own stories. 

In Art we will be making close obseravtions of plants and flowers to sketch and add water colour. We will also be printing using natural materials such as leaves and bark. 

In RE we will be exploring the question 'How do Muslim's express new beginnings?'

We will meet Yasmin (a persona doll) and know her faith is called Islam and that she is a Muslim.  We will find out about the Qur'an and understand some of the celebrations that Muslim's take part in. (Weddings and a babies birth) 

For more detailed information on the Year 1 curriculum, please see our overview.KS1 Curriculum Overview 

Homework

Our priority for homework continues to be reading and supporting our phonics teaching. We ask you to ensure your child reads at least three times a week. Please can you record in your child's reading diary so we know they have read. 

Each Friday, your child will bring home their phonics folder. Please share the most recent phonics learning with your child and re-read the words and sentences. 

We encourage you to use the ‘1-minute maths’ app (White Rose Maths) which supports your child's fluency in counting, addition and subtraction facts.  https://whiterosemaths.com/1-minute-maths

PE Days

Tuesday and Thursday's. 

Please come in PE kit on these days. Please ensure your child comes appropriately dressed for these lessons, particularly in the winter as outdoor sessions still take place. We request that no jewellery is worn in school and on PE days we ask that your child has any earrings covered or taken out.

Celebration assemblies

These will be on Fridays at 9am, every third week. You will get a message from school if your child is receiving an award in assembly.

COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA

Please follow our Instagram account: @hartfordmanor72

We will also message directly on Tapestry, sharing photos, reminders and important information.

We are very happy to receive messages and updates on Tapestry. You can share photos of your child's acheivements outside of school or special things they have done. However, if there is an urgent message please always use the school office as we may not check the account everyday.