Year 1 - Mrs Sloanes 2025 - 2026
Mrs Sloanes
Autumn Term
As we transition into Year One we will be extending our learning through play. In our classroom we have lots of areas of provision linked to our curriculum and the interests of the children.
We have loved using junk modelling to build robots and create machines, we are beginning to use a variety of tools to extend the design of our products even more.
Reading and Writing
We use Talk Through Stories to explore story sequencing, inference and language practically through role play, discussion and games.
Our writing sequence allows us to practice applying our phonic skills as a route to decode and record new words. We use colourful semantics to begin to learn sentence construction by visually linking question words to sentence parts such as assigning orange to "who?" and yellow to "what doing".
Our books for this term are;
Can I Build Another Me? Shinsuke Yoshitake
Three Billy Goats Gruff Kate Pankhurst
Funnybones Allan Ahlberg
Where the Poppies Now Grow Hilary Robinson & Martin Impey
Monkey Puzzle Julia Donaldson
Luna Loves Christmas Joseph Coelho
Santa Post Emma Yarlett
Maths
We follow Maths No problem which follows a concrete, pictorial, abstract approach allowing the children to fully embed new learning through discussion and practical learning before applying their skills to a written format.
In autumn term we will be looking at numbers within 10. This includes their value, sequencing, number bonds and addition/ subtraction.
We have maths resources available in our continuous provision for children to reguarly use and apply their skills in their play and access challenges to enhance their learning.
Our Wider Curriculum
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Geography |
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Our science topic in Autumn term is 'my body' We will be looking at the parts of the body we can see, labelling them and knowing what they do for us. This includes linking the correct part of the body to the correct sense. We will be playing lots of games using our senses to find out just how important they are and discuss which one we feel is the most important. We will also look at how to keep our mind and body healthy through what we eat, exercise and sleep. |
Our history topic is 'buildings in Peterlee'.
We will be looking at the mining village of Peterlee and how it changed and adapted to become the town that it is today. We will investigate what houses used to look like, what the streets and neighboring villages may have looked like and how they have changed over time. We will be beginning to use a timeline to plot events. |
Our geography topic is Peterlee.
We will be able to locate Peterlee on a map and know the landforms within it including the woodland / forests and the coastline. We will be able to name the water bodies around Peterlee including the Castle Eden Burn / stream and the North Sea. |
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Art |
RE |
PSHE |
| In our art lessons with Mrs Foster we will be looking at portraits and collages. We will use a visual stimulus to create a portrait collage of ourselves using a variety of mediums. |
RE gives us the opportunity to explore the beliefs of different faiths. Our topic begins in Autumn with Christianity and finding out why the Bible is special to Christians. We will explore how and why they use the Bible as well as where they might find a Bible in their place of worship. |
We begin Year One with two very important topics in our PSHE lesson; Safety First, VIPS.
It is essential that we know how to keep ourselves and those around us safe as well as knowing who are trusted adults are and how they can be a duty bearer for our right to be safe. |
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Computing |
PE |
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Fruit and Vegetables The children will categorise food into fruits and vegetables before designing and making a healthy smoothie to enjoy. The chidlren will taste and evaluate their smoothie. A Balanced Diet The children will look at food groups and what food complimets each other well. They will use these food combinations to create ideas for wraps which offer people a healthy, balanced diet. |
Using PurpleMash we will practice logging in and logging out and explore online safety as a tool to keep us safe when using devices online. |
Send and Return: Unit Focus- Able to send an object with increased confidence using hand or bat. Move towards a moving ball to return. Sending and returning a variety of balls. We are learning to
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