Year 1 Current Learning

Summer Term: Has Stoke Bishop Changed for the better?

For the whole of the Summer term we are going to be answering our question: ‘Has Stoke Bishop changed for the better?’ Throughout this learning we will be able to do the following:

Geography I can:

  • use simple compass directions.
  • describe the location of features and routes on a map.
  • use aerial photographs.
  • make a simple map.
  • use simple skills to study the school and its grounds.

History I can:

  • talk about changes within living memory.
  • find out about the past.
  • find out about significant historical events, people and places in Stoke Bishop.

Science I can:

  • sort things into living, dead or never alive.
  • identify different habitats.
  • name some different animals and plants in their habitats.
  • describe a simple food chain.

English

We will be reading and exploring the text ‘The Can Caravan’ by Richard O’Neill. We will be securing our knowledge of orally composing sentences prior to writing as well as securing our understanding of capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. We will also be using our sounds to spell and forming our letters correctly. We will be using and to join two clauses together, exclamation marks, question marks and capital letters for proper nouns.

Maths

In Maths this term we will be exploring addition and subtraction within 10. We will secure our knowledge of bonds to 10, know that addition is commutative, explore doubles and halves as well as subtracting two numbers within 20.

We will also explore position and direction. We will be following and giving directions and describing turns using the language of full, half, quarter, clockwise and anti-clockwise.

Any support with maths at home would be really supportive.

PE

PE in Year 1 is every Tuesday and Friday afternoon. The children will get changed into their PE kits after lunch so they need to stay in school on their pegs.

The children need shorts, t-shirt and PE shoes – all named and the correct colours. Please ensure they have a warm layer for outdoor PE.

Useful Information

Tapestry

In Year 1 we will be using Tapestry to update you with important messages and the children’s learning. Please use the app to find pictures as they will not be posted on the website to ensure everything is in an easily accessible place. Please see your class teacher for the QR code.