Maths
Children in Year One are focusing on Addition and Subtractions within 20. They have been adding using number line, tens frames and part-part whole model. Children have continued to make progress throughout their learning by recognising numbers and forming them correctly.

English
This term children have been learning the story ‘Handa’s Surprise’. Children were able to sequence the story and retell what has happened verbally and with actions. They have started to innovate their stories where they have changed the items found in Handa’s basket to their favourite things. Next week children will writing their own version of Handa’s surprise.

Topic 
Children in Year one are exploring the wonderful world of Geography! Children were excited to practice their orienteering skills by making their own compass to navigate their way around the school. Everyone learnt about North, South, East and West (compass points). Children will continue to learn more about Geography focusing on the UK (human and physical) features and begin to explore the different continents and oceans.

Outdoor learning 
Children had to run towards the different compass points found on the playground.

Reading
Children have been learning about a fiction book called ‘Between Tick and Tock’. Children had to familarise themselves with the story. They learnt new vocabulary used in the text and they had the opportunity to use their observation skills to articulate their idea. The current book the children are learning is a non-fiction story called Great Britain.

English
In English children are learning the story ‘Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion’.
They have worked extremely hard in writing their sentences after sequencing the story. Children are working towards becoming independent by using their phonics.

Maths
Children in Year 1 have worked extremely hard in Maths and have shown great pride in their work. They have come to an end of their Addition and Subtraction unit and now we are learning about shapes.

Science
The scientist in Year 1 have come to the end in exploring their Five senses. Children had the opportunity to make their own Jam sandwich. They are now focusing on the parts of a human body.

PSHE– Anti-bullying week
This Year’s theme for anti-bullying week was “Reach out.”
Children in Year 1 have created a variety of crafts to show that ‘We are brave and strong’.
In Birch class, children made shields to tell the bully to stop and show that we are always protected when we stand together.
In Alder class, children made medals about kindness. This taught the children to always be kind to everyone.
In Ash class children made crowns to show that they are brave and can stand up against anyone and use kind words in response to the bully.

English
In English children have been captivated by the story ‘The Enormous Turnip’. Children across Year One learnt this story using actions and were able to retell the story using the story map. children also had the opportunity to create their own version of this story. They have really enjoyed reading this amazing story!

Now we are working on instructional language and start to follow a set of instructions on ‘How to catch a fairy’.

Maths
Children in Year 1 were focusing on Place Value within 10 and now have progressed to addition to subtraction within 10. Children are expanding their knowledge of Maths through using different mathematical resources and learning different strategies.

Science
The scientist in Year 1 have been busy learning about the 5 senses. So far they learnt about the aspect of touching and hearing. they had the chance to do outdoor learning to widen their thinking. The vocabulary gained from theses lessons have been exceptional.

Continuous Provision
To create a smooth transition into Year 1, we have continuous provision emplaced to secure their learning through the concept of play and exploration. During continuous provision we focused on different subjects and topic that have learnt.

This half term we have been very busy in Year 1. We have finished writing our stories for Handa’s Surprise and have now started looking at the story Handa’s Hen. We used this to get us thinking about animals and we have started to write a fact file about cats or rabbits. We have been looking at some exciting information about these animals. Did you know, a cat can sleep for up to 18 hours a day! We thought a lot about what a fact file and what it needs and we decided we could only write things which were true and about our chosen animal. We have really enjoyed learning about different animals! 

We are truly becoming maths superstars in Year 1! We have been learning about length and height in our books. We have been looking at non-standard units of measure, such as cubes or hands but we have decided that these are not always the best thing to use because some people have much bigger hands than others. So, we are now looking at using rulers. We need to start at zero and see where the object finishes, it is very exciting! 

In topic we have been working hard to name the different parts of a plant and explaining the different jobs they all do. We have also been looking at different landscapes such as flat land, hills, mountains and valleys. We have been able to walk around the school and we found a lot of hills! We decided that our school is on top of a hill and we can look down to see Asda. 

The children in Year 1 have a lot to look forward to over the next few weeks: 

• We are going to go out on a school field and see how big a whale really is and find out if one can really swim in our bathtub! 
• In maths we will be looking at weights and how we measure these. We will also be looking at arrays and how these help us to learn multiplication. 
• In our topic we will be looking at different animals from around the world and making a new exciting project.