Okaro Class - Year 1
Term 5 Who were Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II?
What Pupils will be Learning About
History – Who were Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II?
Science - Animals Identify and classify. Habitats and environments
Art - Working in three dimensions. Making birds, Sculpture, Drawing and collage
PSHE - Relationships
Music - Pitch and tempo. Theme-Superheroes
RE – What does it mean to belong to a faith community?
Computing – Moving a robot.
This term PE is Run, Jump, Throw and Attack, defend and shoot.
Maths
Addition and subtraction within 20.
Place value within 50
Multiplication and division
Science Unit
Animals
Classify animals, carnivore, herbivore, omnivore.
Classify animals amphibians, fish birds and mammals.
Sort living and non living things.
Key Vocabulary
Science
Birds Fish
Amphibians Reptiles
Mammals Herbivore
Carnivore Invertebrate
Omnivore
English/Topic
Monarchy Coronation
Reign Royal Queen
King Prince Princess
Timeline Orb Sceptre
Throne Blessing
Family tree
Reading
Children will have 2 reading sessions weekly, reading a decodable book in line with their Phonic knowledge
•Decode and blend key vocabulary from the text.
•Discuss the meaning of key vocabulary from the text to ensure understanding
•Decode and blend sentences in the book independently and with an adult on a one to one basis
•Rehearse reading text in the book, working towards reading with fluency
•Answer questions and discuss the text to ensure comprehension
Writing
•To write sentences starting with a capital letter and ending with a full stop.
•To form letters correctly and keep their handwriting neat
•To use their Phonic knowledge to inform their spelling choices.
Things you could do at home
•Reading with your child everyday; this could be comics, sports pages, magazines, it doesn’t have to be just books.
•Ensure children practice their times tables. This could be using Times table Rockstars.
•Pupils will be bringing spellings home this term; practicing these with your children it could really benefit your child in improving their spelling.
•Use the discussion point images to create a conversation about the topic.
Discussion points
Term 4 - Pole to Pole
What Pupils will be Learning About
Geography – Studying weather in the UK
Science - Animals and their habitats
Art - Collaboration and community. Inspired by Flora and Fauna. Drawing, collage, sketchbooks
PSHE - Healthy Me
Music - Timbre and rhythmic patterns
Theme Fairy tales
RE – How and why do we celebrate special and sacred times, (Easter)
Computing – Technology around us,
Programming – moving a robot
PE – Dance (Unit 2) - Attack Defend Shoot (Unit 1)
This term PE for Year 1 will be on Wednesday (indoor) and Friday (outdoor).
Maths
Place Value within 20
Addition and Subtraction within 20
Place Value within 50
Length and Height
Mass and Volume
Reading
Children will have 2 reading sessions weekly, reading a decodable book in line with their Phonic knowledge
•Decode and blend key vocabulary from the text.
•Discuss the meaning of key vocabulary from the text to ensure understanding
•Decode and blend sentences in the book independently and with an adult on a one to one basis
•Rehearse reading text in the book, working towards reading with fluency
•Answer questions and discuss the text to ensure comprehension
Writing
•To write sentences starting with a capital letter and ending with a full stop.
•To form letters correctly and keep their handwriting neat
•To use their Phonic knowledge to inform their spelling choices.
Key Vocabulary
Science
Birds Fish
Amphibians Reptiles
Mammals Herbivore
Carnivore Invertebrates
Omnivore
English/Topic
Inuit Custom
Depend Provider
Pleading Sleek
Spare Bitterly
Blubber
Things you could do at home
•Reading with your child everyday; firstly their decodable reading book, shared reading book and then comics, sports pages, magazines, it doesn’t have to be just books.
•Ensure children practice counting forwards and backwards to 20 and then 50.
•Practice writing numbers to 20 correctly and then to 50
•Practice writing their letters correctly using neat handwriting with letters sitting on the writing line
Science Unit
Animals and Humans.
Know the names of the parts of the human body that can be seen.
The five senses.
Classify animals, carnivore, herbivore, omnivore.
Classify animals amphibians, fish birds and mammals.
Sort living and non living thingsYear 1 Term 3, Why does Aylesham exist?
What Pupils will be Learning About
Discussion Point
History – Why does Aylesham exist?
Science - Animals and their habitats
Art - Working in three dimensions
PSHE - Dreams and Goals
Music - Musical Vocabulary
RE – What makes some places sacred?
Computing – Programming – moving a robot
PE – Gymnastics, Hit Catch Run
This term PE for Year 1 will be on Wednesday (indoor) and Friday (outdoor).
Science
Animals and Humans
Know the names of the parts of the human body that can be seen.
The five senses.
Classify animals, carnivore, herbivore, omnivore.
Classify animals amphibians, fish birds and mammals.
Sort living and non living things.
Key Vocabulary
Science
Birds Fish
Amphibians Reptiles
Mammals Invertebrates
English/Topic
Colliery Pit
Village Town
Coal mines Miners
Coal field Choir
Past Heritage
Similarities Differences
Maths
We will be finishing addition and moving on to subtraction
Pupils will learn:
Subtraction-take away(how many left?)
Subtraction on a number line.
Add or subtract 1 or 2
Geometry
Pupils will learn:
To recognise and name 3D shapes
To sort 3D shapes
To recognise and name 2D shapes
To sort 2D shapes
To look at patterns with 2D and 3D shapes
Reading
Children will have 2 reading sessions weekly, reading a decodable book in line with their Phonic knowledge
•Decode and blend key vocabulary from the text.
•Discuss the meaning of key vocabulary from the text to ensure understanding
•Decode and blend sentences in the book independently and with an adult on a one to one basis
•Rehearse reading text in the book, working towards reading with fluency
•Answer questions and discuss the text to ensure comprehension
Writing
•To write sentences starting with a capital letter and ending with a full stop.
•To form letters correctly and keep their handwriting neat
•To use their Phonic knowledge to inform their spelling choices.
Things you could do at home
•Reading with your child everyday;fFirstly their decodable reading book this could be comics, sports pages, magazines, it doesn’t have to be just books.
•Ensure children practice counting forwards and backwards to 20 and then 50.
•Practice writing numbers to 20 correctly
•Practice writing their letters correctly using neat handwriting with letters sitting on the writing line
Useful Links
Maths
We use the White Rose maths scheme in school so this link will help you all to look at your next steps in learning.
Maths home learning packages
This site covers both Maths and Literacy.
Resources and Learning Games
Science
Range of resources for creative science activities
https://kah.org.uk/links/9/crash-course-kids
Fantastic ways of helping you look like scientists.
Practical projects to learn about wildlife and trees. A lot of these can be done in a garden, or if you can get to a remote forest location!
http://www.treetoolsforschools.org.uk/categorymenu/?cat=activities
A free app to help children to improve their skills in directional language, programming sequences of forwards, backwards, left and right 90 degree turns.
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/bee-bot/id500131639
Art and Design
Creative art and craft activities
https://theimaginationtree.com
Easy arts and crafts