Miss Caff
Teacher
My favourite book is 'How to Train your Dragon' by Cressida Cowell. When I was at school, this book was read to me by my class teacher. I became engrossed in the adventurous, magical and wondrous characters within the story and the ups and downs within the plot. I was hooked. The book follows a young Viking boy, Hiccup who wants to be just like his dad until he meets an interesting dragon, Toothless. The bravery, independence and teamwork within this book resonated with me as a child and still do now. I will continue to read this book and recommend it to all of my students.
Miss Franklin
Support Staff
My favourite children's book is The Lion, The Witch and the wardrobe. This book follows four children into a mystery world which they accidentally enter whilst hiding in a wardrobe. They experience excitement, curiosity and fear as they enter the new, mysterious world. Throughout this story the children undertake numerous challenges in order to protect each other and meet new people and creatures whilst exploring the wonders of this new, mysterious place.
Summer 1
Welcome back after the Easter break! The title for Summer 1 is ‘The race for Space’.
Phonics and spelling will continue to be taught daily alongside our English lessons. This half term we will be writing with a purpose to inform. We will be looking at the story ‘Somebody Swallowed Stanley’. We will then use this stimulus to help us write our own non-chronological reports about sea creatures.
In maths, we will follow the White Rose scheme of work. Our focus in Year 1 will be multiplication and division and then onto fractions. We will be continually reviewing our arithmetic methods throughout the half term through our ‘fluency in five’ sessions.
In History we will be thinking about the significant historical event of the moon landing. We will think about changes that have happened within living memory, use sources to find out information and think about who Neil Armstrong was and why the moon landing was important.
In Science, we will be looking at careers within Science and famous Scientists from the past. We will learn about Mae Jemison the astronaut and the three hidden figures who played a big role within NASA.
In Art we will be looking at the work of Peter Thorpe and using his techniques to create our own space pictures. Then we will focus on Van Gogh’s ‘Starry night’ and create our own version.
In D.T. we will be creating our own moon buggies, ensuring that they have working wheels and axles. We will then evaluate our products.
In R.E. we will be exploring the question: ‘Who is Muslim and how do they live (Part 2)?’ We will focus on the holy words within the Qu’ran and the importance of prayer to Muslims.
In music we will be completing the ‘In the groove’ charanga unit and we will be learning to sing the song as an ensemble and we will also play the notes C and D on a glockenspiel. We will also move onto composing our own short rhythms alongside the song and learning to improvise too.
In P.E, we will be focusing on striking and fielding; we will think about throwing for accuracy and distance and how to hit a ball with a bat. We will then use the skills that we have learned within game situations.
In computing, we will be completing a Purple Mash unit called ‘Maze explorers’ in which we will use ‘Maze2go’ to create, extend and debug algorithms and then create a challenge for a friend.
In PSHCE, the Year 1s will be thinking about relationships with family and friends. We will be focussing on what makes a good friend, how we create and build friendships and the relationship with our families.