Y1 Elmer Class

Welcome to Year 1

In English, our written work will be based on high quality texts; including Naughty Bus by Jan and Jerry Oke, Beegu by Alesxis Deacon and Cave Baby by Julia Donaldson.  The children will continue to develop their understanding of sentence construction and the use of simple punctuation.  They will continue to orally rehearse sentences then write them. As the year progresses, they will learn to edit their sentences and check that they make sense. They will start to link clauses within sentences with the use of ‘and’ and ‘but’. They will use some adjectives to describe objects, people and settings.  With handwriting, the children will learn how to form letters (including capitals) and numbers correctly that are of a consistent size. 

In Phonics we will continue to learn new sounds for reading and writing, as well as reading high frequency words. We will be following the 'Read, Write, Inc' scheme.

In Maths, your child will start to build confidence working with numbers, through developing their counting and calculation skills. They will also gain an understanding of halves and quarters, start to measure and tell the time, and learn about some 2D and 3D shapes.  The principal focus of mathematics teaching in Year 1 is to ensure that pupils develop confidence and mental fluency with whole numbers, counting and place value and they will be able to use these skills to reason and solve problems.  

 These are our Science questions:

• How do the seasons impact what we do?

• Why does it get darker earlier in the winter?

• Why are humans not like tigers?

• Which birds and plants would Little Red Riding Hood find in our park?

• Which materials would Iggy Peck use? 

 These are our Humanities questions:

• Who were famous when mum and dad were little?

• Where did the wheels on the bus go?

• Where do the leaves go in the winter?

• Would the Beatles have won the X Factor?

• Why can't a meerkat live in the North Pole?

• Why is the Wii more fun than grandpa and grandmas' toys?