Ash Class (Year 1)
Welcome to Ash Class! We are named after the Ash tree, part of the Olive family. Ash trees are medium to large trees, most of which are deciduous.
Please see our curriculum outline below to find out about what we are learning this term. You will also find our class timetable and note that PE days are Monday mornings and Thursday afternoons.
Homework is set on Friday and comprises of: daily reading. This is so important. We want our children to be confident, competent readers. Books will be changed every Friday and we expect children to be reading daily.
If you have any questions about any aspect of school, please see me after school or contact the office to arrange an appointment.
Mrs Monks
Curriculum Year 1 - Autumn Term
Art
Colour and Shape – using the work of artists such as Kandinsky, Delaunay and Monet as inspiration, we will learn about primary colours, secondary colours, warm and cool colours, tints and shades and mix colours to draw geometric shapes, using natural objects.
Computing
What is a device? Can you name any devices? What do they do? How do they work? Can you operate one? How can you keep yourself safe using a device?
Design and Technology
Making gingerbread men will include the history of spicing and flavours of some of our common food. Pizza making will also involve making dough and designing toppings.
English
We will study the story of the ‘Owl Babies’ to retell story in present tense and introduce description of setting. Folklore and how stories were passed down orally, will be taught through reading Arabian Nights Aladin/Sinbad/Ali Baba and our own instructions will be written using knowledge from the narrative. As we approach Christmas, we will learn about some classic literature, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
History
In the second half of the Autumn Term, we will be learning about the Roman invasion of Britian and how they influenced the towns and cities we live in today.
Geography
Spatial Sense - In the first half of the Autumn Term, we are developing our sense of space by drawing a map of the school and the local area and use these maps to plan a route. We will be identifying locations on the globe.
Maths
Place value – within 10
Addition and Subtraction – within 10
Geometry – 2D and 3D shapes
Place value – within 20
Music
Rhythm— Compose a piece to illustrate a train ride—accelerating and decelerating ostinato beat. (Pulse/Beat/Tempo—constant and changing tempo; Metre—Grouping beats in 2s or 3s)
Beat Music - Learn and practise a song with accompaniment on untuned/tuned percussion and sound effects using stick notation to read crotchets and rests.
Physical Education
Balancability – use a bike safely. Start, stop, weave between cones. Make up a ‘journey’ and ‘follow a map’.
Ball Skills – aiming at a target, throwing to a friend, catching from a friend.
Dance – move to music, combine two movements together, copy a partner
PSHE
Rights, Rules and Responsibilities - we will have the opportunity to identify responsibilities in familiar settings, both in and out of school. We will also discuss the areas of their lives for which adults are responsible and consider how this might change as they grow up.
My Emotions - we will help develop children’s understanding of their own emotions and those of others.
Anti-Bullying - we will understand the key characteristics of bullying and enable them to develop, explore and apply definitions of bullying to a range of situations, including cyberbullying. They will consider the feelings of children who are bullied, those that witness bullying and those who bully others.
Religious Education
Creation: Who made the world? What do Christians believe God is like?
Science
The Human Body - we will explore the different roles of the skeletal and muscular, digestive and circulatory system, the effect of exercise on the body and eating healthily. We will find out about germs, diseases and preventing Illness.
Living Things and their Environments - We will be exploring many types of habitat; from Rainforest, Desert, Meadow through to underground habitats.
