Year 1 2024 - 2025
Mrs Chilton-Jones
Welcome to Year 1!
Mrs Chilton Jones, Mrs Townson and Mrs Ledgar
Mrs Chilton-Jones and Mrs Townson will be teaching the class supported by Mrs Ledgar who is our class teaching assistant.
Welcome to the Summer Term!
Dear Parents / Carers,
Welcome to the Summer term in Year 1, we hope you had a wonderful Easter break. We are looking forward to a very busy and exciting term!
Year 1 will start the term with a selection of stories from the Beatrix Potter collection. We will be learning about her life, from her Victorian childhood through to famous author, artist and farmer, and along the way we will explore geographical features of the Lake District. This topic provides cross-curricular links for art, science, history and geography.
As we move through the term we will begin our topic work learning about ‘Famous Queens’ through history. The children will explore the lives, reigns and accomplishments of Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II. In geography the children will be studying maps and exploring some features of a number of different cities. They will learn about some human and physical features of cities.
Our Religion topics this term we will talk about how we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus at Easter and learn about the events following this. Later in the summer term the children will learn about the community of the Church, both locally and world wide.
In maths, we will be learning about: the place value of numbers to 50 and then 100, measurement (length/height, weight/volume), position and direction, multiplication and division, fractions, money and time. As before, we will post the weekly power points so you are able to see what we have been learning.
In phonics, we are continuing to learn alternative pronunciations and later in the term, we will move onto learning alternative spellings. The children will be taking the Statutory ‘Phonics Screening Check’ the week beginning 9th June. Homework this term will focus on preparing the children for the Phonic Screening Test during which the children are required to read carefully and accurately both real and nonsense words. The children are particularly keen on ‘Phonics Play’ online. Many of the games are free to access to home.
The children will continue to read and change their books on their set reading days. Please continue reading daily at home.
In science, our topic is ‘Plants’ and we also continue to look at the changes we see outside in the weather and environment as we move through spring to summer.
Finally, we will be going on a school trip to Manchester Runway park on Friday 6th June.
Thank you for all your support throughout this year and we are looking forward to a fantastic term with your children!
Best wishes
Mrs Chilton-Jones, Mrs Townson and Mrs Ledgar
