Year 1 - Green Class and Yellow Class
Curriculum overview
Termly Newsletters
Summer term 2026
What a fun term we have had in Year 1. The children have grown up so much since the beginning of the school year and have made so much progress socially, emotionally as well as academically. What a difference 11 months can make! The staff in Year 1 are extremely proud of you all. The children have enjoyed making clay pots this term in the style of the French artist Alice Gavalet. Her work was inspired by textiles which the children took their inspiration from too. We were excited when caterpillars arrived for us to observe their life cycle. It was fascinating watching them grow bigger, turn into chrysalises and finally emerge as beautiful butterflies. In mathematics we have grouped numbers to begin multiplication and division. We felt very grown up using the vocabulary and symbols for these calculations. We have handled and learnt about coins and making amounts to purchase toys in our class shop. The children have begun to learn about o'clock and half past too so keep practising telling these times over the summer. In science the children grew their own sunflowers and learnt the best conditions to keep a plant growing healthily. I hope these continue to bloom over the summer. It would be lovely to see some photographs of them in September. Congratulations to all the children on a successful year of school and we hope all our families have a wonderful summer holiday together.
Spring Term 2026
We have been very busy this term! The children loved coming dressed up as book characters for World Book Day. We also celebrated Children’s Mental Health Week with the theme ‘This is My Place’. The children designed 3D rooms of the places that mean the most to them. We enjoyed doing experiments during science week and ending it with a fantastic presentation of work for parents to see
Autumn Term 2025
The Year 1 children have settled into their new classes very well and have enthusiastically taken part in all aspects of their learning. We have been extremely proud of their attitudes and efforts. We all thoroughly enjoyed art week and looking at the work of Andy Goldsworthy. We used his art work as inspiration to create our own pieces out of natural resources. The children have been busy practising their counting and sorting skills in mathematics and have begun to calculate their own addition sentences by filling in part whole models. In history, the children have really enjoyed learning about the local historical figure: Sir Titus Salt. They’ve learnt about what life was like in Saltaire during the Victorian period. The children have produced some lovely poems about their senses in English lessons. In geography, we have enjoyed learning about the different countries in the United Kingdom and looking at maps closer to home. The children have navigated maps and created their own aerial maps of the classroom using keys.
Summer Term 2025
