Welcome to Year 1. 

We are Willow Class!

The adults in Willow Class are Miss Ahmed and Mrs Ali (Tuesday mornings).

What are we learning about this year?

In Maths, we will be developing our understanding of place value and the four operations. We will be learning different physical, pictorial and abstract methods for addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. We will be consolidating our timestable knowledge and improving our fluency when recalling timestable facts daily.

In English, we will explore a number of texts. These will include Little Fox in the Forest, Chalk, Tree: Seasons come, Seasons go, Once there were giants, Tiger who came to tea and Beegu. 

In Phonics, we be continuing to develop our reading skills through blending and segmenting real words and alien words. We will also complete a Phonics Screening Check towards the end of the year. 

In RE, we will be exploring a number of questions including who made the world, why is Christmas important to Christians, why is Easter important to Christians, what does it mean to belong and Islam - What do Muslims believe? To support our learning, we will also be visiting two places of worship. We will visit St Pauls Church to learn about belonging and ceremonies such as the holy communion and a mosque to learn about the beliefs held by Muslim people. 

In History, we will be exploring toys from the past, what schools were like for our adults and how transport has changed over time. We will be visiting Bradford Industrial Museum to take part in a 'Toy Detective' workshop and the Keighley Worth Valley Railway to explore what transport was like in the past. We will have a teddy bears picnic during our visit to the railway.

In Geography, we will be exploring our local area and learning about human and physical features. We will also be learning about the UK.

As part of PSHE, we will be learning about what makes us special, who is special to us, how we can stay healthy, what we can do with money, who helps us and how we can take care of the world. We will be taking part in a SCARF workshop about our wonderful body and we will have a visit from the school nursing team to talk to us about the importance of hand hygeine. 

In Art, we will be exploring patterns through different lines and natural objects. We will be developing pencil and paint techniques. We will learn how to mix primary colours to create secondary colours. We will be recreating pieces of art in the styles of Piet Mondrian and Wassily Kandinsky.

In Science, we will be exploring the four seasons and seasonal changes. We will also learn about different animal groups and plants.

We will be taking part in a number of workshops throughout the year such as: a road safety workshop, a art workshop, a hand hygeine workshop and a SCARF workshop.We will also have visits from a variety of workers across Shipley, including Blue Watch and police officers. 

Take a look at our Curriculum Year Group Plan to find out what else we will be learning about in Year 1 this year. Remember you can find the knowledge organisers for each unit on Class Dojo every half-term – please share these with your children and discuss the key vocabulary!

Important Information:

Library: Tuesday

PE: Thursday

Reading Books: Thursday

Spellings: Friday