Year 1 News

13th March 2026

The children really enjoyed Science Week. We had an assembly about the theme, which was curiosity. We talked about scientists asking questions and trying to find the answers to them. We learnt about David Attenborough and we enjoyed sharing our learning with Reception and Year Two. We enjoyed learning about chemical reactions and making bubble bath and bath bombs in our science workshop on Friday.

Last Week:  

In Maths, we continued with our ‘Place Value to 50’ topic. We made groups of tens and ones and we partitioned numbers into tens and ones using part-whole models, dienes blocks and ten frames.  We completed the missing numbers on number lines (going forwards and backwards) up to fifty, with different starting and finishing numbers We did many practical activities using dienes blocks and ten frames to consolidate our understanding,

In phonics, we focused on the sound ‘air’ with the spellings ‘air’ and ‘are’. We applied this sound and we revised the sound ‘or’ in our reading books. We wrote sentences using these sounds and spellings.

In English, we created a fact sheet about the life and work of David Attenborough.

We focused on spelling, word spacing and handwriting on our fact sheets. We continued our daily handwriting activities.  

In history we started to learn about the astronaut, Neil Armstrong. 

In art we mixed colours to create blossom tree pictures.

In P.E, we focused on our tennis skills, by working individually and with a partner.

Next Week:

In maths, we will complete our ‘Place Value to 50’ topic. We will estimate the position of numbers on number lines and we will find one more and one less than a number. We will start our topic on ‘Length and Height’  We will compare lengths and heights and measure lengths using objects.

In phonics, we will focus on the sound ‘ue’ , with the spellings ‘ue’, ‘ew’, ‘u’ and ‘u-e’. We will revise the sound ‘oo’, as in moon in our reading books.

In English, we will create a mind map and then write a letter about the things we enjoy doing in OPAL. We will continue our daily handwriting activities.

In science, we will learn about animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.

In history we will continue to learn about the astronaut Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.

In P.E, we will continue to develop our tennis skills through working with a partner.

In PSHE, we will begin our topic about ‘Rights and Respect’.

Important things to remember: 

Reading Books: 

Please bring your reading book and home school contact book to school every day. The children read their books in school, so please can they bring their books in daily. On Fridays they enjoy reading with Year 3. Thank you.