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Parent Overview Year 1

Please find below our Parent Overview detailing what our children in Year 1 are learning this week. 

Date w/c 09.06.2025

Curriculum area We are learning to…

Literacy   

 

 

 

In Literacy we continue our new topic ‘Southwater’s past’. This week we will learn about more ‘notable’ Victorians from Southwater. Dame Rayley who had a stall outside ‘The Cock Inn’ which is now known as ‘The Tipsy Fox’. We will also be learning about Bernard Holden, who was a station master at the old train station. The children will be learning and sorting facts into true and false and then independently writing facts in their fact books 
Maths   This week in maths we will be learning about fractions. We will explore recognising a half of an object or a shape, then have a go at finding a half of a shape.  We will then explore recognising a half of a quantity and finding a half of a quantity. We will understand that halving means partitioning/split into two equal parts.   

Phonics and Handwriting  

Phonics: In phonics we will be looking at upper case and lower case letters. 

Handwriting: Bottom joins ll 

Wider Curriculum 

Science: Planting Beans and starting a Diary. To make observations over time 

PSHE – To understand we have a wide array of emotions and to describe how those emotions might make us feel 

PE – We will begin practising for Sports Day 

Art: To explore and create patterns and textures with an extended range of found materials e.g., sponges, leaves, ink, pads.    

RE: How do different children of different religions live their life? 

History : Children to discuss the jobs that people had in the past and compare to the present day. 

Music: To learn about music in the Victorian era and how it was played and performed.  

Other Information

School trip- Arundel Wetlands Tuesday 17th June 

 

Please note this is a basic overview of the planning for this week. It is impossible to cover in this outline all the learning that takes place during a week!  We also believe in listening to your children and responding to their interests and ideas therefore all our planning is flexible. Please note some of the learning will take place across more than one week and during some weeks the learning focus may not cover all curriculum areas.