Reading

Year 1 Phonics screening check will take place during the week commencing 8th June 2026. 

To support your child, in phonics children will continue to learn sounds, following the RWI programme. They will use these sounds to read books appropriate to their reading level. 

In addition to daily phonics lessons we will also be sharing a class story with the children every day. It is really important that children become familiar with quality texts as this supports their comprehension and language development.

To support your child’s reading at home, you can help your child by letting them access the videos using the QR code sent home at the end of each week. Also, they can login to Reading Eggs where there are one-on-one instructional lessons, games and books. These learning activities help to reinforce your child’s phonics skills.

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Writing

In English, we will continue to read and share lots of high quality texts to engage children and spark their imagination. This term we will be reading fairy tales and children will have the opportunity to innovate a part of a story . 

We will continue to focus on:

• Developing basic sentence structure
• Ensuring children know when a sentence starts and stops
• Punctuate our sentences using full stops and capital letters
• Using phonics, including special friends, to support spelling when writing
• Writing descriptively and using adjectives in our writing

Maths

Our maths learning will focus on:

• Addition and Subtraction Word Problems
• Multiplication
• Division
• Numbers to 100
• Fractions
• Time
• Money

History

During our topic Significant Events, children will be learning about the Great Fire of London. Children will be learning:

• To be able to sort and/or sequence events and artefacts on a timeline.
• To use dates when appropriate.
• To be able to communicate historical understanding in simple ways.
• To use simple historical vocabulary e.g. here, now, old, new, past, present, long ago…

We will also take part in an in school workshop where children will learn about the resources people used to stay safe during the fire.

Art

Through our topic 3D Design and Sculpture we will be learning:

• To handle, shape and manipulate malleable materials.
• To create and combine shapes to create recognisable forms.

The children will be making animal pots using clay.

RE

In RE we will be learning about Islam.

We will learn how Muslims belong to their religion and what their place of worship is.

We will also learn about the celebrations they take part in and why these celebrations are important to them.

Science 

Through our science topic ‘Animals’ the children will learn to: 

• To identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is associated with each sense.
• To identify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals
• To identify and name a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.
• To describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, including pets).

The children will also have a  chance to take part in an exciting workshop at school, where they will have the opportunity to see some animals.

JIGSAW

 Our whole school Jigsaw theme this half term is on Relationships , where children will be learning and sharing weekly celebrations on:

• Knowing how to make friends
• Solving friendship problems when they occur
• Helping others to feel a part of a group
• Knowing how to help others when they feel hurt and upset 
• Knowing and showing what makes a healthy relationship

In Summer 2 our JIGSAW topic will be Changing Me, where children will learn about how their bodies change as they grow.