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Year 1 - Squirrels
Welcome to Squirrels class page!
Class Teacher - Miss Sargent (csargent@inspiream.org.uk)
Teaching Assistants - Mrs Knox & Miss Johnson.
Forest School is on a Tuesday afternoon. Children should bring in their Forest School kit every Tuesday.
PE is on a Friday afternoon. Children should come into school in their PE kit.
What are we learning this term (3)?
Main Experiences
Patchwork- In this textiles and science experience, children will explore the properties and uses of various materials. They will then apply their learning to design and create a patchwork blanket for one of the farm animals.
A UK Quiz Quest - In this exciting experience, children will embark on a journey to discover all about the UK! At the end, they’ll put their newfound knowledge to the test in a fun and interactive UK quiz.
Discrete Experiences
English - We will be focussing on the story of Elmer, where children will write their own story of a patchwork animal. Later on in the term, we will also explore the story of 'On the way home' by Jill Murphy.
In Reading - pupils will either continue with their Read, Write, Inc. phonics sessions.
Maths- Pupils will learn about place value within 20 and continue to look at addition and subtraction within these numbers.
PE - This term our PE focus is gymnastics.
RE - In RE we are focusing on creation. We will look at the creation story and how Christians put these beliefs into practice in the Church community and their own lives.
Wellbeing - This term’s wellbeing focus is centered on understanding friendships. It emphasises the ability to describe a broader range of emotions and explores how we can collaborate to build positive, healthy relationships.
How can you support at home?
Please talk to your child about their learning. Key knowledge that the children need to know is detailed on the launch pages below.
Recommended Book List - Year 1
Cinamon – Neil Gaiman
I can only draw words – Will Mabbitt
The very hungrey caterpillar – Eric Carle
Goodnight everyone – Chris Haughton
We’re going on a bear hunt – Michael Rosen
Peace at last – Jill Murphy
The bad tempered ladybird – Eric Carle
Funnybones – Allan Ahlberg
The Gruffalo – Julia Donaldson
A Bear called Paddington – Michael Bond
A lion in the meadow – Margret Mahy
Cops and Robbers – Allan Ahlberg
Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy – Julia Donaldson
Owl Babies – Martin Waddell
The Emperor of Absurdia – Chris Riddell
There are cats in this book – Viviane Schwarz
Mr Magnolia – Quentin Blake
Katie Morag’s Island stories – Mairi Hedderwick
My Friend Bear – Jez Alborough
Avocado baby – John Burningham
The Tiger who came to tea – Judith Kerr
Meg and Mog – Helen Nichol
Not now Bernard – David McKee
A Dark Dark Tale – Ruth Brown
Dogger – Shirley Hughes
I want my hat back – Jon Klassen
The Dark – Lemoney Snicket
You can’t take and Elephant on the bus – Patricia Cleveland – Peck
Penguin – Polly Dunbar
You choose – Pippa Goodhart
Stanley’s stick – Neale Layton and John Hegley
What to do if an elephant stands on your foot – Michelle Robinson
How to wash a wooley mamouth – Michelle Robinson
Dinosaurs in the supermarket – Timothy Knapman
The adventures of the dish and the spoon – Mini Grey
Learning Experiences 2023-2024
Sensational Seal
The children have been learning about our school's locality (Seal) and have been learning to write instructions to tell people how to get here!
Patchwork!
In term 1, the children have been learning about Elmer the elephant. They have created a beautiful, patchwork piece of art to display in our Inspire Gallery.
When I was Young!
In this experience we have been learning about changes that have happened in our lifetime. Our hook was a day sharing baby photos and our outcome was a poetry recital at Seal Library. We learnt how to collaborate with others and use alliteration and noisy words in our poems.
Experience 1 - Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes
Key Learning:
• Basic parts of the body and how to identify them.
• How parts of the body are associated with each sense.
• The importance of exercise.
• How to answer simple scientific questions in different ways.
• How to use secondary sources to gather information.
• How to use observations to gather information.
• How fitness improves health and wellbeing.
Hook
Year 1 took part in an exercise class taught by our PE Lead.
Outcome
Squirrels taught Bumble Bees an exercise class that we had been practicing. Making sure they remembered their instructions using time adverbs, e.g. first, next and finally.
Experience 2 - Sensational Seal
Key Question:
Why should you come to Seal Primary School?
Key Learning:
- Use simple maps to idenitfy features.
- Use simple directional language.
- Identify the features of the locality.
- Set short term and long term goals.
- Use our focus thinking tool, 'spider diagram'.
Hook:
A trip around Seal!
Outcome:
We will be creating a video full of information, telling people why they should visit Seal and what they will see when they do!
