2023-24 Year 1 Learning

Our term 6 topic is Beside the Seaside

This term our topic is Going to the seaside. We will be learning about Weston super Mare's physical and human features and drawing comparisons of a local UK beach to St Vincent. In English, the children will be writing descriptions and fact files based on the books ‘The Snail and the Whale’ and ‘Tiddler’ by our author of the term Julia Donaldson. In Maths, we will learn to tell the time to an hour and a half. We will also learn to compare and describe time and use language to describe dates.

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Our term 5 topic is Fantastic Plants

This term our topic is Fantastic Plants. We will be building on children’s previous learning of the local environment with a focus on flowering plants and trees. We will also be learning about different types of food our parents and grandparents ate by asking questions and drawing comparisons to today. In English, the children will be writing descriptions based on the book ‘Pattan’s Pumpkin’ by our author of the term Chitra Soundar. We will then use Talk for Writing to learn the classic story of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. In Maths, we will begin learning about multiplication by step counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. We will then put this into a real-life context using money.

Take a look at our newsletter and overview below for more details on what we will be learning.