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Week beginning 2nd November 2026
This half term in Year 1 our topic is called ‘Courageous Knights and Dangerous Dragons.’
In English we will continue to focus on transcription in writing. Within our dedicated handwriting lessons our focus this half term will be capital letters. The children will practice forming the letters and applying them within words and dictated sentences. In our daily phonics lessons children will continue to learn phase 5 graphemes and tricky words and practise applying these in their reading and writing. The children will also be listening to and using a range of stories about dragons as a stimulus for writing.
In Maths we will be focusing on numbers up to 20. The children will compare sets of objects using equality/inequality (=, > and <) symbols. They will also explore part-part-whole relationships with representations. The children will also be looking at the properties of shape. Throughout children will be challenged with maths problems to check their understanding.
In Science the children will be learning about Everyday Materials. They will be identifying and naming a variety of everyday materials and sorting them into different groups. Our investigations this term will be exploring the properties of materials.
Our topic focus this term is Geography. The children will be discussing what our local area looks like and making simple maps of the area closest to our school. They will also be discussing ways in which they could improve our local park.
In RE the children will be investigating the question: How does a celebration bring a community together? They will be comparing celebrations from the Muslim and Christian communities.
In D&T the children will be exploring how different leavers and sliders work and building some of their own products. The will follow the sequence ‘research, design, make and evaluate’.
In Music we will continue to explore the steady beat, rhythm and metre. Children will explore making, composing and performing different rhythm patterns.
In Computing children will be introduced to using software tools to group and sort recognisable objects. Children will develop their understanding of how this relates to organising and interpreting data. By the end of the unit, children have the opportunity to collect simple data and present it in a pictogram. We continue to use 2BeSafe throughout the year to teach children about online safety.
We are an active school and we regularly have active/movement times throughout the school day. Our PE lessons this term will focus on dance and invasion games. In class within our PSHE lessons we will be discussing our health and well-being and how sleeping helps with this.
Year 1 is a time of great change for children. Throughout we will encourage the children to become confident and independent learners; and reflect about our school values throughout the school year. Please continue to record your reading at home in your home/school diaries.
