Year One

Welcome to Meerkat Class

Our teacher is Mrs Hollyhomes b.hollyhomes@kings-hill.kent.sch.uk and Mrs Latter c.latter@kings-hill.kent.sch.uk. Our teaching assistant is Mrs Johnson.

Welcome to Lemur Class

Our teacher is Mrs Clayton a.clayton@kings-hill.kent.sch.uk and our teaching assistant is Mrs Hudson.

Please click here for the Year 1 'Meet the Teacher' presentation

Autumn Term 2024

Welcome to Year 1. We hope you had a lovely break and we are looking forward to a hard-working and fun term with you all.

Below is an outline of the learning that will take place this term.

Reading:

To use phonics to decode words
To read with prosody
To answer specific questions about a text
Use images from a text to infer and to make predictions
To read tricky words

Writing:

Use capital letters and full stops correctly
Write simple sentences
Sound talk my words before writing them
Ask simple questions
Continue to develop correct letter formation
To write lists, labels and captions.

Phonics:

To recap phase 3 and 4 digraphs.
To decode, read and spell words with these digraphs in.
To read and spell common exception words.

Mathematics:

Count forwards and backwards from 0 to 30.
Show numbers within 10 using different manipulatives.
Practically partition 2 digit numbers (within 10) using manipulatives.
Find 1 more or 1 less than a given number .

Science:

Distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made.
Identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water and rock.
Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials.
Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties.

Geography:

Identifying key features of a map.
Understand what a map is and why we use them.
Identify human and physical features within our local area.
Understand what an aerial view is.
Draw an aerial map of our school.
Plan a route using a map.

Music:

To make movements that are appropriate to the pulse and tempo of a piece of music.
To choose instruments with appropriate timbre to represent sparkling fishes.
To respond to dynamic changes in a piece of music.
To create pitches and rhythms.

DT:

Designing

To know who product is for and the particular user is.
To be able to generate initial ideas and design criteria through investigating a variety of fruit and vegetables.
To know how to communicate ideas through talk and drawings.

Making

To be able to use simple utensils and equipment to e.g. peel, cut, slice, squeeze, grate and chop safely.
To make suitable selections from a range of fruit and vegetables according to their characteristics e.g. colour, texture and taste to create a chosen product.

Evaluating

To be confident in tasting and evaluating a range of fruit and vegetables to decide the intended user’s preferences.

Computing:

To use beebots.
To create instructions to move a beebot
To understand what an algorithm is.

PSHE/RSHE:

Explain why my class is a happy, safe place to learn.

To give examples where I or my friends make others in my class feel happy and safe.

RE:

Who is a Christian and what do they believe?
Who is a Jew and what do they believe?
Who is a Muslim and what do they believe?
What do Christians believe about God?
Why is Jesus important to Christians?

PE:

Sending and receiving with hands

To understand different methods of throwing.
To practice throwing different equipment.
To develop an awareness of appropriate throwing techniques.

Fitness

To develop stamina when exercising.
To understand how bodies react when exercising.

Year 1 have PE on Wednesday and Friday . Please can children wear their PE kit in to school on those days and earrings are to be taken out.

For more information on our remote learning offer for those of you learning at home, please click here

Click here for the reading, writing and maths expectations in Year 1

For more information on the learning taking place this term, please see the Year 1 curriculum map below.

As well as accessing our broad curriculum, our pupil offer outlines the additional opportunities your child will have whilst in Year 1

Curriculum Maps

Term 1 Curriculum Map

Term 2 Curriculum Map

Term 3 Curriculum Map

Term 4 Curriculum Map

Term 5 Curriculum Map

Term 6 Curriculum Map

Class Timetable

Lemur Class Timetable
Meerkat Class Timetable

Homework in Year 1

Daily Reading

We encourage all children to read at home daily and a note to be written in their reading record book. If the school book has been completed then please read and share any other books or comics that you have at home. These can also be record in the reading record and count towards the number of daily reads. School books will be changed on Monday and Thursday.

Phonics

Every Friday we will send home a phonics book with the sounds we have learnt during the week.
Please practise these with your child at home and see if they can come up with any other words that have these sounds in. Please ensure that the phonics books are returned by Thursday the following week so new sounds can be given.

Numbots

We suggest working on Numbots for 15 minutes a week, however, you can do more should you wish. Specific work isn't set on Numbots, Children will work through the activities at their own pace. This is an online maths game that can be accesses on tablets, ipads and desktops. Log-ins will be sent out to all children in the first week of Year 1.