Willow Tree- Year 1 2024 - 2025

Welcome to Willow Tree Class!     

Welcome to Willow tree Class! We hope you have all had a fantastic Summer and enjoyed spending time with your families and friends. Please find some useful information on this page about the term ahead and about some of the exciting things we will be learning about. Also attached at the bottom of the page is our class termly overviews of curriculum subjects. 

We also try hard to update our class Twitter feed regularly with photos and tweets of things we have been getting up to in class!

If for whatever reason you have any questions or queries about the term ahead, then please do not hesitate to contact me through the school office or speak to me on the gate. It is important that we work together in partnership across the year and we're very much looking forward to working with you. 

Mrs Bani & Miss Fellows

Curriculum Information                

Maths

Our Maths topics for this Autumn term will focus heavily on place value and number – we will be writing and counting to 100 and counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. Then we will move on to consolidating our addition and subtraction skills and towards the end of the term, we will move onto the first half of our shape topic looking at shape. Please note that the children have access to Numbots which is an online tool full of games to help their quick recall of number bonds. Numbots will be used in school and can be accessed at home too. Their log in details will be in their reading planners. 

English

In English, the children will use a variety of different stimulus throughout the term to engage and inspire their writing including Troll Swap, Pumpkin Soup and The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark. We will have a huge focus on writing sentences that make sense using full stops and capital letters. Developing reading is a top priority in Year 1 and we aim to hear your child read individually and as a group. We also provide many other opportunities to read in school too. However, we also need your help! Please aim to listen to your child read at least three times a week and sign their journal every time they read. Please record comments on how well they have done or any questions you may have.  If your child reads at least three times a week, they will receive a raffle ticket and be entered into a prize draw to be our reading champion at the end of each half term. Once the children have completed their reading book and the journal has been signed, the children can choose a new book to bring home. Children can therefore change their book regularly but it is up to them to go and get a new one!

Science

This term for science, the children will be learning about 'Animals including Humans'. This topic will focus on identifying, naming, drawing and labelling the basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is associated with each sense. They will also look into the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air)

   History

  History this term is a topic called 'How Did My Grandparents Used to Live?' which focuses on life in school now compared with what it would have been like in the old GSP school. We will walk in the local area and look at the old school grounds and spot differences on the outside of the buildings. The children will also look at life at home now and then with a focus on toys and games, developments in technology.

Geography

Finally, in Geography, the children will be using maps, atlases and globes to locate the UK and Warrington based on a study of the geography of the school and its grounds. From their findings, they will discuss the question, 'What can we find at GSP?'. We will take the children on a local walk around school and create our own sketch maps from this.

Useful Information

Homework - This term, homework will be sent home on a Friday at the end of each week and is to be returned to school the following Wednesday. If you require any help or support with this, please just ask. Thanks for your support. Homework will always be posted on google classroom and work will be completed in homework books. The children will recieve either a maths, english, science and topic based homework each week alongside 3 of the week words. Children will need to practise reading and writing 3 of the week words at home each week.

PE - This term, our PE is on a Wednesday and Thursday. Thursday  is our indoor session and Wednesday is our outdoor session. As in previous years, children can come to school in their PE kits. Please ensre children are in their correct kit as last year, clothing such as football shirts and other brightly coloured shirts started to be worn in some classes. It is also important children have appropriate footwear and a warm, plain hooded jumper or coat incase of colder weather. 

Useful Links

Please find some useful links below.