Year 1 2024 - 2025

Meet the team

1M - Mrs MacNeill, Mrs Gomez, Mr Ahenkorah

1F - Miss Fenton and Mrs Bousie

If you have any questions, please speak to one of our Year 1 staff or email year1@almapark.manchester.sch.uk

Welcome

Welcome to Year 1! Year 1 is an exciting time as the children take the next steps in their development. As we adapt to new timetables and routines, we work together as a class to meet challenges with confidence and celebrate our achievements.

Here, you can find an overview of the Year 1 Curriculum. You can use this information to discuss with your child what they have learned and continue to support their learning at home.

The knowledge organisers and the brainbuilder for this half term are listed at the bottom of this page.

This half term:

Maths:

• We will be learning about place value and addition and subtraction within 20
• Counting forwards and backwards to 50 and counting forwards and backwards in 5s
• Time - days of the week and months of the year

English:

Talk for Writing unit: We are focussing on character descriptions through the story Cinderella

• To say a sentence aloud
• Write correctly punctuated sentences - to include capital letter and full stop
• To include adjectives to describe

History:

Are my toys better than my grandparents’ toys?   

 Science:

Animals including humans - Focus common animals, parts and diet

Design and Technology

Mechanisms - sliders and levers

Computing:

'We are Painters'

• Know how to create and change images on the computer
• Know how to save, retrieve and change their work

Religious Education:

 'Who is a Muslim and what do they believe?' 

PHSE:

• Physical health and Mental wellbeing
• Media literacy and Digital resilience
• Money and Work

Music: Xylophones

P.E:

• Remember to come into school wearing your PE kit on the following days.
• Outdoor Games - Monday
  We are learning to attack, defend, shoot
• Kit: Trainers, black shorts or tight-fitting black leggings, and a plain white t-shirt (a tracksuit top and joggers may be worn if cold)
• Dance/Gymnastics - Thursday
•  Kit: Black shorts or tight-fitting black leggings and a plain white t-shirt

Reading:

• In class we are currently reading a range of different stories about a range of topics, that can be linked to our half termly targets in other subjects.
• We encourage the children to borrow a book from our library to read for their enjoyment. We would be very grateful if you could make sure they bring them back every week to get a different book to read to you at home. Please record when they read to you in their reading record books. 
• Please read with your child every day. You can access their guided reading text through the Collins E-Book app in addition to reading for pleasure.

Homework:

• Spellings will be sent out every week on Monday, which children will learn for a spelling test on the following Monday.
• This half term's BrainBuilder can be found below:

Enrichment: 

• We are planning a visit from a Veterinary Nurse to talk to the children about animal care.