Year 1 2025 - 2026

Spring Term  

Amazing Animals

Curriculum

This term our learning will focus around the theme of 'Amazing Animals'. We will have a fantastic finish to our term with a visit to Chester Zoo!

We will be using a variety of key texts. We will explore repetitive language patterns in the story books 'Funnybones by Allan Ahlberg and a 'Dark Dark Tale' by Ruth Brown. We will also share the text of 'Lost and Found' by Oliver Jeffers. We wil share a number of non-fiction texts linked to Animals and make links to our learning in science, geography and art.

We will be comparing texts, learning about story structure and writing our own simple stories. We will also be learning about non-chronological report writing and write our own animal factfiles. 

In phonics, we will be continuing with our Floppy Phonics and will be learning Level 5 sounds. 

In Science we will be learning to;

  - Identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is associated with each sense.                             - Identify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles,birds and mammals
 - Identify and name a variety of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores
 - Describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals (fish,amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, including pets)

In Art we will be learning to draw people and our own portraits. We will also study the work of Henri Rosseau and re-create some of his work, using paint and collage techniques. In Design Technology we will be building enclosures to create our own zoos and design and make animal carriers. 

In RE we will be exploring the question 'What do we think about how the world was made and how we look after it?' and 'What is respect?'

For more detailed information on the Year 1 curriculum, please see our overview.KS1 Curriculum Overview 

Homework

Our priority for homework continues to be reading and supporting our phonics teaching. We ask you to ensure your child reads at least three times a week. Please can you record in your child's reading diary so we know they have read. 

Each Friday, your child will bring home their phonics folder. Please share the most recent phonics learning with your child and re-read the words and sentences. 

We encourage you to use the ‘1-minute maths’ app (White Rose Maths) which supports your child's fluency in counting, addition and subtraction facts.  https://whiterosemaths.com/1-minute-maths

PE Days

Monday and Friday 

Please come in PE kit on these days. Please ensure your child comes appropriately dressed for these lessons, particularly in the winter as outdoor sessions still take place. We request that no jewellery is worn in school and on PE days we ask that your child has any earrings covered or taken out.

Celebration assemblies

These will be on Fridays at 9am, every third week. You will get a message from school if your child is receiving an award in assembly.

COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA

Please follow our Instagram account: @hartfordmanor72

We will also message directly on Tapestry, sharing photos, reminders and important information.

We are very happy to receive messages and updates on Tapestry. You can share photos of your child's acheivements outside of school or special things they have done. However, if there is an urgent message please always use the school office as we may not check the account everyday.