Year 1
Welcome to our Year 1 Class Page
We have a very exciting year of learning ahead of us. We hope that the following information about our curriculum and routines will help you and your child throughout their year in Beech Class.
Year 1 Teaching Team
Mrs Beesley – Class Teacher
Mrs Dutton – Teaching Assistant
Physical Education Reminders
P.E takes place on a Monday (Dance) & Thursday (P.E.)
Homework Reminders
On a Tuesday the children will be given homework and spellings, the homework should be completed by Friday. Children should aim to read and learn spellings on a daily basis.
Year 1 Reading:
Please ensure your child’s reading book and dairy are in school daily as we do not have set days to listen to the children read. Please try to listen to your child read regularly and write in your child's reading diary each time you have listened to the read.
Curriculum Information
This year at Kings Meadow, we are following a newly revised curriculum. Our bespoke, carefully designed Kings Meadow ‘CRACKING’ curriculum is a:
Creative, Real-life, Ambitious, Careers-focussed curriculum building Knowledge & skills for every Individual Nurturing Global citizens of the future
During this academic year, the children in Year 1 will be taught the following themes.
In Year 1 our class mascot is ‘Sandy the Sand Lizard’’. Sandy helps us to focus on the following characteristics of effective learning.
In Year 1, through our teaching, and the experiences we offer, our children will learn how to become:
DETERMINED - I will always try and will never give up.
RESOURCEFUL- I am able to find quick and clever ways to overcome challenges.
INDEPEDENT - I can work by myself.
CREATIVE - I am able to invent and develop original ideas.
Current CRACKING Curriculum Theme
Our current theme is ‘Me and My Community’. It is part of our whole school COMMUNITY driver.
In this unit, pupils will encounter the meta-concepts of place, space and environment, interdependence, sustainability and processes and changes. As they explore the physical and human geography of their own locality, they learn about the relationship between people and places, and how and why locations change as a result of human activity. Fieldwork, use of compass points and mapping, including perspectives all feature as part of their geography learning.
Please download the files below to see our current planning and Knowledge Organiser (WISK Sheet). These documents will provide you with a clear overview of all the subjects and learning that will take place in your child’s current theme.
Our current class novel is ‘The Elves and the Shoemaker’.
English and Mathematics Coverage in Year 1
Additional Information
Please keep checking this page for more information, links to useful websites and lots of photographs of our learning.
Useful Links