2025-2026

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In English this half term we are focusing on remembering our ‘5 finger check’ when writing simple sentences. We will be exploring writing about our emotions using ‘The Colour Monster’ as one of our stimulus. In addition, we will be using the story ‘Shark in the Park’ to help us write sentences using the conjunction ‘and’ as well as using simple adjectives. 

In Maths this half term we are looking at place value (within 10). We are learning to sort objects, recognise numbers written as words, find 1 more and 1 less and to count on from any given number. 

In Science this half term we are learning all about ‘Seasonal Chages.’ We will be looking at the naming the different seasons and identifying different changes we can notice such as the weather, the trees, daylight hours and various special events which occur. 

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In English we will be focusing on our SPAG skills. We will be exploring both fiction and non-fiction texts in books like The Tiger Who Came to Tea and looking at facts about dinosaurs. We are consolating our previous learning and challenging ourselves to write some interesting stories. 

In Maths we will be moving on to fractions, time and money. We will be introduced to the o'clock and half past hands on a clock, how much money we will have to take to the shop to buy sweets and how much cake we can share when using our fractions!

In Science we will connecting our learning together and challenging ourselves in our STEM topic. We will also visit the Thinktank where we can see some of our learning in real life situations. 

In History we will be looking into three different explorers, Amelia Earhart, Matthew Henson and Christopher Columbus. We will be learning about how these explorers travelled the world and how they became a famous part of our past history. 

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In English this half term we will be exploring rhyming words and sentences using ‘Oi Frog’ as our stimulus. We will be focusing on perfecting our sentences using capital letters, finger spaces and full stops, as well as using -s and -es within our writing to make plurals. Later on in the half term we will be tasting different exotic fruits from the story ‘Handa’s Surprise’ and will be forming our own short narrative of the story using adjectives to make our writing more exciting.

We will be consolidating our knowledge and understanding of measurement in maths by looking at length and height and mass and volume before moving onto multiplication and division. We will learn to count in 2s, 5s and 10s, be introduced to using arrays and will learn to make equal groups. Towards the end of the half term we will look at fractions and learn how to recognise and find a half and a quarter of shapes and quantities.  

Our Science topic this half term is ‘Introduction to Plants’ where we will identify a variety of plants, name their parts and their uses and discover that water is a requirement for growth. We will be conducting an experiment using beans to investigate what will happen when they are planted using different variables. 

This half term in Geography we will be answering the question ‘What is it like to live in Shanghai?’ We will be learning about human and physical features within our local environment, drawing a sketch map of our local environment including the features we have discovered, locating and naming continents in the world and comparing China to our local area in Birmingham.

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In English this half term we will be using the text ‘Jasper’s Beanstalk’ as inspiration for writing a set of instructions on how to grow a beanstalk. We will be using time conjunctions, imperative verbs and remembering our five finger check.

This half term we will be finding and making number bonds to 20, counting in 10’s, partitioning numbers into tens and ones and using number lines for numbers up to 50. 

Our science topic is ‘Comparing Animals.’ This will explore naming groups of animals, looking at similarities and differences between groups of animals and collecting data using scientific methods. 

In History this half term we will be answering the question ‘How have toys changed?’ We will be discussing our favourite toys, learning about the difference between toys from the past and toys from the present and looking at the kinds of toys our grandparents played with.

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In English this half term we will be reading 'The Smartest Giant in Town' and will be using this stimulus to help us write a thank you letter to the giant using 1^st person. We will also be completing a re-write of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' incorporating the days of the week and the use of adjectives. 

In Maths we are consolidating our knowledge and understanding of 2D and 3D shapes. We will also be introducing tens and ones when looking at numbers up to 20, addition and subtraction using number lines, doubles and comparing numbers. 

In Science our topic is 'Everyday Materials.' We will be identifying different materials and their properties, and discussing why certain materials are used for different objects. 

In Geography we will be asking the question 'What is the weather like in the UK?' We will be locating the UK on a map, naming the 4 countries in the UK and will be discussing seasonal changes throughout the year. 

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This half term in English we we will be focusing on punctuating our sentences correctly using capital letters, full stops and finger spaces. We will also be using the stimulus ‘A Cloudy Lesson’ to help us make our own cloud blowers followed by writing a set of instructions for these using time connectives and ‘bossy verbs.’  

Our focus in maths this half term is addition and subtraction within 10. We will be using part-whole models to help us solve addition and subtraction problems. We will also be looking at number bonds to 10, fact families and subtracting using a number line. 

Our topic ‘Seasonal Changes’ will explore naming and describing different seasons, identifying changes in weather and looking at how humans and animals are affected by seasonal changes. 

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In English this half term we are focusing on remembering our ‘5 finger check’ when writing simple sentences. We are also exploring writing about our emotions using ‘The Colour Monster’ as one of our stimulus. 

In Maths this half term we are looking at place value (within 10). We are learning to sort objects, recognise numbers written as words, find 1 more and 1 less and to count on from any given number. 

In Science this half term we are learning all about ‘My Body.’ We will be looking at the different body parts we use for different activities and learning about the 5 senses. 

After all of our really hard work we finally did our final Nativity performance! We were all so proud of ourselves and were really excited for all of our grown ups to watch it! 

During our forest school session, we collected twigs together to create some beautiful hanging Christmas decorations! 

We were so lucky and got to go on a special school trip to the farm! We saw lots of really cute animals and were allowed to hold them and help feed them too! 

As part of our 'Black History' topic, we learnt all about Marcus Rashford and the amazing things he has done to help children. We thought carefully about what message we would like to send to him and then wrote them down and created this display for him! 

Individually we carefully planned, designed and then created our own Kente Cloth design. Once they were finished we put them altogether to create a beautiful year group display! 

Together we created our class charter display for Rights Respecting Schools.

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1W carefully painted their pebbles to go into our Allens Croft Rocks Mental Health garden. Aren't they beautiful!

 In Year 1 during Drama and Arts we explored diversity through Drama and Music. We read the story Something Else and discussed how it’s important to include everyone, every if they’re not the same as us. We had lots of fun acting and role-playing different characters.  

 'All About Me' self-portraits. We enjoyed creating our own self-portraits and these have been put together to make a beautiful display.

The Colour Monster Emotion Jars. We learnt all about our feelings and emotions through reading the book 'The Colour Monster.' We created a piece of art using splatter painting to show the different emotions and their colours. 

Outdoor learning family trees. During our outdoor learning session, we discussed different families and each created our own family trees. 

In Computing, We practised logging onto the computers independently and went onto seesaw to create a family portrait.