Throughout the year, our Year 1 children take part in a seasonal walk to spot and talk about the changes happening around them. These walks support the Science aims of the National Curriculum for England, where pupils learn to observe changes across the four seasons and describe different types of weather. The children look closely at trees, plants and wildlife, noticing what is different compared to previous visits. Back in class, they share their findings and compare what they have seen, helping them understand how our environment changes throughout the year.
Welcome to
1R - Hugless Douglas
Mistakes help us learn!
Meet the Staff
Miss Rawnsley, Mrs Marsden and Mrs Elliott support us to be the best we can be and to ‘Enjoy, Respect and Succeed’ when working with our class!
As a member of Hugless Douglas class, you will continue on your journey to become a resourceful and resilient learner while exploring the wider world in a fun and exciting way!
The Year 1 National Curriculum is packed with many new skills for you to learn. Each half term we will take part in different activities, to enable us to learn new things and achieve our potential. We will also take part in enrichment days to bring excitement to our learning.
This will include a visit to Gawthorpe Hall and trips to the local park.
We want you to have fun whilst learning. Remember: Enjoy, Respect, Succeed!
Reading
Children will have a reading book appropriate to their reading level and a book chosen by themselves to read for pleasure. Accompanying these books are their reading diaries, where you can write comments on their reading daily. Please do listen to your child read on a regular basis. It is important to take time to read to your child too.
By the end of Year 1 your child will have taken the National Phonics Screening Check.
Homework
In year 1 we will focus on learning number bonds to 10 and 20.
We encourage you to read three times per week with your child. This supports your child to read smoothly. Books will be changes on a Wednesday.
PE
PE will take place every Thursday – please ensure your child has a full PE kit in school.
All earrings must be removed - we cannot provide plasters.
Snack
Your child will be provided with a healthy snack during morning break. If you would like to provide your child with fruit or vegetables for afternoon play this will be fine.
We have cups available for the children to drink water throughout the day but bottles can also be brought in.
PPA
On Thursday afternoons, Mr Cooney and Mrs Duxbury will be teaching PE and RE in 1R. I am sure the children will enjoy their creative lessons as they continue to learn.
Year 1 curriculum overviews
Year 1 long term plan
Year 1 science overview
Year 1 - Hugless Douglas in action!
Science - seasons walk
Science - sink or float?
We carried out a fun Science investigation to answer the question: Which materials sink or float?
The children predicted what might happen before carefully testing a range of everyday materials in water. They observed closely to see which objects floated and which sank. We talked about the materials the objects were made from and looked for simple patterns in our results. This hands-on experiment helped develop the children’s scientific thinking, vocabulary and enquiry skills.
Phonics - Phase 5 spelling
In Year 1, we have been learning about Phase 5 phonics. For example, we have explored how the grapheme ‘y’ can make the /ee/ sound at the end of words, such as in happy and sunny. As part of our daily phonics lessons following the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised scheme, the children learn new phonemes and practise reading and spelling words containing these sounds. We focus on spotting the grapheme in different words and applying it in our own writing. The children enjoy building their confidence as they recognise that one sound can be represented in different ways. This consistent daily practice helps strengthen both their reading and spelling skills.
Christmas time!
Design and Technology - creating a moving storybook
Y1 will be exploring slider mechanisms and the movement they output to design, make and evaluate a moving storybook. We began the unit by identifying whether a mechanism is a side-to-side slider or an up-and-down slider so we determine what movement the mechanism will make.
Science - Plants
As part of our Science learning, we explored our local area to identify different plants and trees we could find around school. The children observed carefully, discussing similarities and differences and naming any plants they recognised. In the following lesson, we learnt about the basic features of a tree including the roots, trunk, branches and leaves. We talked about how each part helps the tree to grow and stay healthy. This hands-on learning helped the children build their knowledge of plants while developing their observation skills.
Geography - journey sticks
For our unit 'What is the weather like in the UK?' the children investigated around the school grounds to identify the current season. We prepared a route to follow on a map of the school. The children were tasked with collecting seasonal objects along the way to create a journey stick when back in the classroom.
Design and Technology - constructing a windmill
Y1 had a super time creating their own windmills! We used our evaluation skills to test the windmills according to stability and durability.
