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Year 1 - Elm

 

Welcome to Year One Elm 

Mrs. Plant (Mon, Tues, Weds)

Mrs. Warbrick (Thurs, Fri)

 

Support Staff-

Miss Smith (Mon, Tues, Wed)

Mr Sutton (Thurs AM, Fri AM)

KEY DATES THIS HALF TERM: 

Welcome Wednesday – Wednesday 17th September 2025 8:45 – 9:00a.m.

School Trip to Imagine That! - Wednesday 22nd October 2025 

Parents Evening – Wednesday 22nd October 2025

CURRICULUM - AUTUMN 1

 

English

 

We are using a new scheme of work to deliver our English curriculum this year – Pathways to Write. Our text this half term is: 

 

Meesha Makes Friends by Tom Percival 

Through this text children will learn to combine words to make sentences, leave spaces between words and use capital letters and full stops as they work towards writing a diary account (recount). 

  

Phonics is taught daily using Essential Letters and Sounds (ELS) phonics programme.

 

Handwriting is taught through Martin Harvey's 'Achieving Excellence in Handwriting' Scheme.

 

 

 

Maths

Place Value  

Addition and Subtraction  

Shape  

 

Religion

We are using a new scheme of work this year – Lighting the Path.  

The first unit of work (branch) will be centered around Creation and Covenant.    

  

During this unit, the children will explore the Christian belief that everything comes from a loving God.  

  

This half term's value is GRATITUDE. We will be looking for how the children demonstrate this value this half term and know they will show their appreciation in lots of ways as their new school year begins. 

 

Science

We are using a new scheme of work this year – KAPOW.  

  

In the first unit, the children will be learning about Seasonal Changes 

 

  

Geography:  

We are using a new scheme of work this year – KAPOW.  

  

In this first unit, the children will be learning about their own locality – What is it like here? 

 

 

Computing

Technology Around Us 

  

Art

We are using a new scheme of work to deliver our art curriculum this year – Access Art.  

  

Our first unit of work is called Spirals

This introduces the concept of using drawing, collage and mark-making to explore spirals. 

 

  

PSHE

Mental and Emotional Health 

  1. What makes me happy? 

  1. What is the difference between good secrets and bad secrets? 

  1. How does my behaviour affect others? 

These are also linked to our Rights Respecting Curriculum. 

 

PE  

Gymnastics  

Games – Attack, defend and shoot 

 

PE days are on  TUESDAY and THURSDAY

Children should come to school in their SCHOOL PE KIT on these days. 

 

Music 

Menu Song  

Colonel Hathi’s March 

READING BOOKS 

 

These are sent home on a FRIDAY and should be returned to school every THURSDAY

 

Home Reading  

We would like your children to read at home as often as possible to help them become fluent and confident readers. Each reading book should be read at least four times.  We would also like them to develop a real love for books and take pleasure in exploring different types of books.  Children will choose their own library book from our school library and bring this book home to share, there is no expectation that they that they will be able to read their library book independently.

 

When you read with your child, please record this in their reading record.  

 

When you record what your child has read, please include the following: 

✓ The date they have read on. 

✓ The name of the book they have read.  

✓ The pages that they have read that day. 

✓ A couple of sentences about what you have noticed or how they have read. 

 

Home Maths: – Your child was given a NUMBOTS  login for you to use at home in the last week of Reception.  Please let us know if you need any assistance using this app. 

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