Willow Tree- Year 1 2025 - 2026

Welcome to Willow Tree Class!     

We hope you have all had a fantastic Christmas break and enjoyed spending time with your families and friends. Please find some useful information on this page about the Spring term ahead and about some of the exciting things we will be learning about. Also attached at the bottom of the page is our class termly overviews of curriculum subjects. 

We also try hard to update our class Twitter feed regularly with photos and tweets of things we have been getting up to in class!

If for whatever reason you have any questions or queries about the term ahead, then please do not hesitate to contact me through the school office or speak to me on the gate. It is important that we work together in partnership across the year and we're very much looking forward to working with you. 

Mrs Bani & Miss Fellows

Curriculum Information                

Maths

The children will begin the term by looking at Place Value.  They will recap previous taught knowledge before moving on to study new concepts. Year 1 will consolidate their knowledge of numbers to 20. Next, they will be investigating addition and subtraction and finally we will end the Spring term learning all about length, height. mass and volume. 

English

In English, the children will use a variety of different stimulus throughout the term to engage and inspire their writing. They will begin the term by looking at the story Vlad the Flea, an immersive story about the Great fire of London from an animals point of view. The children will cover a range of writing genres such as: a story narrative and poetry. Children will also focus on Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar.

Science

This term the children will be learning about Materials. We will be comparing and grouping different materials, looking at the changing state of materials and leanring about the suitability of everyday materials. 

History

The children will be finding out about The Great Fire of London – when it happened, where it started and who was involved. They will use evidence such as Samuel Pepys diary to support thier knowledge. 

Geography

The children will focusing on a UK coastal area compared with the Gold Coast of Australia. A look at the human and physical geography of both areas, note similarities and make comparisons.

Useful Information

Homework - This term, homework will be sent home on a Friday at the end of each week and is to be returned to school the following Wednesday. If you require any help or support with this, please just ask. Thanks for your support. Homework will always be posted on google classroom and work will be completed in homework books. The children will recieve either a maths, english, science and topic based homework each week alongside 3 of the week words. Children will need to practise reading and writing 3 of the week words at home each week.

PE - This term, our PE is on a Monday and Tuesday. Monday is our indoor session and Tuesday is our outdoor session. As in previous years, children can come to school in their PE kits. Please ensre children are in their correct kit as last year, clothing such as football shirts and other brightly coloured shirts started to be worn in some classes. It is also important children have appropriate footwear and a warm, plain hooded jumper or coat incase of colder weather. 

Useful Links

Please find some useful links below.