Year 1 2025 - 2026

Meet the Team:

1B - Miss Bowen & Mrs Seth

1R – Mrs Ravat & Mrs Bousie 

If you have any questions, please speak to one of our Year 1 staff or email year1@almapark.manchester.sch.uk

Welcome

Welcome to Year 1! Year 1 is an exciting time as the children take the next steps in their development. As we adapt to new timetables and routines, we work together as a class to meet challenges with confidence and celebrate our achievements.

Here, you can find an overview of the Year 1 Curriculum. You can use this information to discuss with your child what they have learned and continue to support their learning at home.

What's happening this half term?

Maths

• We will be learning about place value and addition and subtraction within 10.
• Counting forwards and backwards to 30 and counting forwards and backwards in 10s to 100.
• We will be learning days of the week. 

English:

We are focusing on sentence writing through the story 'The Bumble Bear'. Our toolkit will focus on how to: 

• Create and say a simple sentence aloud.
• Write correctly punctuated sentences, which include a capital letter and full stop.
• Use the conjunction 'and'. 

History: 

We will be asking, 'Have I changed since I was born?' and 'What did my commuity and school look like before I was born?'

Click here for the Knowledge Organiser. 

Science:

We will be having an exploratory unit, exploring pushes and pull forces.

Design and Technology

We will be learning about free standing structures and creating one ourselves. 

Click here for the Knowledge Organiser. 

Computing:

We will be learning about technology around us and how it can help us in our everyday lives. 

Religious Education:

We will be asking, 'Who is a Christian and what do they believe?'. 

Click here for the Knowledge Organiser. 

PHSE:

We are learning about belonging to a community, respecting ourselves and others and how to keep safe. 

Click here for the Knowledge Organiser. 

Music:

We are learning about African drums in the Music Room. 

P.E:

Monday - Outdoor Games. We will be learning how to Run, Jump & Throw.

Thursday - Indoor Dance. We will be listening to a variety of music and responding to it with movement. We will move like an animal.  

Remember to come into school wearing your PE kit on Monday and Thursday. Trainers, black shorts or tight-fitting black leggings, and a plain white t-shirt (a tracksuit top and joggers may be worn if it is cold). Please tie up long hair and remove jewellery (religious bands may be worn). 

Reading:

In class we are currently reading a range of different stories about a range of topics, that can be linked to our half termly targets in other subjects.

At home, please use the Collins eBooks to read your child's weekly Little Wandle book using your child's own personal login. These books will be read in Guided Reading groups at school. Click here to find the website. 

Spellings at Home:

Spellings will be sent out every week on Monday, which children will learn for a spelling test the following Monday. This will begin in Autumn 2 to allow children to settle into routines this half term. 

Brainbuilder:

This half term's BrainBuilder can be found by clicking here. We will take photos of the projects and share these with families on our class webpage.