Year 1 2025 - 2026

Meet the Team:

1F - Miss Fenton & 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

• Place value within 100
• Measurement – Money
• Measurement - Time

English:

We are focusing on sentence writing through a journey tale. We have read a brilliant journey tale called "The tiger who came to tea” to help inspire our own stories. Our toolkit includes learning how to:

• I can use commas in a list
• I can use sentence starters First, next, then, early next morning
• I can use conjunctions and, so, because, who

Geography:

The City or the Countryside?

Click here for the Knowledge Organiser.

Science:

Plants -Focus: wild and garden  plants

Click here for the Knowledge Organiser.

Art

Printmaking (relief printing)  Theme: animals/plants

 Click here for the Knowledge Organiser. 

Computing:

'Programming'

• compare different programming tools
•  join blocks and run my programme
• make a change and say what happens when you make a change.
• add sprites
• design your own project using artwork
• follow my design by using my algorithm to create a program.

Religious Education:

'How should we care for the world and for others, and why does it matter?'

Click here for the Knowledge Organiser. 

PHSE:

• Safe relationships
• Families and friendships
• Growing and changing

Click here for the Knowledge Organiser. 

Music:

Travel (performance)

P.E:

Monday - Outdoor Games. We will be learning how to hit a ball with a hand or a bat in our 'hit, catch & run' unit.

Thursday - Outdoor Adventure Activities. We will be learning about how to solve simple problems, navigation and team work tasks that get pupils thinking and moving outdoors.

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, which children will learn for a spelling test the following Monday or Tuesday. 

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.

Enrichment: 

A tiger who came to tea themed Picnic!