Key stage 1 (year 1 and 2)

Newsletter Autumn 1                                      Newsletter Autumn 2 

Newsletter Spring 1                                        Newsletter Spring 2

Curriculum Maps are sent out with newsletters to parents. 

 

Literacy

In KS1 children have an hour literacy lesson every day. Within these lessons, the children are taught a range of genres and grammar skills in accordance with the National Curriculum. We try to link our literacy lessons with the topic that is being taught. We also provide the children with daily phonic sessions so that they learn several new sounds a week. Children read to an adult as often as possible to develop their reading and comprehension skills.

 

Maths

The children in KS1 have a daily 1 hour maths lesson then a 10-15 minutes maths meeting on an afternoon. In maths meetings, the children go over and embed basic mathematical concepts. Some of the areas we cover in the meetings are days of the week, months of the year, shape, odd and even numbers, data handling, sequences and time. The children love our maths meetings.

 

Topic

At the beginning of each year, every class spends the first week focusing on Art. Each year group looks at a different artist and produces a variety of art work. 

 

During October, the school celebrated Black history month. Each year group learnt about a different significant individual and the impact they had on the world.  

 

Autumn 1

Our topic this half term was Dinosaur planet. Below is a map of the subjects that were covered and details of what was taught. 

     

 

Autumn 2
Our topic this half term was Bright Lights Big City. Below is a map of the subjects that were covered and details of what was taught.

 

Spring 1 
The topic this half term was Towers, Tunnels and Turrets. Below is a map of the subjects that were  covered and details of what will be taught.

 

Spring 2
This half term Year 1 will be covering Land Ahoy and Year 2 will be Paws, Claws and Whiskers. This is to cover gaps in learning. Below are the maps of the subjects that will be covered and details of what will be taught.