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St Austin’s Primary School Key Stage 1

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   Year Group – Year 1

Summer Term 2025

Welcome to Year 1's class page! Please see below for more information about what we will be learning.

English

This term, our first text will be ‘Somebody Swallowed Stanley’. We will be exploring  non-fiction books and producing our own fact files about a range of sea animals. We will be practising the following skills:

• Spelling words using our phonic knowledge.
• Joining words and clauses using 'and'.
• Puncuating sentences using a capital letter and full stop, question mark or exclamation mark.
• Using a range of suffixes including 'ed', 'ing', 'er' and 'est'.

Mathematics

In Maths, we use Maths - No Problem! This is a mastery approach where children are taught multiple methods to solve problems. This term, we will be covering the following topics:

• Developing confidence in working with numbers up to 100.
• Time
• Money
• Fractions
• Volume and Capacity
• Mass

Your child will be given a login for 'Numbots'.  This is a fun game where children can win virtual trophies for answering questions correctly. It is recommended that children play for 5 minutes per day and this is a fantastic way to reinforce their learning in Maths. Please see the video below for more information. 

Science

In Science, we will be exploring seasonal changes that take place throughout Spring and Summer. We will be learning about the changes in weather, temperature and daylight hours. In Summer 2, we will be learning about plants. Throughout all of our learning, we will work scientifically through asking questions, making predictions, observing and recording data.

RE

In RE, we will explore themes through a range of mediums including art, music and drama.

History

We will be learning all about the music of The Beatles. Throughout this unit, we will be making comparisons between life in the 1960's and today. Some of our key vocabulary includes past, present, old, new, before and after.

Geography

We will be learning about the local area through the topic, "Where do I live?"

Art

This term, we will be learning about the artist, Paul Klee and using his style as the inspiration our own artwork. We will be exploring warm and cool colours, and practising techniques including collaging, blending and layering to create different effects.

Design & Technology

This term, our topic is 'Wheels and Axles'.

Music

Using our Charanga scheme, we will be learning about rhythm, melody and notation.

Homework

Homework will given out every Friday. Please ensure that homework is returned by the following Thursday, so that it can be checked and any further support can be offered. Your child will also be given a reading book matched to their current reading level. Please read this and sign your child's reading record on a daily basis. 

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