Year 1

Welcome to Year 1

ART

In Art, we study the work of the artist, Kandinsky and experiment using colour with different media.   The pupils also use the book 'Lucy's Picture' as a stimulus to create collages with a range of textures.  

COMPUTING

Pupils use Purple Mash to learn about online safety, grouping and sorting, pictograms, following instructions and algorithms, programming Beebots, animated stories, coding, spreadsheets and the uses of different technology. 

DT

The first DT project is held in the run up to the Christmas Fair, where pupils design and create fingerprint gift tags.  As part of the Kings and Queens' topic, pupils also create a clay crown.  The final DT day in summer term is linked to the work of the Eco Warriors.  In previous years, pupils have designed and created bird feeders, scarecrows and wind turbines as part of this project.

GEOGRAPHY

We introduce the children to the basic concept of geography and the world in which we live through these topics:

What is the geography of where I live?  Pupils look at the human and physical features of the local area of Handsworth.

Why do we love being beside the seaside so much? Pupils look at Cleethorpes and distinguish the similarities/differences between rural, urban and coastal areas. 

How does the weather affect our lives? Pupils look at different types of weather and compare climates across the world. 

HISTORY

We begin by developing the children’s understanding of history by learning about a range of significant individuals from Sheffield, such as William Wilberforce, Sean Bean and Jessica Ennis-Hill.  We then look at monarchs and politicians, including Henry VIII and Oliver Cromwell.

LITERACY

Traditional tales - retelling stories, letter writing, character descriptions

King and Queens - non-fiction writing about monarchs

Instructional texts

Setting descriptions

Poetry and riddles

Diary writing based on the book Oliver's Vegetables

Disney - story mapping and retelling/changing plots using Talk for Writing