Welcome to Year One
Bumblebee and Dragonfly are our Year One classes at the Isle of Ely Primary School. From this page you will be able to read about our curriculum each half term and all the work we get up to in and out of the classroom.
The adults that work in Year 1 are:
Miss Kirsty Palmer: Bumblebee teacher
Mrs Lucy Jex: Learning Support Assistant
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Mr Matthew Turner: Dragonfly teacher
Mrs Natascia Newman: Learning Support Assistant
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Our curriculum
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RWI (Phonics and Reading) and English (Writing and SPaG) |
Children will now be writing their own 5-sentence stories weekly by learn 5 sentence stories orally, planning their own ideas and then writing and editing their stories. The children will be undertaking handwriting lessons weekly to learn to use pre-cursive handwriting which will support their transitions to cursive handwriting. |
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Maths |
This half term, we are starting by looking at numbers to 50, focusing on partitioning to ensure the children understand that two-digit numbers are made up of tens and ones. We will count in 10s to 50 and look at one more and one less within 50. After that, we will introduce the children to length and height where we will compared different objects and learn to measure with a ruler. Next, we will begin to explore mass and capacity using familiar units of measure e.g. cubes or cups, and the terms full and empty. |
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This half term in science we are going to be thinking about Taking Care of the Earth. The children will learn that human activity can impact both positively and negatively on the earth. We will think about the different natural resources that we use and the effects on the Earth e.g. logging, and we will be looking at pollution in more depth and thinking about the importance of recycling. |
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History |
This half term we will be exploring the UK. Looking at the 4 different countries – England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and their flags, as well as exploring some physical geography within each country. |
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This half-term we are looking at styles of art. the children will be exploring different ways to produce artwork, such as pointillism from Seurat and also the style of Van Gogh. |
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PE |
This half term the children will be starting a new unit which is based around different invasion games on Tuesday afternoons. Their other PE lesson will be focusing on team building with their class teacher, on Monday afternoons. We will explore different ways of communicating and working together to achieve goals and tasks in pairs and other group sizes. |
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This half term we will look at a new religion for most of the children, Sikhism. We will learn how Sikhism started, what it means to be a Sikh, who is important in the Sikh religion and what the five Ks are. |
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PSHE |
We move onto the 'Being healthy' puzzle piece. This will consist of: . What being healthy is. . Making healthy choices . Cleanliness and looking after our own health. . Safety with medicine. . Road safety when crossing or being around roads. . |
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In this unit the children learn about ‘Ostinato' space music. We will be exploring the concept of Ostinato music using Holst 'Planet' music as a basis for our own ideas. |
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Computing |
This unit introduces learners to data and information. Labelling, grouping, and searching are important aspects of data and information. Searching is a common operation in many applications, and requires an understanding that to search data, it must have labels. This unit of work focuses on assigning data (images) with different labels in order to demonstrate how computers are able to group and present data. |
At the Isle of Ely Primary School, we use knowledge organisers as a tool to help our children learn more and remember more and to allow parents and carers to support their children's learning. In our knowledge organisers, you will find essential knowledge, key dates, important vocabulary and key figures. The knowledge organisers can also be used as a fun assessment tool which will help children to see what progress they have made.
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Weekly Newsflash - What have Year One been up to this week?
Newsflash w/c 24.03.25
This week the children have been working hard on their writing, the stories and vocabulary they have been using is amazing and they aren't afraid of a challenge. In maths we have begun to look at Mass and weighing objects. The children were challenged in music to become an orchestra, having 3 different groups clapping a pulse, using their singing voices and instruments in unison. They have also shown a strong recall of their knowledge in science, exploring recycling to look after the Earth.
Newsflash w/c 10.03.25
This week has been assessment week for the children so we have been reflecting on our progress since our last assessments in November. The children have continued to enjoy their art looking at the styles of artists such as Vincent Van Gogh and have also worked hard on learning about Khalsa in our Sikhism topic for RE.
Newsflash w/c 03.03.25
This week the children have been working further on information texts and in maths we have begun to expand our numbers up to 50. They have a great knowledge of how to keep healthy in our PSHE lessons and in computing were getting to grips with making different groups to arrange data.
Newsflash w/c 03.03.25
This week the children have been working further on information texts and in maths we have begun to expand our numbers up to 50. They have a great knowledge of how to keep healthy in our PSHE lessons and in computing were getting to grips with making different groups to arrange data.
Newsflash w/c 24.02.25
Welcome back for a new half term. The children have been creating their own information texts during English and have finished their topic on adding and subtracting up to 20. The children really enjoyed starting their topic on the UK in geography as well as learning about Ostinato orchestras in Music.
Newsflash w/c 10.02.25
Year 1 have had a busy end to the half term with an exciting tennis lesson on Tuesday and a visit to St Marys church on Friday. In between these exciting events we have been concluding our topics and consolidating our learning. Year 1 are ready for a well earned rest and we look forward to starting our new topics after half term. Our PE and library days will remain the same.
Newsflash w/c 03.02.25
Year 1 have enjoyed learning about Oliver Cromwell this week. We learnt about his role as Lord Protector and the new laws he introduced while being the leader of parliament. In Science, we have learnt about weather forecasts and discussed their importance. We also had a go and being meteorologists ourselves by role playing our own weather forecast. In maths, we have begun our new topic, 'addition and subtraction within 20' and we have been drawing on our previous knowledge of addition and subtraction as well as our number bond facts to support us with this.
Newsflash w/c 27.01.25
This week, Year 1 have concluded their place value within 20 topic and consolidated their learning at parent share by taking part in various tasks which included: one more and one less, estimating on a number line and comparing numbers. We also learnt about King Charles I and his belief that he was chosen to be King by God. Year 1 also learned about different types of clouds as part of our current science topic.
Newsflash w/c 20.01.25
Year 1 have been building their understanding of the number line to 20 this week. We have been comparing and estimating using our knowledge of the numbers to 20. In history, we learned about King Henry III and the Battle of Lewes. It was because of him that parliament was created.
Newsflash w/c 13.01.25
Year 1 have enjoyed learning more about past Kings and Queens in history this week and we learnt about King John I and the Magna Carta. We began our new Jigsaw topic 'Dreams and goals' and we thought about how we can set ourselves achievable goals that we can feel proud about. In Science, we learnt about weather tools: weather vane, rain gauge and a thermometer and we measured the temperature outside at the time. We also set up the rain gauge so we can measure the amount of rainfall we have in the coming week.
Newsflash w/c 06.01.25
Year 1 have had a busy and enjoyable first week. We have begun all our new topics for the first half term and are looking forward to the learning ahead. The children have particularly enjoyed our new history topic 'Kings and Queens'. Bumblebees enjoyed their first forest school session while Dragonflies enjoyed a full afternoon of Art. Keep checking the class Dojo pages for regular updates and information.