--- title: "Year 1" url: "https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/classes/year-1" school: "Brookside Primary School" --- # Welcome to the class page for .... ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/images/Year-1-02-11-2022.gif) | Literacy: Read Write Inc: Set 1/2/3 sounds. Non-fiction: Information books about bears and wolves and Science books about materials Fiction: Traditional tales, for example the Three Little Pigs. Also Christmas stories. | What Are We Learning? | Maths: Number: Place Value and Addition within 10 Shape | |---|---|---| | Science: **Animals** Sensitive bodies | Y1 Curriculum Overview: Autumn B 2026 *‘Making History’* **![Icon Description automatically generated with medium confidence](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/6748317a0320c6ec2ec45eac8e4f3647.png)** **Core Value: DETERMINATION** **Secrets of Success:** Work Hard & Concentrate **Cultural Capital: Panto & Father Christmas Visit** | PSHE: Connecting with others | | Geography: *Recap last half-term:* What is it like here? | D&T: *Recap last half-term:* Structures: Pencil Pots | | Art: **Drawing** Drawing, Line and Shape | Computing: **Programming** Algorithms Unplugged | | PE: Gymnastics Body Parts (Monday) | Music: *Recap last half-term:* Pulse & Rhythm; Nativity Songs | RE: CHRISTIANITY Why is Christmas celebrated by Christians? | History: How am I making history? | Parents - please help your child in remembering previous learning: | Literacy: Autumn A: Read Write Inc: Set 1/2 sounds. Non-fiction: Information books about bears and wolves and Science books about our senses and body parts. Fiction: Traditional tales, for example Little Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks and the three bears. Also, family books such as Owl Babies. | What Were We Learning? | Maths: Number: Place Value within 10 Shape | |---|---|---| | Science: **Forces and Space:** Seasonal Changes | Y1 Curriculum Overview: Autumn A 2026 *‘Where Am I?’* **Core Value: CONFIDENCE** **Secrets of Success:** Try new things **Cultural Capital: visit to St Johns Church** | PSHE: **My Healthy Self** How can we look after our emotions? | | Geography: What is it like here? | D&T: Structures: Stable Structures | | Art: *No Art this half-term* | Computing: **Computer Systems** Using Computers – First Steps | | PE: Cricket (Monday) | Music: Keeping the Pulse My Favourite Things | RE: **CHRISTIANITY** What does it mean to belong? | History: *No history this half-term* | **Click here: [Year 1 Blog](https://www.brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/category/year-1) to find out what we have been learning so far this year.** **Homework** Spellings will be given out on Friday ready for a spelling test on the following Thursday. Please encourage your child to practise their spellings over the week. Learning log homework will be given out on **Fridays** and the content will vary week to week depending on what we are learning in school that term. Home readers will be given out on a **Monday** to be returned on a **Friday.** You can either log on to your ebooks which will correspond with the Read Write Inc book read in school or read your hand-held book. In addition to this is another reading book which is levelled to your child's needs plus a library book which is a picture book for you to read and enjoy with your child. My Maths on-line tasks will be set weekly, please remember your log in details. If you don't have access to IT then please request a paper activity. **Phonics in Year 1** We follow the scheme Read Write Inc to teach reading and phonics. Please take a look at this link which explains in more detail how we teach the letter sounds. There are some useful videos which you can use to support home learning. **Writing in Year 1** We are very keen to secure the correct formation of letters and numbers in year 1 and would appreciate any support from home in this area. A quick 5 minutes a day practising the correct formation, will have a huge impact. **Maths in Year 1** At the start of year 1 we like to secure our number recognition to 20 and begin to explore our numbers to 100. It is very important to be able to read, write and count up to 100 and beyond. We also begin solving simple addition and subtraction sums, multiplication and division, shape, space and measures, money, fractions and telling the time. Here is a link to our scheme of work for Maths, here you can see what learning is taking place in school week by week. White Rose: **General Reminders…** - Please ensure you have named **all items** of clothing. - The children will be doing **PE** on **Fridays**. Please ensure your child wears their PE kit to school and that all items are clearly labelled with their names. 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