Welcome to Magnolia Class

Our teachers are Mrs Parker (Monday, Tuesday) and Mrs Eastham (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) and our teaching assistant is Mrs Clarke. Mrs Jones works in our class every Monday for the last part of the afternoon and Mrs Houghton first thing on Friday morning.  

We are looking forward to our Summer term in Year 1. We will be learning about... 

Maths - We start our day with maths and follow the Red Rose Maths Scheme. Our units for this term include place value, addition and subtraction, capacity and volume, fractions and position and direction. After half term we will be working on shape, time, multiplication and division, statistics, measurement and sorting/ sequencing. We will also have our Mastering Number session each morning where we practise our number skills to be quick and flexible in our thinking! 

Phonics - We will be continuing our phonics scheme, Little Wandle, and we will have daily phonics sessions to practise our Phase 5 sounds such as ‘ay’ and ‘ie’ and split digraphs as in a-e (game) and i-e (slide). This term we will learn what an ‘alien’ word is and how to sound it out and read it. We will continue to practise reading and spelling our tricky words every day.  

English - We are starting an exciting unit of work all about the story ‘Zog’ by Julia Donaldson to inspire our own writing! 

Science: This term, we will be learning about the different types of plants and animals in the world. We will start by growing sunflowers and trying to recognise plants in our environment. We will learn about the categories of animals - mammals, bird, fish, reptiles and amphibians. We will research the foods these animals eat and understand the terms - carnivore, herbivore and omnivore. We will visit Blackpool Zoo on Monday 22nd June with all of Year One.  We will also reflect on the changing seasons to complete the cycle as we move from the spring to summer. 

Geography: In the second half term, we will learn about the seven continents around the world. 

History: In the first half term, we will learn about we will be learning about Queen Elizabeth II. 

Religion: We will be learning about Islam. We will learn about caretakers of the planet. 

Music: We will be exploring sound, learning new songs and playing the glockenspiel. 

Computing: We will learn about digital writing - using the keyboard on a laptop to complete simple tasks. 

Art: In our art lessons, we will be learning how to collage using a variety of materials.   

PSHE: The children will be discussing various ways to stay safe - what to do in an emergency or if they are lost. The fire service will visit us in school on 16th April to discuss fire safety around the home.    

PE: Our PE days are Mondays and Thursdays. The children can come to school dressed in their PE kits on these days and wear trainers with Velcro or elastic. We will be working with the Lancashire Sports Partnership on our skills in Athletics. 

Things your child needs to bring to school every day: 

Water bottle 

Fresh fruit snack (please label the tub or bag if bringing one) 

A waterproof coat 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to speak to us.