Year 1– Summer Term Newsletter
Topic
“Seasons and Plants”
In Literacy …
In Numeracy…
Writing- Composition
Write sentences by:
 Count to 50, then 100, forwards and backwards.
 Saying out loud what they are going to write about.
 To count, read and write numbers to 100 in numerals and word, count in
multiples of twos, fives and tens.
 Composing a sentence orally before writing it.
 Sequencing sentences to form short narratives.
 Re-reading what they have written to check that it makes sense.
 Discussing what they have written with the teacher or other pupils.
 Read aloud their writing clearly enough to be heard by their peers and the
teacher.
Writing- Vocabulary, Grammar and punctuation
 Leaving spaces between words.
 Joining words and joining clauses using ‘and’.
 Beginning to punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop, ques-
tion mark or exclamation mark.
 Using a capital letter for names of people, places, the days of the week, and the
personal pronoun ‘I’.
 Count in twos fives and tens and back again (extended to threes and fours).
 Find one more and one less numbers up to about 50, then 100.
 Begin to use near double facts to add and subtract, to 50.
 Begin to use double facts to add to 50.
 Solve simple problems using double and near double facts.
 Use grouping into equal quantities to begin to understand repeated addition
and then multiplication.
 Use sharing into equal quantities to begin to understand repeated subtraction
and then division.
 Find halves and quarters of quantities.
 Read the o’clock and half past times (extended to quarter past and quarter
to).
In Science…
In Art…
Plants
Pupils will use a range of materials creatively to design and make products
Pupils will be taught to:
 to use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas,
 Identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants,
including deciduous and evergreen trees.
 Identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common
flowering plants, including trees.
Seasonal Changes
experiences and imagination
 to develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern,
texture, line, shape, form and space
 about the work of a range of artists, craft makers and designers, describing the
differences and similarities between different practices and disciplines, and
making links to their own work.
Pupils will be taught to:
 Observe changes across the four seasons.
 Observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and how day
length varies.
In Geography…
Pupils will be taught to
 Identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom and the
location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the
North and South Poles.
 Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to: seasons and the weather.
In computing…
Pupils will be taught to:
 Understand what algorithms are; how they are implemented as programs on digital
devices; and that programs execute by following precise and unambiguous
instructions.
 Create and debug simple programs.
 Use logical reasoning to predict the behaviour of simple programs.
 Use technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital
content.
In Music…
Arrangements in year 1
Pupils will be taught to
Homework - Given out on a Friday and then returned by Wednesday.
 Use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking
PE- Maple class—Monday
chants and rhymes.
PE—Elm class—Wednesday