2025/6 Prospective Parent Open Mornings at 9.15am: Tuesday 23rd September, Tuesday 21st October, Tuesday 18th November, Wednesday 7th January 2026. Please contact office@stmichaelsce.co.uk or call 01344 622962 to book a place.
2025/6 Prospective Parent Open Mornings at 9.15am: Tuesday 23rd September, Tuesday 21st October, Tuesday 18th November, Wednesday 7th January 2026. Please contact office@stmichaelsce.co.uk or call 01344 622962 to book a place.
St Michael's CofE Primary School

Year 1 Curriculum

Owl Class Curriculum
12.11.24      Phonics at St Michael's School     -    Information for parents.
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Learning this term 
Autumn Term 2025 
 
English  - Reading - The children take part in 1-1 reading, whole class reading and guided reading sessions on a regular basis throughout the week.
 
Class texts - Everybody Welcome Here.
Owl Babies.
Mrs Honeys Hat.

Writing - writing tasks link to class texts.
Writing lists, labels, sentences, captions, descriptions, poems and information.
Sounding out words to write sentences. Think it, Say it, Write it, Read it.
 
Punctuation & Grammar - Punctuation - Capital letters, full stops, finger spaces between words,
       exclamation marks, question marks. 
                                                                             
Spellings - weekly set spellings linked to RWI phonics. 
                           
Poetry -  The Owl and the Pussycat.
                   
Read Write Inc. (RWI) phonic sessions take place daily. The children complete phonic reading and short writing tasks during these sessions.
Handwriting - Step 1 - Using the correct pencil grip,forming letters correctly. 
                            Step 2 - Forming letters correctly (cursive script) Starting letters on the line.
 
Mathematics - In Y1 we follow the White Rose scheme of work. This term the children will be covering number and place value within 10, addition and subtraction and shape and patterns.
 
Daily Maths Meetings - Calendar Maths, counting forwards & backwards, number bonds to 10 & 20, place value, money, time, fractions, shape and pattern. Recognising & add equal groups. 

 
Topics this term
Topic -  History -  My History. Toys past and present.
               Geography -  Where in the world are we?  Our School & local area.                                                       
Science -  Seasonal Changes. Materials. 
PSHE -  Family and Relationships. Health and Wellbeing. Personal Hygiene and Safety.
RE -  Christianity - Creation story. Nativity. Diwali festival of light.
Music - Songs linked to class topics - exploring rhythm and pitch.
PE - Working Together - invasion games.
Art/DT - Seasonal artwork. Drawing skills. Self portraits.
 
Year 1 Phonics screening information for parents.
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