Year 1

Welcome to the Summer term! This half term we are excited to be launching our 'Knights and Castles' topic. In our first text, 'The Castle the King Built' by Rebecca Colby, we will be thinking about the people who live in castles and exploring the jobs they did within the castle. We will also be thinking about why, how and when castles were built. This will prepare us for our Knights and Castles workshop on the 14th May, where we will be learning all about castles and participating in a range of activities including dressing in medieval costumes, taking part in a jousting tournament and learning about medieval etiquette. Later this half term we will be reading 'The Paper Bag Princess' by Robert Munsch and using this to help us structure short narratives. 

In Maths this half term, we will be practising counting in 2's, 5's and 10's and using this to explore multiplication and division. We will then be moving onto fractions where we will be finding halves and quarters.

 In Science, we will be revisiting materials and thinking about the materials used for building castles. We will also learn how bricks and glass are made. In Art we will be exploring printing. We will be learning about different ways print is used, how prints are made, as well as creating our own print of a castle.

In PSHE this half term, we will be focusing on our relationships with others, including our friends and family. Our value this half term is cooperation, so we will be building this in to all of our learning.

We are looking forward to another successful term in Year 1!

The Year 1 Team