Year 1

The children have been introduced to the new topic for this half term, ‘Fill up, Fuel up.’

We have started by zooming in on fruits and exploring all the adjectives we can use to describe how they look, feel and taste. In Science we will be learning about plants and will grow cress, observing it over time.

In DT, the children will be learning to design, make and evaluate their own food products. They will be taste testing fruits and will decide what they would like to include in their fruit salad.

We will begin the half term with the text, The Gigantic Turnip and the children will learn about the story’s structure and the adjectives used for description. They will then use drama to help them retell the story before writing their own story.

In Geography, we will be developing our map reading skills and will revisit the continents and oceans. We will also be comparing where we live to St Lucia and will learn about its climate and what grows there.

Our PSHE this half term is focusing on celebrating differences, including what makes us special and how we can all be a good friend and show kindness to others.

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

The Year 1 Team