Monday 2^nd June 2025

Dear Parents/Carers of Year 1,

RE: Year 1 Curriculum, Summer 2 ‘City to Seaside’

We hope that you have all had a wonderful break. Our learning journey topic this term is ‘City to Seaside’, where the children will be learning and looking at similarities and differences between the two environments and how the history of the seaside has changed over time.

English
We will be writing short narratives based on the stories Goldilocks and Just the One Bear by Leigh Hodgkinson and Billy’s Bucket by Kes Gray.

Our focus continues to be independently writing coherent sentences using capital letters and full stops.

Maths
The focus in Maths this term is numbers to 100. Children need to be able to count forwards and backwards fluently within 100. To recall one more or one less than a number within 50. This term children will also be learning about times, directions, and money; where our focus will be on coins and counting in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s,

Geography
Based on our topic ‘City to Seaside’, we will be learning about the physical and human features of seaside and city environments. The children will be expected to explain orally and in writing, the similarities and differences between the features of the two localities.

DT
This term we will be making our own puppets. We will use a variety of techniques to create our puppets such as cutting, gluing, stapling and pinning.

History
Children will be looking at the seaside and learning about the similarities and differences between things in the past and now through settings.

Reading
We would really appreciate your continued support with children’s reading at home. Reading at home with your child every day will enable them to make as much progress as possible before the end of Year 1. Children need to continue to bring their book bags to school every day.  The books get changed on a Thursday and the new books will be handed out on the Friday.

PE – Thursdays
Please send your child to school wearing their PE kit every Thursday. This term PE will be outside. School PE kit consists of trainers with Velcro (unless your child is able to do their laces) or plimsoles, plain black or grey shorts/trousers, a white T-shirt and their red school jumper. Please do not send your child into school wearing football shirts or other non-uniform clothing.  More details about the sports days will be sent out in due time.

Dates for Reference:

Thank you in advance for your continued support.

The Year 1 Team