Friday 7^th November 2025

Dear Parents/Carers of Year 1,

RE: Year 1 Curriculum Letter – Autumn 2 ‘Toys, Past and Present’

We hope you had a lovely half term.

Our learning journey topic this term is ‘Toys Past and Present, where the children will be learning about toys from the Victorian period and comparing it to toys from the present. In Science, children will be learning the names of different materials used in everyday objects and learning the properties of these materials (e.g. hard, soft, transparent, absorbent). We have attached the key vocabulary that children will be using in this topic.

English
This term our learning will be based around two books, ‘You Must Bring a Hat’ and ‘The Leopards Drum’.  We will be learning how to write instructions and a narrative. Our focus will be writing coherent sentences using capital letters and full stops.

Maths
The focus in Maths this term is numbers to 20.  Also, children need to be able to count forwards and backwards fluently within 50.  We will be introducing children to addition and subtraction within 10 and beginning to make links to numbers to 20. Children will also be looking at number bonds to 10.

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. School PE kit consists of trainers 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.

PE kit is also required on the following Tuesdays:
Tuesday 11^th November
Tuesday 25^th November
Tuesday  9^th December

Phonics Workshop and Stay and Share sessions
There will be a phonics workshop on how to support your children with reading at home. The workshop will run straight after morning drop off on Tuesday 25^th November, 9:00am – 9:30am. Please do try and attend.

Important reminders

Thank you for your ongoing support, we would like to remind you of the following:

Messages for Teachers
We want to ensure that any messages you send are received and actioned as quickly as possible. We are happy to have brief chats in the playground at the beginning or end of the day.
However, if you are unable to speak with us directly, please remember the correct channels for communication, especially when reporting pupil absence or sharing concerns/messages for the teaching staff.
To ensure messages aren’t missed, all communication should be sent directly to the school office via the main admin inbox: admin@kelvingrove.lewisham.sch.uk

Uniform
Please make sure jumpers and coats are clearly labelled in the event of lost property.

Snacks & Water bottle
We provide fruit every day as a morning snack so you do not need to provide any snacks.  Please send your child with a water bottle each day.

Forest School
Your child is in either group A or group B. Please refer to your letter for the dates.

Winter Events
We will send out a separate letter in the coming weeks with dates for our Winter Events.

Thank you for your support,

Year 1 Team

Topic Mind Map

Vocabulary:

Vocabulary for our Science Topic ‘Uses of Everyday Materials’.

Vocabulary that would be used in English: