Freezywater St George's CofE Primary School

St Francis was born into a wealthy family and originally wanted to be a soldier. On his way to join the army, he was sent a mesage from God who told him to devote his life to The Church. His feast day is on the 4th October and he is the Patron Saint of animals, merchants and ecology. 

"Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love." - St Francis of Assisi

Year 1's class value is 'Peace'.  This value is celebrated in July. 

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” - John 14:27

Read Write Inc

Phonics is a  systematic synthetic phonics programme. Year 1 children daily, attend  Read Write Inc, hourly lessons. On Friday, this is carried out in as a whole class. Here children develop reading fluency and comprehension, spell and write and learn to articulate their ideas and understanding. 

English

In Autumn 1, our focus is on Speaking and Listening. This is taught through Traditional Tales. In addition we learn about Writing to Entertain via Captions and Labels. Our main resource is the book - Look up.

In Autumn 2, we Write to Inform, which includes writing a postcard. Here we are reading Traction Man. 

In Spring 1, we continue with our learning objective - Writing to inform. Here the focus is on Instructions. Our book is Iggy Peck Architect.

In Spring 2, we return to Writing to Entertain with the view to Sequencing and Storytelling. Our main resource is the book The Snail and the Whale.

In Summer 1, we continue with Writing to Entertain by learing to write from a character's point of view. Our book is Tidy. 

In Summer 2, we are learning to Write to Persuade - (letter writing), our book is Beegu.

Creative Development

Our Music lessons are themed around the topics that we are learning about throughout the year. The children will also learn how to play the 

History

Our History topic this term is around -  Who made the best discovery?  The children will learn about Neil Armstrong and Christopher Columbus, this includes  who they were and why they are well known.

Maths

Adding and calculating:

Currently, we use Rising Stars and White Rose to inform our maths planning. However, in the Summer Term we will be moving to a Spiral Curriculum, where mathematical concepts are revisited and built upon throughout the year, this inturn will strenghten the childrens long term understanding.
The curriculum covers the following topics: 

Numbers everywhere, Adding, subtracting to 20, (using a number line)  and sequencing, 3-D and 2-D shapes, Counting and comparing, Money, Countinh in twos, fives and Tens, Measuring length and height, looking at number patterns, days of the week, months of the year, Exploring halves and Making different turns. 

ICT integrated with maths, science and speaking and listening

In Computing, the children will  learn

RE

Children learn about their class Saint  -  St Francis - who he was and why he was so special. The children will show this learning  through their Class Assembly in the Summer Term.

These are the following Topics that the  children will cover in RE this year:-

Autumn 1 - What responsibility has God given people about taking care of the world? Here we look at the creation story.

Autumn 2 - Why is each person important in the Nativity story? Year 1 accompany Year 2 in our Nativity Play, which takes place in St Georges Church. 

Spring 1 - What is it like to live as a Jewish person? We will be visiting a synagougue and look at some real artefacts. 

Spring 2 - Why might many Christians say that Easter is the most important festival?

Summer 1 - What does it mean to be a Muslim?

Summer 2 - Why did Jesus tell stories?

Throuhout the year, there are many opportunities to visit St Georges Church for important services.

Father Taemin carries out a school assembly every Wednesday. 

Pathways, From Enfield Church visit once a term to deliver a assembly, often using the children to help them tell their Bible story. 

We use the digital programme called Snap Science.

These are the Units that Year 1 will explore:

Autumn 1 - Human Body and Senses

Autumn 2 - Naming and describing materials

Spring 1 - Properties and uses of materials

Spring 2 - Animals (Vertebrates) We learn about the 5 main animal Groups.

Summer 1 - Identifying plants and their parts. We visit Capel Manor. 

Summer 2 - Seasons