Welcome to Year 1 at Bloxwich Academy Primary

This year your child/children will be covering a variety of topic: Childhood, Bright Lights Big City and School Days.

Childhood Project

In the Childhood project, your child will learn words and phrases related to the passage of time. They will explore artefacts to help them to understand childhood toys in the past and how toys have changed over time. They will explore the six stages of life and explore timelines and family trees. Everyday life in the 1950s will be explored, including homes, transport, family life and toys. The children will use maps to explore how places have changed over time and highlight any similarities or differences between childhood today and childhood in the 1950s. At the end of the project, they will create knowledge organisers for children who are about to study the topic of childhood.

Bright Lights, Big City Project

In the Bright Lights, Big City project, your child will take part in a royal garden party and learn about Queen Elizabeth II. They will learn about the countries that make up the United Kingdom, including their location, capital cities and some of their physical and human features. They will have the opportunity to do map work, using compasses and positional and directional language to plan routes around London. They will research the cause and impact of the Great Fire of London and look at some famous London landmarks. They will learn about other capital cities around the world, including Kuala Lumpur, and compare how they are similar and different to London.

School Days Project

In the School Days project, your child will have the opportunity to take part in a traditional Victorian class and will learn about the differences between schooling in the Victorian era and schooling today. They will learn about objects found in a Victorian classroom and how they were used. They will research Samuel Wilderspin, an important figure in the development of schooling for young children in the Victorian era, whose ideals are reflected in schooling today. They will learn to describe the passage of time through study of past, present and future tense vocabulary.

Long Term Plan

Staff

Teachers:
Mrs Watkins (Year Lead)
Miss Ali
Mrs Johnson


Teaching Assistants:
Miss Corns
Miss Millard

PE Day

Our PE day is Friday

Useful Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MVzXKfr6e8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXMofxtDPUQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hD26XpuUCc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe9bnYRzFvk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvRKcch4DyE

Spellings

Year 1 common exception words.

Homework

Letter formation, Number formation and Name writing.