Updated 28th March 2025
Thank you everyone who came to our Year 1 Assembly and also for helping them learn their lines at home. The children have worked hard and were so excited to showcase what they have achieved.
Well done to our Poetry Slam entrants! We are very proud that you represented Mill Lane for KS1 at the Thame Partnership competition!
Overview
Our topic this term remains 'The Great Fire of London'. This will continue until Easter with lots of lessons linked to this topic including History and some more Art. Within the classroom the children have already been able to experience a taste of The Great Fire through their senses. Smelling baked bread, smoky fire, exploring a box containing a diary, flagon, cheese and a diary. Mark making with quills and charcoal, listening to the sound of a raging fire and watching a video of the recreation of The Great Fire.
With regards to Literacy, the class has already written an eye witness account letter and will now explore timelines, sequencing and diary writing whilst looking in further depth at Samuel Pepys. To conclude this term's Literacy the children will write poetry.
In Maths, Year 1 are now progressing to numbers to 50. The class is continuing to learn through concrete resources and they all enjoy playing maths games. The resources we use include dice : d6, d10 and d20 as well as using part whole models, number lines, tens frames and basically anything we can count: cubes, conkers, counters, Numicom, Base 10, Unifix, fir cones etc.
They will then progress to measurement, both length and height, mass, capacity and temperature. Again this will be taught using 'hands on' resources.
In Science we are learning about plants up to Easter. We will be closely observing plant growth, naming parts of a plant and identifying various commonly found plants in our local area plus some common fruit and vegetables. We will also be growing some seeds and bulbs.
In History we will be describing the differences between artifacts and be able to sort items from 'then & now'. The children will act out The GFOF and place the known events in chronological order as well as learning how to identify different ways to represent the past.
Geography will concentrate on the UK. The class are good at recognising the 4 countries of the UK and will now begin to use basic geographic vocabulary and simple compass directions. We will look at our local area and compare it to London. We will also be creating simple maps.
In Art, Year 1 will be exploring printing, with fingers and hands, found objects and simple blocks.
In DT the class will create a fabric face, whilst exploring different materials including: fabrics, yarns, ribbons, buttons etc, and then joining methods before designing and making their face.
ICT will be using Purple Mash and the class will start simple coding.
In RE the children will look at Surprises and Easter , whilst in PSHE the class will continue to explore 'My Happy Mind'.
