Brookburn Primary School

Staff

Mrs Kay	Assistant Head – Key Stage 1 Teacher – Class 1SK
Mrs Smith	Teacher – Class 1AS
Ms Allen	Key Stage 1 Teaching Assistant Lead
Ms E Carroll	Teaching Assistant

Geography

In geography we are looking at the weather and looking after our environment.
We will be discussing how the weather impacts humans. We will use 4 point
compass directions and directional language to describe the location of features
and routes on a map. The children will use aerial photographs and plan
perspectives to recognise basic human and physical features. We will have practical equipment to measure the rainfall and sundials to look at the position of the sun during the day.

English

This half term, we will read the text ‘The Disgusting Sandwich’ by Hannah Shaw. Using the story, we will complete some writing activities which include instructions on how to make a disgusting sandwich and build on our understanding of looking after the environment. It is important for us to edit our work so we will include this in each writing unit. We will also be doing a short English transition unit linked to Alice in Wonderland.
Guided Reading will continue every day for all the children. In these sessions we will be using our phonics knowledge to decode the words, gain fluency in our reading and use our reading strategies to support our understanding of the stories.

Maths

In maths we will continue to consolidate our leaning of number, place value, addition and subtraction. We will continue our learning of multiplication and division. We will consolidate this learning my completing word problems. The children will be focusing on time. We will look at hours, minutes and seconds.

Science

In science we will continue our learning of plants. The children will plant a broad bean and label using the knowledge that they have learnt so far in this unit. We will continue to look at the different seasons and the changes that these have on plants. The children will find out lots of interesting facts about Beatrix Potter. The children will be asking questions about her and finding out the answers through research.

Other Curriculum Areas

RE – Who is a Muslim and what do they believe?
Art- Using their own drawings and observations the children will create a 3D sculpture of a bird.
Music – The children will end their year 1 Charanga learning with Rewind, Reflect and Replay.
PE – The children will look at striking and field and will complete athletic activities.
PSHCE – The children will look at change in preparation for the transition to year 2. We will be looking at a range of stories to teach this through such as The River.
Computing – Digital writing – we will look at fonts and how to add text to documents.

Behaviour and Attitudes

This half term we have a school-wide focus on transition. Through discussion and collaboration, the children will have the opportunity to share any questions or worries they may have about transition into year 2, as well as looking forward to the new and exciting challenges ahead.

UN Convention of the Rights of the Child

This half term we have our Gold accreditation visit. The Gold accreditation is the highest recognition from UNICEF UK, and it reflects a long-term commitment to ensuring that children’s rights are understood, respected, and promoted by everyone in our school community – staff, pupils, and families alike.
During the visit, UNICEF assessors will speak with pupils, staff, and members of the school community to find out how well children’s rights are understood and how they influence school life. They will be looking at how our pupils:

• Are aware of their rights and respect the rights of others
• Feel listened to and involved in decisions that affect them
• Act as active, responsible citizens both in school and in the wider world

As well as going for gold, we will be continuing our Rights focus with Articles of the Week.

Our councillors will be completing outstanding actions on their action plan which is available on our website. This will include a school book swap; a litter pick and a collection for a Manchester food bank before the Summer holiday.

Important Dates

• Term starts: Monday 2nd June
• Y1 Phonics screening (9th-13th)
• 6th: Curriculum overviews sent out
• 9th: Inclusion coffee morning
• 23rd: 7-8pm Online and Digital safety parent workshop
• 25th: KS1 Sports Day (Reserve 27th)
• 26th: Year 1 trip to Z arts
• 27th: PTA Summer fair
• 2nd July: Virtual SEND review parent meetings
• 11th July: Reports sent out/ Year group handbooks
• 17th July: KS1 parents- singing assembly
• End of school year: Finish at 2pm on Friday 18th July

Brookburn
Primary
School

Year 1