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YEAR 1

SPRING TERM 1, 2026

In English our focus texts will be ‘Beegu’ by Alexia Deacon where we will write our own narratives and ‘The Odd Egg’ by Emily Gravett with a focus on non-fiction report writing. In Maths we will be focussing on addition and subtraction within 20, place value within 50 and learning to count in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s.

This half term, as part of our Geography work, we will be looking at ‘The United Kingdom'. The children will be learning to name and locate the four countries of the United Kingdom and their capital cities. They will be using globes, maps and atlases to find the UK and its countries as well as the surrounding seas.

In Science we will continue to look at seasonal change with a particular focus on weather. Children will be creating their own weather forecasts and performing them to their friends. We will continue our work on properties of materials with a particular focus on floating and sinking as children design rafts for 'The Billy Goats Gruff'.

Our Art focus this half term is painting. We will be exploring colour mixing through paint play, using a range of tools and working on different surfaces. We will also create paintings inspired by Clarice Cliff and Jasper Johns.

In RE we will be learning about the Islam with a focus on the question ‘How might beliefs about creation affect the way people treat the world?’ For SMSC and PHSE the children will be celebrating Chinese New Year and learning about stranger danger and safe relationships.

Our computing unit is ‘Maze explorers’ and we will be learning to use ‘2Go’ for programming. Our Charanga music unit is ‘Music Inspired by the World Around Us’ We will be listening to and singing In The Sea by Joanna Mangona and Pete Readman (contemporary)

In P.E. we will be learning orienteering skills and in our outdoor PE lessons we will be developing skills for net/wall games with a focus on tennis.

SPRING TERM 2, 2026

In English our focus texts will be ‘Stanley’s stick’ by John Hegley and ‘The Sea Saw’ by Tom Percival with a focus on narrative writing. In maths we will be learning about different units of measurements including length, height, weight and capacity.

This half term we will be looking at our local history and we are finding out about our local canal, The Bridgewater Canal, and learning about changes to our locality, as well as how local features have changed. We will be learning about the famous author Lewis Carroll and Daresbury Church.

In Science we will be using our Wild Garden and school grounds to look at seasonal changes and will identify and name a variety of spring flowers and garden plants. We will also look at and describe the structure of flowers and trees.

In design and technology, we will be focus on making structures and we will be constructing a windmill.

Our computing unit is all about creating animated story books using ‘2Create a story’. Our Charanga music unit is called ‘Exploring Rhythm Patterns’. We will repeat, create, and write rhythm patterns.

In RE we will be learning about Judaism with a focus on the question ‘Why might some people put their trust in God?’ For PSHE our Happy Minds unit is ‘relate’ and we will be considering about us belonging to a community and how we can look after our environment.

For indoor P.E. we will focus on developing our gymnastic skills of travel, shapes and jumps. In outdoor PE we will be developing skills for invasion games with a focus on tag-rugby.