Heatherlands Primary School
Enjoying Learning Together
Year 1
Welcome to Year 1
To contact the year leader please email:
heatherlands.office@coastalpartnership.co.uk
Please phone the office if you have an urgent message or enquiry.
The Heatherlands Way
PE days: Monday (outdoor) & Thursday (indoor) - Children to come into school dressed in PE kits.
KS1 Curriculum Information For New Yr1 & 2 Children in Sept 2025
Yr1 Knowledge organisers - 2025 2026
Arts Week - June 2025. This week year 1 have been exploring surrealism and the work of Rene Magritte, a renowned artist in this field. We enjoyed talking about his paintings and saying what we liked, disliked, things that puzzled us and any connections the children made between paintings they saw and what they already know. We focussed on one particular painting to base our week’s learning on – ‘The Son of Man’. The children first colour mixed blue and white to change the value to create the sky on a large backdrop using big paintbrushes and rollers. We then used sponges and dabbers to add texture for the white wispy clouds. Children enjoyed experimenting with different objects that could obstruct their faces to create their own version of ‘The Son of Man’. From this, they then creating a larger scale version of their chosen object using different media to create effect. The children loved dressing up and posing in front of the backdrop with their own surreal artwork for their final outcome. We had a great week and enjoyed combing realistic objects which would not normally be seen together to create surreal images.
Year 1 thought about what their style was in Arts Week.
My style is music because you get to sing and join in with the song. Rosie
My style is rock music because its loud and I like loud music. Alex
My style is Art because I love painting and it makes me happy. Darasimi
My style is rock and roll music because it makes me happy. Fabian
My style is painting and drawing flowers because it is really calm. Diora
My style is dancing because I like doing ballet and dancing to the music. Indi
My style is painting because I like to paint Ronaldo. Kenzo
My style is pop music because it makes me happy. Rose
My style is poetry because I like writing and making rhymes. Lineli
Year 1 home learning project ideas Summer 2025
As part of our current topic, Year 1 are learning about animals including how to compare, group and classify them correctly. On Monday, we were excited to have a visit from Southern Aquatics who came into school and provided the children with a super experience showing us a variety of different animals. Amongst the collection were some very jumpy baby Geckos, a Bearded Dragon, a Skink, two Pythons and a Tarantula. We learnt about their diet, habitat and where they came from. We had a great time and lots of children were eager to touch and handle the animals. This fantastic opportunity has provided the children with a valuable insight into different animals and get to experience animals close up in real life. We hope that it has also inspired some children to consider a career working with animals and conserving the natural world in the future.
Yrs 1 & 2 sports day 2025!
Year 1 Parent Knowledge Organiser Pack 2024 2025
'Mini Magnifiers' home learning Summer term
'Grow your own' quiz
'Grow your own' home learning Summer term
Spring Forest School. Year 1 enjoyed making compasses and hiding treasure using map coordinates. Then they made clay faces with natural resources from the nature trail. Finally, they sorted rubbish into recycling, compostable waste and reuseable items before collecting natural resources to sort and categorize.
'Around the World in 60 days' homework project ideas
'Around the world in 60 days' quiz - due in 10.2.25
In Year 1, over the past few weeks we have been using the text Handa's Surprise to help us with our writing. We ordered the story and then wrote sentences to match our pictures. This week we decided which delicious fruits to put in our fruit bowl and used adjectives to describe them.
In our topic work of Around the World we looked at the continent of Africa and created our own sunset silhouette art pictures including some of the animals that may live there.
During Science, we planted some sunflower seeds but we are wondering whether they will grow or not as the weather is so cold! Let's wait and see.
'Around the World in 60 Days' knowledge organiser
In Year 1 we have been learning all about materials and their properties. We have had so much fun testing materials each week. We have explored floating and sinking using our school value of motivation to join in with our groups and share our ideas. We really enjoyed being scientists for the morning when we investigated whether materials would absorb water. We were aspirational with our choice of language using words like, absorb and waterproof to explain our thinking. We were allowed to use simple equipment to help us in our materials topic including pipettes, syringes, torches and we have enjoyed finding out all about materials and their properties.
Home learning project ideas - Toy Stories Autumn 2024
Forest school in Year 1 was full of Autumnal Adventures. First we searched for popular British birds including: black birds, seagulls and pied wagtails. Then we discussed how the colder seasons are difficult for our wildlife and we made bird feeders. Finally, we explored the abundance of autumn leaves in our school grounds and turned them into 'Leaf Art'.
Anti-bullying week 2024
We have really enjoyed the first half term in year 1 and are beginning to understand the routines and expectations. The children have loved our first topic, 'Super Me' - learning about the human body including: labelling and drawing body parts, exploring senses and discussing which part of the body is associated with each sense.
As part of our topic, we learnt about the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to international achievements including Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale.
In Maths, we practiced place value within 10 - counting, sorting, comparing and ordering numbers. We also began simple addition and subtraction within 10 - introducing children to the part-whole model, understanding fact families and exploring number bonds within and to 10.
We finished our topic by creating an excellent self-portrait. We explored different types of lines, learnt how to draw facial features and had fun creating funny 'misfit' faces of each other. The children have worked incredibly hard this term and should be SUPER proud of their achievements!
After half term we begin our new topic 'Toy Stories'. Children will learn about the history of toys and the materials used to make them. We will look at toys from the past including what the king played with and compare them to toys children play with today. The children will also design and make a simple toy.
In English, we will read stories from 'Old Bear' and practice sequencing key events. We will continue to orally compose a sentence and count the words in a sentence on our fingers.
Question to ask me from this half term
How many basic senses do we have ? Can you name them?
Who was Florence Nightingale/Mary Seacole? Why was she a hero?
How many ways can you make 10 using a part-whole model?
Which artists have we learnt about this term? Who was your favourite? Why?
Can you draw a portrait in the style of your favourite artist using cubism or pop art?
Year 1 road safety permission form
This weeks homework is a quiz to consolidate what the children have been learning about in their topics at school. Quizzes are due in on the 14th October. They do not necessarily need to be printed, but the answers do need to be written down and handed in to the teachers.
Last week in Year 1 we looked at the work of Picasso. We used his work as our inspiration and we created portraits using his style. The children used 2D shapes to create their own faces. We loved that they were, “funny, wonky and different.” This week we will be using cotton buds and paint to recreate the pop art style of Roy Lichtenstein.
Our Wonderful Maths Ambassador, Eden, announced our new maths home learning challenges this morning in assembly. Eden would like entries back to her by Friday 18th October.
This week in Year 1 we have been so busy! We have used the text 'Supertato' to inspire our learning and we created our own vegetable soup recipes. Each Year 1 class had a special visitor and we labelled the parts of their body! We have really enjoyed making our own playdoh vegetables and the googly eyes made them very lifelike!
In Year 1 we have been looking at the human body during our Topic work. We have been making skeletons out of pasta, measuring our feet using cubes and drawing and labelling body parts. We have had lots of fun. We have written about ourselves and our holidays too.
New Yr1 Parent Information Meeting Slides July 2024
50 Recommended Reads for Year 1
