Welcome to Class 1
Children from Reception and Year 1 are taught in Class 1, by Mrs Reid. For more information on what the children are studying this term (Autumn 2024) please click below:
Reception Homeschool Autumn Overview
Year One Autumn Overview
For Class 1’s long term curriculum plan please click here.
Useful documents:
Reception Linking Letters and Sounds document
Class 1 Wellbeing Wednesday – Internet Safety
Class 1
We have been getting to know ourselves, each other and our school environment in Class 1 this half term.
In Geography, Reception have been getting to know our school both inside and out. While on an autumnal walk to investigate around the grounds they also began to notice some features of the changing seasons.
Year 1 have been reading, using and making simple maps. They have learned all about aerial ‘birdseye’ views and we have also discussed the village our school is in, our town and our country. We have really enjoyed zooming in and out on Google Earth to support this.
In Science, we have been learning all about parts of our bodies and also about our five senses and what they help us do.
Year 1 have been identifying, draw and even building bodies and then labelling them with their correct names. They have identified which body parts link with our five senses and have then experimented with how and what our senses are used for. As you can imagine, the taste test was a BIG hit!
Reception have used their sight to explore autumn and the changes which have been occurring. They used their sense of smell to make Mrs. Reid some beautiful new perfumes using herbs from our garden. They have also been working on their use of their hearing to listen to sounds in and around our school environment and to begin their phonic journey! They especially enjoyed using their taste to try the gingerbread people they made when investigating changes which occur during baking.
In R.E., we talked about how some Christian communities celebrate the Harvest Festival as a way to give thanks for the food we have.
We had a wonderful visit to the Scapegoat Hill Baptist Church next to school. We saw their beautiful display which they left up especially for us to see.
The lovely people from the chapel then gave us all the fruit and vegetables which they had left and we were able to open our own farm shop for the week.
We had great fun buying, selling and re-stocking!
