Hello and welcome to our Year One at Old Hall Primary School. This is a very exciting year for you and your child, as they explore the wonderful topics that are part of our Old Hall curriculum for Year 1. 

On this page, you will find our curriculum map for the year, weekly spellings, suggestions for home learning experiences in our Topic Enrichment as well as updated photographs of some of the super learning that goes on in Year 1. 

The Year 1 team is: Miss McCleary (class teacher), Mrs Barlow (TA), Miss Clarke (SSA) and Miss Round (SSA).

We are looking forward to working with you and your child/ren. 

Class Information

We will also put any important information you may need inside as an email or message from the school office we also use Class Dojo for communication. We use Seesaw as a digital folder which we will share some of our learning with you. 

When your child has PE, they are expected to wear a full P.E. kit and suitable trainers or pumps. PE days in Year 1 are Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Our Week

This is what our week looks like in Year 1. This may change slightly due to school events. 

If you have any questions, you are unsure about anything or you would just like to introduce yourself, please don’t hesitate to contact me via the school office or Seesaw between the hours of 8am – 4:30pm Monday – Friday.  

Spellings.

These are Year One's weekly spellings. Children take home their new spellings each Monday and are tested in class the following Monday

Geography

We have been learning about our local area in Year One. We looked at maps of our school and used our orienteering skills to find our way around school. We had a great time and spotted lots of landmarks around us! 

Super Scientists 

We have been super scientists in Year One, observing and recording the weather in Autumn. We carried out our observations over one week and found out that Autumn can be very wet and starts to get colder. We even saw a rainbow! 

Roll a Picasso!

In art we have been learning about self-portraits. We looked at Picasso's cubism portraits and used these to inspire us to create our own.  We rolled a dice and drew different shapes for parts of our faces using ink. Finally we used bright coloured oil pastels to complete our masterpieces!