Year 1
Croeso i Dosbarth Garw
Staff:
Teacher: Ms. Blackmore
Class Information:
- Class starts at 8.45am and finishes at 3.15pm
- Water bottles containing water to be brought in daily with your child’s name clearly labelled
- Fruit or vegetable snacks can be brought in for morning breaktime.
- Reading books to be brought in daily and will be changed as necessary.
- Phonic books, keywords and Big Maths Clic and Learn Its will be sent home each week.
- PE kits (hyperlink to uniform section) to be worn to school every Monday. Ensure kit is appropriate for the weather
- Label EVERY item of clothing clearly with your child’s name
If you wish to speak with us please make contact via email admin@porthcawlps.bridgend.cymru or ring 01656 815660.
Ms Rowley (headteacher), Mr Richards (Deputy) and Mrs Farmer (Engagement Officer) are also available on the yard at the beginning and end of the day.
Porthcawl Primary Curriculum:
Year 1 | |||
History | Geography | R.V.E.- Business and Social | |
World History | Human Geography | RVE | |
Autumn 1 – Moving Forward | Greeks (D) | Transport (CC) | Identity and Belonging (CC, D, R8) |
Country Study | Country Study | Modern History | |
Spring 1- African Adventures | South Africa (D,R14) | South Africa (Big 5) | Nelson Mandela (D, R12) |
Modern History | Physical Geography | Global Goals | |
Summer 1- Fierce Fires | Great fire of London | Rainforests (R24) | Responsible Consumption and Production Goal 12 (CC, D, R 24) |
Year 1 | |||
Science | Technology | Expressive Arts | |
Matter and Materials | Create | Art | |
Autumn 2 –Trumpet and Transport | Materials – man made & natural (R 27) | Vehicle | Abstract art - Picasso (D) |
Living Things | Food | Drama | |
Spring 2 – Terrific Transformers | Life cycles of animals | Sugar – fruit kebab (R 24) | Hungry Caterpillar – re-enact (R29) |
Forces and Energy | Computation | Music | |
Summer 2 – Wonderful World | Earth (CC) | Algorithms – sequence & patterns | Jazz – Louis Armstrong (D R29) |
Language, Literacy and Communication
Autumn 1 | Spring 1 | Summer 1 |
The Runaway Pea - Kjartan Poskitt | The Ugly Five - Julia Donaldson | Elon - Laura Murphy |
Range -Lost Poster, Recount, Sorry letter Acrostic poem - ‘JOURNEYS’ | Range-Top Trump, Animal fact file, Voice 21 - paired presentation - animal facts. | Range - Persuasive Poster - Save the Rainforests. |
Autumn 2 | Spring 2 | Summer 2 |
The Three Little Superpigs - Claire Evans | Image from The Mabinogion (Welsh week)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle | What a Wonderful World - based on the song by Louis Armstrong. |
Range- Wanted poster, Character description, Voice 21 Individual Presentation - Designing own Super animal. | Range- Diary entry, Drama - Story mapping, Re-telling the story through drama. | Range - Description, explanation, narrative, voice 21 group presentation, why live on Earth? |
Mathematics and Numeracy
A wide variety of topics are covered including:
Number | Addition and subtraction multiplication and division (sharing) |
Measurement | Measuring using non-standard units. Exploring scales in weight, length and capacity. |
Shape
| Recognise and describe 2D and 3D shapes including simple symmetry. |
Data | Tally charts, venn diagrams, block graphs. |
Number facts and relationships between numbers. Counting in 2s, 5s, and 10s.
The Big Maths scheme covers the 4 aspects of numeracy each day. Children are given number facts known as 'Learn its' to help improve recall of addition and multiplication facts which can then also be used for subtraction and division.