Welcome to Year 1/2

Mr Fisher

Welcome to Mr Fisher's Class!

This Year we will be supported by Mrs Cook and Miss Cooper.

Below is some key information that you might find useful.

Our Autumn Term Topics are

'How am I making History?'

and

'What is it like here?' 

 In our Humanities lessons the children will learn to…

- Order three photographs correctly on a simple timeline.

- Use the terms ‘before’ and ‘after’ when discussing their timelines.

- Talk about three memories and place one of them on a timeline.

- Explain why memories are special and name four events that they celebrate throughout the year.

- Think of three ways they celebrate their birthday.

- Ask a visitor one question about childhood in the past.

- Know a similarity and a difference between childhood now and in the past.

- Add three ideas to a time capsule about themselves.

- Use key vocabulary to compare the present, the past and possible changes in the future.

- Locate three features on an aerial photograph of the school and know the name of the country and village, town or city in which they live.

- Make a map of the classroom with four key features, using objects to represent the distance and direction of features in the classroom.

- Recognise four features in the school grounds using a map.

- Explain how they feel about three areas of the playground and find out how others feel by looking at the results of a survey.

- Draw a design to improve three areas of the playground using the results from the survey.

Our science topic is :

What is a Plant?

Children will:

- Identify plants and their features.

- Recall some of the roles that flowering plant parts have.

- Name some trees and their parts.

- Identify similarities and differences between deciduous and evergreen leaves.

- Recall that seeds and bulbs come from plants.

- Recognise that seeds need water for growth.

When working scientifically, pupils who are secure will be able to:

- Raise questions about plants and respond to suggestions on how to set up an investigation to answer a question.

- Use a magnifying glass to observe the different parts of flowering plants.

- Draw and label a diagram of a flowering plant.

- Use an identification chart to name flowering plants.

- Sort plants into groups based on specific criteria.

- Use non-standard units to measure leaf length.

- Recognise similarities and differences in seeds and bulbs.

- Recognise that predictions do not always match observations.

- Identify which plant parts can be eaten.

- Recognise that scientific research into plants leads to important discoveries.

Homework

Weekly Homework Choice Grid

Children to complete 1 activity from the Homework Choice Grid below.

Homework can be recorded using writing, pictures, drawings etc. appropriate to the task.

Each task can only be completed once.

Books will be collected in on a Friday.

Spellings

WE ARE CURRENTLY NOT SENDING SPELLINGS HOME FOR THE CHILDREN TO LEARN.

Share a story journal

Every week on a Friday, one child from the class will bring home the 'Share a story journal'. This is a further opportunity for you to read with your child while enjoying a nice cup of 'hot chocolate' (provided by the school). If it is your turn to complete the journal, we ask that it is returned on the Monday so that teachers have a chance to look over any work that has been completed.    

PE

PE will be on a Tuesday (Swimming for Year 2 and Multi-Skills fore Year 1) and a Wednesday (Gymnastics). Please ensure your child has the correct kit (including daps or trainers that fit) as we will be going outside.

Reading Books

We are continuing to improve children's reading fluency and comprehension. Please continue to hear your child read as often as possible and use the question based bookmarks to support this process. We encourage children to change reading books as regularly as possible. Please ensure you record any reading that takes place at home with a simple comment inside the small blue book (Reading Record). Finished books can be placed inside the classroom crate on a daily basis but they will not be changed unless the reading record has been written in. 

Over the course of the term I will continue to update this class page with all the different things that are going on in Year 1/2. 

If you have any questions please feel free to email me on the contact details below:

mfisher@sjbos.thedcet.com

Best wishes

Mr Fisher 

SPELLINGS (No new spellings for Year 1 and 2 until after Christmas)

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NEW YEAR 2026-27