KS1
Welcome To Key Stage One
Welcome to KS1,What an incredible first half term it has been in KS1! The children have been completely enthralled by our topic ‘What is the Role of Kings and Queens?’ We kicked off our learning with a memorable Inspiration Day where the children came dressed as royalty and took part in a knighting ceremony, attended a royal ball, and even enjoyed a Tudor banquet! Throughout the topic, we have learnt about the British royal family, compared kings and queens from the past, and explored the key features of a castle through lots of hands-on learning. It has been amazing! In English, we have loved focusing on the story Rapunzel by Beth Woollvin. It inspired us to write our own narratives, and we were absolutely flabbergasted when Miss Owen arrived in our classroom with real CCTV images of witches travelling through school! The children created wanted posters and wrote detailed instructions on how to trap them. We have also been working hard on improving our handwriting, showing fantastic effort and progress. In Maths, we began the term focusing on place value and have now moved on to addition and subtraction. The children have shown great determination and resilience throughout. In DT, we received a very special letter from King Charles himself asking us to design royal handkerchiefs! We designed, made, and sewed our own and we think they are fit for a king if we do say so ourselves!
This term, children in Key Stage 1 will continue to enjoy a broad and exciting curriculum designed to inspire curiosity, creativity, and a love of learning. In English, children will explore a biography of David Attenborough, write a non-chronological report about a continent, and create a character description of Santa inspired by The Night Before Christmas. In Maths, following the White Rose Maths scheme, Year 1 will focus on addition and subtraction within 20 and explore place value within 50, while Year 2 will deepen their understanding of addition, subtraction, and money, developing reasoning and problem-solving skills. In Science, our topic “How Can We Tell What Season It Is?” will help children observe seasonal changes, record weather patterns, and understand how day length changes throughout the year.
In Geography, children will explore “What Is Different Between the Earth’s Continents?”, learning to identify and compare continents, their climates, landscapes, and ways of life. In Art, children will be inspired by Richard O’Neill as they create digital landscape art, experimenting with colour and texture using digital media. Children will also be practising for our Christmas Nativity 'Lights, Camel, Action.
02/11/2025
Mrs Jeffers
Teaching, Learning & Curriculum Leader
KS1 Phase Leader
Useful Information
PE Days
Crimson, Cherry and Ruby Class will all have their PE slots on the following days;
Monday- Outdoor PM
Thursday- Indoor PM
On PE days children may come to school in their PE kit as per the school uniform policy.
Spellings
Spelling tests will take place every Tuesday. Test scores and your child’s test paper will be sent home the same day so you can see which words your child got correct and which they need to practise further.
New spellings for each week can be found on the Home Learning tab below. We have provided the full list of spellings for the half term, but children should only focus on the words for the current week.
Off Scheme Book Changes
Children who no longer need to access our phonics programme and are now off scheme will have their home reading books changed every Monday. Library books for these children will also be changed on this day.
Book Changes
Children who still access our phonics programme will have their phonics book changed as required by their phonics group. Library books will be changed weekly, by every Thursday. Children should bring their phonics packs to school every day.
Topic Overviews
KS1 Autumn 1 25-26 Topic Overview
KS1 Autumn 2 25-26 Topic Overview
Home Learning