KS1
Welcome To Key Stage One
Get ready for an exciting Spring 2 adventure in KS1! Our young explorers will travel across the globe, comparing China and the United Kingdom. They’ll discover majestic mountains, winding rivers, bustling cities, and rich cultural traditions, celebrate Chinese New Year, and create their very own holiday brochures to showcase everything they’ve learned.
Our budding scientists will dive into the magical world of reactions. Jelly worms will wobble, liquids will transform, and children will marvel as solids turn into liquids and back again through hands-on, mind-blowing experiments that spark curiosity at every turn.
In maths, Year 1 will explore length, height, mass, and volume, using words like longer, taller, heavier, and lighter while experimenting with scales. Year 2 will tackle centimetres, metres, capacity, temperature, and degrees Celsius, solving practical problems that strengthen their reasoning and problem-solving skills.
Children will begin their journey immersed in a spooky, haunting house, building excitement and suspense as they explore the setting. From there, they’ll dive into the story of Funnybones, developing their handwriting, transcription, writing, speaking, and listening skills through creative, hands-on activities while mastering grammar, punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure.
Finally, our KS1 artists will be inspired by Roy Lichtenstein as they explore the vibrant world of Pop Art. They’ll experiment with bright colours, bold outlines, and playful patterns to create their very own expressive masterpieces.
We cannot wait for another halt term of fun and curiosity!
Ruby
This half term, KS1 will travel through time and explore the Evolution of Pop Music! Children will discover how pop music has changed since their grandparents were young, from vinyl records and classic rock ’n’ roll to today’s chart-topping hits. They will also begin to understand and use a timeline to explore how music has developed over the decades. To kick off our learning, we will hold our special inspiration day, where children can dress up as their favourite artist, band, or from a particular decade. We will also be holding a silent disco in the hall to hook children into their learning!
In English, children will enjoy narrative writing inspired by The King Who Banned the Dark and practice setting descriptions using Encanto. Each lesson will begin with Speedy SPAG to reinforce spelling, punctuation, and grammar skills in a fun, quick way.
In Music, Year 2 will explore rhythm, melody, and performance skills through songs such as the ‘Grandma Rap,’ blending old and new musical styles.
Design & Technology will feature hands-on cooking with a stir fry project, helping children follow instructions, experiment with flavours, and develop key skills such as chopping, peeling, and measuring, while learning about food hygiene and safe preparation.
In Science, children will investigate different materials to answer the question, “Is that a good choice of material?” They will explore properties such as hardness, flexibility, and absorbency, test materials in practical ways, and begin to understand why certain materials are chosen for different purposes in everyday life.
In Maths, Year 1 will focus on addition, subtraction, place value, and measuring length and height, while Year 2 will tackle money, multiplication, and division, building problem-solving skills and confidence with numbers.
We are so excited to get stuck into this half-term’s learning, and we know the children are going to love it and be effective, innovative, creative learners!
03/01/2026
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
KS1 Spring 1 25-26 Topic Overview
KS1 Spring 2 25-26 Topic Overview
Home Learning