Welcome to Year One
Meet The Team
Welcome to the Year 1 staff team. We are a friendly team, determined to help your children have a fantastic year at Avonwood primary school. If you require any help or have any questions, please do not hesitate to chat to us at drop off / pick up or contact the school and one of us will respond.
| Senior Teacher |
Mrs Millington |
| Squirrels Teacher |
Mrs Darch & Mrs Hayes |
| Owls Teacher |
Mrs Millington |
| Teaching Assistants |
Mrs Massey, Mrs Attewell, Ms Marks & Mrs Blowers |
Key Information
Year One Curriculum Overview: Click Here
Instagram: Avonwoodyear1
Homework: Click Here
We will start off the new school year with our geography topic, ‘Here I am’, where we will locate our school in our local area and identify local physical and human features on a map. We will also carry out some fieldwork by visiting Kings Park, where we will make observational sketches.
Next, we will be delving into our own personal history. We will be finding out more about members of our family through creating family trees. We will host a wonderful grandparents afternoon tea to help us celebrate these family connections.
To start the spring term, we will look at ‘Where we are’? which is a geography topic where we will be identifying the four countries of the UK, and their capital cities. We will also be learning about key human and physical features of different types of areas. We will finish this unit by celebrating with a ‘culture day.’ In the second part of the spring term, we learn about “The history of transport” and as part of this we will be visiting Beaulieu to see cars from different eras.
Having also visited the Palace House, whilst at Beaulieu, we will begin the summer term learning about ‘Homes through time’ using photographs that we took during our school trip. During this topic children will interview a family member about homes from their past. We end the year with our geography topic ‘There we are’ where the children will compare life in an African town with life in the UK. During out science lessons we will learn about different animal types and look forward to a visit for the children to have first hand experience with some animals and insects!
Curriculum Briefings 2024
At the beginning of each half term we invite parents and carers to our presentation which includes information on curriculum coverage and key dates for the halfterm ahead.
The key dates for the half term ahead and information on homework (including Reach for the Stars Challenges) are captured on the half termly curriculum handout, a paper copy of which is sent home with your child. The electronic version of the handout can also be found below:
Y1 Parent curriculum handout - Nov 2024
Y1 Parent curriculum handout - Sep 2024
If you were unable to attend the meeting, you can find the slides below:
Y1 Parent Curriculum Events - Nov 2024
Y1 Parent Curriculum Events - Sep 2024
From Autumn 2, we recorded the online briefing and this can be accessed below:
Y1 Curriculum Briefing, Nov 24 - YouTube