Welcome to Year One

School Days

In the School Days project, your child will have the opportunity to take part in a traditional Victorian class and will learn about the differences between schooling in the Victorian era and schooling today. They will learn about objects found in a Victorian classroom and how they were used. They will research Samuel Wilderspin, an important figure in the development of schooling for young children in the Victorian era, whose ideals are reflected in schooling today. They will learn to describe the passage of time through study of past, present and future tense vocabulary.

Human Senses

In the Human Senses project, your child will learn that humans are animals called mammals that breathe, eat, sleep, get rid of waste, grow, move and use their senses to survive. They will identify, label and count a range of body parts. They will learn that humans are the same in that they have the same body parts but also that they are different due to factors such as age, skin colour, body shape, eye colour and hair texture. They will also learn that some humans have missing body parts or parts that don’t work well. Your child will learn that each human body part has a function that helps us survive, focusing on the parts associated with the five senses: sight, smell, hearing, touch and taste. They will conduct simple tests to investigate how their five senses help them make sense of and understand their surroundings. They will discuss the importance of each sense and learn how senses keep people safe from dangers. They will discover how people with sensory loss use tools, technology, and other senses to complete everyday tasks, asking a visitor with a sensory loss questions on the subject. Your child will conduct various investigations, focusing on their sense of touch and complete simple tests to learn why animals, including humans, have two eyes and binocular vision.

Phonics

We follow the Essential Letters and Sounds (ELS) phonics scheme. Children will be taught to confidently blend words together with sounds from phase 2, 3 and 5. The pictures and rhymes help the children to remember the sounds. Click HERE to find out more about how we teach phonics at Longford Park.  

Teaching Staff: 

Teacher: Mrs Batley

Teaching assistants: Mrs Robertson and Mrs Evans