Our Values: Ambition, Compassion and Resilience
Our Vision: Let Your Light Shine - Matthew 5:16
Year 1: Voyager
Staffing:
Miss Lacy, Mrs Watts and Miss Hannabuss
Welcome to Term 5
Welcome back to Term 5. I hope you’ve had a lovely Easter break. Our time in Y1 is flying by! We have lots to look forward to in this term. We will continue to adapt our provision to support the children to transition into a more formal learning approach in Y2.
Term 5 starts on Monday 20th April at 8:45am. Our class photos are on Monday so please ensure your child is in full school uniform (not PE kits).
🌟Forest school continues to be every Tuesday afternoon.
🌟Our PE days remain on Monday with me and Thursday with Swift Sports.
🌟Children will need a healthy snack, a water bottle, a coat and full school uniform (please make sure this is labelled).
Here is an overview of our term:
In Maths we will be applying our knowledge of tens and ones to place value from 20 to 50. This will involve grouping and counting in tens, partitioning numerals, more and less and estimating numeral positions on number lines. We will then be exploring counting patterns in 2s, 5s and 10s, creating arrays and understanding and sharing equal groups in our multiplication and division unit.
Please continue to engage with Numbots games to support rapid recall development, confidence with mental fluency and mastery in maths.
Our first English text is Katie in London, linking brilliantly to our Humanities units this term. This text is about a young girl called Katie and her brother Jack who visit London with their Grandma, when something unexpected happens. One of the Trafalgar Square lions comes to life and takes them on a wonderful tour of many landmarks! Our second text is a Voyager class favourite, Julian is a Mermaid. In English this term we will be embedding using the past tense with the use of -ed endings, using and to join clauses and beginning to use exclamation marks to show expression.
Our Y1 common exception words are attached, please practice these at home to support your child to become familiar with these spellings.
2025-26 Voyager Term 5 Common Exception Words
In Geography, we are learning about London. We will be looking at where London is on a map of the UK, making maps of London and what landmarks are in London. Feel free to send some photos if your children have visited!
In History, we will be exploring Kings and Queens of England. We will look at past and present Kings and Queens, what a monarch is and where monarchs live.
Our Jigsaw unit this term focuses on relationships. This will involve learning about different types of families, what it means to be a good friend, appropriate ways to greet friends, who to ask for help from within the school community, qualities as a person and as a friend and what qualities we find important.
Our big question in Religion and Worldviews this term is ‘Who made the world?’.
We can’t wait to see you on Monday 20th April.
