🌼 Spring 2 Learning Update – Year 1 🌼

We are excited to share all the wonderful learning planned for Spring 2 in Roald Dahl Class! It’s a busy and engaging half‑term with lots of hands‑on activities, storytelling, and memorable experiences.

✏️ English – Meeting Story: Little Charlie

Our class text this half term is Little Charlie, a meeting story model. The children will be exploring the structure of meeting tales and using this to help them write their own imaginative meeting story. We will be learning how authors build settings, introduce characters, and create problems that lead to exciting encounters.

🔢 Maths – Building Strong Number Foundations

This half term we will be focusing on:

  • Place Value (within 20)
  • Place Value (within 50)
  • Length and Height
  • Mass and Volume

These units help children deepen their understanding of number and measurement through practical activities.

👉 Please continue using Doodle Maths at home.
Short, regular sessions really do make a big difference! Weekly assignments will be set to support what we are learning in class.

🔬 Science – Animals and Their Diets

Continuing our theme of classifying animals, children will be discovering:

  • Different types of animals
  • What they eat
  • The differences between herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores

Our upcoming trip to Manor Farm will give the children an exciting opportunity to explore this topic first-hand.

🕰️ History – The Great Fire of London

We will continue learning about our topic on London, with a focus on the Great Fire of London. Children will find out how the fire started, why it spread so quickly, and the impact it had on the city.

✂️ DT – Tudor Houses

Linked to our history topic, we will be designing and making our own Tudor houses.

📦 Please start saving boxes for us to use!
Cereal boxes, shoe boxes and similar items are perfect.

✝️ RE – The Easter Story

In RE, children will be learning about Easter, why it is celebrated, and the events remembered at this time.
We will also be visiting church for a Mini Time Travel session, giving the children a hands-on experience of the Easter story on Tuesday 24th March.

📌 Reminders

👟 PE Kits

PE days are Tuesdays and Fridays.
Please ensure your child has their PE kit in school.

📚 Reading Awards

  • Silver Awards are open!
  • Please continue to mark each read at the back of your child’s reading diary.
  • If your child is still collecting Bronze—keep going, they’re doing brilliantly!

⭐ Doodle Maths

Please support your child in accessing Doodle Maths a few times a week.
Just 10 minutes helps build confidence enormously!

We now have a Doodle Trophy in class for earning stars each week—something the children are very excited about!

If you have any issues logging in, please let us know.

📅 Dates for Your Diary

  • Tuesday 3rd March – Library Visit (9:50–10:30)
  • Thursday 5th March – World Book Day
  • Tuesday 10th March – Manor Farm Trip (More info coming soon!)
  • Thursday 12th March – Mother’s Day Morning (details to follow from FoKPNS)
  • Monday 16th March– Phonics Meeting for parents 3:30pm.
  • Monday 23rd & Thursday 26th March – Parents’ Evening

A quick update: All INSET days for the 2025–26 academic year are now on the school calendar and can be found in the School Holiday section on the school website.

✨ Please keep an eye on the class blog and Dragon’s Roar for updates and events throughout this half term! ✨

Science Knowledge Organiser Spring 2

History Knowledge Organiser Spring 2