Year 1 - Spring 1 - Week 6
Date: 11th Feb 2026 @ 11:47am
What a fantastic end to our half term in Year 1 – full of reflection, creativity, and brilliant learning!
In Maths, we continued focusing on subtraction within 20, but this week we challenged ourselves even further by exploring related facts and fact families. We discovered how addition and subtraction number sentences are connected and how knowing one fact can help us work out another. The children worked so hard to spot these links and explain their thinking. We have absolutely loved playing maths games this half term – especially Snakes and Ladders! It has been such a fun way to put our number knowledge to the test and practise counting forwards and backwards with confidence.
In RE, we brought together our learning about key Christian beliefs, including Creation, The Fall, the Trinity, and Salvation. We reflected on why Christians believe Jesus is special and discussed how he performed miracles because he was sent by God – God in human form. It has been wonderful to see the children beginning to understand and talk about these important ideas with growing confidence.
In History, we brought our Titanic learning to a close by discussing ways the disaster could have been prevented. The children used their knowledge to explore different factors, such as investing more money in lifeboats, having speed limits, and improving lifeboat training drills. This led to some fantastic discussions and showed how confidently the children can now think about cause, effect, and change.
We also had so much fun with junk modelling this week! Using cardboard boxes, tubes, and recycled materials, the children used their creativity and imagination to design and build their very own Titanic models. The teamwork and enthusiasm on display were wonderful to see.
Important reminders:
Reading books have been collected this week ready for regrouping next half term, so children will not have school reading books over the holidays.
QR codes have been sent out to help further embed the sounds the children have been taught this half term. Please try to watch these over the holiday – one a day is recommended to keep the learning fresh.
To continue developing a love for reading, please spend time reading with your child using books of their choice. Sharing stories together is one of the best ways to build confidence, fluency, and enjoyment in reading.
I am so incredibly proud of all your hard work this half term, Year 1. You have all made wonderful progress – enjoy a very well-deserved break!