Year 1 - Garnet

Welcome to Garnet's Class page 

Welcome to Garnet class page. Class teacher and teaching assistant for Garnet class are Miss Noon and Mrs Allaway. We will update this page with some of the activities and special events that we will celebrate throughout the year. 

Miss Noon 

I have been at Homer First School since I started teaching and couldn't imagine myself anywhere else! I love being a part of such a friendly and community orientated school.

My hobbies outside of school are spending time with my daughter on the weekends and going to the gym.

Mrs Allaway

I've been at Homer First School for 10 years now and used to also attend myself as a child. I've worked across all key stages in the classroom and in ELSA sessions. I really enjoy supporting the children in all aspects of their learning as well as working alongside Miss Noon. In my spare time I enjoy long walks with my family and children, going for days out and going on holiday. 

Curriculum Update

Spring Term 1

Next term:

English 

• Silly Poems 

• Traditional Tales, The Three Little Pigs

• Postcards and Letters,  John Patrick Norman McHennessey

• Poetry,  The Owl and the Pussycat

Maths 

Y1 

• Place Value (within20)Addition & Subtraction (within 20)

• Place Value Length & Height Weight & Volume

Science 

• Materials 

History 

• Toys - Old & New
• Local Area- Windsor Castle 

Music 

• Football
• Who stole my chickens and my hens?

Computing 

• Online Safety
• Making Music 
• Animated Story Books

DT

• Baby Bear's Chair

Art 

• Painting and mixed media – Colour Splash

RE

• Is it important to celebrate the New Year?
• How should the Church celebrate Easter?

PSHE

• Computer safety – Image sharing Internet safety day Mental health week
• Staying healthy – Healthy eating Hazard watch – Is it safe to eat or drink?

PE

• Gymnastics 
• Hockey 

What are we learning about?

This half term...

English (T4W) - Ten Things Found in a Wizard’s Pocket (Poetry)

 Diary of a Wombat written by Jackie French (Recount)

Maths (White Rose) - Addition and Subtraction (within 10)

Geometry (shape)

Science (Plymouth Science)- Looking after plants 

PE (Real PE) - social aspects 

Art (Kapow)- Drawing, make your mark

Geography (Kapow) - Why is our world wonderful? Amazing features and landmarks 

ICT (Purple Mash)- Lego Builders and Effective search

RE (ODBE) - Do religious symbols mean the same to everyone?
Christianity/Judaism

PSHE (1Decision) - Fire Safety, hoax calling

Keeping and staying safe, road safety 

Music (Sing Up) - Colonel Hathi's March, Magical Musical Aquarium

23.10.2024

Halloween fun! We have had a great week celebrating Halloween. We hope you have a scarily fun half term!

14.10.2024

In Geography, we have been learning about the local area and our school. We have been using maps to identify key features in the local area. Today, we worked in pairs to create a map of the school grounds using what we had learnt in class. We used a key to help us identify key features like the benches, buildings and grass. 

8.10.2024

We have had a fun afternoon making smoothies! Before we could make them we needed to plan what we wanted to have in them. We had a class vote and bananas and strawberries gathered the most votes. We had so much fun cutting and juicing the fruits and then finally making them into a yummy smoothie.