Welcome to Pluto Class

Welcome to Year 1! This year, children will grow as confident, independent learners through exciting lessons in reading, writing, maths and creative subjects. We value kindness, respect and curiosity, and expect children to try their best each day. Together we nurture strong learning habits, friendships, and resilience to support every child's journey in school.

Key Staff

• Mrs. Dummer - Head of School
• Mr. Potts - Federation Deputy Headteacher
• Mr. Simms - Deputy Headteacher
• Ms. Williams - Assistant Headteacher
• Mr. Mace - Resource Base Lead
• Ms. McMahon / Ms. Townsend - Pastoral Lead
• Ms. Jones - Key Phase Leader
• Ms. Anumah - Class Teacher
• Mrs. Howell - Support Staff

Important

School gate opens at 8.40am

School starts at 8.45am

Lesson starts at 9.00am

School ends at 3.15pm - Monday to Thursday

School ends at 2.15pm on Fridays

Children are expected to come to school everyday, and be punctual, as attendance is key to attainment. 

PE day is every Thursday

Please ensure your child comes to school in their PE kit: black, dark gray or navy shorts, joggers or leggings.

• Swimming costume
• Swimming hat (children are not allowed in the pool without one)
• Towel

Spelling will be given every Friday to children to learn over the weekend.

Please check this page regularly for updates on what we have been learning in class. Any questions? Please contact me on this email address: Pluto@kafed.org.uk

Maths Curriculum

Educational Visits/Trips

30th September 2025 - Visit to Catford Library

WEEK COMMENCING: 13.10.25

Week 7

We will be continuing our learning on "our five senses" by exploring our sense of hearing, sight and taste. Our chosen test will still be Leila in Saffron by Rukhsana Guidroz. We will be exploring these senses using fruits and vegetables.

• Sense of smell - Leila smells "ghee" 
• Sense of taste - Leila helps with cooking and the family praises the curry she helped make.
• Sense of touch- Leila handles her grandmother's scarf, feeling it's material ,admiring its texture and wrap.
• Sense of hearing - Leila hears laughter, kitchen noises, family voices, and the "clink clink" of Naani's glass bangles.
• Sense of sight - Leila looks in the mirror and focuses on her " skinny arms and knobby knees. 

WEEK COMMENCING 06.10.25

Week 6

In week 6 and 7, we will be learning about "Our Five Senses" in science. We will experiment the sense of touch, smell, sight, hearing and taste using fresh/ dry fruits and vegetable. Our chosen text is Leila in Saffron by Rukhsana Guidroz, a story  about self-esteem and self-acceptance. The story weaves in Pakistani traditions, food, languages (Arabic), colours, clothing and family relationships.

Leila in Saffron evokes all five senses to help Leila experience her journey of self- discovery.

• Sense of smell - Leila smells "ghee" 
• Sense of taste - Leila helps with cooking and the family praises the curry she helped make.
• Sense of touch- Leila handles her grandmother's scarf, feeling it's material ,admiring its texture and wrap.
• Sense of hearing - Leila hears laughter, kitchen noises, family voices, and the "clink clink" of Naani's glass bangles.
• Sense of sight - Leila looks in the mirror and focuses on her " skinny arms and knobby knees. 

In English we will be learning about adjectives - describing words. Children will use adjectives to describe people, places and objects. 

In Maths, we will be comparing numbers and quantities. We will use " greater than", "more than" and " less than" in our comparisons.

WEEK COMMENCING 29.9.25

Week 5

In English this week, we will be describing a setting in our much loved Knuffle Bunny topic book. A setting tells us where and when a story happens. It show the place and time a story happens. Children will draw and describe what they can see in one of several settings in the Knuffle Bunny story. Children can also create a setting for their story.

In  History, we will be comparing how we were as babies to what we are now. We will sequence events from a story on a timeline and focus on your child's  memories and milestones by making a  ' My Special Moments Timeline or 'My Growing Up Timeline'. Please discuss milestones with your child at home.

WEEK COMMERNCING 22.9.25

Week 4

In English lessons this week, we will be learning about the pronoun 'I'.  We will be using 'I' to replace our names when we talk about ourselves. Children will be supported to write simple sentences starting with 'I' such as :

• I like apples.
• I can run.
• I am in Year 1.

History: We will be reflecting on our baby memories this week. We will be drawing our baby photos and writing simple sentences  starting with 'I' to describe how we were like. We will further compare how we behaved when we were babies to how we are now. Our chosen text book is Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems. Our sentence starter will be; When I was a baby I was.... Now I  can ..

 In Maths , we will be using simple resources like straws, sticks, bead strings , multilink cubes and dienes blocks to continue making groups of 10's and 1's.  Given a number, children will be expected to count in  groups of ten and the extra ones.  Given a quantity of objects, we can count out how many there are by counting in ones, or by counting the groups of ten  and  the extra ones. Please support your child at home on this. You can go on the NCTEM website for more information on this or see class teacher should you need further explanation on how to support your child.

WEEK COMMENCING 15.9.25

Week 3

It is RE this week, and our topic is ' Who am I'- Being Unique. What does it mean to be a unique person? What special qualities, skills, talents and experiences do you have that makes you unique?

Uniqueness means being special and different from everyone else.

• Nobody in the whole world is exactly the same as you.

We will also look at identity and our chosen topic is Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love.

Identity means who you are.

• It is your name, your family, where you live and the things that make you. We will make ' Look what I can do posters, Who am I booklets and express our identity visually- make a self portrait using various art supplies. 

In Maths we will still be making 10 base numbers and counting in 10's

WEEK COMMENCING 8.9.25

Week 2

 Who is in your family? It is all about families this week. We will be looking at family units and writing names of family members. Our chosen family text is Five Minutes' Peace by Jill Murphy. We will link this to English by learning to use capital letters at the beginning of names. Children will be expected to draw family members and use capital letters at the beginning of family members name list.

In Maths we will start counting in 10's. Please practise counting in 10's at home.

WEEK COMMENCING 2.9.25 

 Week 1

This week is about settling in, learning routines and class expectations, making friends, learning where resources are and joining in.

Our chosen topic book in The Gingerbread Man. Children will be expected to role play and join in repeating phrases, such as: "Run, run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man!"

We will also be looking at lines in art and take inspiration form artist like Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh. Lines can be straight, curvy, zig-zag, horizontal, vertical, swirly, wavy, thick, thin, short, long, or invisible, as shown by how artists arrange pictures on a painting.