Writing Task
On Monday 22nd September, Year 1 will be describing pictures using their five senses.
Please take a look at the pictures in the document section below with your child. Together, talk about what they might see, hear, smell, taste, and feel. Some senses may be trickier than others, but encourage your child to use their imagination and come up with creative ideas.
Sight (What can you see?)
What colours, shapes, or patterns are there?
Is it big or small? Bright or dark?
Sound (What can you hear?)
Would it be noisy or quiet?
What kinds of sounds might it make (crackling, splashing, buzzing)?
Smell (What can you smell?)
Does it smell nice or not nice?
Is it sweet, fresh, smoky, stinky?
Taste (What might it taste like?)
If it’s food, is it sweet, sour, salty, spicy?
If it’s not food, let them use imagination (e.g., “It might taste dusty like paper”).
Touch (What does it feel like?)
Is it soft, rough, smooth, sticky, hot, cold?
Would it be comfortable to hold or not?
COMPLETION DATE: 22.09.25
Maths Task
The maths focus for homework in Year 1 will be arithmetic and basic number skills. By the end of the year, children should be confident with:
🔢 One more and one less to 100
🔢 Number bonds to and within 20
🔢 Doubles (up to double 12)
🔢 Halves (up to half of 24)
🔢 Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s forwards and backwards from any given number
We will have a specific focus each half term which will be shared with you for homework.
👉 Counting forwards and backwards in 10s from any given number
This can be practised verbally with your child.
Short, regular practice works best (e.g. 5 minutes, 3–4 times per week).
If your child finds it tricky, using a 100 square is absolutely fine.
If your child is confident with 10s please move onto 2s and 5s.
👉 Adding numbers within 10
For number bonds within 10, we are aiming for automatic recall.
Please check whether your child knows the number bonds to 9 and 10 quickly.
You can do this verbally by asking:
“5 and what makes 9?”
“4 and what makes 9?”
We will also be practising these in lessons, so the children should be familiar.
It’s been fantastic to see that so many of you have been on Numbots during the holidays! Numbots will continue throughout the year, and I may set weekly challenges. Please try to complete this little but often.
🏆 Certificates will be handed out every Friday.
Head to the Challenge section and click on the Adding tab. There are two challenges to try this week:
🧩 Doubles
See if you can complete both and show off your super number skills! 🚀 I’ll be keeping an eye on your progress through my account, and I can’t wait to see how you get on.
Good luck, Number Ninjas!
Any questions about homework please ask a member of the Year 1 team.
Writing Task
On Monday 15th September, Year 1 will be learning to describe how the monsters feel using the conjunction because. To help prepare, please rehearse some sentences with your child at home so they feel confident for their writing on Monday.
I have attached a document with some ideas to support you. We will also practise making sentences together as a class before the children begin their writing.
A good way to practise:
Say the feeling word first (happy, sad, angry, excited, scared, tired).
Ask “Why?” together – let your child come up with a reason.
Help them join the two ideas with because.
COMPLETION DATE: 15.09.25
Maths Task
The maths focus for homework in Year 1 will be arithmetic and basic number skills. By the end of the year, children should be confident with:
🔢 One more and one less to 100
🔢 Number bonds to and within 20
🔢 Doubles (up to double 12)
🔢 Halves (up to half of 24)
🔢 Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s forwards and backwards from any given number
We will have a specific focus each half term which will be shared with you for homework.
👉 Counting forwards and backwards in 10s from any given number
This can be practised verbally with your child.
Short, regular practice works best (e.g. 5 minutes, 3–4 times per week).
If your child finds it tricky, using a 100 square is absolutely fine.
If your child is confident with 10s please move onto 2s and 5s.
👉 Adding numbers within 10
For number bonds within 10, we are aiming for automatic recall.
Please check whether your child knows the number bonds to 7 and 8 quickly.
You can do this verbally by asking:
“5 and what makes 6?”
“4 and what makes 6?”
We will also be practising these in lessons, so the children should be familiar.
It’s been fantastic to see that so many of you have been on Numbots during the holidays! Numbots will continue throughout the year, and I may set weekly challenges. Please try to complete this little but often.
🏆 Certificates will be handed out every Friday.
Head to the Challenge section and click on the Adding tab. There are two challenges to try this week:
🧩 Adding within 10
🔢 Adding to 10
See if you can complete both and show off your super number skills! 🚀 I’ll be keeping an eye on your progress through my account, and I can’t wait to see how you get on.
Good luck, Number Ninjas!
Any questions about homework please ask a member of the Year 1 team.
Writing Task
On Monday 8th September, Year 1 will be doing a writing task. The children will be describing what they can see in the pictures (see document section below). The pictures are all focussed on toys, which is also our history topic for this half term.
To help prepare, please spend some time with your child looking closely at the pictures and talking about what they can see. This will help them to rehearse some sentences before writing in class.
Here are some ideas for talking together:
Compare – Which toys look old? Which look new? Which toy would you like to play with? Why?
We will also be discussing the pictures in class, but rehearsing some sentences at home will give the children a head start.
COMPLETION DATE: 08.09.25
Maths Task
The maths focus for homework in Year 1 will be arithmetic and basic number skills. By the end of the year, children should be confident with:
🔢 One more and one less to 100
🔢 Number bonds to and within 20
🔢 Doubles (up to double 12)
🔢 Halves (up to half of 24)
🔢 Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s forwards and backwards from any given number
We will have a specific focus each half term which will be shared with you for homework.
👉 Counting forwards and backwards in 10s from any given number
This can be practised verbally with your child.
Short, regular practice works best (e.g. 5 minutes, 3–4 times per week).
If your child finds it tricky, using a 100 square is absolutely fine.
👉 Adding numbers within 10
For number bonds within 10, we are aiming for automatic recall.
Please check whether your child knows the number bonds to 5 and 6 quickly.
You can do this verbally by asking:
“5 and what makes 6?”
“4 and what makes 6?”
We will also be practising these in lessons, so the children should be familiar.
It’s been fantastic to see that so many of you have been on Numbots during the holidays! Numbots will continue throughout the year, and I may set weekly challenges. Please try to complete this little but often.
🏆 Certificates will be handed out every Friday.
Any questions about homework please ask a member of the Year 1 team.