Year 1

This half term we will be exploring toys from the past and comparing them to toys from the present. We will begin to understand how the materials used to make toys have changed. We will also consider the impact that this has had on the toys that we play with today. We will make our own toys similar to those that children played with in the past and investigate the history of the teddy bear. In English, we will be reading the story ‘Dogger’. Children will explore the relationship between a child and their favourite toy when reading the text. We will follow the different characters in the story and see how they try to help Dave look for his beloved toy dog. We will learn how to write a diary entry. In Maths, we will be learning about money, time, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division. The Science topic this half term focuses on materials. We will be exploring different materials and carrying out investigations to test the properties of materials and their suitability for making household objects.