Indigo Class / Year 1

Welcome to Indigo Class 

Indigo Class Timetable Autumn 2024

Knowledge Organisers

Have a look at our Knowledge Organisers to find out what we will be learning each term:

Autumn 1

Science - Everyday Materials

Geography - What is it like around our school

RE- Christianity - Belonging 

Autumn 2

Science - Seasonal Changes: Autumn and Winter

RE: Judaism - Why is learning to do good deeds so important to Jewish People?

Spring 1

Science: Animals, including humans

RE: Christianity: What are the best symbols of Jesus’ death & resurrection at Easter?

History: What is History? What were toys like when our parents and grandparents were young?

Spring 2

Science: Seasonal Changes: Spring

RE: Hinduism: How does a Hindu celebrate devotion to a deity at the festival of Holi?

Summer 1

Science: Plants

History: Seaside holidays in the past/ Who was Queen Victoria?

RE: Judaism: Blessings 

Summer 2

RE: Christianity: Prayer and Worship

Learning in Indigo Class

Autumn 2024

In Indigo Class this half term the children have learnt about the first black woman to go to space called Mae Jemison, what happens at a baptism/christening, how children are welcomed into the church family, to name the four countries and capital cities in the UK, how to draw a map, to identify and name a range of homes, to name the features of homes, to identify and name a range of materials and to identify the materials objects are made from and their properties. 

During the Vision Day the children thought of words they could use to describe Jesus and they drew picture of ways they they could be kind, thoughtful, compassionate, friendly, supportive, respectful and helpful.

In Art the children used different tools and materials to represent the three houses in the traditional tale of The Three Little Pigs.

In Science the children identified a range of signs of Autumn while they were on a walk around the school field.

In English they have learnt to use capital letters, full stop spaces in a sentence , to identify nouns, to identify verbs and how to write a poem about Autumn with 6 syllables in a line using their senses. 

In Maths they have learnt how to write the numbers 0 to 10 in words, how to write addition and subtraction number sentences using the commutative law to write a fact families of eight facts and to use a number line to find one more or one less.