Welcome everybody to the Year 1 section of the website.
If you have any questions, then please do not hesitate to ask a member of the Year 1 team.
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith- and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God." (Ephesians 2:8)
Reading at home
In Year 1, your child will be given a reading day. On your child's reading day, they will read with an adult and a new reading book will be provided. Please ensure your child has their reading book and journal with them everyday in school as we may read with them on a day that isn't their usual reading day if we have time.
We appreciate that it is not always possible to read every night with your child, but do ask that you make every effort to read at least 5 times per week with them, practise any tricky words and make a comment in their reading records.
Reading at home doesn’t always mean their school reading books, it could be anything from a newspaper, magazine, or kindle books to instructions for a board game. Remember we also have our online eBooks available through RWI Oxford Owls.
This term we will be focussing on Place Value within 10. We will be looking at the following objectives:
-Count to and across 100, forwards and backwards, beginning with 0 or 1, or from any
given number
-Count, read and write numbers to 100 in numerals; count in multiples of twos, fives and
tens
-Given a number, identify one more and one less
-Identify and represent numbers using objects and pictorial representations including the number line, and use the language of: equal to, more than, less than (fewer), most, least
-Read and write numbers from 1 to 20 in numerals and words.
Developing basic mathematical skills is crucial for progressing through the Year 1 curriculum. To support their learning, Year 1 students each have their own Numbots account, a mathematical online gaming platform. Numbots encourages children to develop their fluency with basic mathematical skills. Just 5 minutes of practice daily can make a significant difference!
Please ensure your children continue to access their Numbots account through the app or website using the details sent home by school. We thank you for your continued support with this.
English
Children will continue to develop their Phonics skills through our Read Write Inc programme. They will become familiar with Phase 2 and 3 sounds, before learning to apply these sounds across a variety of different genres of writing. To support your child at home, encourage them to write for different purposes such as making shopping lists, writing out birthday cards and recipes etc. Try to encourage your child to remember finger spaces, capital letters and full stops.
Our focus text for this half term will be 'The Bumble Bee' by Nadia Shireen. The children will explore this story and practise sequencing sentences to form their own narrative text based on the story. We will continue to practice our letter formation through our daily handwriting sessions in Literacy.
Our second focus text will be 'Old Bear' by Jane Hissey.
Writing Outcome 1: Finding story sentences
Writing Outcome 2: Message sentences
Children will develop skills in letter writing, recalling events through short sequencing, sentence building using 'and' to join clauses and learning about noun suffixes.
Science
In Science this year, we will revisit and learn (spiral curriculum) new themes each week. We have some great topics this year which are listed below.
Biology- Animals including Humans, Living things and their Habitats and Plants.
Chemistry- Everyday Materials
Physics- Seasonal Changes
History
How do children's lives in the past compare to today?
This term, our children will explore how the lives of children have changed over time. They will make comparisons to toys, clothing and homes.
Geography
What is it like here?
This unit supports pupils to develop an understanding of basic geography
by looking at their familiar surroundings and beginning to build an awareness of the United Kingdom.
Art & Design
Painting
This term, we’re exploring the work of Van Gogh-Sunflowers. Pupils will experiment with pattern, research and drawing. Pupils will also be looking at primary and secondary colours and experimenting with creating lighter and darker shades of colours.
R.E
Our key question for this term is 'What does it mean to belong to a faith community?'
Make sense of beliefs:
• Recognise that loving others is important in lots of communities • Say simply what Jesus and one other religious leader taught about loving other people
Understand the impact:
• Give an account of what happens at a traditional Christian and Jewish or Muslim welcome ceremony, and suggest what the actions and symbols mean
• Identify at least two ways people show they love each other and belong to each other when they get married (Christian and/or Jewish and non-religious)
Make connections:
• Give examples of ways in which people express their identity and belonging within faith communities and other communities, responding sensitively to differences
• Talk about what they think is good about being in a community, for people in faith communities and for themselves, giving a good reason for their ideas.
PSHE
Being Me in My World
We’ll focus on identity, personal responsibility, and understanding how our choices impact others – all while developing confidence and empathy in our learning community
P.E
Our P.E. days this term are Tuesday and Thursday
Please make sure your child comes into school wearing their full school PE kit on these days.
PE kit consists of: a plain white t-shirt, black shorts and black PE pumps. Children may wear black jogging pants and their school jumper in the colder months if they go outside.
Water bottles & snacks
Don’t forget to bring water bottles in each day – the children need to stay hydrated throughout the day. Please put a label on bottles and refill them every day.
Children can purchase breadsticks at the start of each half term (see Miss Brown in the school office) or bring a healthy snack for break time.
Due to the limited space we have in the cloakroom in our classroom, please can children refrain from bringing in large rucksacks/handbags.
Online Learning Journal & Homework
Your child's learning journey will be on seesaw. Please check Seesaw daily for updates and tasks set. We send our homework tasks via Seesaw. Please support your child to practise these at home.
Thank you for your continued support,
The Year 1 Team
