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.
Addition and Subtraction within 10 & Place Value within 20.
This half term, we will be continuing to explore Addition and Subtraction within 10. We will focus on exploring addition word problems and fact families before moving on to consider subtraction by crossing out, taking away and using a number line. Following this, we will learn about place value within 20 where we will practise estimating, comparing and ordering numbers.
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 English 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 'Rapunzel' by Bethan Woolvin. The children will explore this traditional tale and practise sequencing sentences to form their own narrative text based on the story. They will also have the opportunity to produce a set of instructions for how to catch a witch. We will continue to embed Year 1 appropriate Grammar skills including adding the suffix -er to verbs and using conjunctions such as 'and' to join words and clauses.
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 has travel and transport changed over time?
This term, our children will explore how travel and transport has changed over time. They will learn to compare and contrast transport throughout history.
Geography
What is the weather like in the UK?
Art & Design
Textiles
This term, our children will delve into the world of textiles by studying Faith Ringgold, John Piper & Brianna McCarthy. They will explore the life and works of these artists, focusing on their unique style before experimenting with such a style themselves.
Design & Technology
This term, our children will be learning about how to use kitchen tools safely and hygienically. They will be exploring the skills of; cutting, peeling and grating various ingredients to create Teddy Bear's picnic.
R.E
Our key question for this term is 'Who is Jewish and how do they live?'
Make sense of belief:
• Recognise the words of the Shema as a Jewish prayer
• Re-tell simply some stories used in Jewish celebrations (e.g. Chanukah)
• Give examples of how the stories used in celebrations (e.g. Shabbat, Chanukah) remind Jews about what God is like.
Understand the impact:
• Give examples of how Jewish people celebrate special times (e.g. Shabbat, Sukkot, Chanukah)
• Make links between Jewish ideas of God found in the stories and how people live
• Give an example of how some Jewish people might remember God in different ways (e.g. mezuzah, on Shabbat)
Make connections:
• Talk about what they think is good about reflecting, thanking, praising and remembering for Jewish people, giving a good reason for their ideas
• Give a good reason for their ideas about whether reflecting, thanking, praising and remembering have something to say to them too.
P.E
Our P.E. days this term are Tuesday and Wednesday.
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. Weekly spellings will also be sent home. Please support your child to practise these at home.
Thank you for your continued support,
The Year 1 Team
