Dear Year 1 families,

A big welcome back and Happy New Year.

We hope you have all settled back into the new term. We continue looking forward to working together with you all so that we have another exciting and productive term.

This will continue to be the typical school day for your child.

• RWI/Guided reading
• English
• Maths
• Lunch
• Paired Reading
• Handwriting/ spelling
• Mastering of Number
• Foundation subjects/PE

Storytime

PE sessions are:

1TH – Monday and Thursday

1F – Tuesday and Wednesday

Maths targets - Spring 1

Spring 2

 

Your child will also have access to a programme called Numbots which will support your child’s maths. We will provide your child with login details.

Your child will have opportunities to bring home activities to support their learning.

Your child will bring home a knowledge organiser which will cover this half term’s learning in maths. This is also attached for your information.

Reading

• Your child should continue to bring home one RWI book and one story time book each week.
• Your child will bring a pack home to support their learning in RWI.
• Please could your child bring their book in daily as there is an opportunity for them to read every day in school. Year 6 pupils have loved coming to help support the younger children.
• Remember reading should be pleasurable (not too tricky for your child and certainly not frustrating for you!)
• Do not hesitate to let us know if your child finds their book too easy/hard.
• The texts your child brings home should include a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books

Writing

• In writing, the units of work start with a week of poetry. ​
• Throughout the unit your child will have opportunities to play games to enhance vocabulary and grammar.
• We cover different text types eg. Narrative, character description, setting description and instructions. ​
• By the end of each unit, the children will be expected to write 5 sentences independently using the Year 1 tool kit.

Texts this term will include:
Beegu by Alexis Deacon​
Man on the Moon by Simon Bartram

Spellings

Please find attached the Year 1 high frequency (common exception/red) words. These are the words that the children should be able to read and spell by the end of Year 1. Your child will be assessed on these shortly.

We will inform you each week of any focus spellings that we would like you to support your child with.

Handwriting

• We will continue to focus on handwriting this term.
• It is important that the children form the letters correctly.
• Letter guidelines were sent home last term to support your child when writing but we are happy to provide a new one if misplaced.

Other curriculum subjects:

Spring 1

• History – Space Travel – The Moon Landings 
• Geography – What does the Earth look like from space (continents and oceans – intro) 
• Science – Winter observation of trees plants - how have they changed / weather and how day length varies. AND animals in our school environment (continue into spring 2)  
• Art – Painting – Vincent Van Gogh  
• PE – Dance and Net/Wall Games 
• RE – What is it like to be brought up in a Muslim home in the UK today?
•  DT – freestanding structures – space rockets, stations 
• Computing – online safety 
• PSHE - Dreams and Goals 
• Music – Music – Genre: Various 

      Title: Football (6 weeks) 

Spring 2

• Geography   - plants and animals that live in the Savannah – hot and cold places in the World in relation to the Equator 
• Science – Spring observation of trees, plants how have they changed weather and how day length changes AND Animals in our school environment 
• Art – Drawing – observational of plants / flowers – Van Gogh 
• PE - Target games and yoga 
• RE – What is it like to be brought up in a Hindu home in the UK today?
• Computing – creating media – digital painting 
• PSHE – Relationships

Thank you as always for all the support that you give your children at home. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to speak to your class teacher. We are always here to support you and your child in every way we can.

From the Year 1 Team

Mrs Fisher, Miss Taylor Huby, Mrs Forster, Mr Shiers, Mrs Scarfe, Mr Underwood and Mrs Hadad.