Year 1
Welcome to Year 1!
As we step into the Summer term, I am excited to be working with you and your child to make this final part of Year One both enjoyable and productive.
The Year 1 team are:
- Class Teacher: Mrs. Holmes
- Trainee Teacher: Miss. Barrell
- Class LSAs: Mrs. Manning and Mrs. Markwood
- PPA cover: Mrs. Ray (Wednesdays)
Below, you’ll find a sample copy of our weekly timetable. While we aim to stick to it, occasional changes may happen to accommodate special activities or events.
English: Phonics remains an important focus this term. In the Summer Term, Year One children will undertake the statutory Phonics Screening Check, which is a measure of their reading decoding ability. Here is a video about the format of the test and how you can support your child https://youtu.be/4XtDTwfjXM4?si=q-HHYVYf5Pxk-ERy. After half term we will provide further information and resources to help you support your child at home to achieve the expected standard.
In the meantime, these videos https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/resources/vc-pathways/396469/tuuhIY0Qx9BDYeN7 follow the format of the Phonics Screening Check and include Set 1, Set 2 and Set 3 sounds, which your child will continue to cover this year as part of their Phonics/Reading lessons. We will include a daily afternoon phonics session this term to support practice for the Phonics Screening Check. We continue to encourage you to read with your child using their Read, Write, Inc book and to note this in their reading diary. As before, the children will need to read this on three separate occasions/days before it will be changed as the focus is to develop fluency and discussions around familiar books to build confidence. Reading for pleasure is also highly encouraged and a wonderful way to nurture a love for books! We will visit the library each week on a Monday so the children can bring home a book that they have chosen to share with you (as long as they have returned the previous book they borrowed). Please also encourage the children to bring in books linked to our learning to share with the class.
Writing skills will continue to focus on letter formation, sentence formation, finger spacing, and punctuation but we will also learn to extend sentences using conjunctions, adjectives and prepositions. Our literacy texts this term are: Lost in the Toy Museum, Proudest Blue, Grandad’s Island and Little Red.
Maths: We will explore: Multiplication and division, Fractions, Position and direction, Place value within 100, Money and Time. Mental recall of numbers to 20 will be practiced daily.
RE: We will study Christianity (Worship) and Judaism (Torah) using the Emmanuel Project scheme.
History: We will explore how toys have changed over the decades through looking at old toys and comparing them to modern toys.
Science: Our focus is on ‘Animals including Humans – body parts’ for the first half term and ‘Plants’ for the second half term. We will be identifying the different body parts in humans and animals and comparing them. For the second topic we will be looking at the parts of a plant and how they grow.
Geography: We will be exploring our world and answering the question ‘Would you prefer to live in a hot or cold place? This will enable us to revisit our learning about Seasonal Changes in Science last term and how different parts of the planet are hot and cold at different times of the year depending on the season and their location on the Earth.
Art/DT: Children will learn sketching and painting techniques, and next half-term focus on making smoothies in Design and Technology.
PE: We will be learning outdoors to develop hand eye co-ordination skills using racquets, bats and balls with the coach on a Thursday. On Mondays we will be on the field (unless the weather is too wet) learning athletics in preparation for Sports Day. PE days are Monday and Thursday. Please label clothing and ensure children have kit in school to take part in lessons.
As always, we’re here to support you. Feel free to catch us at the classroom door before or after school or message on Seesaw for any quick queries. For more in-depth discussions, we’re happy to arrange a meeting at your convenience.
Let’s work together to help your child achieve their goals and 'dream big' this term!
