Year One
Welcome to Year One with Miss Jones and Mrs Spencer
Welcome back! I hope you have had a lovely Christmas break. I am sure that you are ready for lots of new and exciting learning opportunities over this coming term.
Reading Reading and phonics continue to be a priority in Year One. Please support the work that we are doing in class by encouraging your child to further practise their reading skills at home, through the phonics videos that are sent on Class Dojo, as well as their phonics reading book. It is expected that children should read at home on a daily basis as part of their homework, listening to your child read for just five minutes each day can have a significant improve on their reading skills. Book bags are needed in school every day and books will be changed in our class library weekly. Thank you for your support in this.
Literacy In literacy, writing is based around your child’s phonics reading book and we teach writing through the Read Write Inc. Get Writing scheme. We encourage the children to apply the sounds that they know in their writing through transcription activities and composing sentences independently.
Maths
We will begin the year by focusing on place value, followed by addition and subtraction and shape. If you want to further assist your child in this area, you can help your child to learn the half termly Key instant recall facts that are available on the website. This term we are working with numbers to 20.
Science
Our topic in science this half term is the human body. We will be learning to name and label many different parts of the body as well as learning about the 5 senses.
History
In history, we will be invevstigating and identifying homes from today. We will look at the similarities between houses now and houses from the past focusing on the Victorian homes and identifying their features.
Art This term we will be learning about the artist James Rizzi. We will identify similarities and differences between pieces of art. We use collage to create a 3D picture as well as a class mural in the style of James Rizzi.
PE Our P.E sessions this half term will take place every Tuesday. We will be covering tennis and athletics this term. Please could you ensure that earrings are removed or covered on these days so that your child is able to take part in the lesson as we cannot remove or cover these in school. Thank you.
RE This half term the children are learning all about Jewish people and how they live. We will learn about some of the different items that Jewish people have in their homes that show how they follow their faith. We will also be learning about the Christian Celebration Easter. We will learn the Easter story and start to understand why Easter is so important to Christians.
PSHE In this units this term, the children are learning about facing challenges and reaching their goals.
Homework A pack of spellings has been sent home for your child to practise weekly, please follow the guidance on the front of the spelling pack. There will be a spelling test every Thursday. As well as weekly spellings, children will also have maths homework everyother week in addition to reading or phonics jobs.
If you have any queries about anything, please don’t hesitate to ask. All communication will be posted on Class Dojo, so please check regularly to stay up to date with what’s happening in school.
Thank you
Miss Jones
