Year 1

Topic

Our first topic will be based around our class novel for Spring 1, The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright. 
 

We will be basing our learning and enhanced provision around this book and using a cross-curricular approach looking at materials. In the afternoons, we will be teaching in blocks instead of teaching every lesson every week to allow the children to really explore the provision.
 

We will be teaching topic in the afternoons over three days and using role play to really get the children into character and thinking about what it would be like to live in warm climates! 
 

We will be uploading pictures to Showbie so make sure you check it regularly to see what we have been up to!

Reading

In Year 1 we focus on fluency (how quickly a child can read accurately) and comprehension (children understanding what they are reading). Please can you ensure that you’re reading regularly with your child as we can see the benefits not only in the children’s reading but their writing too.

In Spring 1 we will be starting our Pathways 2 Read scheme. The scheme combines the phonics already taught with fluency to enable children to comprehend what they read but also meet age related expectations. 

Your child will read with an adult weekly and their reading diary signed to reflect this. Please can you ensure that an adult at home checks their diary weekly to see if there are any messages and sign to say how many times they have read. In year 1 we ask that the children read at least 3 times per week. 

 

Help at home

If you want to help at home you could:

• Read with your child 3 times each week
• Read ambitious texts with your child to expand their vocabulary
• Read a wide range of texts from different genres

 

Pathways to Write

Through a text-based approach, we teach writing skills and knowledge through the books below.

This half-term we will be using The Lion Inside as an aid for learning. Please don't read this with your child at home yet as we want to keep the story a surprise for the children!

 

Help at home

If you want to help out at home this half-term, you could:

• Write shopping lists with your child
• Practice writing sentences (full stops and capital letters)
• Write a diary with your child
• Write exciting stories

 

Books your child’s learning will be based around
Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Lost and found by Oliver Jeffers	Nibbles by Emma Yarlett	The Lion Inside by Rachel bright	The curious case of the missing mammoth	Toys In Space by Mini Grey	Goldilocks and just the one bear by Leah Tomkinson

Maths

Our school uses Power Maths to teach as it teaches pupils not only to be fluent solving mathematical problems, but also to solve multi-step problems, reason and explain. Children will be taught through an ‘I do, we do, you do’ approach to ensure that learning is embedded and any misconceptions are addressed early.

In addition to Power Maths, in year 1 children will be taught maths mastery three times each week. This gets them using concrete resources such as rekenrek to practice their skills in fun and engaging ways. We even watch Number Blocks in some of these sessions so if you want to support your child’s learning at home you could watch them too!

 

Things we will be covering in Spring 1:

 

Help at home

• Counting money
• Telling to time to o'clock and half-past
• Adding and subtracting number to 20
• Using weighing scales and a ruler to measure

PE - Our PE days this half term are Monday and Friday. Please send your child to school in their PE kit on these days. 

Coats -  Please can you send your child in with a coat everyday as we will be doing learning in and out of the classroom in both rain and shine!!!  It would be a real help if these were clearly named so they don't get lost.

Water bottles -  Please ensure that your child's bottle is in school every day so that they can access a drink during the day. These aren't provided by school so please ensure you have one for the start of the year. 

Reading - It is important to see what your child has been engaging in at home, for example: reading, extra maths jobs, handwriting. Please could you record this in your child's reading diary

Bookbags -  Please bring in books/book bags every day and these are kept in your child's drawer. 

 

Below are some websites that will help support your child's learning at home:

Time

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/telling_the_time/play/popup.shtml

http://resources.oswego.org/games/BangOnTime/clockwordres.html

http://resources.oswego.org/games/stoptheclock/sthec3.html

Place Value

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/chinese-dragon-ordering

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/BalloonCount20.htm

http://www.ictgames.com/placeValue.htm

https://nrich.maths.org/8940

Addition and subtraction

http://www.iboard.co.uk/iwb/Simple-Addition-Stories-721

http://v7.k12.com/sample_lessons/activities/images/swfs/building_expressions_final.swf

http://www.arcademics.com/games/alien/alien.html

Measuring height and length

http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/schtemplate.cgi?template=/kids/mw/help/eh_popup_k.thtml&grade=K&title=Compare,+Order,+and+Measure+Length&tm=tmfa0113e

http://www.iboard.co.uk/activities/path/measuring_length/subject/maths

Multiplication and Division

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=grouping

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=sharingv2

English and Phonics

http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/fairytale2/fairytale.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/using_punctuation/play/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/penguinsonice.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/phonics/play/

http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/high-frequency-words-numbers.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/SentSubPhase5a.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PicnicOnPluto.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/aiAltSpellings.html