Welcome to Year 1
All our classes are named after famous artists. Year 1 classes are
1 Matisse and 1 Rousseau, after the French artists Henri Matisse
and Henri Rousseau. Our Year 1 teachers are Miss Higgins,
Miss Sheikh and Miss Thorne.
Literacy
This term we are focussing our literacy learning on books on our topic, Transport. We will start the term with You Can't Take an Elephant on the Bus. Then we will have a focus on Amelia Earhart. She was a famous explorer who eventually flew all the way around the world.
Maths
Our Year 1 children will focus on mathematical concepts such as place value within 20, 50 and 100, addition and subtraction within 20, 50 and place value within 100. The children will continue to explore the concept of place value by understanding the significance of numbers from 1 to 50 and 1-100 using concrete objects, number lines, and ten frames. Towards the end of the term, the children will then expand their understanding of place value to include numbers up to 100. They will learn to identify and represent numbers in terms of tens and ones, leading to an appreciation of the base-10 system. The children will then develop their addition and subtraction skills through hands-on activities and games using strategies such as counting on and counting back. The focus will be on fluency, enabling the children to add and subtract confidently within the range of 50 to 100.
Foundation
In history, we have focussed our learning about the different types of transport through time. In science, we will be looking at everyday materials, comparing and grouping them. Our RHE lessons will have a focus on Living in the Wider World. We will be learning about money, work and digital resilience. Our RE focus this term will be The Creation story and how we look later God's world.
What can you do at home?
Homework:
Weekly spellings will be set on Spelling Shed each Friday and the spelling test will be on the following Friday. Please find the termly spelling attached at the bottom of this page.
Link to Spelling Shed
Children to log into Numbots and aim to complete 20 minutes per week.
Link to Numbots
All children have been sent home with a book bag and reading journal.
Please read with your children daily.
Phonics
Here are some free resources called 'Letters and Sounds for home and school". A guidance film for parents to explain the basics of Phonics and how parents can support their child is below and a full letter explaining use of the resource is attached at the bottom of this page.
Link to Letters and Sounds
resources for parents.
There are lots of resources to be accessed through LGFL My USO, such as Busy Things.
Link to Busy Things
Here are some other useful links below for educational games, sites and activities:
Literacy:
Link to BBC Bitesize
Link to CBeebies Alphablocks
Link to Storynory
Link to Topmarks English Games
Link to Phonics Play
Maths:
Link to Math Playground
Link to NRich Maths
Link to Topmarks Maths Games
