Home-School-Agreement Please read.
Year 1 Staff:
- Miss Hemus – Class Teacher
- Mrs Green – TA
- Mrs Elliott – TA
- Miss Scarrett- TA
- Miss O’ Connor – PPA (Thursday)
Our topic this half term is:
Toys!
Literacy
In Literacy this half term, we will explore a range of engaging stories, a short film and a poem, including Lost in the Toy Museum, Dogger, and Where Teachers Keep Their Pets. The children will make predictions using blurbs and illustrations, describe characters and settings, and develop their understanding of story structure through drama, discussion and retelling. The children will also explore poetry, focusing on rhyme and how it is used to create enjoyment and meaning.
Spelling tests will take place once a week on a Friday.
Maths
In Maths this half term, the children will be developing their understanding of number and place value as well as addition and subtraction. They will explore numbers up to 100 by counting forwards and backwards, using number lines and comparing and ordering numbers. Children will practise finding one more and one less, helping to build confidence with number patterns. They will also develop fluency by partitioning numbers from 7 to 10 and learning the related addition and subtraction facts,
Science
In Science this half term, the children will be learning about animals and how they are grouped. They will explore the differences between carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores, and learn to identify and name animal groups such as fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
Here is our overview for this term’s theme –
Spellings:
Spelling tests will continue to take place every Friday. Paper copies of the spellings will be sent home every Friday to help children prepare for the following week.
Reading:
Reading journals and books should be brought in on Monday and Friday to be checked and changed.
Please have a look at the documents below with advice on how to support your child at home with reading. Thank you!
For phonics support, please see the school’s dedicated phonics page.
PE:
Our PE days are on a MONDAY and FRIDAY. Please don’t forget to wear your PE kit!
In PE this half term, we will be focusing on team building and yoga.
Forest School will not be taking place this half term!
