Welcome to Year 1K!
Teacher: Miss Kozij
Teaching assistant - Miss Moran
SPRING 1:
Welcome back Year 1! I hope you have all had a lovely Christmas break with all of your loved ones and are ready for our Spring 1 term.
Key Dates: | |
PE | Every Monday - please wear the correct PE uniform. |
Class Assembly | Tuesday 30th April 2024 - 9am |
Class Mass at Church | 9th May 2024 - 10am |
Literacy
Our literacy focus for the start of the spring term will be based on the poetry book 'The Magic Box' by Kit Wright, this story describes a list of magical moments, experiences and fantastic events which the poet says he will put in 'the magic box'. During this unit we will be exploring poetry and will be using this to write our very own poem. Later in the half term we will be focusing on the story 'The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch' where we will explore how to write a set of instructions using SPAG objectives. We will aim to include:
- Capital letters
- Finger spaces
- Phonics
- Full stops
- Adjectives
- Conjunctions
- ?!
Maths
During our Maths lessons this half-term, we will be learning about numbers and place value to 20. We will be using lots of practical resources to support us. We will then move on to extending our knowledge of numbers to 20 through addition and subtraction . Below are the objectives we will be learning and the order we will focus on them.
Topic
Our topic for this half term is... The Great Fire of London.
We will have a geography and history focus and will be learning to...
Science
In Science this half term we will be learning all about Materials. During the unit, we will learn about the uses of everyday materials including wood, plastic, metal, glass, brick, paper and cardboard. Children then go on to compare the suitability of different everyday materials for different purposes. They explore how objects made of some everyday materials can change shape and how the recycling process is able to reuse some everyday materials numerous times. It finishes with children learning about new discoveries which have made over time with a specific focus on John McAdam. A range of learning activities are used in this unit including, discussions, debates, sequencing and a local walk where children work scientifically to identify the uses of everyday materials in the local area.
We will learn to:
Religion
In our RE lessons this half-term, we will be focusing on the importance of Holy books and learning how to give and receive thanks. We will begin the half-term by looking at the word of God in the bible and understanding the scriptures and stories which can help us in our daily lives. Later in the half-term, we will discuss the importance of giving thanks and start to understand that Mass is a gathering where we can celebrate everything that God does for us.
PE
This half term you will need to come into school wearing your PE kit on our PE day which is a Monday. In PE you will be learning about invasion and team games skills with Mr Berry outside and circuits skills in the hall.
Homework
Reading – 10 minutes a night
Listening to your child read for 10 minutes a night makes a significant difference in their progress and attainment. It helps them practice key reading strategies and skills, develop their comprehension skills and supports their overall fluency and accuracy, which are vital skills they need for the future. Every Friday an eBook will be assigned to your child’s online account based upon the sounds they have learnt in phonics that week. The children will have practiced this book in their guided reading sessions so will be familiar with the text. The purpose of them practicing it again at home is to become more familiar with these sounds and fluent when reading them.
Your child will also choose a reading for pleasure book. This is a book that you can both read and enjoy together and encourage reading for pleasure. This will be a physical book that your child takes home and they will be given the opportunity to choose and change every Friday. As it is a reading for pleasure book, it is not necessarily aimed at your child’s reading level, therefore can be challenging, which is why we are asking for an adult to read this and your child to join in where possible. The reading for pleasure book is important as it is how we will help build a love of reading together. Please ensure your child brings this back to school every Friday ready to change in our school Library.
Reading eggs – once a week https://readingeggs.co.uk
Reading eggs makes learning to read interesting and engaging for kids, with great online reading games and activities. Children love the games, songs, golden eggs and other rewards which, along with feeling proud of their reading, really motivate children to keep exploring and learning.
My Maths and Mathseeds – once a week https://mathseeds.co.uk/
Every Friday, your class teacher will set home learning for your child on MyMaths.co.uk. This will be based upon what they have learnt that week so your child can practice the skills taught at home to reinforce key strategies.
Mathseeds is an online website that your child can use to develop pupils’ confidence and fluency in Maths and the interactive lessons provide step-by-step examples to break down learning into manageable chunks. The log in for this is the same one you use for reading eggs.
Phonics home learning – once a week
Every Friday, we will send home a phonics sheet in your child’s book bag for them to practice over the next week. The sheet will have the list of sounds your child has learnt that week, words and sentences for them to read and write with these sounds in and then a list of tricky words that the children need to know. These words will be familiar to them and ones they have practiced in phonics sessions.
You can then practice these sounds further on fastphonics (www.readingeggs.co.uk/fast-phonics-games), which is the same log in as reading eggs.
Learning logs – Autumn 2, Spring 2 and Summer 2
Last year we introduced our project-based home learning to replace the homework board we previously used. Pupil, parent and teacher voice all showed that project based home learning was the preferred style of home learning as it gave children more freedom to learn about real life world events, share personal experiences and it has helped motivate them to engage in home learning as it is child managed. It encourages the children to be more independent, inquisitive and provides more opportunities for outdoor learning together. This can be completed in your learning log, a scrap book of your choice or it can be uploaded onto Seesaw.
Instead of completing these every half term, we have reduced this to three half terms a year to make it more manageable. They will therefore be given out on the first Monday of Autumn 2 (31st October), Spring 2 (27th February) and Summer 2 (12th June). We ask that their project is brought into school on the last week of that half term to share and celebrate with their peers. You will be given a sheet of paper that will be stuck in your child’s learning log that will outline what the project is and ideas of activities you can do.
Please see an overview of the topics we are learning this year: