Donaldson Class 1A                                                                        Gray Class 1M

Year 1 support staff - Mrs Moat, Mrs Potts and Miss Greeves

Welcome to Year 1's class page

 

 

  

                   

  

We hope you all had a happy, healthy break and are ready to continue your Year 1 journey. 

Please find information below about Term 5.

 

Maths – In Maths we follow the White Rose hub scheme of learning.

This term we will start by looking at multiplication and division. This will include counting by 2s, 5s and 10s, sharing items and numbers and making arrays. We will then move onto Fractions. Finding halves and quarters of shapes and amounts. To support at home, please help your child to recognise, name and use numbers to 50 and recall number bonds to 10 and 20. 

  

   

English – We follow Ruth Miskin's Read Write Inc

The children were all grouped just before the end of the term, and we will continue with Read Write Inc. These lessons will be taught daily in groups Monday to Friday. The children will then return to their own classes for a further English lesson to practice their skills. This term we will be focusing on using sounds to spell words we are unsure of, keeping our writing neat and using basic punctuation. 

To help at home you could.....

• Practise the RWInc sounds
• Encourage your child to read shorter words speedily
• Listen to your child read daily
• Practise correct letter formation (lower case and capital letters)
• Talk to your child about any new vocabulary you come across in books
• Support them to read, use and write the red words (e.g. my, saw, was, what, they)

Writing - We will be working on our handwriting and letter formation in our books to make sure we are presenting our work neatly. Another focus for this term will be to continue to use our sounds to spell new words, use the 'tricky, red words' we know from RWINc and working more independently to come up with ideas. 

Reading - We will be reading to the class every day and discussing words that are challenging or super exciting. This will help with comprehension and encourage the use of mature and rich language. The children also have a 20-minute reading session every day when they read their own books in a calm and quiet environment. 

 

Speedy reading videos:

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/MVh8uMa9/DPSKjvFI

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/qB25NbR8/WOgTnOaW

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/Qjxgud4g/I3DfnjsS

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/OlPaQLN5/zOzwyguM

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/6ZvYszXO/1qmHY0AH

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/POxz7hDp/sDXA2762

https://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/2J4Dl7M9/Qa2tpXHz

 

   

RE - In RE we will be looking at Judaism. 

'Who is Jewish and what do they believe?' 

In RE this term we will be finding out about Judaism. This will include finding out about special celebrations, items from the religion, food and traditions. We will compare these to Christianity and make links with our lives. 

 

Physical Education 

This term we will be working on Striking and Fielding and Blocking and Defending.  It is really important that your child has come to school ready to take part in PE on the selected days. If the weather is chilly, please send your child in appropriate joggers for our outside PE. 

1A - PE days = Wednesday indoors and Friday outdoors - shorts, PE T-shirts, joggers if needed and school jumper/fleece

1M - PE day = Thursday indoors and Monday outdoors - shorts, PE T-shirts, joggers if needed and school jumper/fleece

Earrings may not be worn during PE lessons. Please remove them before school unless your child is able to remove them, themselves. Children wearing earrings will not be able to join in with the PE lesson. 

Wider curriculum

          

Our learning this term will include - 

'What grows in my garden?'  Science 

Science (Green plants/Seasonal change). During these lessons we will be finding out about what a seed needs to grow, the parts of a plant and tree and the differences between certain species of trees. This will involve making observations, labelling diagrams and experimenting. 

'Can I use different art to express myself?' - Art

In ART, we will be focusing on the use of different media to express our feelings. This will include sketching and painting.

'Can I use a laptop to write?' - Computing 

During Computing (Use of word and laptops) we will look at the parts of a laptop, Turing on and off, loading a program and using word to type. 

'How can I explore sounds and perform? - Music

. In Music, we will be focusing on the use of our voices and how to perform a round. 

'Who changed the world?' - History

For History, we will be finding out about how Rosa Parks and Emily Davison changed the world and the impact it has on us today. 

 

  

 

This term in PSHE, we are looking at the Jigsaw piece 'Relationships' -

'How can I build a positive realtionship?'

This will include learning about different families, positive contact with others, handling falling out with friends and recognising qualities in ourselves and others. 

 

To support at home

*Read and listen to your child read whenever possible, daily for the best results

If you need to contact us, please do so - year1@kingsnorth.kent.sch.uk and put who the email is for in the subject bar - thank you :-)