Our last half term in Year 1. How sad! We are ready to begin our final term of exciting work.  Let’s get started!   

Literacy (reading and writing)

 Year One will be learning to:

• Read books which match their phonic knowledge.
• Read words which contain common suffixes.
• Listen to stories by the same author.
• Retell stories by the same author
• Create our own stories.

Maths

Year One will be learning to:

• Recognise and create repeating patterns, with numbers, objects and shapes.
• Identifying odd and even numbers linked to counting in two’s.

• Sort numbers, objects and shapes to given criteria.
• Solve problems involving multiplication and division.
• Begin to read an analogue clock to the hour and half past the hour.  

Further curriculum subjects & Topic

Science- Year One will be learning to:

• Continue learning about plants
• Undertaking many Science investigations, testing which environment are best for plants to grow
• We will be watching sunflowers grow!

History The Olympics- Year One will be learning to:

• Recognise the difference between the past and present in their own and other people’s lives.
• Show their understanding of the past
• Place events in order showing the chronology.
• Identify similarities and differences between ways of life in different periods.
• Use sources of information

ICT- Year One will be learning:

• Internet safety - they need to follow certain rules to remain safe.
• Understand that many websites ask for information that is private and discuss how to responsibly handle such requests.

Class reminders

• We change reading books daily- if you read with your child, please remember to sign their reading diary. Books will not be changed if diaries aren’t signed.  
• P.E. is on Mondays and Fridays- children need P.E. kits in on these days.

PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR CHILD'S NAME HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN EACH ITEM OF THEIR SCHOOL UNIFORM AND PE KIT.

Welcome back after the Easter break. We are ready to begin our new term of exciting work.  Let’s get started!   

Literacy (reading and writing)

 Year One will be learning to:

• Apply phonic knowledge for reading
• Read with understanding
• Read aloud a variety of non-fiction texts
• Write lists
• Write a set of instructions
• Write an information text.

Maths

Year One will be learning to:

• Counting in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s.
• Continue adding and subtracting numbers.
• Solve problems involving multiplication and division.
• Begin to read an analogue clock to the hour and half past the hour.
• To measure capacity using non-standardise and standardise units.
• To recognise different denominations of coins and notes.
• Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction.

Further curriculum subjects & Topic

Science- Year One will be learning to:

Pupils should be taught to:

• Identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants, including deciduous and evergreen trees.
• Identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including trees.

Topic The UK- Year One will be learning to:

• Use maps to identify different locations

• Name and locate the countries in the UK.
• Use a range of maps and globes (including picture maps) at different scales.
• Identify capital cities within the UK.
• Recognise key features of the countries in the UK

ICT- Year One will be learning to:

• Use simple code

Class reminders

• We change reading books daily- if you read with your child, please remember to sign their reading diary. Books will not be changed if diaries aren’t signed.  
• P.E. is Monday’s and Thursdays- children need to wear P.E. kits on these days.
• Spelling test every Monday morning.

PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR CHILD'S NAME HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN EACH ITEM OF THEIR SCHOOL UNIFORM AND PE KIT.