Year 1
Autumn 1, 2024
Welcome back! We hope you had a lovely summer break! We have lots of exciting learning planned for Year 1 and we can't wait to get started.
Start time – 8:40am Pick-up time- 3:15pm
A fruit snack is provided every day for our Year 1 children. Alternatively, children may bring their own fruit (no bananas). Please ensure that your child brings a named water bottle to school each day and that sun cream is applied before coming to school. Also, please ensure all items of uniform are clearly labelled.
If you have any questions, concerns or worries, please contact me at year1@cpa.dsat.education and I will do my best to respond as soon as I can.
Please follow the link below to view information from the Year 1 Beginning of Year Welcome Meeting.
Please follow the link below to view information from the Key Stage 1 Reading Information Meeting.
We are continuing to deliver a program to all year groups at school called myHappymind. myHappymind is all based around helping children to understand how their brain works and to support them in developing positive skills and habits to be their very best selves!
Please click on the link below to access an overview of what the program entails.
myHappymind Parent information
Here is what we will be learning this half term:
Curriculum focus: History - How have toys changed over time?
Our theme this half term will focus on developing our historical knowledge, skills, and vocabulary. Through our study, we will learn that toys have existed for a long time and there are many different types of toys. We will extend our learning by looking at the different materials toys are made of and how these have changed over time. Furthermore, we will learn that the first teddy bears were named after Teddy Roosevelt and were made by Richard Stein and Morris Mitchom. We will also learn that the famous Paddington Bear was made in Doncaster!
English – Reading
As a school we follow the Read, Write, Inc programme to deliver our phonics teaching.
Please access the links below to learn how and why we teach phonics in our school.
What is Read, Write Inc Phonics?
We also have lots of information on our schools phonics page which you can access here.
English – Get Writing
Our writing this half term will be based on developing sentence structure and how to build a successful sentence. We will focus on the use of capital letters, finger spaces and full stops, as well as ensuring sentences make sense to our reader.
We will also be looking at our core story 'The Tiger Who Came To Tea.' We will learning new vocabulary within this story and looking at sentence structure.
Sophie and her Mummy are having tea in the kitchen when in walks a hungry tiger who asks to stay to tea. After eating everything, he move on to Daddy's supper and for good measure also cleans out the fridge and drinks all the water from the tap.
Spelling
We use our Read Write Inc. phonics knowledge to help us to spell when we are writing. Some words do not follow our spelling rules and we just have to learn them. The link below shows the words which appear frequently in our reading and writing. Year 1 are working towards being able to read and write these words by the end of the year 1.
Maths
This half term we will be developing our knowledge of numbers within 10, addition and subtraction within 10, as well as exploring shapes and patterns.
We will focus on knowing and remembering our Key Instant Recall Facts (KIRFs). More information about our school KIRFs can be found here Our Maths Page.
Please click on the link below for Year 1 KIRFs (Key Instant Recall Facts), we are currently working on Autumn 1. By the end of this half term, children should know one more and one less with numbers up to 20.
Year 1 Autumn Key Instant Recall Facts
If you have any questions about these areas of Maths please do not hesitate to come and speak to us.
Please click the link below for a game to play with children to support with their one more, one less instant recall facts.
R.E. – Creation- Does God want Christians to look after the world?
In RE, we will study Christianity and explore the question 'Does God want Christians to look after the world?' We will learn to re-tell the Christian Creation story and explore how this influences how Christians behave towards nature and the environment.
Science – Human body and senses
In our learning we will learn to:
- identify, name, draw and label at least 10 basic parts of the human body
- identify, name, draw and label basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is associated with which sense
Art – Drawing - L.S Lowry
In our lessons, our learning will focus on L.S Lowry where we will use line and tone to show the shape of something. We will further develop our understanding that line shows the outline of things and tone shows lightness or darkness.
Computing – Programming - Algorithms unplugged
In our computing lessons this half term, we will learn that an algorithm is when a set of instructions are put in an exact order and that errors in an algorithm are called bugs. We will develop our understanding of bugs by learning that they can be fixed or debugged. Furthermore, we will learn that decomposition means breaking a problem into manageable chunks and the importance of this in computing.
P.E. – Athletics
In PE, our focus is Multi-skills. In this unit, we will develop our agility and coordination. We will focus on running and stopping, changing direction and keeping balance, especially when catching an object.
Our PE day is Tuesday. Please ensure that your child brings their correct (named) P.E. kit to school on that day to change into after lunch. For health and safety reasons, please can children remove jewellery on PE day or provide plasters to cover earrings if this is not possible and ensure long hair is tied back away from the face.
P.S.H.E. - Meet your brain/ Relationships
In our my Happy mind module we will learn more about what our brain looks like and that it is fully grown by the age of 6. We will understand that our brain helps us to make good decisions and remember what we have learnt. We will learn that the Amygdala causes them to Fight, Flight or Freeze. We will reflect and think of examples of how we use each of Team H-A-P. We will recognise that when we learn something new, our brain remembers it and grows. We will learn about Neuroplasticity and think of examples of how we can use it to help us as well as using Happy breathing to help us with our our emotions.
We will also focus on the theme of Relationships and Family. We will identify the people who love and care for us and what they do to help us feel cared for.
Music - My musical heartbeat
Our music theme is 'My musical heartbeat.' We will learn that every piece of music has a heartbeat - a musical heartbeat. In music, we call it the 'pulse' or the 'beat' of the music. When we are listening and singing to the music and songs, we will try to find and keep the pulse or steady beat together. We might march, clap or sway in time. We will find a movement that helps us to keep the beat.
NUMBOTs – Every day 10 minutes
NumBots is an on-line programme to boost addition and subtraction skills. It is available on a range of devices, you can play online at Numbots Game or download the Numbots app. Playing little and often will significantly improve your child’s recall and understanding of number bonds and addition and subtraction facts. These are critical foundations in maths so we are excited by the impact Numbots will have. In order to get the best out of NumBots children should regularly play for short bursts of time over the week. Children will receive a golden ticket for accessing their Numbots for 15minutes or more each week.
If you have misplaced your log in details or are having trouble accessing the website, please email me to let me know.
READING – Every day 10 minutes
Please continue to enjoy your reading each day. Reading is fun and a great way to spend time together with your family, as well as developing our imaginations. Encourage your child to talk about what they have read and ask them a question or two about the book. This will help consolidate their comprehension work in school. Adults, please remember to record what your child reads at home in their reading record. We will count all entries in the reading diaries and award golden tickets to those who have read 20 times or more in a month.
Please send your child's reading book and reading record to school each day. We love to hear the children read in school and this will support us to promote reading throughout the day.
Our book change day is Friday.
OXFORD OWL – One book a week
Oxford Owl is an e-book library to boost reading skills. Once your book has been read there is a short fun quiz to complete afterwards. Children will receive a golden ticket for every book they complete. Click on the link below to access Oxford Owl;
Oxford Owl for School and Home.
If you have misplaced your log in details or are having trouble accessing the website, please email me to let me know.
As always, thank you for your continued support with your child’s learning.
Mrs Slack - Teacher
Mrs Holmes, Mrs Westwood and Mrs Jones - LSA's