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Our PE days for Term 3 are Monday & Wednesday.
Chapatti Moon by Pippa Goodhart and Lizzie Finlay
The Three Little Superpigs by Claire Evans
Phonics Play (fun phonics games)
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Top Marks (Maths games)
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/place-value-odd-and-even
Counting
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
Counting in 2s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvTcpfSnOMQ
Counting in 5s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EemjeA2Djjw
Counting in 10s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftati8iGQcs&t=43s
Number to 10 and 20 practice
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Maths Place Value game
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/place-value-basketball
Welcome back! We hope you all had a wonderful and restful Christmas break full of wonderful family times!
In English, we will start our term by writing a recount about our Winter break. We will be exploring the use of time adverbs to order our writing and how we can include important details such as our feelings.
We will then use the story of Chapatti Moon to inspire us to write instructions. The children will be making chapattis, exploring what instructions need to be successful and then writing how to make a chapatti!
We will then use the story of ‘The Three Little Superpigs’ to learn how to innovate a familiar tale. We will be learning a short version of the story, adding adjectives and exciting extra ideas and then writing our own version of the story!
In Maths, we will be further developing our understanding of place value, focussing on numbers up to 20 with a particular focus on number bonds to 20, reading and writing numbers in numerals and words and one more/one less. We will then use this knowledge of place value to help us to solve addition and subtraction problems. Finally, we will introduce how to measure length and height using formal and non formal units of measure.
In History, our topic this term is ‘Toys Through Time.’ We are starting our topic with all children bringing in, discussing and writing about their favourite toys. Later in the topic, we will then be using this as a comparison to what a child’s favourite toy may have been in past times. We will be answering questions, such as:
In Science, our focus will be ‘Sensitive bodies.’ We will be exploring this by answering the following study points:
In Religion and Worldviews, we will be learning about the following big questions:
‘Why should we care for the world?’
We will answer this main question by answering these:
In Art, we will be exploring print. We will be using Banksy’s ‘Girl with a heart balloon’ to inspire us. We will learn about Banksy. We will then design and make a printing block and then print our own version of the picture!
In DT, we will be exploring food technology. We will be testing different fruits and vegetables, using our senses to describe how they taste, feel and smell. We will then choose our favourite fruits to design a fruit kebab, which we will then eat and review.
In PE, we will be learning how to dance the Flamenco! We will also be developing our games skills through throwing, catching, kicking and ball control.
PSHE: Y1 Safety and the Changing Body
In PSHE the children will learn how to respond to adults in different situations; distinguishing appropriate and inappropriate physical contact; understanding what to do if lost and how to call the emergency services. They will also learn to identify hazards in the home and people in the community who keep us safe.
If you have any questions, please come and ask your child’s class teacher.
In English this term we will be developing our story writing and further developing our vocabulary. We will be focussing on our use of adjectives, capital letters and full stops to write simple descriptive sentences.
We are going to start the term by learning the story of Beegu. The children will retell a shortened version of the story and will be able to describe Beegu using ambitious adjectives.
We will then move onto our poetry unit, where we will be learning and performing some of the poems from Julia Donaldson’s Poems to Perform. The children will develop their understanding of rhyming words and will be writing their own version of the Rhythm of Life poem.
In Maths we will be introducing the children to addition and subtraction facts. We will be working on fact families, e.g.
3 + 2 = 5
2 + 3 = 5
5 – 3 = 2
5 – 2 = 3
We will also be introducing the children to Money, where they will learn to recognise coins and begin to understand their value. We will explore different ways to pay amounts up to 10p.
In Geography, we will be answering the question ‘What is it like here?’
We will be exploring this overarching question by exploring:
In Science, we will be learning about Everyday Materials. We will be covering this by exploring these headings:
In Art we will be designing and creating our own aliens in the style of Beegu. The children will use clay to sculpt their alien, which they will then decorate.
In Design and Technology we will be designing, making and then reviewing our own Christmas decoration. The children will learn different types of stitching before sewing and decorating their own tree ornament!
In PSHE we will be exploring the topic of Health and Wellbeing. We will cover the following areas:
In Music, we will be using ‘Colonel Hathi’s March’ to explore beat, pitch, timbre and composition. We will also be responding to the music through movement.
In PE, the children will continue to develop their throwing and catching skills from Term 1. We will then introduce simple games to begin to develop their team work and tactics. The children will also be introduced to the sport of Gymnastics.
Welcome to Year 1! We hope you had a wonderful Summer holiday! We can’t wait to share all of our amazing learning with you!
At the start of our term, our main focus will be introducing the children to the school’s learning skills. These are central to our life at Bailey’s Court and are what makes us a very special school. They are:
We will also be introducing the children to Gem Power. Gem Power is aimed at developing the children’s resilience and confidence. The gems are:
The children will have the opportunity to earn gems for the class throughout the year and these will lead to rewards!
We will also be introducing our Reading Rewards, where the children can earn free books for being amazing readers. The initial target is 30 reads. Hopefully we can give out some free books by the end of term!
Now the children have entered Key Stage 1, their learning will be based on the National Curriculum. This means that they will be explicitly learning subjects such as History, Science and Geography. We will be discussing what these are with the children, understanding why we learn them and the concepts for each subject.
In English we have been sent on a Mythic Quest by Professor Klunk! He will be sending through special quests for the children to complete, such as writing captions, lists and labels. The children will send their messages back to Professor Klunk through our magic portal…The Bewitched Bean Tin!
We will then explore the book ‘Super Duper You!’ by Sophy Henn and will begin to write simple sentences. Our final book of Term 1 is ‘Seasons’ by Hannah Pang. This will be used to develop our understanding of Non-Fiction. We will end this unit by writing a short fact file about a chosen season.
In Phonics we will be recapping the sounds taught in Reception and building on their prior knowledge. We will focus on recognising sounds using sound buttons and blending.
In Maths we will be developing our understanding of place value, including identifying one more/less, counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and using the language of more/less/equal. We will also be exploring the properties of 2D and 3D shapes.
In History we will be exploring the question ‘How am I making History?’ and exploring the key concepts of chronological awareness, similarities and differences and sources of evidence. To do this, we will be answering these questions:
In Science we will be exploring Seasonal Changes. We will be exploring the key concepts of Scientific knowledge and understanding, science in action and working scientifically. To do this we will be learning about these areas:
In Religion and Worldviews we will be developing our understanding of different beliefs and developing respect for each other. The children will have the opportunity to learn about a large range of faiths across this term which links wonderfully to our British Values of Tolerance and Respect.
We have two large focus questions that will be answered across the term:
How did the world begin?
What do some people believe God looks like?
In Computing we will be learning about simple coding and will be introduced to the ‘Be Internet Legends’ programme of study where we will be finding out how to stay safe on line. Our focus for this term will be ‘Be Sharp’.
In PE we will be building our gross motor skills through team building games and will also be learning how to be cheerleaders!
In RSE and PSHE we will be discussing family and relationships by exploring the following areas:
