Summer 1 Overview
Teachers :
Woodpeckers - Teachers: Mrs Clark & Miss Dunne Teaching Assistant: Mrs Williams
Barn Owls - Teacher: Miss Jones Teaching Assistants: Mrs Jervis & Mrs Callendar
Additional Support across Year 1: Mrs Butler
Important Weekly Timetable
Monday;
Tuesday; Woodpeckers & Barn Owls additional PE day (come into school in the correct PE uniform)
Wednesday; Woodpeckers PE day (come into school in the correct PE uniform) and homework to be handed in
Thursday: Reading Books to be brought into school, new books come back on the Friday.
Friday; Barn Owls PE day (come into school in the correct PE uniform) and Reading books, Homework books and star words will be sent out
Curriculum Overview
Thank you for all your support throughout the year and your fabulous homework you are doing with the children. We have got another jam-packed term with lots of exciting activities for the children.
Literacy
Story - The Secret of Black Rock
This story is a lovely seaside tale, with a twist. The children will be exploring story language and utilising new vocabulary. They will be aiming to re-write their own story by the end of the half term.
We will be focusing on:
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Correct punctuation and word spacing.
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Correct Letter formation and letters consistently neat and on the line.
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Varying our adjectives to make our writing exciting.
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Using different suffixes -ed -ing and -est (verbs)
- Using the prefix un-
Read Write Inc
Children will attend daily phonics groups based on their assessment. Children who have come off the phonics programme will focus on spelling and different comprehension style questions.
Maths
Children will be doing daily Singapore Maths lessons. These lessons allow the children to explore a problem utilising a selection of resources to support their learning. This also allows the children to discover different methods to solve the problem and enables them to see links between the different areas of the Maths curriculum. There will be additional challenge involved to ensure mastery of number appropriate for every child's level of learning.
This half term we will be focusing on:
- Height & Length
- Volume & Capacity
- Mass
- Fractions
- Continuing with numbers to 100
- Continuing with addition and subtraction to 20
Topic:
Science
The children will be learning about Plants & Trees. They will be learning to identify and describe different plants and name a range and variety of trees. They will also be learning to name the parts of a plant.
History
Children will be learning about Grace Darling in their History lessons and how she influenced the safety of people at sea. They will also be talking about Lifeboats and how these have changed over time. This willl link to our local lifeboat station.
Geography
We will be looking at Hot & Cold places and comparing them, in our Geography lessons. We will be looking at different places around the world and discussing the features of hot and cold places.
RE
During RE this half term, children will be learning about Judaism and all about Shabbat. They will learn why Shabbat is important to Jewish children and how they practise Shabbat.
Art/DT
In Art/DT the children will be looking at picture cards and books that have a moving element. They will be creating their own design with a moving part or lever.
PE
Children will be learning multi-sport skills and games. They will hopefully be outside as much as possible this term.
Music
We will be continuing to find the pulse, rhythm and beat of the music.They will be enjoying different genres of music and will be using untuned instruments to improvise and play music.
PSHE/Jigsaw
This half term, the children will talk about relationships and families, and the people around us that help us.
MFL
Children's Spanish lessons will be focussed on Summer, the beach and holidays. In Mandarin they will be learning about themselves and parts of the body.