This week's Learning in Year 1 at a glance!
Year 1Learning Link: Terrific Toys and Continents and Oceans of the world |
This term our learning centres on ‘Terrific Toys, Marvellous Materials and Continents and Oceans’. We will explore old and new toys, and learn who Margaret Steiff was. We will also explore seasonal/daily weather patterns and design and make a structure. We will look at the features of an Atlas, name and locate all the continents and oceans of the world and name countries of the UK and capital cities. At the end of the term the children will take part in a S=P+A+C+E themed challenge to practise the skills they have learnt during their first term in Year 1. |
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St. Rose: Mrs Bond - mrsbond@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk Mrs Royce – mrsroyce@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk St. Theodore: Mrs Terracotta – mrsterracotta@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk |
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Year Group Reminders |
Week Commencing: Monday 8th December Week B Monday: Little Wandle books and Spelling homework (orange books) due back in. Story sacks come home. Tuesday: Year 1 Advent service in school at 2.30pm. PE for 1T. Spelling books come home with new words. Wednesday: PE for both classes. Thursday: Friday: Story sacks due back in school. Little Wandle books come home today along with the ‘Home Learning’ sheet and phonics flashcards (new sounds) so you can reinforce phonics learning at home. Please return Barnaby Bear (1R)/Dudley Dog (1T) and the Class Sketchbook by today if your child came home with them over half term. Children in yellow group (both classes) are invited to bring in an object linked to our learning to share with the class on Friday during Space for Me.
Cold weather: Please can you send children into school with gloves and hats to wear during break, lunch and PE Lessons please. Base layers for sports are appropriate on PE days and ideally would be Navy blue in colour. School tracksuit trousers are to be worn in the winter to replace PE shorts.
Looking further ahead:
Reminders: All children should be sent in with a raincoat (with a hood) as we go out in all weathers. Please make sure your child has a named water bottle and an individual snack (fruit or veg) everyday. Please make sure all items of clothing are named. Please could your child bring in a new named glue stick if they have not already done so as we are running low. Please can it be a plain glue stick and not the coloured ones as these can be messy in their books. Don’t worry if you have already brought in a coloured one - we will use it for art and crafts. Thank you to everyone who has already done this, it is much appreciated. |
Homework |
Reading: Story sacks will be sent home on Mondays - please return on Fridays. Little Wandle reading books will be sent home on Fridays - please return on Mondays. Phonics: The ‘Home Learning’ sheets, that come home at the end of each week, show you the sounds and words the children have been learning throughout the week. When we teach new graphemes we will send home the relevant flashcards (for you to keep) so you can practise with your child. Spelling: Spelling homework comes home on Tuesdays and is due back the following Monday. Guidance is stuck into the front of the children’s orange spelling books. Please practise the spellings using the grid provided and write at least one sentence using one or more of the words. |
Reading for Pleasure |
Book of the Week: 1R: Out and About 1T: The Cat and the Bird |
RE |
Prophecy and Promise The children will be learning about the Annunciation and Visitation and the importance these events have on our Christian lives. |
English |
Sentence construction The children will continue to learn about what verbs are and identify them in our class text as well as in their own sentences. We will introduce the past tense and that regular past tense verbs end in the suffix -ed. Handwriting We will practise forming letters from the ‘long letter family’ this week: j,u,y. |
Phonics |
In phonics lessons this week, we will be learning four new graphemes: /ee/ spelt ‘y’; /e/ spelt ‘ea’; /w/ spelt ‘wh’; /oa/ spelt ‘oe’ and ‘ou’.
Spelling homework is based on these sounds. |
Maths |
Shape This unit introduces children to 2D and 3D shapes and their properties. Children will learn to name the different shapes and identify the features that determine how they are classified. By exploring the similarities and differences, children will make the distinction between 2D and 3D shapes. Throughout the unit, shapes are presented in different orientations. This helps children focus on the specific mathematical properties of the shapes and secures their understanding of classifying 2D and 3D shapes. They will also learn to identify individual shapes within composite shapes (where several shapes are joined together) and explore the relationship between 2D and 3D shapes. |
Science |
Seasonal Change Children will be exploring different ways to measure weather. |
DT |
Making a Toy. The children have designed either a doll’s house or a castle. We will be making these this week. They will need a cardboard box (cereal or shoe box) and toilet rolls to make a castle. For the dolls house they will need one or two deeper cardboard boxes (cereal or shoe box) and if you have any off cuts of wrapping paper for the walls. They will need to think about the stability of their structure. |
Computing |
Moving a robot The children will decide what their program will do. They will then create their program and test it on the Bee-bot. Where needed, they will also debug their program. |
Geography |
Climate Change We will be looking at human activity and how this can lead to pollution of our planet. We will be thinking of ways we can reduce pollution at school and at home. |
French |
To say and understand 4 words for family members in French. |
Music |
We are learning to sing in unison. We will explore ways of making different types of sounds on percussion instruments. |
PE |
Fundamentals Develop key movement skills which include balance, jump, hop, run, speed, agility, dodge, skip, coordination. Balls skills Track a moving ball and move their body to intercept or catch. Beginning to dribble a ball with my hands and feet. Throw overarm. Work cooperatively with a partner. Recognise changes in my body when I do exercise. Sending and receiving Throw and catch over varying distances. Develop rolling and tracking skills. Applying sending and receiving skills with your feet. |
Learning for Life |
Super Susie gets angry We will be helping the children understand that anger is a normal emotion. We will be looking at ways to control our anger and what we can do when we feel this emotion building. |
