This week’s Learning in Year 1 at a glance

Year 1

Learning Link:

My World: My Community

Mrs Terracotta – mrsterracotta@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk

Year 1 curriculum evening presentation 2023-24: CE 1

Year Group Reminders

Week A

Weekly reminders:

Monday:

·       PE for 1T

·       Return Purple Spelling book

·       Return Little Wandle reading book

·       Return Reading record book

·       Story sack to go home

Tuesday:

·       Purple Spelling book to go home

·       Orange Spelling test book and reading record book to go home

Wednesday:

·       Return orange spelling test book back to school please. Thank you

Thursday:

·       PE for 1D & 1T in the afternoon

Thursday:

·       SPACE for me for Red group – possible ideas are:

–          Rapunzel

–          Plants – flowers, trees, leaves, evergreen trees, delicious trees

Reading for Pleasure

1D: My Big Book Of Outdoors

1T: Do you sing Twinkle?

RE

LC: Promise of the Spirit and Ascension.

We will share the story ‘Promise of the Spirit and Ascension’ (Acts 1:1-11) remembering where the Book of Acts is in the Bible.

The children will be invited to retell the story in their own way.

We will be using bubble prayers to help engage the children. Each child will say a prayer asking the Holy Spirit to be their helper and guide. Then they will blow the bubbles and watch them float away, offering their prayer to God. We will explain to the children that God hears our prayers even though we can’t see him.

English

Lesson 3

LC: Can I listen to and discuss a book I am listening to?

•       I can retell the section of the story that we are learning.

•       I can identify key vocabulary and put it into a sentence

•       I can write a sentence that explains what has happened.

Going Deeper: Can you predict what the witch will say to Rapunzel?

Lesson 4

LC: Can I listen to, discuss and understand the book I am reading?

·       I can retell the section of the story that we are learning.

·       I can identify key vocabulary and put it into a sentence

·       I can write a sentence that predicts the character’s next steps.

Going Deeper: Can you include a word from the vocabulary board to your sentence?

Lesson 5

LC: Can I listen to, discuss and understand the book I am reading?

•       I can retell the section of the story that we are learning.

•       I can identify key vocabulary and put it into a sentence

•       I can explain what the author meant in the final line of the story.

Going Deeper: Why were the other witches frightened?

Focus vocabulary this week:

Tower

Explore

Shame

Indeed

Suspected

Blown

Bold

Terrible

Curse

Tumbling

Last

Frightened

Done

Climbed

Reading and Phonics

ph  /f/phone

wh  /w/wheel

ie  /ee/shield

g  /j/giant

This week the children will focus on these tricky words:

friend

once

out

because

laugh

The children will focus on these spelling words:

dolphin

when

field

gem

SPAG

Maths

Lesson 1

LC: Heavier and lighter.

Key language: heavier, lighter, equal, lightest, heaviest

The ____________ is heavier than the ______________ .

The ____________ is lighter than the _______________ .

Lesson 2

LC: To measure mass.

Key language: mass, balance, scale, heavier, lighter

Lesson 3

LC: To compare mass.

Key language: scales, heavier, lighter, lightest, heaviest, masses

Which things can you compare?

Lesson 4

LC: Full and empty

Key language: full, empty, less, more

Science

To identify and describe the structure of a tree trunk.

I can describe what a tree trunk looks like.

I can use words like thick, old, huge, long, bark, tall and roots.

Key language:

tree trunk

bark

thick

old

huge

long

branches

twigs

leaves

roots

Leaves – They stretch out to catch the sunlight, which they use to make food for the plant.

Roots – They hold the plant to the ground and suck up water.

Flowers – It grows at the end of the twigs of a tree and contain the seeds.

Fruit – They have bright coloured petals to attract insects. This is where the pollen is.

Deciduous trees – These trees loose their leaves in the winter.

Art

LC:  To design and create a printing tile using plasticine.

I can choose natural materials around the school to create my printing tile

I can decide the shape and colour that I will use.

I will choose where to place the tile on the page and create a print using my tile.

Computing

To use a computer on my own to paint a picture.

I can make dots of colour on the page.

I can change the colour and brush sizes.

I can use dots of colour to create a picture in the style of an artist on my own.

Geography

LC: To understand what a landmark is.

LQ:  Can you find 2 landmarks in your local area?

I can explain what a landmark means.

I can think of 2 landmarks I have seen or visited.

I can identify 2 landmarks in my local area.

Key language:

A landmark is something that stands out in an area. It could be a building, a bridge, a lake or river, a sculpture or something else. These places might be special because they are big, nice to look at or really old.

A landmark makes a place recognisable.
This means that you could look at a picture of a landmark and know straight away where it is.

A tourist is someone who visits another place. They might visit for a few hours, a day, a week or longer!

French

Music

Play the Rhythm People game to work out the rhythms as ta and te-te for Engine Engine and Listen listen, spotting similar rhythms. Find ta and te-te in 1234 and Copy Cat.

THURSDAY MUSIC LESSON Jolly Music Book 1 Lesson 6

Sing hello at 3 different pitches. Rediscover Little Sally Water game. Listen to new song Lucy Locket.

PE

Learning for Life

Topic: I can eat a rainbow

Children will be able to:

•       Recognise the importance of fruit and vegetables in their daily diet;

• Know that eating at least five portions of vegetables and fruit a day helps to maintain health.

At home if you can talk with your child about the following key questions about healthy eating that would be very helpful.

•       What sort of foods do you think are healthy for our body?

• Are there any foods we need to avoid eating lots of?

Homework

·       Please write the books that have been read for pleasure in your child’s reading record book.

·       Enjoy looking at your story sack from Monday to Friday

·       Enjoy reading your Little Wandle book over the weekend

·       Spelling homework sent home on Tuesdays

·       Orange spelling test book to be returned on Wednesdays