This week’s Learning at a glance

This week’s Learning in Year 1 at a glance

 

Year 1

Learning Links:

Toy Story and Journeys Around The World

This term our learning centres on ‘Toy Story’ (January and February) and ‘Journeys Around The World’. We will use the texts, The Koala Who Could and ‘The Owl Who Was Afraid of The Dark’ to support these areas of learning in our literacy work.  Artwork will be inspired by Northern Lights Silhouette pictures and Jesus Light of the World: Study of Painting.

In DT there will be opportunities to sew felt puppets, bake some shortbread and design and make an Easter card. In addition to this, we will compile a Queen Victoria Fact file and timeline, sort pictures of old and new toys and compare a modern day toy with a Victorian toy. We will continue to explore seasonal/daily weather patterns, develop our map skills, find and locate oceans and continents and match climate to continents/ countries.

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 second term in Year 1.

Miss Davis – missdavis@st-thomas.surrey.sch.uk

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

Latest Curriculum Information Booklet: 2023-24-Spring

Year 1 curriculum evening presentation 2022-23: CE 1

Year Group Reminders

Week Commencing: Monday 18th March 2024

Week A

Weekly reminders:

Monday: PE for 1D, story sack to go home, Spelling book, reading book and reading record to be returned back to school

Tuesday: Purple Spelling book, Orange Spelling test book and reading record book to go home

Wednesday: return orange spelling test book back to school please

Thursday: PE for 1D & 1T in the afternoon, World Down Syndrome Day – children are encouraged to wear brightly coloured socks, long socks, odd socks, 1 sock or even 3 socks for 3 chromosomes – a donation can be made to Stepping Stones DS Charity via Scopay

Thursday: SPACE for me for Yellow group – possible ideas are:

–          Continents

–          Oceans

–          Maps

–          Lent

–          The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark story book

Friday: New Little Wandle reading book to go home, Day of many colours for our Lenten Preparation – this is a mufti (non-uniform) day where children can wear different coloured clothes to celebrate and remember that we all belong to God’s family: donations are welcome to Mission Together a charity for children supporting other children via Scopay.

Reading for Pleasure

Book of the Week:

1D: My Friend Earth

1T: God’s Brilliantly Big Creation Story

RE

Topic: Desert to Garden

LC: Jesus teaches in the Temple.

Key Teachings:-

•       This text is included to help the children to understand the bridge between Jesus being greeted as a king to the events which lead to his death.

•       It is important to note how Jesus after arriving in Jerusalem goes straight to the temple to teach.

•       Again, there are parallels with how it began in the temple and ends in the temple.

 

LC: The widow’s mite: Lk 21:1-6

Key Teachings:-

•       Luke’s themes are of salvation for the poor and outcasts is seen once again in this text.

•       True faith in God demands care and justice of the neediest and weakest members of society, who are represented by the widow.

•       Jesus focuses on the generosity of the widow, who prepares the reader to note the generosity of Jesus, the self-effacing servant.

•       The text links us to almsgiving in Lent – it is not how much money we raise or give but more about the act of giving.

•       Catholic social teaching option for the poor is central to this.

English

Writing Text – ‘The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark

LC:  Can I listen to and discuss the section of the book I am listening to?

Steps to success:

•       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 or sentences that explains what has happened.

 

Plop the baby Barn Owl visits:

·       The little girl who tells Plop that Dark is necessary.

·       The man with the telescope who tells Plop that Dark is wonderful.

·       The big black cat who tells Plop that Dark is beautiful.

Focus vocabulary this week:

Thump!

Enormous thud

Bounce

Gentle bump

Landed like a soft white feather

I still do not like it at all!

I think – dark is super!

Reading and Phonics

This week the children will focus on these sounds:

Revision of all sounds taught in Spring 2

This week the children will focus on these tricky words:

Revision of all tricky words taught in Spring 2

SPAG

The children will focus on these spelling words:

Revision of all spelling words taught in Spring 2

Maths

Topic: Addition and Subtraction within 20

LC: Missing number problems.

In this lesson, we will solve a variety of missing number problems, such as 5 + ___ = 9.

We will use our knowledge of number bonds and fact families to work out the missing numbers.

Key vocabulary:

add

subtract

count on

count back

missing number

LC: Solve word and picture problems – addition and subtraction.

In this lesson, we will use a range of strategies to find the solutions to word and picture problems involving addition and subtraction within 20.

Key vocabulary:

subtraction

total

more

fewer

most

difference

altogether

how many?

LC: End of Unit Check

Science

LC: Looking for signs of Spring.

•       observe changes between Winter and Spring.

•       observe and describe weather associated between Winter and Spring.

Our outside focus will be looking for signs of spring and recording these signs in our Science books.

We will also look at the changes between Winter and Spring including weather and temperature.

Key vocabulary:

Spring

Weather

Warmer

Birds tweeting

Buds on trees

Temperature

DT

Topic: Toys

LC: Continue to make an Alien car from our design

To be able to build and construct with a wide range of objects, selecting, appropriate resources, tools and techniques. Adapting their work where necessary.

Vocab – boxes, bottles, wheels, axles, tape, stick, glue, join, model, turn, move

Questions

What are you going to use to make your car?

How are you going to join it?

Computing

Lesson 2: Using shapes and lines

LC: To use the shape tool and the line tool.

?      I can make marks with the square and line tools.

?      I can use the shape and line tools effectively.

?      I can use the shape and line tools to recreate the work of an artist.

 History

L.C. To find the 5 main oceans of the world using an atlas.

I can name the main oceans of the world.

I can find them using an atlas.

I can explain some facts about one of the oceans.

Key vocabulary:

Pacific ocean

Arctic ocean

Indian ocean

Atlantic ocean

Southern ocean

French

LC: To rediscover the days of the week in French.
Listening carefully, speaking clearly, making connections, showing you understand.

Music

MONDAY MUSIC SESSION

Learn new song Engine Engine and associated pat-a-cake pattern and circle game.  Read rhythm of Engine Engine from a pictorial score. Play Listen Listen game with drum (beat) and claves (rhythm).

THURSDAY MUSIC LESSON Jolly Music Book 1 Lesson 3

Sing hello at three pitches without being told the starting pitch. Learn the rhythm echo game and redsicover the new song Starlight and Little Sally Water.

PE

Explore and Describe – Develop essential creative skills to be confident to watch others’ movements and try to copy them whilst also exploring different movements independently. Select and link movements together. Develop balance, agility and coordination and apply these individually and with others.

Learning for Life

Session 2: Rules To Help Us

Children will learn to understand safe and unsafe situations including online and ask for trusted adult help with anything that worries them or makes them feel unsafe:

? Actively participate in activities and the ‘Smartie the Penguin’ story.

? Engage in discussions about what is and isn’t safe online.

? Identify who they can talk to about anything they feel uncomfortable about, particularly online.

Homework

Enjoy sharing your reading for pleasure books – Mon – Fri

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

Enjoy looking at your story sack from Monday to Friday.

Enjoy reading your Little Wandle book over the weekend.

Spelling homework – spelling book to be returned every Monday

Maths homework – due Friday 22nd March