Welcome to Year 1

Wow!! The first half term is complete and your gorgeous children settled into life in Year 1 really well and have worked so hard. We hope that they have had a lovely week off and are now looking forward to growing their brains even more in autumn 2.

English

This half term we will read the book ‘Nibbles The Book Monster’. The children will be introduced to Nibbles when they come back to school and find that something or someone has nibbled through different items in the classroom - who could it be? They will work out that it is Nibbles and using lots of description will begin the topic by making wanted posters to help us find the cheeky little monster.

During the half term the children will continue to practise writing a good sentence using capital letters, finger spaces and full stops and checking back over what they have written. They will learn to extend their sentences using the word ’and’, and write a series of events in order. This book will allow them to explore using description to make their writing more interesting and consequently build their vocabulary.

Maths

Maths sessions will focus mainly on addition and subtraction this half term. Children will learn to add together 2 numbers within 10 using the part whole method to help them see the relationship between the numbers. We will look at number bonds to 10 and encourage the children to learn these facts by heart to help with their fluency in maths calculations. The children will move onto subtracting, again using the part whole method. Next, addition and subtraction will be demonstrated on a number line and children will use this method to help them to solve problems.

At the end of the half term the children will move onto shape. They will recap the names of 2D and 3D shapes that they learned in F2 and begin to use mathematical vocabulary to describe the shapes and their properties. Finally they will use this knowledge to sort the shapes into different groups.

Other subjects…..

Science - Seasons, focusing on Autumn / Materials.

Geography - Our world, learning to name and locate the 7 continents, 5 oceans, North and South Pole and the equator.

RE - ‘Prophecy and Promise’ Vine and Branches scheme. Learning about Mary and the story of Christmas.

Art - Looking at colours - creating new colours and shades of light and dark. Focusing on the work of Mondrian and Kandinsky.

Music - Simple melodies, pitch and performing together.

Things to remember

Our PE day will be on a WEDNESDAY. Children need to come into school wearing their correct PE uniform please.

Please make sure your child brings their book bag in every day.

Their reading book will then be changed every Friday. Please read their book with them every day if possible - little and often is much better than trying to do a lot in one go.

Children also need to bring a labelled water bottle to school each day.

Please make sure your child has their name in any cardigans, jumpers and coats.

Keep an eye on class dojo - we will use this to send home information about school and class events and any information that you need to know. We will also put the word of the day on here each afternoon so that you can discuss it with your child at home after they have learned about it in class.

Any issues please come and see us or send us a message on class dojo.

Mrs Lyon, Mrs Rainey & Mrs Ford x x x