Year 1/2 – Mrs Whitfield

Hello and welcome to 1/ 2 W’s class web page.

Mrs Whitfield will be teaching the children for most of the week supported by Mrs Egerton- a Teaching Assistant. Miss Riley and Mrs Jones will also be working with the class, during the week. We have all been working with children for a long time and just love working with Key Stage 1 children. We especially love our fantastic phonics sessions and seeing the children begin to apply the ‘special friends’ to their writing.

Our classroom

The children have made a fabulous start to the new school year and have settled into our class very well. They thoroughly enjoyed sharing their summer holiday challenges with their friends, on the first day back. These beautiful gardens are now on display in our classroom. Already, the children are happily following our daily routines and have been showing lots of kind deeds. It’s been fantastic to see the children thrive and enjoy their learning so early in the school year. We are enjoying getting to  know each of the children.  Throughout the year we will be helping each child to embody our school values and be ‘vibrant, loving and proud’ ensuring that they reach their full potential.

PE Days

Our PE days this half term are Thursday and Friday. Please ensure that your child arrives at school wearing their PE kit on these days No jewellery too please. When the children are doing gymnastics or dance lessons in the hall, they require a pair of black PE pumps so it would be a good idea to send a pair of pumps into school with your child’s name on

Autumn 1

What an exciting and busy half term we have ahead! We will be learning about a wide range of topics across the curriculum as well as observing the changes in the seasons.

 Maths

Place Value

• Count to 10 and back from 10.
• Use 1:1 correspondence to count out 10 objects.
• Recognise numbers to ten as words.
• Say one more than and one less than a given number within 10.
• Compare groups of objects.
• Compare and order numbers within 10
• Use vocabulary such as greater, fewer, more, less than and equal to.

There are 5 principles for counting:

The children will be taught the following symbols when comparing numbers:

Addition and subtraction

• Number bonds within 10.
• Read and write mathematical symbol +.
• Add using the part whole model.

The part whole model:

 English

To begin the year, we will take a trip to Nursery Rhyme Land and explore traditional nursery rhymes.  We will learn off by heart and perform rhymes such as Doctor Foster went to Gloucester and Mary, Mary Quite Contrary. Following this, we will look at some rhyming narrative books from the Oi Dog! series by Kes and Claire Gray and Jim Field. Then we will start out narrative unit and immerse ourselves in books by the author Jill Murphy such as Peace at Last, Mr Large in Charge, A Piece of Cake and Five Minutes Peace. We will act out the stories, draw story maps and sequence the events in order (beginning, middle and end.) We will also read some non- fiction animal books and think about how these books are different to story books.

SPaG

• Begin to use Read Write Inc ‘red’ words in writing
• Use known sounds and special friends from Read Write Inc, when writing words.
• To use a capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop correctly in a sentence.

Writing

• Write rhyming strings
• Write a caption
• Write a simple sentence that is correctly punctuated with a capital letter, spaces between words and a full stop.

 Handwriting

Following on from EYFS, handwriting will be a big focus during Year 1. Five minutes practice daily at home, this half term, would really benefit the children.

• Form lower-case letters of the correct size relative to one another
• Form capital letters of the correct size, orientation and relationship to one another and to lower-case letters
• Use spaces between words that reflects the size of the letters

 Reading

Each child will take part in 4 x 40minute Read Write Inc phonics and reading sessions per week where they will explore texts appropriate for their current reading ability and work on developing comprehension skills.

Science

Throughout the year, we will have an ongoing science topic. We will observe seasonal changes. This will involve identifying a tree in the school grounds and observing it change during the four seasons. We will also monitor how the weather and temperature changes in each season.

This half term, we will also be exploring different materials. This will involve looking at the different ways that we can describe materials such as shiny, stretchy, waterproof, transparent and soft. There are some fun investigations planned too!

History

Our History topic is Transport through time. To begin the topic, we will learn about Queen Victoria and the different modes of transport that were invented during the Victorian era. Then, we will focus on local history by exploring Stephenson’s Rocket.

Art

We will explore the works and life of the artist LS Lowry. The children will have lots of opportunities to plan and create their own masterpieces in his style.

Computing

This half term, we will explore the use of technology around us.

SMSC

Our topic this half term is Christianity. We will look at Christian symbols and think about what it means to be a Christian.

Home work

To read reading books at least 3 times a week. Each child will have a reading book and words sheet to read that is appropriate for their individual reading level.

 The children will visit the library each Thursday afternoon. Every child now has a library book which can be swapped each week, if they wish.

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