| Our Teacher | Our Classroom Assistants |
| Mr Adlam | Mrs Cassault |
| Miss James | Mrs Cippendale |
| Miss Wilson | Miss Smith |
| Miss Watkins |
English
English
We will carry on with daily phonics to support our reading and writing using the Bug Club scheme. In the first half of the Autumn term our focus will be looking at the books 'Tiddler', 'The fish who could wish' and 'Lost and found.' We will work on constructing sentences with capital letters, full stops and spaces, and using conjunctions like 'and' to join two sentences together. We will explore adjectives to add description to our writing. We will also focus on improving handwriting, with the aim of achieving all lower-case letters in the right direction, starting and finishing in the correct place, and beginning to form an increasing number of upper-case letters correctly.
Reading
Please continue to support reading at home as much as possible, both with hearing your child read the books they bring home, and the reading and phonic activities on Bug Club. As your child's books increase in length so should your reading sessions. Rainbow Readers certificates will continue, so please sign to let us know they have read, aiming for FIVE times a week to increase fluency and comprehension skills. Being able to discuss characters, and make predictions and inferences becomes increasingly important as books become more detailed.
Maths
In maths the children will look at counting different amounts, recognising amounts within a set and comparing amounts using greater than, less than and equal to. We will then move onto using a part part whole model to partition different amounts whilst challenging their deeper thinking to find missing parts. We will also cover addition and subtraction, 2D and 3D shapes and number bonds to 10.
Science
In Science we will be learning to build upon our observation skills. Observation is a fundamental skills required by all scientists. We will be using simple equipment to help us observe like magnifying glasses to help us examine things closely. We will be able to distinguish between point-in-time observations, such as looking closely at the structure of a leaf, and observations of change over time, such as the growth of a plant.
PE
Please can children leave their P.E kits in school all week and take home for washing, if necessary, at the weekend. They will have at least one set P.E lesson a week. During the Autumn term we will be working on our agility and balance.
Our PE days
| 1A | Tuesday & Thursday |
| 1J | Tuesday & Thursday |
| 1W | Tuesday & Friday |
RE
We will continue to explore Christianity, looking at how Christians believe the world was created. We will also look at the Bible and why it is important Christians.
Geography
Our Geography focus is Locational knowledge. In this the children will learn to -
- Name and locate the world’s seven continents and five oceans
- Name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas
History
In History we will be looking at changes within living memory. In this the children will look at -
- Changes within living memory their living memory.
- Study focuses on chronology within living memory of the community to develop a sense of change over time
Art and design
In Art pupils will be given the opportunity to explore a range of writing materials in their 'drawing' topic. They will also explore a variety of mark making techniques like hatching, cross hatching and stippling to create different drawings.
D.T
In DT we will focus on mechanisms, in this the children will learn to -
- Exploring sliders and their applications
- Developing practical skills Experimenting with different slider systems
- Developing practical skills Developing designing and problem-solving skills
- Developing practical skills Evaluating Outcomes
Music
In music we will be looking at understanding a range of pieces of music. We will be able to
-Find and keep a steady beat.
-Understand simple rhythmic patterns using long and short.
-Understand simple melodic patterns using high and low.
PSHE
Our school value in Autumn is Resilience. We will look at what resilience is and how we can show we are resilient in the classroom.
Please remember to label all of your child's belongings. It makes it much easier to return them to you if they are misplaced as many of their bottles/jumpers/coats/P.E kits etc look the same.
