| Our Teacher | Our Classroom Assistants |
| Mrs Ball | Miss Stroucken |
| Miss James | Miss Yu |
| Miss Wilson | Miss Smith |
| Miss Watkins |
English
We will carry on with daily phonics to support our reading and writing using the Bug Club scheme. If you haven't logged on to Bug club for a while the phonic games are an excellent way to help secure the learning done in class and prepare your child for the National Year One phonic test in June.
During the Summer term we will continue to work on constructing sentences with capital letters, full stops, exclamation marks, question marks and spaces, and using conjunctions like 'and' or 'but' to join two sentences together. We will look to improve spelling by using the alternative sounds we have learned in phonics, as well as focusing on accurate recall of common exception (tricky) words.
We will further explore nouns, verbs and adjectives to add structure to our writing, use plurals made by adding 's' or 'es' and introduce the use of the prefix 'un-' and suffixes '_ed' '_ing' and '-er. We will also focus on improving handwriting, with the aim of writing letters of a consistent size and shape.
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 we will begin to look at money. We will look at the value of different coins and begin to calculate the total value of a set of different coins. It would be great if you could allow your child the opportunity to use coins to purchase some items in a shop. We will also look at position and direction, the children will be able to use the word half, quarter, three quarters and whole when describing different turns. The children will look at the words left, right, forwards, backwards, above and below when describing the position of an object. We will then look at the topic of time, naming the months of the year and days of the week and sequencing their events using today, tomorrow, yesterday, morning, afternoon and evening. We will look at telling the time to o'clock and half past and measuring time using seconds, minutes and hours.
Science
In Science we will continue looking at animals and the different classifications of animals - fish, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians. We will then move onto materials where the children will learn to -
- Identify and name a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water, and rock
- Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials
- Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple physical properties
- Distinguish between an object and the material from which it is made
PE
Please can children leave their P.E kits in school all week and take home for washing, if necessary, at the weekend. During the Summer term we will be working on aspects of Dance, as well as Athletics and preparing for Sports Day. Some lessons are timetabled to take place outside if the weather permits.
Our PE days
| 1B | Tuesday & Thursday |
| 1J | Monday & Tuesday |
| 1W | Tuesday & Friday |
RE
We will continue to explore Christianity and Judaism. We will look at the question 'How should we care for the world and for others, and why does it matter?.' We will look at the view points of different religions as well as non-religious views.
Geography
Our Geography focus is Hot and Cold climates. In this the children will learn to -
- identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the United Kingdom and the location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the North and South Poles.
- Remember the 5 oceans and 7 continents of the world.
History
In History we will be looking at the lives of significant individuals. In this the children will look at -
- Lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements
- Study the lives of significant people focuses on Mary Anning and David Attenborough
Art and design
In Art pupils will be given the opportunity to explore a range of materials, including fabric, oil crayons, chalk and paint, to create pieces of art. They will use natural and man made fibres, combining colours and textures.
D.T
In DT we will explore a range of construction materials and investigate how materials can be changed by adding heat or water. We will use a combination of materials to create a small model house
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
In PSHE we will be looking at Identifying our personal strengths. Developing an understanding of money and where it comes from, and the jobs that people do in our community.
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.
