Welcome to Year 1
Class Teacher - Mr Pierce
Teaching Assistant - Mrs Hartley
| Literacy | Numeracy | Science and Topic |
Our class
texts for this half term are Dogger and The Jolly Christmas Postman. Over the
course of this half term children will: Continue to
develop their sentence structure and ensure they are including capital letters,
finger spaces and full stops. Order
pictures from a story and write descriptive sentences to match. Be
introduced to poems and write their own poem. Look at
letter writing and what makes a good letter. Guided
reading
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Throughout
Autumn 2, children will continue looking at: Addition and subtraction within 10.
They will also begin to learn about: Place value
within 20 including counting forwards and backwards to and from 20. Writing
numbers to 11 – 20 in numerals and words. Comparing numbers
Order numbers
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This half
terms science unit is all about materials. Children will: Identify
and name different materials. Distinguish
between an object and the material it is made from. Describe
the properties of every day materials. Sort
materials according to their properties.
Carry
out an investigation
Our topic this half term is Let's Play!
This topic is all about toys. Children will learn about toys from the past and compare them to modern day toys. Children will also learn about the history of teddy bears and design, make and evaluate their own teddy bear.
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Things to Remember
PE
Thursday is our PE day. Children should come to school in their PE kits. Kits consist of black shorts, a white t-shirt and black pumps.
Homework/Spellings
Homework and spellings are given out on a Friday. Spellings are tested on the following Friday. We would appreciate it if homework and spellings could be back in school by Wednesday, so that homework can be marked and new homework can be put in the children's book bags ready for Friday.
Reading Books
Children will take home a book chosen by the teacher. Please could you write a comment in your child's white reading diary once they have read to you. Reading books will be sent home on a Friday and should be returned to school by the following Friday.
Uniform
Please write your child's name in all of their uniform and PE kits.
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Phonics Play
Ask your child to show you their favourite games on phonics play.
Why don't you play together by clicking on the link below?
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Bitesize
Here are lots of games and information about Literacy, Numeracy and Science.
Have a go at exploring the games together by clicking the image below.
