Wonder, Believe, Shine & Achieve - Welcome to Year 1!
Spring Term
Welcome to Year 1!
We are starting the New Year with a look at Space in the first half term and Traditional Tales, in the second half term and we will be building on all the skills we have built up in the Autumn term.
Space – We’ll be using books based on all things Space: The First Hippo on the Moon, The Man on the Moon (a day in the life of Bob), Bob’s Best Ever Friend and The Smeds and The Smoos.
Traditional Tales –We will be reading a different story every week and using this reading to inform our writing. This will help us to develop our writing skills further and continue to improve our cursive handwriting.
The children will continue to construct and punctuate simple sentences using capital letters and full stops; separating words with finger spaces.
The children will continue to have phonic sessions to help them with their reading.
In Maths the children will be working on: Number and Place Value (within 20); Addition and Subtraction (within 20); Number and Place Value (numbers to 50); Measurement – Length/Height, Weight/Volume.
Homework
The main focus in Year 1’s homework is the children’s reading. They should be trying to practise their reading for about 10 minutes every night. As well as reading their reading book, it is a good idea to discuss what is happening in the book and to ask questions about the stories.
Homework in homework books will be handed out Fridays and should be returned by the Wednesday.