Bathampton Primary School
EverybodyBelongs ~ Aspires ~ Thrives
Year 1
Welcome to Gandhi Class
In Year 1, Miss Thorn is the class teacher.
Our PE days this term are Tuesday (Gymnastics) and Thursday (Jumping). Children should come to school wearing their p.e kit on these days. For warmer days it is recommended children wear sun hats and sun cream.
Reading books and library books will be changed on a Wednesday.
Parent Reading sessions will be on Thursdays this term. Please come and join us in Year 1 between 8:40am and 9am to read with your child.
In Term 5, Forest school sessions will take place every other Monday. The dates this term are: Monday 28th April and Monday 19th May. These sessions will take place in the afternoon. Please send your child to school in clothing suitable for the weather including long trousers, wellies and a coat. For wet days please send them in with a waterproof coat and waterproof trousers.
Please see below for a timetable for the term.
Topic
Our topic for Term 5 and 6 is 'School Days'. This project teaches the children about their own school and locality, both today and in the past. They compare schooling in the Victorian era to their experiences today. If anyone has any connections to former pupils of Bathampton Primary School, we would love to hear from them! It would be fantastic to hear about what our school was like in the past.
During the term we will read and explore a range of books including our class story the 'Monkey see, monkey do’.
The topic will also flow through our wider curriculum as we explore:
In English, we will be learning our journey story. ‘Monkey see, monkey do’ where we will focus on description.
In Art project this term is ‘Street View’ This project teaches children about artwork depicting streets and buildings and focuses on the work of the American pop artist, James Rizzi.
In Science we will learning about ‘Animal Parts’. This project teaches children about animals, including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals and invertebrates. They identify and describe their common structures, diets, and how animals should be cared for.
In Maths, we will continue to follow the White Rose scheme. In Term 5 we will be covering the following areas.
Place Value
Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication and Division
Fractions
Time
We follow Little Wandle to teach Phonics. Please click the link for more information: https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/
We follow Little Wandle phonics and reading scheme. We practice our phonic sounds, skills and tricky words every day. We have small group reading sessions three times a week where we read the same book; first we use our phonic knowledge to de-code the words, then we practice making our reading sound interesting and finally our group adult checks our understanding. The books are allocated based on the child's phonic stage. These have been recently reassessed and based on these assessments, groupings and reading books/levels have been allocated. This is a continuous process to make sure the children are progressing at an appropriate pace.
Homework
It is recommended that children read daily. We know this can be difficult with busy family lives, therefore we would be grateful if their class reading book can be read 3 times & if they choose to read additional texts (even the back of a cereal packet), that is an added bonus! It all helps! Please record these in their Reading Records. Reading books will be changed and sent home on a Wednesday this term (after the 3rd read in school). Library books will be changed and sent home on a Wednesday. Children will also continue to bring home a home learning phonics practice sheet. These are also attached below (Summer 1) in case it doesn't make it home. Phonics sheets for previous and upcoming sounds are included, to support home learning.
Sound books
Useful Documents for Year 1
Useful links to support learning at home:
1-Minute Maths App | White Rose Maths
Deadly Doors (ictgames.com) - this game supports our Position and Direction unit.