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Year 1

Welcome to Hedgehog Class

In Year 1, Miss Thorn is the class teacher and we are supported by Miss Bees.

Our PE days in Term 3 are Tuesday and Thursday. Please send your child to school wearing PE kit on these days, bringing school shoes in a separate bag to change into indoors if it is wet/muddy. During the winter months it is recommend children wear a school hoody and joggers. Our PE in Term 3 will be gymnastics and ball skills.

Our Forest School date is Thursday 15th January. Our growing wild session this term is Friday 6th February. In order to participate fully in these sessions, please ensure that wellies and a waterproof coat are brought into school on that day (whatever the weather) and come dressed in comfortable, full-length trousers, and a top with long sleeves as we will be going into The Meadow.

Reading books and library books will continue to be changed on a Thursday. Please ensure Reading Records this day.

Please see below for our Term 3 weekly timetable.

Parent Reading sessions will be on Tuesday this term. Please come and join us in Year 1 between 8:40am and 8:55am to read with your child. Please sign in through the school office for these sessions.

Key Dates:

Please check Class Dojo for frequently updated dates.

Topic

In Term 3, we will be continuing the topic ‘Our wonderful world’. We will be exploring the 7 continents and 5 oceans of the world as well as looking at the four countries of the united Kingdom. During the term we will read and explore a range of books and tales such as ‘Where to hide a star’, ‘The dinosaur next door.' , 'Hansel and Gretal' and 'The magic porridge pot'.

The topic will also flow through our wider curriculum as we explore:

In English, children will be developing their writing skills by discovering the wonderful world of Curious Quests. We will be exploring several engaging books, tales and videos to spark the children’s imagination. Curious Quests is an approach designed by Greg Bottrill, following on from drawing club, that immerses children into a world full of imagination. Children are inspired to write through adding codes to drawings and inventions.
In DT this term we will be exploring ‘Taxi.’ This project teaches children about wheels, axles and chassis and how they work together to make a vehicle move.
In Science Year 1 are diving into the fascinating world of ‘Materials’. Through engaging discussions and hands-on activities, pupils are exploring key questions such as: What are materials? What are things made of in school? How can I describe materials? What materials are transparent and which are opaque? What's the best material for the job? Why?

In Maths, we will be covering the following areas.

Addition and subtraction
Time
Measure
Capacity and Volume
3D shapes

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.
Please click the link for more information:
 https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

Homework

Reading
📖 Reading at Home

We encourage children to read 3–5 times per week with an adult.

👨‍👩‍👧 How you can help:

🖊️ Sign the reading record with the date and your signature

💬 Add a comment if you’d like to share anything about your child’s reading

📘 Reading records are checked weekly by the class teacher on a Thursday.

For further information on reading strategies please visit Phonics and Early Reading

Phonics

Children will bring home a home learning phonics practice sheet in their sound books, please help your child to practice these sounds and tricky words, to consolidate their learning. Sound books for the year are also linked below.

Maths

Year 1 children will have access to the doodle maths app. This is a brilliant way for children to recap Maths from reception and throughout Year 1. Details of usernames are in sound books.