Bathampton Primary School
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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 this term 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. Our PE in Term 1 will be football skills and team building.
Our growing wild session this term is Friday 12th September. Our Forest School date is Thursday 9th October. 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 will be changed on a Thursday and library books will be changed on a Friday. Please ensure Reading Records are brought in on these days.
Please see below for our Term 1 weekly timetable.
Parent Reading sessions will be on Tuesday this term. Please come and join us in Year 1 between 8:40am and 9am to read with your child. Please sign in through the school office for these sessions.
Key Dates:
Friday 12th September- Growing Wild
Thursday 9th October- Forest School
Wednesday 22nd October- Year 1 local walk round Bathampton
Wednesday 19th November- Sharing Assembly
Topic
Our topic for Term 1 is ‘Street Detectives’. Grab a magnifying glass, put on your deerstalker and change your name to Sherlock because we’re going to become street detectives!
This half term, we will exploring our local area. We will be looking at photographs to help us to spot any similarities and differences between the houses and shops of today and the past. We’ll find out about the history of our school and talk to former pupils about their experiences. If you know someone who went to Bathampton school who would be able to come in and talk to us, please let Miss Thorn know.
The topic will also flow through our wider curriculum as we explore:
In English, we will be exploring the wonderful world of drawing club. Looking at a number of engaging books and videos to spark the children’s imagination. Drawing Club is an approach designed by Greg Bottrill that immerses children into a world full of imagination.
In DT, we will be learning about shade and shelter. This project teaches children about the purpose of shelters and their materials. They name and describe shelters and design and make shelter prototypes.
In Art this term we will be learning about basic colour theory by studying the colour wheel and colour mixing. It includes an exploration of primary and secondary colours and how artists use colour in their artwork.
In Science we will learning about seasonal changes. We will be learning all about autumn, seasonal weather and events. We will also investigate how trees change throughout the seasons including deciduous and evergreen trees.
In Maths, we we will be covering the following areas.
Place Value
Addition and Subtraction
Measure
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 or Friday.
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.
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 how to login will be sent home on Friday 12th September. Usernames have been stuck into the sound books.
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.