Bathampton Primary School
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Year 1
Welcome to Year 1
In Year 1, Mrs Sheppard is the full-time class teacher for Term 5.
Our PE days this term are Tuesdays and Fridays. Please come to school wearing your PE kit on these days.
Library day is Thursday.
Our drop everything and read day is Friday. Parents are invited to come into Year 1 and read until 9am.
Topic
Our History topic this term 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.
In Science, our topic is called 'Animal Parts'. This project teaches the 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 Art, our topic is called 'Street View'. This project teaches the children about artwork depicting streets and buildings and focuses on the work of the American pop artist, James Rizzi. They create a 3-D mural based on Rizzi's work.
Here are our other units:
PE - Gymnastics - Body Parts, Games - Jumping.
Music - Your Imagination
RE - Judaism
PSHE - Relationships
Computing - iModel - understanding how computer models work.
In English we will be learning the story 'Billy and the Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch' (a twist on the story of The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch). This is a journey story and we will be looking at the structure of this. We are also working hard to embed the children's use of simple punctuation within their writing.
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.
We will also be practising more frequently, 'alien words'. These are words that don't make sense but are used to check the children's phonic understanding. By the end of Year 1. the children should know all of their Phase 5 sounds. Please find these attached below.
In Maths, we will continue to follow the White Rose scheme. In Term 5 will be covering Multiplication and Division, Fractions, Geometry and Place Value (up to 100).
If you wish to follow White Rose at home, you can find the Home Learning booklets which work alongside our units of work.
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 continue to be changed and sent home on a Thursday (after the 3rd read in school). They will also continue to bring home a home learning phonics practice sheet.
Useful Documents for Year 1
Useful links to support learning at home: