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 and Wednesday. Children should come to school wearing their p.e kit on these days. For the colder months it is recommended children wear joggers and a p.e jumper.
Reading books will be changed on a Wednesday and Library books will be changed on a Friday.
Parent Reading sessions will be on Fridays this term. Please come and join us in Year 1 between 8:40 and 9 to read with your child.
Forest school sessions will continue to take place every other Monday. The dates this term are: Monday 13th January, 27th January and 10th February 13th January, 27th January and 10th February. 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 3 and 4 is Bright lights, Big City. This Geography project, which teaches children about the physical and human characteristics of the United Kingdom, including a detailed exploration of the characteristics and features of the capital city, London.
During the term we will read and explore a range of books including our class story the ‘Lost and Found’.
The topic will also flow through our wider curriculum as we explore:
In English, we will be learning our finding tale. ‘Lost and Found’ where we will focus on character.
In DT project this term is ‘Taxi!’ This project teaches children about wheels, axles and chassis and how they work together to make a vehicle move.
In Science we will learning about ‘Seasonal Changes’. This project leads on from our school trip in November where we started to look at seasonal changes. Children will learn about the seasons, seasonal changes and typical seasonal weather and events. They learn about measuring the weather and the role of a meteorologist. Children begin to learn about the science of day and night and recognise that the seasons have varying day lengths in the UK.
In Maths, we will continue to follow the White Rose scheme. In Term 3 we will be covering the following areas.
Measure
Place Value
Addition and subtraction
Capacity and volume
Geometry
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 Friday. Children will also continue to bring home a home learning phonics practice sheet. These are also attached below (Spring 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.