Year 1 - Ash
Welcome to Year 1 - Ash Class
Teacher - Mrs Griggs
LSA - Miss Hodgson and Miss Kettle
Ash class is a nurturing and creative year 1 environment which immerses children in their learning and promotes diversity and inclusion. The school rules of 'be safe, be ready, be respectful' are threaded through the school day so that children learn to value each other, help each other to be resilient and become independent in their learning. The children are challenged and supported to develop a growth mindset, with endless opportunities to show off their best selves. Children in year one love to learn, love to read and love to create. Look out for regular photos and updates on Dojo. You can also message me on Dojo at any time, and I will respond at my earliest convenience.
Things to remember:
| Daily | Reading books and reading records should be brought into school daily please. When reading with your child at home, please comment/ sign their reading record. |
| Daily | Water bottle - filled with water only. |
Wednesday | Homework to be returned on Wednesday. |
| Thursday | PE every Thursday. Please remember to remove any earrings. PE kits - please label PE kits as they will be left at school and returned home at the end of every half term. |
| Friday | Spelling test Homework to be sent home. New spellings and spellings book to be sent home. New reading book to be sent home. New 'reading for pleasure' book to be sent home. This is often a book for the adults at home to read to your child. |
Summer in Ash Class
We have a summer full of treats planned for the children. We will be visiting the zoo and have some very special guests due to come and see us. The children are keen to delve into their learning. Let's take a look at the fun the children will be having this term.
Reading/Phonics/Spellings:
All children will read daily. As part of our reading curriculum we follow 'Little Wandle'. The children have daily phonics session and guided reading sessions every morning. The children are grouped based on their phonic ability.
Spellings are given every Friday for children to practise at home.
You may wish support your child with learning to spell common exception words.
English
Lost and Found
This charming story tells the adventures of a boy who has lost his penguin. Through the sequence of learning, children will write their own ‘found’ tags for other animals which turn up in the classroom, re-tell the story in their own words and write a sequence of instructions using consistent tense, detailed diagrams and numbers or words indicating chronological order. To finish, children will write their own version of a ‘lost and found’ story.
Pig the Pug
Learning through Pig the Pug by Aaron Blabey, children have the opportunity to explore character motives and feelings before researching a selection of animals and going on to write an own-version narrative. They are then asked by a character for some help in writing a ‘How to be a …’ guide and create this for a chosen pet. The sequence includes regular opportunities for use of phonic knowledge and also embeds some of the spelling requirements for year 1. It supports the children into writing for a range of audiences and purposes, developing
skills in composition, understanding of a range of punctuation and use of nouns and prepositions to construct a range of sentences and convey meaning.
Piggy Peck Architect
Towards the end of summer we will be reading Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty. In this sequence of lessons, children will have many opportunities to develop a love of different kinds of buildings and learn some of the key connected vocabulary. Children will enjoy using different materials to create their own towers and use a range of adjectives, superlatives (-est suffix) and comparatives (-er suffix) to describe and compare structures. As the sequence of learning progresses, children will describe Iggy’s character and make comparisons with Miss Lila Greer’s character, using conjunctions. Children will use graph paper to draw their dream home, label this using phoneme frames, and write sentences to describe their drawing. Children will go on to create posters using different sentence types to advertise an architectural drawing competition across the school – The Iggy Peck Dream Home Awards. They will consolidate their learning by creating a fact file about different buildings to go around the school to support others with ideas. Finally, children will write out letters or certificates, explaining why they liked the different drawings submitted, and hand them out to those who entered.
Maths
We will be teaching maths though White Rose. This is a research-based scheme of learning, consistent with the aims and objectives of the National Curriculum, that is designed to support a mastery approach to teaching and learning. We will be covering the following topics this half term:
multiplication and division
fractions
geometry
time
Science
This project teaches children 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.
Geography
Seasonal change
This project teaches children about their own school and locality, both today and in the past. They compare schooling in the Victorian era to their experiences today.
Art
Street view
This project teaches 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.
Computing
Children will use Beebots to modify, and create programs. Learners will also be introduced to the early stages of program design through the introduction of algorithms.
How can I help my child in year 1?
Talking, listening and reading:
We encourage parents to read with their children daily. Local libraries are a fun environment for children to explore books and foster a real love of reading. Comprehension is an important part of reading. This can be developed through asking questions such as 'What do you predict will happen next?' and 'How do you think the character might be feeling?'. This will help bring the book to life!
Please support your children with their homework. Mrs Griggs will be on hand to guide you where necessary.
Writing
Encourage your child to write at home. They may wish to keep a diary, or help with shopping lists.
You can support you child with games on the Letter-join website.
Letter-join whole school handwriting scheme
Maths:
Please practise counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. This can be a fun game on the way to school, in the supermarket or wherever you can squeeze it in!
NumBots is an online game and playing little and often will significantly improve your child’s recall and understanding of number bonds and addition and subtraction facts. These are critical foundations in maths so we are excited by the impact NumBots will have.
Children will also have fun with music, religious education, PSHE and design technology.
Children in year 1 have a real love for learning. Ask them about some of these projects! Children have bounced into school this term full of enthusiasm for learning and they are very excited to share their learning journeys with you.
KS1 and EYFS children are invited to Festival club with Mrs Griggs on a Thursday after school. This is a fantastic opportunity for children to explore festivals from around the world. Please contact the school office if you wish to sign your child up.