Summer in Ash Class

We have a term full of treats planned for the children. After half-term, rehearsals for CherryFest - our summer concert - get underway and run alongside our music curriculum. Sports Day is always a big hit, and the children are eager to impress with the upcoming DfE phonics screening check. We will be hosting 'open classrooms' which is a great opportunity for parents and carers to see the work the children have created this year. Let's have 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

 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. 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.

Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love. Children discover a letter that is about being yourself. As the story unfolds, children predict, write in role and sort inferential statements. They create and advertise carnival costumes before moving to music as the creature they’ve decided to become. Finally, children look at the features of a poem before writing their own poems based on the idea of movement, being who you want to be and using verbs in their infinitive and progressive forms. 

Maths

We will be teaching maths though White Rose Maths. 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. 

London and geographical symbols

We are excited to explore physical and human features of London, including the DLR, London Underground, Houses of Parliament and the Thames. We will also focus on how London is protected from flooding.

History

The children will learn about local influential people, including Margaret Thatcher, Winston Churchill and Keir Starmer. We will explore how the decisions made by these people impact society and the world we live in today.

Art and DT.

Tying in with our Science, Geography and History topics, children will create London skylines and cityscapes using a variety of techniques and materials. In Design and Technology, children are looking forward to creating a London monument out of recycled materials. 

Computing

Children will learn the basics of coding.

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 your 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.

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