Welcome to Year 1
Miss Crabtree, Miss Lennon and Miss Farley would like to welcome you back to our Summer Term after your Easter break. We hope you are relaxed, feeling energised and ready for all the new and exciting learning we have planned for this term. We have lots of amazing lessons and topics planned and we are excited to get started!
A polite reminder to all parents to please continue to read with your child every night, it supports their learning in class and has a huge impact on their learning. We have our PSC coming up very soon, so all the extra practice of reading and completing the homework sheets will help so much. Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to the following term together.
English
Our English topic will be focused around the book ‘Whatever Next’. Children will be looking at and exploring recounts and children will enjoy travelling to space through storytelling. Children will continue using and applying their phonics knowledge when writing sentences. There will also be huge focus on phonics throughout this half term, practicing sounds, nonsense words (alien words) and reading longer words too in preparation for the Phonics Screening Check in June.
Phonics
We are following the RWI scheme, which is having a fantastic impact on children’s progress. On top of their English lesson each day, they all take part in a full RWI lesson. Children are placed in small groups specific to their needs and ability, this allows them to apply their phonic skills on a daily basis and review sounds repeatedly every day. Children are also supported throughout the day and are given opportunities to take part in 1-1 phonic tutoring sessions, which enables them to work specifically on areas that they need to focus on.
We really appreciate your continued support as reading and practising phonics at home has a significant impact on your child’s progress. Ruth Miskin offers a variety of phonic videos online that you are able to watch at home:
Maths
During this half term we will finish our topic of money and then we will be concentrating on geometry and measurement. We will first explore 2D and 3D shapes focusing on their properties and where they can be found in the environment. We will then move onto measurement, weight and capacity. Children will explore both standard and non-standard measure and use a variety of concrete manipulatives and resources. Children will then apply their understanding in a variety of problem solving and reasoning tasks.
Science
During science this half term we will be looking at different materials. We will explore different materials and their properties; such as transparency, strength, waterproof. We will be testing and identifying the different materials suitable to build a rocket and make a space suit.
History
This half term children will be exploring significant figures. We will look at Neil Armstrong and the Wright brothers whilst comparing the effect the Wright Brothers had on Neil Armstrong and the impact their invention has made on the world today.
R.E
During this half term children will continue learning about different religions with the focus on Hinduism. Children will explore what Hindu’s celebrate, their sacred text and their special festivals they celebrate.
Art
We will be exploring the work of Andy Warhol this half term in Art and will create our own piece of Pop Art. We will enjoy researching Andy Warhol and learn about the techniques and equipment needed to create a piece of artwork using his style of work.
P.E
In P.E we will be developing our Invasion Games skills. We will be practicing our throwing; aiming for targets, learning to play as a team and how to use tactics to help us succeed in team games.
Computing
During this half term, we will be further developing our skills on computers. We will be exploring the topic of Digital Painting and we will be using the paint app to develop our understanding of a range of tools used for digital painting before creating our own pieces of digital art.
Music
We will continue to use Charanga for our music lessons. This half-terms theme is ‘Your Imagination’.
Year 1 History Knowledge Organiser Summer 1
Year 1 Home School Sheet Summer 1