Year 1 Class Page
Our classes are..
Class 1M and Class 1H
Mrs Midlane (Teacher), Mrs Dowson (Teaching Assistant)
Mrs Holbrow (Teacher), Mrs Grotzke (Teaching Assistant) and Miss Fox (1:1)
Our PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday. Please send your child into school wearing their PE kit. All items should be labelled.
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Term 4 Learning
Welcome back :)
Our topic this term is 'The Great Fire of London'. I wonder whether you can come up with any ideas on what you think might have happened?
We have an exciting Experience Day on the 7th March - look out for letters coming home soon.
We have also put some home learning to make a Tudor house in your child's home learning book. We cannot wait to see them.
English
Writing
Our English learning this term will be starting our topic with the book 'Vlad and the Great Fire of London' by Kate Cummingham.
We will be using this book as a stimulus when writing our own stories. We will be focusing on using capital letters at the beginning of a sentence and for a name, full stops at the end of a sentence, spaces between words so it can be read back and becoming more independent in our writing. We will also be focusing on applying all our phonemes and common exception words, we are also focusing on our presentation and handwriting, always trying to write on the line. We will also be continuing to use 'and' in all our sentences and beginning to use this to list. We are happy if the children write in print and not cursive - do what is natural to them.
Reading and Phonics
This term in Phonics we will be continuing to focus on Phase 5 phonemes which are alternative graphemes. We will be applying these in our reading and also including comprehension questions to make sure we are understanding what we are reading fully. Children will have a reading book matched to their phonics ability for you to read at home. They will also have a word box which links to the phonic sounds they need to practice. Please engage in the whole school reading challenge. We expect every child to read at home at least 5 times a week.
Click here for the slides from our Phonics parents session.
Maths
In Maths we will be learning:
- Place Value to 50
- Mass and Volume
- Multiplication and Division
Term 4 Wider Curriculum
(You can click on the subject logo to view our Pupil Organiser for that unit)
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Communication
At Wheatfield, we continue to use Tapestry to track the achievements and interests of your child.
Year 1 staff update your child's journal and we strongly encourage families to upload their own contributions.
We often upload class notices and other important information regarding just Year 1 children on our Tapestry page.
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How can you help at home?
- Listen to your child read 5x a week. Discuss the story with them and make sure you write in their reading record every time they read so that it can count towards our Reading Bug challenge!
- Practise your child's maths planets with them. There is the overview below and we can let you know what level they are on.