Welcome to Year 1B

St David Class - Miss Bannister

Autumn 2024

Miss Bannister would like to welcome you back to our class page! 

Welcome to Year 1, I hope you have had a wonderful Summer holiday with your families and are excited for this new Year back in school.

Important Information:

Key Dates:

PE                              Monday (Outdoor)    Thursday (Indoor)

Home Learning and Book Bags

Book bags will be sent home with a new reading book every Wednesday. Please ensure book bags are brought in by the following Wednesday. Home learning projects will be set each half-term linked to pupils class learning. These should be completed throughout the half-term in learning log books. Home learning will be shared in class in the final week of the half-term, (week beginning 14th October) where the children will be able to show and celebrate their home learning.

Water bottles

Water bottles should be brought into class on a Monday, these will be refill each morning. Pupils will have access to these throughout the day, they will be sent home a Friday for a wash and clean at home. 

PE Days

Our PE days will be on a Monday and Thursday.  Children should come into school wearing their PE kits on these days. 

Please ensure your child's name is in all items of clothing including their basic school uniform.

If your child's name is not on their items of clothing this makes it very difficult to locate lost items. 

If you are unsure of what your child needs for their PE kit please see our School uniform policy.

Curriculum Focus

Religion

This term we will be learning about Families and Belonging. We will learn that we all play an important role in our families and that all families are different. We will learn about how we care for our families and how we are all part of God's family over the world. We will also learn about the importance of belonging and how we feel when we think about our belonging to a group. We will also be learning about Special People, Waiting and Islam. We will explore the roles of important people in the parish family, what it means to wait for the birth of Jesus during Advent as well as learning about the Prophet Muhammad.

Literacy 

In Literacy, we will be focusing on letter formation, handwriting and sentence structure.  We will be practising using capital letters, finger spaces and full stops with independence. The children will practise these skills through a range of genres including retells, instructions and group work. We will be using texts to support our developing writing.  These will include traditional tales and stories with predictable phrases. 

Maths 

This term, we will start by doing lots of counting with our numbers up to ten. As we become confident with these numbers we will then begin counting up to twenty. We will also be challenging ourselves to solve problems involving addition and subtraction. We will learn about 2D and 3D shapes through practical and fun activities. We will move on to learning about numbers up to 20, including number bonds to make 20 and the different ways we can represent a number. 

Please help your child by practising counting and writing their numbers up to 20.

Science 

In Science, we will be learning all about materials. We will be looking at what different things are made of and why we choose these materials. Thinking about different materials properties. 

We will also be completing a science experiment! At home ask your children to identify the material different objects are made from. 

Topic 

In Topic this half term we are learning about Our Local Area in Geography. We are focusing on Our Local Area Levenshulme. We will be looking at maps, identifying where our school is and other familiar buildings or places we know and visit. The children will be able to identify key human and physical features in their local area as well as their purpose within the local area. Year 1 will understand how to read simple maps as well as create their own map and key of their local area. 

During this half term we will also be going on our first trip, A Local Area Walk, where we will walk around our local area identify different buildings, streets and places we know in Levenshulme. Year 1 will have the opportunity to develop their observation skills to apply what they see to their own maps!

PSHE

Throughout the Autumn term we will be working through our module 'Created and Loved by God '. This unit explores families and friendships and how we can be show love and kindness as a friend, brother, sister, son, daughter, etc. 

Home Learning 

Learning logs will be sent home on a Wednesday each week and must be returned to school by the following Wednesday. The children will then get the opportunity to share the work they have done with their peers and celebrate their home learning in class at the end of each half term. Weekly phonics learning will be sent home in books bag including sounds we have focused on this week and tricky words for children to practise at home. 

Reading 

Reading is an integral part of our school day. As well as a daily designated class reading time the children will access a wide range of texts throughout the day. They will have opportunities to read texts during shared teaching, as part of a small group and individually. Your child will read with an adult in school at least three times a week during a guided reading session.   

It is important that your child brings their reading book into school on Wednesdays so their books can be changed. Please encourage your child to read every day at home and make it a special time together.  

Please can you sign the reading record when you have read and discussed the book with your child. Children also need to complete the reading activities in the log book. The reading books will be changed every week. Remember little and often is the best way to develop a love for reading! 

Phonics 

We will be teaching phonics daily. The children will be learning new sounds and practising their blending and segmenting skills, which will support in their reading and writing. Towards the end of the second half term, the children will be given different spellings related to what the focus is in their group that week. The spellings will be sent home as part of their weekly homework and there will be a spelling test of these words the following week.  

For supporting any home learning relating to Phonics, Phonics Play is a fantastic website with lots of free games/resources.  

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm 

Reading Eggs 

www.reading eggs.co.uk 

Logins for Reading Eggs have been sent via ParentMail but there will be a slip of paper with your child's details for this website in their Learning Log books too.