The summer term is upon us, we’re all so excited to back in school and for life to be feeling a little more normal. Our topic this term is ‘The Seaside’. The children will be learning about how holiday’s to the seaside have changed within living memory, locating seaside towns using maps and atlas’ and finding physical and human features. We will also be using fiction and non-fiction texts related to the seaside.

Once the pool is opened up the children will be out swimming, they will also be doing athletics and batting and fielding. We will also be doing lots of lessons outside to make the most of the (hopefully) good weather.

Useful Information for Year 1
Staff working in Year 1 are:
Mrs Ward (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday)
Mrs Brooks (Thursday and Friday)

Our writing non-negotiables for every lesson are:

• Correct posture is in evidence when sitting down to write.

• Finger spaces are evident between words.

• Capital letters are used for names and the personal pronoun ‘I’.

• Capital letters are used at the start of sentences and full stops at the end.

You can help your child by doing the activities below:

Spend at least 5 minutes every day working on counting on and back in steps of 2, 5, and 10 from any number.

Learn your number bonds to 10 e.g. 5+3=8, 5+5=10 etc…

Read at least 3 times a week with an adult and discuss the text.

Practice spelling and reading the tricky words phases 2-5.

Practice reading and writing your phonics.

(Tricky words and phonics are on the resources section of Google classroom Year 1.)

Year 1 grammar guide for parents.pptx

Spelling Guide for parents

Reading at Long Crendon School