Walnut - Year 1
Welcome to Year 1
Walnut Class
Meet The Team
The Year 1 teacher is Mrs Salt
Our Class TA's are
Mrs O'Malley Monday - Wednesday
Mrs Porter Thursday & Friday
Important Information
PE - Autumn Term
Tuesday & Thursday
Please ensure you come to school in your P.E kit on these days.
Forest School and Music
Alternate Tuesdays - Commencing Tuesday 16th September
Waterproof and Wellies are needed for Forest School.
Please ensure all items are named.
Kits should stay in school
and will be returned for washing at the end of term.
Reading & Library Books
Children will take part in a variety of reading practises throughout the week that include;
daily phonics lessons, timetabled class reading sessions
and individual 1:1 sessions with the teacher or TA.
Our regular book change day is Wednesday.
Please return their named envelopes containing reading & library books on this day.
Books will be updated and returned on Thursday.
Two new Bug Club reading books will be issued each week and your child's own choice of library book.
Please ensure you have ticked or commented in the reading records to let us know books need changing.
Regular reading practise is vital to help the children retain the individual sounds taught in class, to build their confidence to blend sounds together and to develop fluency as they read sentences.
Your help with this will be key to their success.
Online Access to Bug Club
Please remember to access your child's online Bug Club Account.
Additional books, videos of the phonemes and actions, as well interactive games specific to your child's reading level are available to further consolidate and enhance your child's reading confidence.
Whilst learning, children can accumulate points for their efforts and can choose to spend them in the online tree house, the pit stop or sticker factory. (This sometimes proves an added incentive for those reluctant readers.)
User names and passwords have been placed in the front of your child's reading record.
We would love to welcome in parent helpers with a little spare time
who are interested in listening to readers in class.
Please speak to Mrs Salt if you can help.
Curriculum Information
Autumn Term
'A toy Story'
English
In Phonics, we will be consolidating the children's knowledge of the Phase 3 & 4 sounds and words within the Bug Club phonics programme before moving on to the alternate graphemes in Phase 5.
The children will be looking at alternate ways of spelling the sounds they have already been taught.
We will be using the story of 'Dogger' and 'Out & About' by Shirley Hughes to form a basis of inspiration for our reading and writing projects.
Maths
In maths we use the 'White Rose maths' scheme to fully develop the children's understanding of number and shape using a CPA (Concrete, Pictorial, Abstract) approach. We will be looking more closely at numbers to ten to ensure the children have a complete understanding on how these numbers are represented and how they link together.
We plan to ensure each child has a strong foundation of these numbers on which they can build their mathematical knowledge. We will learn place value to 10 and how to solve number problems, and will experiment with using a range of mathematical equipment to help with this including; number tracks, number lines, part/whole models, tens frames and counters, rekenreks and bar models.
We will also be taking part in regular 'NCETM Mastering Number' sessions including the characters from 'Numberblocks' - the children will be very familiar with these from Foundation stage.
Humanities - History
Toys through time
We will be looking at toys from the Victorian age to the present day
and will identify how and why they have changed over time.
Science - The Human Body
We will be finding out more about the human body, naming body parts and investigating how our senses work.
We will also start an investigation into seasonal changes and what to expect in Autumn.
Art & Design
We will be investigating lines and shapes, using control and pressure to alter our marks and exploring how shapes can be used for portrait drawing.
PE
In PE this term, we will be learning how to control and move our body in Gymnastics.
In the second session of the week, we will learning ball control in our 'Hit Run & Catch' module.
PSHE
Personal, Social, Health & Economics
We use the 'Jjigsaw' scheme of work and will be focussing on ourselves as we discuss 'Being me in My World'.
RE
In RE we will be discussing world views, listening to different creation stories, recognising how people have different beliefs and expressing our own thoughts and ideas.
Computing
We will teach how to use technology safely and respectfully, how to keep yourself safe and where to go for help.
Music
This will be taught by our music specialist Mr Lee on alternate Tuesday mornings.
The children will look at different genres of music, identify the rhythm within music and the notes that represent them.
Parent Partnership
We are always happy to discuss anything with parents and carers to help to support children in learning or to provide pastoral support. If you would like to meet, please contact the office to arrange this.
A full curriculum overview that provides more detailed objectives for each subject
is available below.
Just click on the PDF link.
Year 1 Curriculum Overview
Useful learning resources for parents for English and Maths
Bug Club Sounds and Actions
In their phonics lessons, the children are taught the letter sounds along with a matching action. This helps many children remember the individual letters or combination of letters more readily. It is important that the children use the 'pure' sound as they read each letter, this will ensure the words makes sense when blended back together. Phases 2, 3 & 4 are taught in Foundation and phase 5 in Year 1.
(Please note there are no new sounds taught in Phase 4.)
Bug Club Phonics Sound Board
Click on the link below to watch a video of the sounds and actions as they taught in each phase.
Phase 2
https://mediaplayer.pearsoncmg.com/assets/bcpafsp2
Phase 3
https://mediaplayer.pearsoncmg.com/assets/bcpafsp3
Phase 5 (Set A)
https://mediaplayer.pearsoncmg.com/assets/bcpafsp5a
Phase 5 (Set B)
https://mediaplayer.pearsoncmg.com/assets/bcpafs5