Welcome to Year One with Mrs Shoesmith
Welcome to Class 4, Year One!
We hope you have had a lovely break. Below you will find all the information regarding what we will be learning in Summer Term One. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Dates for your diary
Monday 4th May - Bank Holiday - school closed for staff and children.
Monday 11th May - Pop up swimming pool here this week.
Friday 22nd May - Last day of term - school will close at 3.30pm.
In English, our focus text is Rapunzel: A Rebel Fairy Tale by Bethan Woollvin. The children will explore traditional tales and retell the story using nouns, adjectives and verbs, helping them to understand how these word types make their writing more interesting and detailed. We will also learn how to write postcards and practise sounding out words to support spelling. The children will continue to work on using capital letters and full stops, as well as beginning to use words ending in -ing and -ed in their writing. They will be encouraged to develop their own ideas and share them with the rest of the class
In Maths children are focusing on developing a strong understanding of numbers and their composition. They will explore the composition of numbers 11 to 19, learning how these numbers are made up of tens and ones, which helps build a foundation for addition and subtraction. Children will also work with numbers 0 to 20 in a variety of contexts, applying their knowledge in practical and problem-solving situations. Additionally, they will engage in activities involving money, including recognising coins and counting in 2s, 5s, and 10s, which supports both their understanding of place value and early multiplication skills.
In Phonics, we will continue to use Little Wandle, as well as having our guided reading sessions.
In Reading, your child will be read with three times a week. They will focus on decoding, prosody and comprehension. Your child's reading book is matched appropriately to their phonics level.
Please aim to read with your child three times a week. This will support fluency, comprehension and expression.
In Handwriting, we will be looking at the correct formation of our letters and numbers. We will also be making our hand muscles nice and strong with our fine motor activities.
For this half term, our PE lessons will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please make sure your child has their PE kit in school so they can get changed, as this helps to support their independence with dressing.
Please see our Summer One Curriculum map which has all the information about what we will be learning this term.
Your child’s well-being and education are very important to me. If you would like to talk, please come and see me at the end of the school day or send me an email.:
cshoesmith@thewilmslowacademy.co.uk
Please check on our class page for updates
How you can help:
Please encourage your child to read their Collins E-book three times a week at home as well as completing their homework (which will be sent out after October half term). New log-ins and passwords will be provided for the Collins Hub on the welcome meeting on the 8th September and in the back of children's reading diaries. For a parent user guide to the Collins Hub click here.
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