Year 1 Summer 2 Curriculum Letter

                          7th June  2022

Dear Parents and Carers,

Year One - Curriculum Newsletter

Welcome back and we hope you have had a wonderful break. We hope you find this letter informative. Please do not hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher if you have any questions relating to the curriculum @ year1@broadford.havering.sch.uk

Homework:

Our expectation at Broadford is that every child should do the following every night:

• 15 minutes reading to themselves or an adult and note in the reading record

• 15 minutes practicing spellings

• 15 minutes rehearsing times tables facts (including multiplication and division)

• If children would like to attempt an additional challenge, we have our weekly math challenge which can be found in the Year 1/2 blog page. 

Spellings:

The children will receive spellings each Monday in a red exercise book. These words will usually be either ‘red words’ (words that cannot be sounded out) or ‘high frequency words’ (words that they will use in the writing frequently). Please practise these spellings with your child each night. 

Please ensure that your child brings their red spelling book to school every Friday. They will complete their test in the book as this allows you to see their results. We will then send new spellings home in the book each Monday.

105 Reading Books Year 1

Please ensure you complete your child’s tracker and return to their class teacher. New copies of the tracker have been sent home. Please request a new tracker if needed. year1@broadford.havering.sch.uk

Trips, Visits & Diary Dates  **IMPORTANT FORMS TO BE COMPLETED BELOW**

Library Visit Wednesday 22nd June 2022

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We are delighted to inform you that Year 1 will be visiting Harold Hill Library on Wednesday 22nd June 2022. The children will have the opportunity to meet with our local librarian and take part in a story session. Each class will be walking to and from Broadford to the library at different times during the day.

Each session will last for 1hour and additional time has been added for walking to and from the library. Children are required to wear school uniform; please ensure that all children wear appropriate footwear and have a waterproof coat.

Apricot Class - 8:50-10:30am
Beech Class - 10:00-11:45am
Walnut Class - 12:45-2:30pm

Thursday 7th July 2022

Please click here Barleylands Parent and Consent Form

We are delighted to inform you that a trip to Barleylands has been booked for our Year 1 pupils. We will be starting an exciting new topic called ‘Scrum-diddly-umptious!’. As part of this topic, they will be visiting Barleylands and taking part in a workshop called ‘From field to fork’ on Thursday 7th July 2022.

Year 1

• Wednesday 8th June - Opal Stay and Play Session - 2pm All parents and carers invited to attend 

• Thursday 16th June 2022          Year 1 Skipping Workshop (Broadford Primary School)

• Wednesday 22nd June 2022   Year 1 Library Visit (Harold Hill Library)

• Thursday 7th July 2022             Field to Fork Experience Day (Barleylands)

Whole School Dates - Year 1 

• Thursday 9th June - Class Photograph Day

• Friday 10th June - NSPCC Childhood Day - Wear Green

• Monday 20th June - Fluoride Day - Year 1

• Monday 4th July - Year 1 &2 Sports Day Afternoon

• Thursday 14th July - Go Bonkers Day

• Thursday 21st July - Last Day of Term 

Curriculum Information

• We have included a summary of the topics which the children will be covering this term. If you would like to make any suggestions of what you or your child would like to learn in relation to the topics taught, please email us at year1@broadford.havering.sch.uk.

Yours sincerely,

   Mrs Gradley                                   Mrs Fayefunmi               Miss Myers

    Beech Class Teacher                                  Walnut Class Teacher                                      Apricot Class Teacher    

    Year One Leader      

Summer
	2nd Half Term
Focus Text	The Jolly Postman
Literacy	Children will be using the focus text; The Jolly Postman, to develop important writing skills. Some skills we will focus on this half term will be: Using phonic knowledge to identify the sounds in unfamiliar words Begin to use full stops and capital letters correctly  Read their writing out loud Writing persuasive letters and instructions Punctuation:  Expand noun phrases , past and present tense correctly and consistently used;   Use simple conjunctions, and , because Spelling: Year 1 Common Exception Words Spelling in Year 1
	Reading- phonics Children‌ ‌will‌ ‌be‌ ‌assessed‌ ‌and‌ ‌grouped‌ ‌across‌ ‌the‌ ‌year‌ ‌group‌ ‌according‌ ‌to‌ ‌their‌ ‌needs for the teaching of Read, Write, Inc our phonics scheme.‌ ‌It‌ ‌is‌ ‌really‌ ‌important‌ ‌children‌ ‌have‌ ‌a‌ ‌good‌ ‌phonic‌ ‌knowledge‌ ‌ and‌ ‌learn‌ ‌to‌ ‌be‌ ‌fluent‌ ‌readers‌ ‌this‌ ‌half‌ ‌term.‌ ‌We‌ ‌ will‌ ‌revise‌ ‌Set‌ 1 , ‌Set‌ ‌2 and Set 3‌ sounds in‌ ‌class.‌ ‌Please‌ ‌practice‌ ‌reading‌ ‌regularly‌ ‌with‌ ‌your‌ ‌child,‌ ‌this‌ ‌will‌ ‌help‌ ‌them‌ ‌to‌ ‌access‌ ‌the‌ ‌whole‌ ‌curriculum.‌ We will update our weekly learning blog with links to our phonic scheme for you to practice at home with your child.   https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources This is a good website with a variety of games to practice phonics skills. If you want more information on the best level to start with your child.
Numeracy	Number: Multiplication & Division Number: Fractions Geometry: Position & Direction Number: Place Value with 100 Measurement: Time Measurement: Money
	Please practise the times tables daily with your children. Useful websites: https://login.mathletics.com/ https://ttrockstars.com/ Please contact the Year 1 team @ Year1@broadford.havering.sch.uk if you require your child’s login details.
ICT	Data handling
Science	Plants Seasons
History/ Geography	Topic: History Homes Within Living Memory
P.E	Athletics, track and field Strike and Field games
	Year One’s PE day and Forest School will be on TUESDAYS. PE sessions will take place outside. Please ensure your child comes to school wearing their PE kit. They will then stay in their kit for the full day.  Their kit should consist of the following: Navy jogging bottoms(or shorts dependent on weather) White t-shirt School jumper Trainers This term Beech class will be attending Forest School. Tracksuit bottoms or leggings
Music	Reflect, Rewind and Replay
Art/ Design and Technology	DT: Food Technology - Healthy Snacks & Baking Cakes
RSE/PSHCE RE	Zones of Regulation Changing Me Who are Muslims and what do they believe?

                             

Year 1 The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations Week

 

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Week

This week we have been celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. We have had a brilliant time learning about HRH Queen Elizabeth II.

History

The children completed a timeline of the Queen’s reign and important dates throughout her life.

Literacy

Apricot Class Poem

Beech Class Poem

Walnut Class Poem

In Year 1, as part of our poetry unit we have been learning about rhyme and rhythm and using the works of Dr. Seuss to find rhyming words in poems. The children worked collaboratively to find the rhyming words. In addition, the children then created their own acrostic poem which they performed.

Music through the Decades.

Click here to watch.

The children loved performing the ChaCha Slide as a team. They have worked incredibly hard this term learning about direction and position. The ChaCha Slide song has been a great way to incorporate fitness, fun and learning the directions, left, right, forwards and backwards too!

Sofia: “I love the ChaCha slide song.”

Ivan: “ If you hold your hands up you can see a L and that’s your left hand.” 

Jubilee Tea Party

As part of our work on fractions. The children were able to create their own afternoon tea sandwiches and scones and then cut their sandwiches into halves and quarters. 

Apricot Class

Beech Class

Rio: “ I made quarters with my sandwich.” 

Walnut Class

Broadford Jubilee Fun

Year 1 had a great time building castles, making dens and completing a royal scavenger hunt. Afterwards the children were rewarded with a party after their hard work.

Queen Elizabeth Books

We hope you enjoy reading through the new books which each child in Year 1 has been given. What a fantastic way to remember such a special time in our history. 

 

Summer 1 Best Bits…

Opal

The children have been really enjoying their exploring and learning time in the outside area. It has been a great way of working together as a team to build castles in the sand and making their own dens and tents.

Literacy

This half term the children have loved learning about how we can help our world. They have written letters to Ms Nicholls informing her of all the work they have done at home and school, created posters and information leaflets too!

RWI Virtual School

Split Digraph RWI

Phonics Screening Test

Phonics Screening Books

The children have continued to enjoy reading the real and alien words. The Year 1 Phonics Check Week begins in June after half term. Please see below some additional resources which can be used at home.

Set 1 2 3 Sounds

2019 Screening Test Information 

Maths

This half term, we have focussed on measuring and positions. Webeen practising how to tell the time to o’ clock and half past the hour. We have been measuring time and answering reasoning questions too. Helping your child tell the time is a great way to help with their learning at home. 

Topmarks - Telling the Time Games

Daily 10 - Maths

What an amazing half term the children have had. We wish you a fabulous and hopefully sunny half term break and look forward to the children returning on Tuesday 7th June 2022.

Year 1 & 2 Platinum Jubilee Celebration Week commencing Monday 23rd May

 

Lovely Jubilee! Celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee ♛

During the week beginning 23rd May, pupils will be taking part in lots of exciting activities to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee!  

Each year group will focus on a decade of the Queen's reign and explore some areas of life in that given decade.  Please see below for a schedule for the week (subject to change).  

There will be a red, white and blue dress up day on Thursday 26th Mayalong with a special Jubilee menu.  On Friday 27th May, all pupils are invited to a Party in the Playground.  There will be music, food and games.  Fingers crossed the rain holds off!

Year Group	Decade	Planned Activities
Nursery	2020s	Crown, flag, bunting and jewellery making. Read The Queen’s Hat and What the Ladybird Heard Learn ‘Sing a song of sixpence’ and ‘London Bridge’. Perform ‘Baby Shark’
Reception	2010s	Write letters to the Queen. Design and make pinwheels, crowns, bunting and paper chains. Create a time capsule of memories. Bake scones for Afternoon Tea. Perform Song (Can’t stop the feeling - Justin Timberlake)
Year 1	2000s	Make bunting Create portraits, collages, flags and crowns. Write party invitation Design Portraits of the Queen Practise and perform the Cha Cha Slide.
Year 2	1990s	Explore the Royal family tree Design and make hats, flags and bunting. Create a 90s fact file. Practise and perform a song (mmm bop by Hanson)
Year 3	1980s	Create portraits of the Queen & her Corgis Learn about commonwealth countries where the Queen is head of state Design an 80s inspired outfit Create a Platinum Jubilee inspired sandwich. Design a game to be played at garden party Practise and perform a song from the 80s.
Year 4	1970s	Make 70s party food (cheese twists). Learn about inventions through the 70s Sing, perform and dance Dancing Queen by ABBA Create a fact file for the 70s Design and make party crafts (crowns, bunting)
Year 5	1960s	Create pop art of the Queen Play games in the park Design a ‘blow football’ game (linked to the 1966 World Cup) Practise and perform a song from the 1960s
Year 6	1950s	Create a presentation about the Queen and Jubilee Design a 1950s outfit Research and create a fact file about an aspect of the 1950s Make bunting and sandwiches for the party Perform ‘The Stroll’ by The Diamonds.