Year 1 Autumn 2 Curriculum Letter

 

                                9th November 2021

Dear Parents and Carers,

Year One - Autumn 2 Curriculum Newsletter

Welcome back, we hope you have had a wonderful and well-deserved rest this half term! We are so excited to have the children back ready to start the new half term. This term Beech class will be taking part in Forest School on Tuesdays. Please ensure that children have long-sleeved tops or jumpers and jogging bottoms or leggings. 

We hope you find this curriculum letter informative. Please do not hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher by email if you have any questions regarding Year One. (year1@broadford.havering.sch.uk)

Outdoors Resources

We are kindly asking for donations for our Mud Kitchen.

If you have any plastic or metal bowls, plates, cups, teapots, trays, saucepans, pots or other kitchen utensils you would like to donate.

Thank you.

Homework:

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

·         15 minutes reading to an adult and note in the reading record

·         15 minutes practising spellings

·         rehearsing times tables facts (2x, 5x and 10x tables)

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 practice 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.

 

Experiences and important dates

Further information with regards to dates and times for December activities will be posted closer to the time.

Charity Dates 

We are committed to teaching our pupils that they have a social responsibility to help others who are not as fortunate as themselves. We will be raising money for Children In Need and Save the Children on the following dates. 

Friday 19th November - Children In Need. Pupils can come to school on this day wearing something spotty, yellow or wearing bear ears/accessories. We suggest a voluntary contribution of £1 per family.

Friday 10th December - Christmas Jumper Day. Pupils can wear their favourite Christmas jumpers and festive headwear for a suggested donation of £1 per family.   

We will send further information nearer to the above dates. 

Curriculum Information

We have included a summary of the topics which the children will be covering this half 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 get in touch through our Year One email . We welcome any suggestions you may have.

Yours Sincerely,

 The Year One Team

Autumn 1
	2nd Half Term
Focus Text	Pattan’s Pumpkin and The Jolly Postman
Literacy	Children will be using the focus text to develop their literacy skills.  Some skills we will focus on this half term will be: Writing: Instructions and letters   Role play Description of settings.  SPAG: Expand noun phrases to describe and specify;   use past and present tense correctly and consistently;  use simple conjunctions, and , because Capital letters, full stops, question marks, spaces. Use of capital letters people, places , personal pronoun, days of the week Using phonic knowledge to identify the sounds in unfamiliar words
	Reading- phonics Children‌ ‌have been 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 ‌sounds‌ ‌and‌ ‌Set‌ ‌2 ‌in‌ ‌class.‌ ‌Please‌ ‌practice‌ ‌reading‌ ‌regularly‌ ‌with‌ ‌your‌ ‌child,‌ ‌this‌ ‌will‌ ‌help‌ ‌them‌ ‌to‌ ‌access‌ ‌the‌ ‌whole‌ ‌curriculum.‌    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: Place value to 20 Number: Addition and subtraction  Geometry: Shape
	Please practice the times tables daily with your children. Useful websites: https://login.mathletics.com/ https://ttrockstars.com/ You may already have personal log in details for these websites from Reception. Please contact us at year1’broadford.havering.sch.uk if you need login details.
ICT	Programming
Science	Animals including humans and senses.
History/ Geography	Topic: Comparison of our local area and India.
P.E	Tactics: Defending and Attacking
	Year One’s PE day and Forest School will be on TUESDAYS. Forest School: Beech Class 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
Music	Rhythm in the Way We Walk. Choir Singing
Art/ Design and Technology	Exploring Colour Seasonal Wreaths
PSHE/R.E	Celebrating Difference What festivals do different religions celebrate?