Tuesday, 26 April 2022

Year 1 Summer 1 Curriculum Letter

                         25th April 2022



Dear Parents and Carers,


Year One - Curriculum Newsletter


Welcome back and we hope you have had a wonderful  Easter  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 or suggestions.


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

  • We will be visiting Barleylands for our ‘Field to Fork’ Experience on Thursday 7th July 2022. Further information to be sent closer to the date.


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 

 

1st Half Term

Focus Text 

10 Things I Can Do to Help My World

Literacy

Children will be using the focus text;  10 Things I can Do to Help My World 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 Fact Files, Performance Poetry and Report Writing

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

Computer Programming



Science

Everyday Materials

Seasons

History/ Geography

Topic: Geography

Our School Local Study


 

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

Your Imagination

Art/ Design and Technology

DT: Textiles- Templates and Joining Techniques

RSE/PSHCE



RE

Zones of Regulation

Relationships


In What Ways is a Church Important to Believers?

                             


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