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Year 1 Autumn 2 Curriculum Newsletter 01.11.22

   1st November 2022

Dear Parents and Carers,

Year One - Autumn 2 Curriculum Newsletter

Welcome back, we hope you have had a wonderful half term break! 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 Tuesday. Walnut and Apricot Class will be taking part in PE. Please ensure that children have long-sleeved tops or jumpers and jogging bottoms or leggings for both Forest School and PE.

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)

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 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

Tuesday 15th November 2022: Year 1 Stay and Learn Reading 2:15pm

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 at, year1@broadford.havering.sch.uk .

We welcome any suggestions you may have.

Thank you for your continued support, 

 The Year One Team

Year 1 Autumn 2
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, describing settings and role play. SPAG: Expand noun phrases to describe and specify; use past and present tense correctly and consistently; use simple conjunctions, and, because. Us of capital letters, full stops, question marks, spaces. Using phonic knowledge to identify the sounds in unfamiliar words
Reading - Phonics	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: Addition and subtraction  Geometry: Shape  Please practice the times tables daily with your children. Useful websites: https://login.mathletics.com/ https://ttrockstars.com/ Please email us at year1@broadford.havering.sch.uk if you need your child’s login.
Computing	Creating Media: Digital Painting
Science	Animals including Humans  Human Body & Senses
Geography	Comparison of our local area and India.
PE Walnut & Apricot Class (PE will be every other week - dates to be confirmed for each class this week)	Year One’s PE day and Forest School will be on TUESDAYS. Walnut and Apricot Class: PE PE sessions will take place outside. Please ensure your child comes to school with 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
Forest School	Year One’s PE day and Forest School will be on TUESDAYS. Beech Class: Forest School Navy jogging bottoms or leggings Long sleeved t-shirt/top jumper Children are invited to bring their own wellies into school for the 5-week block session. Waterproofs can be brought to school. (We have waterproofs if your child does not own any)
Music	Rhythm in the Way We Walk
Art	Sculptures
RSE/RE	Celebrating Difference What Festivals do Different Religions Celebrate?

Year 1 Beech Class Forest School Tuesdays

 

Beech class will begin their first block of 5 Forest School sessions on Tuesday 1st November.

This is a polite reminder to send your child to school with tracksuit trousers, a polo shirt, a jumper or cardigan and a warm coat to change into on Tuesdays.  If possible, they also need to bring some welly boots.  If they have their own waterproof trousers and jacket or all-in-one suit, they are welcome to bring this to wear.

Please see the recent letter about Forest School to find out further information about the activities that will take place during these sessions. 

Best wishes

The Year One Team

Year 2 Learning- Week 8

            

                                   

  We have been very busy in Year 2 this week, here are some of the  highlights of our week!  

Literacy

This week in literacy our grammar focus was letter formation and uplevelling sentences. We thought about ways we can change sentences to make them sound exciting. This week we have also learnt about book reviews. We wrote a book review about Egg Box Dragon. We rated the book, spoke about our favourite parts and drew our favourite scenes. 

Maths

This week was our last week learning about Place Value. We showed all we have learnt this term. This included estimating on a number line, completing number tracks, writing numbers in numerals and completing number sentences. We have been amazing with our resilience while learning Place Value. All the teachers are so proud!

PSHE

This week we have learnt about kindness and respect. Kindness is the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. Respect is regard for the feelings, wishes, or rights of others. We looked at a range of scenarios and decided if the person was showing kindness, respect or neither. We then completed a worksheet on ways we can show kindness and respect and ways that are not showing kindness and respect. It is cool to be kind!

Black History Month

This week as part of Black History Month we have taken part in art and learned African themed dances. We learnt about Alma Thomas who was an African-American artist and teacher who lived and worked in Washington D.C and is now recognised as a major American painter of the 20th century. Thomas is best known for the "exuberant", colourful, abstract paintings. We used bright coloured paper to create circular designs. We created patterns and our art work looked fabulous!

Happy Diwali!

This week we celebrated Diwali as a whole school.  Diwali also known as the Festival of Lights is a Hindu religious festival and one of the most important festivals within Hinduism.The children came dressed in their brightest coloured clothes and participated in a range of activities including making Rangoli patterns, completing Mendi hands and learning the story of Rama and Sita - Listen here. Happy Diwali from Year 2!

Well done Year 2 on a fabulous first half term. Enjoy a well deserved break, we can't wait to see you back at school! 

Year 1 in Action October 2022

 

Year 1 in Action October 1

We have been working super hard in the continuous provision this month. The children have enjoyed working together to design their own race courses using the track equipment. The children found the pieces they needed to extend their track and began taking turns racing each other. 

Others have been challenging themselves in the math area and using hundred squares to practise writing numbers from 1-100. Afterwards the children counted in hundreds using the hundred square to support them, counting from 100 up to 2000.

As part of our Beegu unit of work the children have been creating alien friends in the self-led learning sessions and requesting different crafts needed to complete their alien friends. 

Theo the Reading Dog

The children have had  the opportunity to have a special meet and greet with Theo the dog. Some of the children will have the chance to read stories to Theo, who really enjoys a good story and hug!

Independent writing 

Imaginative play 

Children have been making up their own games by creating make up and brushes to get each other ready for a special party. 

Art

The children in year 1 have been enjoying sketching using kids' hub. They have been drawing familiar characters as well as spooky Halloween pumpkins!

Black History Month Celebrations

 As October is black History Month in the UK, e lovely children at Broadford Primary School mark the celebrations by creating amazing art pieces and mesmerising music. Below are some examples of their work.

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Click here to watch our performance.

Click here to watch our performance 

Year 1 Awards

 

 

These children have worked extremely hard and have been rewarded for all of their hard work and efforts.

E for Excellence

Apricot: Zara

Zara has been working hard in math this week. She has been ordering numbers and using the inequality symbols correctly. Well Done!

Beech:Sophia

Sophia, in recognition of you always working hard in the lessons and giving 100% to every task you complete. You are a fantastic role model to others. Excellent work Sophia

Walnut: Lucas

You have earned this award for your brilliant effort in accurately counting a set of objects and ordering them aright.

  Star Writers 

Apricot: Jacob

Well done Jacob! Jacob has worked extremely hard this week with both his letter formation and numbers. He has also been writing CVC words using his phonic knowledge to create a Diary entry. 

 

 

Beech:Onyeka

Onyeka, for your extremely hard work in the literacy and RWI sessions. You have been using your phonic knowledge to spell adventurous vocabulary. You used pronouns and the past tense correctly in your diary writing. Well done Onyeka!

 

Walnut: Gabia

Well done Gabia for independently writing  a diary entry from Beegu’s perspective. Also, you used conjunctions to link your ideas. Super effort!

 

Learning Power Awards

These are the key skills that our children will need to learn effectively in class and to be successful later in life. 

 

Reciprocity

These children have shown interdependence, collaborated effectively, listened to others, displayed empathy and have imitated effective  ideas and methods from others. 

 

This has been awarded to: 

 

 

 

 

Reflectiveness 

These pupils have planned carefully, revised ideas, identified key features and can talk about their learning. 

 

This has been awarded to: Zofia 

 

 

Resilience

These children have demonstrated perseverance, managed distractions, noticed patterns and been absorbed in their tasks. 

 

This has been awarded to:

Ikveera, Victor, Subhan and Theo

 

 

Resourcefulness   

These pupils have been curious about learning, made links between ideas, shown imagination, reasoned methodically and capitalised on resources. 

This has been awarded to:

 

Lochlan,Harry, Tommy M and Nikita

These children have earned the Resourcefulness Award for using different materials and an array of colours to create exquisite Kente designs to celebrate Black History Month.

I Made My Teacher Happy Award 

This has been awarded to: 

Mavis

Mavis, you have made your teacher happy because you have a wonderful sense of humour and always see the fun and joy in class. Your wonderful smile is infectious to all those around you!

 Iustin:

Iustin always has a positive attitude at school, towards his learning and behavior. He is also a fantastic helper around the classroom! Thank you Iustin!

 

Year 1 105 Books to Read Before You Leave Broadford Primary

 

Bronze Award 

Silver Award

Gold Award