2023 Year 1 Summer1 Curriculum Letter

 

                      24th April 2023

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

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. 

We are also sending home a weekly phonics screening check materials for children to practise with their parents at home as the test is just a few weeks away.

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/Experiences

• As part of our Religious Education Unit on what a Church means to Christains, we  will be visiting St Andrew’s Church, Hornchurch  between 17th May, 2023 and  19th May, 2023. The church is only able to accommodate 30 children at a time, so we will be visiting the church on three different days . However,  this is subject to the provision of free tickets by Transport for London. We have made an application for free bus tickets and we are awaiting their response.  Also, we have booked a skipping workshop for Wednesday, 24th May 2023. 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 Fayefunmi               Miss Hurrell                                Miss Myers

   Walnut Class Teacher             Beech 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.
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?