Friday, 12 January 2024

Year 1 Spring Term Curriculum letter

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Headteacher:  Mrs. L. Nicholls

Year 1 - Spring Curriculum Newsletter 


A warm welcome back to the Spring term and a Happy New Year to you all!  We hope you find this letter informative; please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions - 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 (signed in the reading record) 

● 15 minutes practicing spelling in their spelling book 

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


Times Table Rock Stars:

Every child has now received their login details for Times Table Rockstars, which means they can access their account outside of school. This website offers valuable resources that can support your child’s learning in maths so please encourage your child to use it. 


Spellings: 

Spellings will be given out on Mondays. The children should practice their words every evening. Spelling books and reading records must be brought in on Fridays, which is also when the weekly test happens. This will be closely monitored.


P.E Lessons/Forest School

This half-term Walnut Class will be participating in Forest School sessions.  These sessions will take place on Tuesday mornings. 

Year 1 will have PE on different days;

Apricot and Beech Class - Thursday morning 

Walnut - Friday morning

Children should come to school wearing their PE kit on this day only.


Curriculum Information

We have included a summary of the topics that 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 about the topics taught, please inform your child’s class teacher. We welcome any suggestions you may have. 


Yours sincerely, 


Miss Hamilton                                                                  

Year Group Leader                          

Spring Term


Literacy

Our focus text for this term is Traction Man.

The writing/reading  skills we are focusing on are: 

  • Using phonic knowledge to identify the sounds in unfamiliar words

  • Begin to use full stops and capital letters correctly 

  • Read their writing out loud


Grammar focus:

  • Expanded noun phrases

  •  Past and present tense correctly and consistently 

  •  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.‌ Children must 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- Within 20

Addition and Subration - Within 20 

Place Value - Within 50 


Measurement- 

Length and Height

Mass and Volume 

Rockstars can be accessed from home with the children’s individual usernames/passwords.


Please contact the Year 1 team @ Year1@broadford.havering.sch.uk if you require your child’s login details.

ICT

E-Safety 

Handling data

Science

Seasonal Changes

Everyday Materials

History/ Geography

Topic: History

Nurturing Nurses: Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale 

R.E

Christianity - Who are Christians and what do they believe?

P.E

Developing Balance & Agility

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

Charanga-

In the groove  

Art/ Design and Technology

Toy Model Making

RSE

Zones of Regulation

Dreams and Goals

Dates for your diary

Visit to local library Wednesday 17th January 2024 - Beech Class at 10am

Visit to local library Friday 19th January 2024  - Apricot Class at 10am

 Visit to local library Wednesday 24th January 2024 - Walnut Class at 10am

Stay and Learn Maths Focus -Wednesday 31st January 2024 at 9am





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