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‘Everyone valued, everyone challenged, everyone achieving’ Year 1 Curriculum Newsletter
– Autumn Term 2018/19
Mrs Raeburn (YGL) – 1R
Miss Ruperte – 1J
Miss Altaf – 1A
Miss Nadeem – 1N
We continue to thank parents for
their partnership with our school and
their involvement in their child’s
learning. Please do not hesitate to
speak to your child’s teacher if you
have any questions or concerns.
English
Writing – Our English units link in with our Science
topic , Ourselves and History topic, Toys from the
Past.
We will be:
Reading and writing our own instructions
Exploring and writing stories that relate to
our environment
Writing poetry about senses, using rhyming
couplets, this links to our Science topic
‘Senses’
Reading – During Guided Reading the children will
focus on:
Developing different reading strategies;
Improving their comprehension skills using
Reciprocal Reading to deepen understanding.
They will be taught to:
Provide evidence from the text;
Make sensible predictions;
Develop intonation
Summarise text.
Phonics – The children will be learning new phonemes
through daily phonics sessions. They will be blending
and segmenting sounds to help them in their reading
and writing. This year will be very important to your
child as their phonics will be checked at the end of
the school year.
Speak Up! - We are continuing to promote Standard
English in both speaking and writing.
Computing
Children will learn the importance of
E-Safety. They will learn the
important parts of a computer.
Science
For our first topic we will be learning about
‘Ourselves’. We will explore:
The human body
The five senses
The difference between living and non-
living things
For our second topic we will be learning about
‘Materials’. We will explore:
The names of different materials
The properties of different materials
These topics will enlighten your child. They will
provide them with the opportunity to explain
their reasoning.
Maths
In Maths we are currently teaching children
through ‘Maths No Problem’. In this programme
we teach children topics in breadth and depth.
We aim to master:
Counting
Addition and subtraction;
A range of problem solving opportunities.
Children must learn to count in 2s, 5s and 10s.
This will link to them learning their times tables
and their number bonds up to 20.
Art and design/Music
Art and design – We will design and make
our own puppets.
Music – We will be learning about music in
different cultures.
Geography
Geography - Our topic will be about ‘our local area’. Children
will be able to learn about the demographics and location of
Newham.
Children will be able to:
Improve their map reading skills.
Learn about how Newham has changed over time
This will be a very exciting topic for the children!
Home Learning
Homework is a continuation of school work at home and is a great
opportunity for your child to practice the skills they have learnt.
Reading – For the children to progress in their reading, they need to
read aloud daily. Please write a short comment in their reading log to
communicate to us how they are reading at home.
Children also benefit from being read to. Please try to find time each
day to read to your child.
Spellings - Weekly spellings should be practiced at home daily using the
Read, Write, Look, Cover, Check strategy.
English – Please check your child’s homework book. Homework will relate
to the unit of work for that week. We expect a high standard of writing,
the same as we would expect in a lesson.
Maths - Activities are given based on the unit of work taught that week.
Children also need to learn their 2, 5 and 10 times tables off by heart at
home. Also they need to learn their number bonds up to 20.
Speak Up! - A poem will be given to be learned off by heart at the
beginning of each half term. These will be performed in an assembly.
All classes will do P.E. twice a week.
Children should bring their kit in every
Monday and take it home on Friday to be
washed.
Please label all their items so they can
easily be identified and returned if lost.
R.E/PSHE
R.E. – The main theme of this half term is
‘Belonging’. The children will be able to
reflect on their religious and social groups. PSHE –This term the children will be
learning about ‘New Beginnings’. They will
focus on their social skills self-awareness
and developing skills of empathy towards one
another.
Educational Visits
This term we will visit the ‘Children’s Toy Museum’ where
children will get the opportunity to explore toys from the
past. They will be able to investigate vintage toys in a special
workshop. This is a fantastic opportunity for the children and
I am sure they will learn a lot from this visit!
‘Everyone valued, everyone challenged, everyone achieving’