Welcome to the Wrens class

Year 1

Our amazing learning environment

Please find photos below of our learning environment including photos of inside the Wren's classroom, the Atrium (our continuous provision space attached to our classroom) and of our outdoor area. 

Spring 1 

Our focus text this half term is 'What the ladybird heard?' Through this book, we will learn to apply our phonics knowledge to write captions, sentences, and character descriptions in English. In Phonics, we are beginning the Year 1 phonics after recapping, the children will begin to learn new sounds and split digraphs. In Maths, we will be learning place value to 20. This involves looking at what makes a number (how many 10s? how many 1s?). Science this half term is the human body and its senses. We will be doing lots of practical activities like drawing around our bodies. Our topic is geography and we are exploring the 5 oceans and the human and physical features of the world. This will create lots of class discussion and feed into our continuous provision as we make these features in our construction area. In PE, we will be focusing on ball skills for our outside sessions and gymnastics for our inside session. In Art, we will be exploring the importance of a design criteria and how you have to meet it. The children will be given a design criteria and try creating a painting that meets each point. In PSHE we are exploring healthy eating, what does this look like, how we can plan to eat well and comparing diets. In Computing, we will be exploring how art is created on a computer and which tools can be used. Lastly, in RE, we will be learning about Christianity and answering the question "What are the best symbols of Jesus’ death and resurrection at Easter?".

Some pictures from our learning in Autumn 1 and 2...

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Reminders

Please ensure that you child has a water bottle every day and any of their belongings are named.

Please try to read with your child everyday (at least 3x per week) and record any reading sessions in your child's reading journal. This can just be a date and a signature. Your child will be entered into a half termly raffle every time they read 3x a week so please remember to record any reading in their journal to maximise their chances of winning a voucher/book!

Ensure homework is completed each week and the homework book is in your child's book bag to be collected in every Monday.

PE kit to be worn on Tuesday and Wednesday 

Thank you 

Useful learning links:

Maths games:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=16&AgeGroup=2

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1numeracy.html

Phonics support and games:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7sW4j8p7k9D_qRRMUsGqyw

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/

Reading:

https://www.weareteachers.com/virtual-author-activities/?utm_content=1584565321&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/

English:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=9

Science:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=26

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z7nygk7