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. 

Welcome to Autumn 1 in Wrens

Welcome to a brand new year of school! We are so happy to have you back refreshed and ready for a new year of exploring, learning and fun!

This half term, Year 1s will begin an exciting new chapter of their learning! They will have individual English, maths, science and topic books to record learning in as well as COOL books where they will be able to record their own learning when choosing in the hall and outdoor area. 

Our focus text this half term is Beegu! Through this book, we will learn to apply our phonics knowledge to write captions, sentences, and character descriptions in English. In Maths, we will be learning to recognise numbers to 20, 1:1 count and add and subtract within 10. During our daily maths meetings, we will learn the days of the week, months of the year, weather, tell the time to O'clock and count forwards and backwards. During our science lessons, we will be learning about different types of materials, their everyday uses and exploring their properties.  In geography, we will be learning about physical and human features and study the geography of our surrounding area. In PE, we will master basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and co-ordination in gymnastics. In DT, we will be developing our sewing skills by learning how to plan and make an alien puppet. In PSHE we will be learning how to make a caring classroom environment and in RSHE we will be learning the importance of respecting others even when they are different from ourselves. In computing we will be creating pictograms; learning how digital data can be stored and organised. Lastly in RE, we will be exploring Judaism and answering the key question 'Why do Jewish families talk about repentance at New Year?'

Connect to Class Dojo for weekly updates, reminders and photos 

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 Wednesday and Thursday 

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