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?'

Welcome back to Autumn 2!

This half term is always full of so much fun! Our focus text is Out and About which is a book full of poems. In English, we will be exploring these poems, how they make us feel, what they tell us. You will also be writing your own poems and exploring different types of poems. In Maths we will be building on your number sense with addition and subtraction, looking at number sentences, fact families, part/part whole and missing numbers. In Science we will be looking at the 5 main animal groups and learning about these in great detail. In Geography you are continuing to grow your map skills and begin to look at weather patterns and different weathers across the world. PE will be exploring ball skills and the basic skills of dribbling, passing and throwing as well as dance in your PE sessions with Mr Bolton. PSHE is exploring your rights, responsibilities and looking at your own feelings and becoming self-aware. In Art you will be developing the skill of collage through continuous provision and with our Art day. Finally in RE we will be learning about Christianity and the story of Jesus which goes well as we will also engage in Christmas activities and be performing our KS1 Nativity at the end of this half term!

Welcome back to Spring 1!

We hope you had a lovely break and are looking forward to returning to school. This half term, our focus text is 'The story tree'. This is a book with lots of traditional fairy tales from all over the world. We will be looking at 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff.' We will be retelling the story and writing it in our on words, exploring the vocabulary and extended that learning into our continuous provision. In Maths, we are looking at 2D/3D shapes, addition and subtraction and place value but up to 50. In Geography, we are learning about the world, specifically the UK, the different continents and the oceans we are surrounded by. In Science, we are exploring plants, their life cycles and the parts of a plant. In RE, we are looking at the religion Islam and our question to explore is 'How do some Muslims show Allah is compassionate and merciful?. In PE, we are learning all about how to control a ball with our feet and also engaging with gymnastics with Mr Bolton. We will be completing our computing day and our art day this half term which is always a fun filled day! 

Spring 1 Map

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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 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