Welcome to Year 1

A Very Warm Welcome to Year 1

Welcome back to the second part of the Summer term from all the Year 1 team.  
We are really excited to jump into teaching and learning with our amazing topic: 

‘How have toys changed?’ 

This half term we will be learning about how toys have changed over time. We will look at toys from the past and present and compare these. We will also link this to our learning from last half term about materials and look at what these toys were and are made from. This will link closely with our English work where we will writing character descriptions using ‘Toy Story’ as the main focus. We will also be writing an information report about the changes in toys.  

 

 

Over the half term, we will also be learning: 

• Maths – Position and Direction, Place Value within 100, Money, Time. 

• Science – Seasonal Change (Summer),  

• Computing – Programming animations. 

• History – How have toys changed? 

• DT – Textiles – Sock Toys. 

• RE – What do Hindus celebrate? 

• PSHE – Living in the wider world. 

• PE – Rounders and Multi-Skills. 

• Music – Come dance with me. 

• Outdoor Learning 

Key Dates for Summer 2 

 

PE and Outdoor Learning 

In the Summer 2 term, PE takes place every Wednesday and alternate Mondays. Please see the following timetable: 

As part of our commitment to ensuring all children are fully prepared for PE lessons, we kindly ask that your child brings in their PE kit at the start of each half term. The kit should be placed in a clearly named bag and left on their peg for the duration of the term.  

PE kit consists of: 

• Black shorts or jogging bottoms. 

• White T-Shirt 

• Trainers 

In addition to PE kit, please ensure your child has a set of clothes for Outdoor Learning. These clothes should be ones that can get dirty and wet, as activities may include gardening, mud kitchen play and other hands-on learning experiences, in varying weather conditions. It's important that these clothes are durable and suitable for outdoor play and include a waterproof coat and wellies, when necessary. Please only send these on Outdoor Learning days and these will be sent home after the sessions. 

Homework in Year 1 

Reading - We ask that children read at home with somebody FIVE times a week and record this in the communication diary. This will support children to apply their phonics learning and develop their fluency and comprehension skills. Each half term, children will also be sent home with phonics sounds or words to practise. 

Phonics support and pronunciations can be found: https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/essential-letters-and-sounds/ 

Spelling - Spellings will be sent home every Friday in the communication diaries for children to practise. This will support them to apply their phonics knowledge and develop their spelling of tricky words. This will also support their writing. 

Maths - Please use Numbots at home to support children's number fact fluency. Logins can be found at the front of communication diaries and you can log in on computers, tablets or phones. This can be accessed using this link: https://play.numbots.com/#/account/school-login/23244