Welcome to Elm class

Year 1 

Our Summer topic is called 'School Days' and has a History focus. 

This project teaches children about their own school and locality, both today and in the past. They compare schooling in the Victorian era to their experiences today.

In Literacy our key text that we will be using is 'Lila and the secret of the rain' by David Conway. We will be using this as a stimulus for write a range of genres.

We will also be learning about 'Growing and Changing' and how to stay healthy. We will be learning to understand that the body gets energy from food, water and air (oxygen) and will be able to recognise that exercise and sleep are important parts of a healthy lifestyle.

In science our topic is 'Plant Parts'. This project teaches children about wild and garden plants by exploring the local environment. They identify and describe the basic parts of plants and observe how they change over time.

W hope you all had a fantastic Easter and a 'restul' Break (if that is possible!) We cant wait to welcombe the children back and hear all about their Easter holiday's. We are looking forward to a jam packed term ahead and seeing the children develop in confidence, making progress and enjoying their learning.

Phonics Screening Check

The Phonics Screening Check will take place in June. To prepare for this please practise reading frequently with your child. Your child should be secure with phase 3 as we are currently working on phase 5. To support them, go over these sounds regularly. Each new sound that we learn will be sent home each week, on a Friday in the yellow book.  Please go through them and practise reading and writing the words that are sent home. If you would like to discuss any other ways your can help your child, please let us know and we will be happy to help. 

Some fanastic sites for phonics practise are: 

https://www.youtube.com/@MrTsPhonics

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

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks

Key Messages

PE - Tuesday's and Wednesdays

This term we are lucky to have Onside delivering PE sessions on a Tuesday afternoon. Our PE lesson with Mrs Magnall with then take place on a Wednesday afternoon. Please could children keep a drawstring bag containing their P.E. kit in school so they can change into their P.E. kit on the relevant days.

Water Bottles -

Please remember to ensure your child brings in their water bottle daily. (no squash please)

Reading and Phonics

Encouraging your children to read from a young age is essential and we will send a reading book and reading diary home for you to explore together.  Please record any reading you have done with your child in the reading diary.  

In year 1, we will deliver daily phonics lessons and we will introduce the children to new sounds as well as new High Frequency Words. Can we please ask that you practise these with your child and encourage them to use them in their writing. The weekly homework will also be based around the phonics sound that we are looking at in class. 

It is essential for your child's reading and writing that both you and they are pronouncing the phonics sounds correctly. Please click and follow the links below to watch videos to hear how to correctly pronounce each sound:

Phonics Level 2 Pronunciation

Phonics Level 3 Pronunciation

Phonics Level 5 Pronunciation

Maths

This half term we will be focusing on multip[lication and division.

Topic 

If you would like to support your child with our learning related to 'School Days' then you could do the following:

• The Victorian era was the time from 1837 to 1901 when Queen Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom. Use books and the internet to find out about Queen Victoria.
  
  
• A timeline is a line that has important events on it in chronological order. Complete a timeline of your life. Think about the important things that have happened and when, such as being born, starting school and
  moving year groups.
• Draw a plan of your school from memory and label the different areas, such as the hall, library and classrooms. Then choose one of these areas and circle it on your plan. Write a few sentences to explain what the area is used for and why the area is important to you.

Homework 

Each week we will send home English or Maths homework. This homework will be based on activities that we have done in class the previous week. 

Homework will go out on a Thursday and will be due in the following Tuesday.

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