Year 1 blog

Welcome to Term 2, Week 1!

Please see the curriculum newsletter tab for a brief overview of the learning this term.

School Trip

We are excited to let you know that the Challenger Class will be visiting The Living Rainforest on Tuesday 10th November.

You can find out more about this fantastic educational experience by visiting their website: https://livingrainforest.org

A permission slip will be sent via email later this week, including details of lunch choices. The trip payment will also be available through ParentPay.

Topic

We are creating a timeline in topic next week. Please could you send in a picture of your child as a baby and as a toddler.

Writing

We begin our new class text The Last Wolf by Mini Grey and make a prediction about the story.

Phonic/Reading

This week’s focus sound is ‘ir’ (girl)

We are reading Shared Reader 39

A digital version can be found here: Highland Summer

https://parents.fft.org.uk/S40_Highland_Summer  

In addition to Shared readers, you have home access to Future Readers which is an opportunity of embedding prior learning through a different selection of books online: Found here:

https://parents.fft.org.uk/further-readers-library/

Password: cg4pp0

In the Reading Planners there are a list of practice words for the children to read and write at home.

Maths

The new unit is called comparing quantities - part part whole relationships The children will learn that items can be compared using length and height, mass and volume/capacity. They will compare sets of objects using equality/inequality symbols. They will also explore part-part-whole relationships with representations.

ICT

This unit is called Computer Skills. We will look at using Words and Painting.

I hope you have a fantastic week!