Welcome to Wrens
English
We have been reading the story 'The Way Back Home'. During our English lessons, we will be rewriting the story in our own words. We will look at each event and think about different ways to describe the objects and events that occur within the story. Each lesson will build on the sentence from the previous lesson. We are working on writing simple sentences and trying to use 'and' to join two ideas together.
Maths
Our Maths focus this term is 'Numbers within 10'. We will explore counting to 10, both forwards and backwards. We will explore different representations of numbers up to 10 and how to identify one more and one less. We will then move on to use the comparative symbols. Then we will use the knowledge we have gained to help us with ordering the numbers.
All About Me
For our topic we are learning all about ourselves and our families. We will think about what we look like and use words to describe ourselves, for example, ”I have brown hair”. We will learn about the different family members and how they are related to each other and use this to help us to put this into a family tree.
Phonics
The children are taught discrete phonics lessons everyday following the Twinkl Phonics program. We teach the children the sounds in order for them to read and write with increasing proficiency. At the end of Year 1 (in June) the children will be completing a Phonics Screening Check which is a legal requirement for each child. They will apply their phonics knowledge to read 40 words, 20 of which are real and 20 which are not (we call these alien words).
The weekly spellings that the children receive are linked to the sounds and words that they learn in their phonics lessons. It is important that these are practised at home.
There is more information about the Phonics Screening Check here:
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/home/reading-owl/expert-help/the-year-1-phonics-screening-check
Below are the sounds that the children will be learning this year. We will be building on their knowledge from EYFS as they previously would been taught Phase 2 and Phase 3. There will be a big focus on children learning Phase 4 and Phase 5 and applying this knowledge to read and write words containing those sounds.
Science
Our Science topic will link in with our topic. We are going to explore our human body. We will learn about the different parts of the body and identify the our five senses. We will explore each sense and how they help us to live our everyday lives.
Year 1 curriculum overview 2022-2023
Reading is an adventure that never ends
Please continue to read with your child as much as possible (we recommend just a few minutes every day). If you read at home - remember to sign the reading diary to say you have done so (with a comment if possible).
They will also get a sticker on their reading cards and when they have filled these will receive a prize from Mrs Lewis!
There are more books on Oxford Owl which can be read online at home.
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/
Learning at home websites
