Welcome to Year One with Mrs Ramsey
Welcome to Year One! Alongside me this term will be Mrs Tapp on a Wednesday. Below you will find all the information regarding what we will be learning in Summer Term One. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.
Dates for your diary
Monday 13th April - School reopens for Summer One Term
Friday 17th April - Zoo2U visit for Year One
In English, our focus text is Rapunzel: A Rebel Fairy Tale by Bethan Woollvin. The children will explore traditional tales and retell the story using nouns, adjectives and verbs, helping them to understand how these word types make their writing more interesting and detailed. We will also learn how to write postcards and practise sounding out words to support spelling. The children will continue to work on using capital letters and full stops, as well as beginning to use words ending in -ing and -ed in their writing. They will be encouraged to develop their own ideas and share them with the rest of the class.
In Maths, children are focusing on developing a strong understanding of numbers and their composition. They will explore the composition of numbers 11 to 19, learning how these numbers are made up of tens and ones, which helps build a foundation for addition and subtraction. Children will also work with numbers 0 to 20 in a variety of contexts, applying their knowledge in practical and problem-solving situations. Additionally, they will engage in activities involving money, including recognising coins and counting in 2s, 5s, and 10s, which supports both their understanding of place value and early multiplication skills.
In Phonics, we will continue to use Little Wandle, as well as having our guided reading sessions.
Phonics information for parents
In Reading, your child will be read with three times a week. They will focus on decoding, prosody and comprehension. Your child's reading book is matched appropriately to their phonics level.
Please aim to read with your child three times a week. This will support fluency, comprehension and expression.
In Handwriting, we will be looking at the correct formation of our letters and numbers. We will also be making our hand muscles nice and strong with our fine motor activities.
Our PE days are Tuesday's and Thursday this half term. Please send your child in with their PE kit on these days with appropriate clothing for the weather. We will be getting changed in school to support the children's independence with dressing.
Please see our Summer One Curriculum map which has all the information about what we will be learning this term.
Your child's well-being and education is of the utmost importance to me. If you would like to speak to me, please come and have a chat with me at the end of the school day or send me an email:
JRamsey@thewilmslowacademy.co.uk
Please check on our class page for updates
How you can help:
Please encourage your child to read their Collins E-book three times a week at home. For a parent user guide to the Collins Hub click here.
Homework will go out on a Friday, to be returned the following Thursday.