Welcome to Year One with Mrs Shoesmith
Welcome to Class 4, Year One!
We hope you have had a lovely break. Below you will find all the information regarding what we will be learning in Summer Term Two. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Dates for your diary
Monday 1st June - Inset day
Tuesday 2nd June - First day back in school for children
w/c Monday 8th June - Phonics screening checks
Wednesday 17th June - EYFS and KS1 sports day time tbc
Friday 26th June - Summer Fair
Friday 17th July - Last day of term - school will close at 1.15pm.
In English we will be exploring our focus text, Here We Are by Oliver Jeffers. We will be developing our understanding of characters by thinking about what they might be saying and feeling. In our non-fiction writing, we will be learning how to write information texts, using facts and clear organisation to share information with our readers. The children will be asked to check and correct their own writing.
In Maths we will finish learning about numbers to 20 within different contexts. Then we will learn about unitising and coin recognition - counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. We will learn to recognise and count money and use our addition strategies to help count money. We will also have fun learning about positional and direction. We will finish the year learning about time, which includes learning the time to the hour and half past, the days of the week, months of the year and sequencing events.
In Phonics, we will continue to use Little Wandle, as well as having our guided reading sessions.
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.
For this half term, our PE lessons will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please make sure your child has their PE kit in school so they can get changed, as this helps to support their independence with dressing.
Please see our Summer Two Curriculum map which has all the information about what we will be learning this term.
Your child’s well-being and education are very important to me. If you would like to talk, please come and see me at the end of the school day or send me an email.:
cshoesmith@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 as well as completing their homework (which will be sent out after October half term). New log-ins and passwords will be provided for the Collins Hub on the welcome meeting on the 8th September and in the back of children's reading diaries. For a parent user guide to the Collins Hub click here.
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