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 Spring Term Two. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Dates for your diary
World Book Day - Thursday 5th March
Tuesday 10th March - Parents book look - from 8.45 - 9.15am
Wednesday 18th March - Tuesday 24th March - Book fair after school.
Friday 20th March - Spring Disco.
Thursday 26th March - Last day of term - school will close at 1.15pm.
In English, our focus text is The Knight Who Wouldn’t Fight. We will explore mythical creatures and describe their appearance and behaviour using nouns, adjectives and verbs, whilst encouraging the children 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 working on using capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks correctly. They will be encouraged to develop their own ideas and share them with the rest of the class.
In Maths the children will then apply their learning to understand the relationship between addition and subtraction. To master concepts, the children will explore numbers and equations in a range of representations and use their knowledge to solve problems. Finally, children will continue to develop their oracy skills when reasoning, proving and justifying their thinking.
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 four 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 or Fridays (weather depending). 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 Spring 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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