Year One
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Newsletter - Summer 2008
Dear Parents,
Welcome to the summer term.
Topics this half term
Please look on the reverse of this newsletter to see the topics and curriculum areas we will be covering this term. This will help you talk to your child about the work they have been doing in school each day.
Reading
Listening to your child read each night can make a huge difference in their learning and progress. We would be so grateful if you could continue to spend a few minutes each day sharing a book with your child. If your child is still unable to read the words, share the story together by looking at the pictures and talking about what might be going to happen next in the story. Each time you child reads at home they collect another reading mile towards their certificates.
High Frequency Words
We are sending home a copy of the words your child should be able to read by the end of their time in Year one and Two. Please could you also look at these words together so that your child becomes familiar with them. Many of the children can read some of the words but need practise to spell the words correctly and your child’s confidence in their writing will improve through this practise.
Getting to school on time
Thank you to everybody who ensures their child is in school for registration. I know myself how busy mornings can be and realise that not everything goes to plan each morning. However, an increasing number of children are late on a regular basis and this is being monitored. By being late these children are missing a vital part of the literacy lesson. This will have an impact on their learning. Registration is at 9.00am and unfortunately your child may receive a late mark if they arrive after this time.
PE
Just another reminder that PE is on a Tuesday and Friday. The children need shorts, a T shirt and a pair of plimsolls.
Thank you for all of your support and cooperation as usual,
Mrs Sturgeon and Miss Lee
Science
Ourselves
Naming body parts
Looking at animal life cycles
Measuring heights
Looking at differences in humans, such as eye colour and hair colour
Learning about the five senses
Sound and Hearing
That there are many different ways of making sounds and describing them.
That some sounds can be heard from a long distance.
That sounds seem louder the nearer you are to the source.
That there are many different sources of sound. |
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Buddhism
To learn about the beginnings of Buddhism and Prince Siddhartha.
To learn about the things in a Buddhists life.
To think of signs of a perfect person.
To talk about rules for life.
To listen to a Jataka story.
To empathise with the characters and make connections with their own lives.
What does it mean to belong in Christianity?
To know about how belonging is shown and expressed.
To understand that religious people have ways of showing how they belong together.
That some Christians baptise babies.
That baptism is a sign of welcoming to the church.
To reflect on the way their families welcome babies.
To listen to the story of Jesus’ baptism. |
Design and Technology
Eat More Fruit and Vegetables
That there is a wide variety of fruit and vegetables available which can be individually named.
That fruit and vegetables may require treatment before being eaten.
To develop sensory vocabulary.
Basic food handling, hygienic practices and personal hygiene, including how to control risks by following simple instructions.
To use a variety of simple tools and equipment.
That fruit and veg. have nutritional value and are an important part of our diet.
That food processing can affect appearance, texture, odour and taste
To design a fruit salad kebab and decide how they could improve it. |
History
Seaside holidays in the past
To identify features of seaside holidays.
To distinguish between holidays in the recent and more distant past.
To recognise that some things change and that others stay the same.
To look at and describe objects used in the past for seaside holidays.
To find out about seaside holidays in the past by asking questions of an adult visitor |
Geography
Going to the seaside
To name and investigate places.
To use geographical terms.
To use maps and atlases.
To conduct a survey.
To use a variety of resources to find out information.
To use aerial photographs.
To compare their own locality with a different locality. |
PE
Gymnastics
Holding a balance
Balancing on different parts of our bodies
Moving from a balance into another balance
Travelling around the room in different ways
Rolling sideways
Pointing our toes and fingers when balancing
Creating a simple gymnastic sequence
Athletics
To remember, repeat and link combinations of actions.
To use their bodies and a variety of equipment with greater control and coordination.
Different ways of throwing.
catching/throwing
bouncing
dribbling – not do
aiming
passing/shooting
To explore and use skills, actions and ideas individually and in combination to suit the game they are playing. |
ICT
Understanding instructions and making things happen
That machines and devices must be controlled.
That machines and devices can be controlled by a sequence of physical actions.
That sequence affects outcome.
That instructions can be written down and changed if necessary.
Representing Information Graphically
That data can be collected and presented as pictograms.
To create pictograms
To use pictograms to answer simple questions.
To make pictograms using a computer program. |
Art
Self Portrait
To learn about similarities and differences in the work of artists.
To ask and answer questions about the starting points for their work and to develop ideas.
To investigate the possibilities of a range of materials and processes, including drawing.
To review what they have done.
To represent observations, ideas, feelings and design and make a painting.
To make a thumb pot. To squeeze, pull, push clay. |