Rabbit Class
WELCOME TO YEAR 1!
Teacher: Miss Stonehouse
TAs: Mrs Norris and Mrs Potter
Welcome to Term 6! I can't believe this is our final term together as Rabbits! I couldn't be prouder of the wonderful class you are. This term we have lots of learning to do but mixed in with lots of fun! On this page, you will find all the information you may need for the term. Similarly, we will share updates on the Dojo page as and when required. You will also find weekly updates on the Dojo page so you can see what learning your child has been doing each week.
If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Key dates for Term 6:
Week 1:
2nd June - Inset day - no school
3rd June - All back
4th June - Roots to Food workshop in school
Week 2: Phonics screening check week
9th June - Show and share after school
11th June - Forest school (9-10:30)
13th June - School photos & Team Theme
Week 3: Sports week
17th June - Yoga workshop in school
18th June - Sport Day
19th June - Science workshop from Highworth a-level students
Week 4:
24th June - Rare Breeds school trip
27th June - Team Theme
Week 5:
4th July - Inset day - no school
Week 6:
7th July - Rocksteady concert
9th July - Forest school 9-10:30
Week 7:
14th July - Whole school transition day & reports out to parents
15th July - KS2 performance to school
18th July - Team Theme 11-12
Week 8:
21st July - Yr6 leavers service in church - 9am
22nd July - Last day of term! Yr6 leavers assembly in school - 2:15pm
Year 1 information booklet
Term 6 Termly Overview
Term 6
Maths
In Maths, we follow the White Rose Maths scheme of learning. Below you will find the overview for the year. We follow this, however, if we feel that the children need extra consolidation of a topic/concept, we may spend a longer time covering this.
In Term 6, we firstly will be completing our unit on fractions. We are then shuffling up the order slightly. We will be then moving on to time, followed by place value to 100, money and ending with position and direction.
Please continue to help your child consolidate their 2, 5 and 10 times tables - it helps them significantly in Maths lessons.
We know lots of you love to continue Maths learning at home, therefore I have listed some ways in which your can support your child this term.
- Ensure your child can read and write numbers 0-50, and that all numbers are formed correctly.
- Find 1 more and 1 less than a number between 0 and 100. As an extra challenge, can they find 10 more and 10 less? Using a 100 square will help with this.
- Regularly talk about number with your child, asking them questions such as 'What is 1 more than 24?' White Rose have an app available on the app store called 'White Rose 1 minute Maths'. There is a section on here for multiplication and division so this would be a great start for extra practise at home.
Reading
In Year 1, we will be continuing with Floppy's phonics. Floppy's phonics is a rigorous, easy to use, systematic synthetic teaching programme for early reading and writing success.
We cannot stress enough the importance of listening to your child read at home each day. It will support them significantly with their learning and their consolidation of phonetic knowledge.
Below is the English Alphabetic Code your child uses to help them learn to read. We have a focus sound each week that you child will be developing. This will be linked to their weekly spellings (Please see next subheading).
Spelling
Each week, your child will have spellings to learn. In Term 6, your child will have 10 spellings to learn. These spellings will be linked to the spelling rule your child has learnt that week. Please practise these spellings with your child. We will then have a spelling challenge every Friday morning. You will find your child's spellings in their phonics folder.
Spelling shed
Spelling shed is an online, interactive game whereby children can practise their spellings. Each week, I will set an 'assignment' with the week's spellings on. The children can complete games focusing on these words. There are also lots of other word lists that focus on our Year 1 words so you can still play lots of other games too - not just the assignment part :) This is non-compulsory but I have already noticed the impact it is having on children's confidence in spelling tests therefore would really encourage you to support them to take part. I think it is also available as an app. Your child has their own personal login and password which you will find stuck in to the back of their reading log.
Writing
This term, we are focusing our learning on two different writing elements; a letter and a recount. We will be learning the features required for both of these with end products being a letter to a Victorian child and a recount on our school trip to the Rare Breeds Centre.
Throughout the term, we are focusing heavily on our spelling, punctuation and grammar. I know that some children find writing tricky so we are really trying to instil all children with a love for writing. If your child wants to complete any writing at home, it could be a story, poem, diary entry, please do send them in - I would love to see their work and for them to have the opportunity to share with their peers - they will inspire each other!
Whole Class Reading
In addition to phonics, we will be starting Whole Class Reading (WCR) using ICLUE. ICLUE is a set of comprehension based reading symbols that help us to focus more specifically on the different comprehension skills. Each symbol will help us to think about each comprehension target explicitly and enable us to explore these targets in greater depth. These targets are listed below:
Inference and deduction
Choices
Locating and retrieving
Understanding
Empathy
Below is an example text that we use. The children will then answer various questions about the text to develop their comprehension knowledge.
Connected Curriculum
School Days
This is our overarching project for terms 5 and 6. This project will teach us all about our school and the locality (Woodchurch and Ashford), both today and in the past. We will be exploring what school used to be like in the Victorian era and will even experience a day in the life of a Victorian child in school (more info to follow!). We are going to be comparing our own schooling experiences to those of children in the Victorian era.
As part of our Connected Curriculum, we also have smaller companion projects focusing on other areas of the curriculum. These include:
Animal parts Chop, slice and mash