Mrs Stoke’s Year 1 Class

Mrs Stokes’ Year 1 Class

On this web page you can find out about all the exciting things taking place in Year 1!

Teacher: Mrs Stokes

Email: jstokes@victoriousacademies.org

Twitter: @Year1Discovery

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Wood Please follow the link here to our meet the teacher presentation.

Term: Summer 2

Our Learning this term:

Maths:

Counting in 2,5,10 – This term we will spot number patterns as we count in multiples of 2,5,and 10.

Place value – This term we will identify one more and one less of any given number up to 100 and partition 2 digit numbers into tens and ones.

Money- We will name coins and order them by value and begin to add amounts of money using counting skills.

Time- We will learn to tell the time to O clock and Half past the hour and order days and months of the year.

English: In English, we will be looking at the story Wombat Goes Walkabout and writing our own version of it by adding our own super adjectives and time connectives. We will then move on to writing a recipe linked to the story ‘The Disgusting Sandwich’ and finishing with a rhyming poem called ‘When I am by Myself’.

Science: Why do animals live in certain habitats? We will be learning about a famous marine biologist called Jacques Cousteau who discovered new forms of marine life in our world’s oceans. We will classify animals by group, sorting into mammals, birds, fish, insects, amphibians and reptiles. We will also discover which animals are herbivores, omnivores and carnivores too. We will then consider what habitats animals live in and think about how that habitat provides everything that animal needs to survive.

Geography: What are the most important features of our planet?

In Geography we will use Google Earth to observe our planet in all its glory. We will name the seven continents and five oceans of the world and sing a song about them. We will use new geographical vocabulary to identify and describe physical features of our planet such as; rivers, valleys, mountains, hills, vegetation, seas and harbours. We will use our knowledge to create maps showing these different places. We will also discover how countries nearest the Equator are hottest and furthest away are coldest.

DT: Can I design an animal shelter that is safe and strong?

This half term we will make our own animal shelter.

We will start by researching and evaluating existing models and structures to see how they are joined and made stronger. This knowledge of existing products will help us to design our own.

Computing: Can I use programming to animate a sprite?

This half term, we will be learning the basics of programming a sprite, we will learn what an algorithm is and use this knowledge to command our character to perform basic movements and actions.

Music: What music can help us tell a story?

We will be listening and responding to different pieces of music and expressing how it makes us feel through dance and composition. We will focusing on the pulse, rhythm, tempo and using our voices as well as the glockenspiels to perform.

RE: How should we care for others and the world and why does it matter?

As part of Religious Education, our focus will be comparing Christian and Jewish faith and how stories from both sacred texts can teach us how to care for others. We will learn about religious charity boxes and the acts of Mother Teresa.

PSHE: This half-term, our focus will be on ‘Money Matters’. We will look at different jobs that we can do to earn money and consider why saving money is important.

General Class Information

Reading: Each week, the children read a range of texts through their learning. They also take part in whole class or small group Reading sessions where their decoding and comprehension skills are developed with a different reading skill being focused on each day.

Home reading is to practice and consolidate their fluency, expression and comprehension. Children still being taught phonics will take two books home – 1 decodable book and 1 reading for pleasure book and be assigned a Collins ebook based on the book they have read in school that week. The decodable

book is for the children to practice their fluency and expression as well as to show their understanding through questioning. The reading for pleasure book is for the children to share with an adult and to promote a love of reading. If they are past being taught phonics they will be sent home 1 colour banded book to practise decoding and comprehension as well as 1 reading for pleasure book. Please let us know how your child has got on with their reading books using the reading record. We would like you to write a comment each time you hear your child read.

The children will also be listened to at least once every two weeks on a 1-1 basis with their teacher or teaching assistant. The class teacher or teaching assistant will change your child’s book on the day they are listened to read. We will not change a home reading book unless there is a comment in the reading record. If we do not have a comment or a book is not returned for two weeks Mrs Collins, our English curriculum leader, will contact you.

One child per half term will be nominated for being the Reading Hero for their class based on their commitment to home reading. The child will be chosen based on the evidence seen in their reading record and in class. If your child is chosen to be the class Reading Hero they will be given a prize and a certificate and acknowledged in Friday’s good work celebration assembly.

Homework:

· Read at home at least 3 times

· Go on TTRockstars twice for 10 min

· Go on Lexia twice for 10 min

· Complete Maths or English homework

PE:

PE is two times a week on a Tuesday and Thursday.

Your child will participate in a dance lesson and sports/gymnastics lesson every week. It is normally expected for children to have a full PE kit kept in school at all times.

Children should not be wearing any jewellery including earrings for PE. If your child does wear earrings, please could you ensure they are taken out before school on a Monday, Tuesday and Thursday please.

Snack: Snack is to be a piece of fruit or a cereal bar. No chocolate, crisps or sweets are allowed