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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@discovery.victoriousmat.org

Twitter: @Year1Discovery

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Wood

Please follow the link here to our meet the teacher presentation.

 

Term: Autumn 2

English: This half-term in Year 1, we will be reading ‘The Gruffalo’ and exploring the senses we use to explore a story setting. We will use this learning to write a setting decsription. For our non-fiction unit, the children will explore how to write labels and captions to images.

Maths: Place Value: This half term, the children will learn how to use their number bonds to 10, to solve addition and subtraction problems. They will investigate how 2 parts make a whole number and write the various number sentences for each Fact Family.

Science: What can we observe in different seasons?

In our science topic, we will be exploring seasonal weather and how it is changeable. We will identify the seasons from images and study the weather for Autumn each day through our window. We will find out what meteorologists do and make rain gauges to measure rainfall and wind socks to check the strength of the wind.

Geography: What are the most important features in The United Kingdom?

In our Geography learning, the children will learn about the 4 countries of the UK, their capital cities and their flags! The children will explore important places within each country and use aerial photographs to locate these famous places. Finally, the children will draw and explore maps to find certain features of a city.

DT: How can we make our work interactive?

In DT, the children will explore how to use levers and sliders to create a moving and interactive product. They will use this knowledge to create Christmas cards at the end of term.

RE: Who is Christmas important to Christians?

In RE this half-term, the children will continue to study Christianity and in particular, Christmas and its meaning. They will have the opportunity to explore a Church during a school trip to St Barnabus church in Hattersley. They will interact with lots of different artefacts and hear different stories.

Computing: How can we paint using computers?

The children will be taught how to use a computer program to create a piece of artwork. They will explore the different tools they can use to create the artwork. They will also explore a variety of different artists and attempt to recreate their famous pieces of artwork using the computer program and the appropriate tools.

Music: Can I use dynamics to create a better performance?

The children will learn what pitch means in music and use this knowledge to perform different Christmas songs during their Christmas performance at the end of term. The children will start to explore glockenspiels and the different notes they can play to perform a piece of music.

PSHE: My Body

In this unit, the children will discuss why different parts of their body are private and what to if they are ever made to uncomfortable. They will consider how to keep their body healthy and the affect exercise has on life style.

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. 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. If your child is in KS2 they can write in their reading record after they read 2 out of the 3 times they read it that week.

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.

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 Lexia.
  • Maths and English homework will be handed out in physical form, which is alternated every week.
  • The Class Reading Book will be sent home to one child every week and returned on Friday to discuss with the rest of the class during our library session.

PE:

PE is twice a week on 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 Wednesday and Fridays please.

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