We have been very impressed with how Year 1 have started the school year even with all the new routines and procedures in place. Thank you for supporting your child at home especially with the fantastic homework we have received.
Here’s a summary of our learning so far.
In maths, we have been learning about numbers to 10 including counting, ordering, counting forwards/backwards and one more/less. Topmarks has some good maths based games to try at home.
We have also had a big emphasis on supporting the children with their number formation and presentation in their new maths books. We start our numbers at the top.
To help at home, count forwards and backwards with your child. Give your child a number (initially up to 20) and see if they can tell you the number one more/one less.
In reading, we have a weekly fluency text. Here is this week’s text.
In class, we read the text every day to develop the children’s fluency. This involves lots of teacher modelling of reading taking account of the punctuation and using expression. On Friday, we answer questions about the text.
Remember, reading books can be changed on a Tuesday and Thursday. Thank you for your patience as the children learn this new routine. We visit the library on Mondays. The children have all had the chance to use Lexia at school. They are becoming quicker at logging on so any practice they can get at home will help with this.
To help at home, read with your child everyday. This can be their book from school or any other book or text you have at home. Asking questions about the text will help with their understanding.
In writing, our learning has been based around what makes a sentence.
- Capital letter at the start
- Full stop (or other punctuation) at the end
- Finger spaces between words
- Does it make sense?
Capital letters have been our initial focus – how we form them and when do we use them. See if your child can remember when we need to use a capital letter. These alphabet videos are a good reminder too.
Another aspect of english we are developing is the children’s oracy. A particular focus we are working on is answering in full sentences.
After carrying out some egg related experiments, we are now learning about living things in science.
Topic learning began with lots of learning about the text After the Fall and for the next three weeks, this will be based on Here we are by Oliver Jeffers.
Well done to all of Year 1 who are working so hard! Keep it up!