Year 1
Stewards of the Earth, Guardians of God’s Gifts
This term we will continue to work on our exciting whole school theme, ‘Stewards of the Earth, Guardians of God’s Gifts.’ This theme helps us to think carefully about God’s world, our responsibility to look after it and how we should treasure all of the wonderful gifts around us. Eco themes will run through our school year as we learn more about how we can be Stewards of Our Earth.
RE is always at the heart of our learning. This term our RE topics are the following:
- Holidays and Holydays: Where we will explore why holidays are special to us and consider the importance of Holydays in the church calendar.
- Being Sorry: Where we will be learning to make good choices regarding looking after our world and how we treat God’s creatures.
- Neighbours: Where we will question ‘who is our neighbour?’ and think about our neighbours around the world, including all of the animals and insects.
This term we will be going on an exciting journey of discovery. We continue to be inspired by our whole school theme of Stewards of the Earth: Guardians of God’s Gifts.
Year 1 will start their Summer Term learning journey by observing seasonal change and looking for signs of summer, growth and new life in our outdoor areas. We will plant flowers and seeds and watch them grow as we nurture them. We will observe what plants need to grow and flourish through a range of scientific investigations.
Our geography work will take us all the way to India as we learn about the tropical climate and monsoons. We will compare this to the weather we have experienced in the UK. The children will learn about life in India and think about similarities and differences to life in Nottingham. Many of the children will share their experiences of visits to India as we learn from each other.
In D&T we will learn about food and nutrition as we find out more about healthy diets. We will taste a number of vegetables as we prepare to make our own vegetable curry.
We will use our enquiry skills to find out about sea side holidays and how they have changed over the last 100 years. We will talk about our experiences of sea side holidays and how they compare to holidays from long ago.
Our PE lessons are very exciting this term. We will begin preparing for Sports Day. We will also be taking part in gymnastics lessons with Mrs Bathgate.
Year 1 children will continue to use Talk for Writing strategies to retell our own versions of ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ and ‘Jack and the Beanstalk.’ We will also write instruction texts for how to grow runner beans and read a range of non fiction texts linked to our learning.
The children will continue to develop their mathematical knowledge through topics on multiplication and division, place value, fractions and time. They will complete regular problem solving challenges and use their reasoning skills when explaining their thinking.
This term is going to be a very busy but very exciting one. We can’t wait to get started!
How To Help At Home
Reading: Please ensure that your child always has their reading book and diary in school. Listen to your child read each day and leave a comment in your reading diary. Your child will take part in 2 guided reading sessions per week. Read stories to your child to encourage a love of books and visit the library to borrow a wide range of stories.
PE: Always have the correct PE kit in school. This term all children will need an indoor kit (white t shirt and black shorts) and an outdoor kit (warm joggers/leggings, sweatshirt or hoodie, trainers).
Homework: Complete weekly homework challenges. This will normally include a maths task, reading and spellings. Spelling tests will take place every Tuesday. New homework sheets will also be sent out on Tuesday.
Uniform – Please ensure that every item of clothing is clearly labelled with your child’s name. This makes returning belongings so much easier.
Useful Websites:
https://www.teachyourmonster.org/
Phonics and reading activities in a fun and interactive way.
A fun website to develop mathematical recall and fluency in addition and subtraction. regular homework will be set using this website.
Mathletics United Kingdom | Empowering Maths Learning Online
A fun website to help consolidate the learning done in school. Weekly homework will be set on this website.
Finally, if you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to speak to me either before or after the school day. Alternatively please phone or email the office to arrange an appointment at a convenient time.
Mrs Cook
