Class 1B |

Mrs M Blinston
Class Teacher

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Welcome to 1B

Our class

1B is taught by Mrs Blinston.

Mrs Hardy is our class Teaching Assistant and she works Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

Our theme for this term is…

Plants and things that grow.

How to Grow and Take Care of Indoor Plants

Welcome to the YEAR 1 Summer Term!! How are we here already?

This term, we will be finding out about PLANTS and how things grow. We will learn to state and identify identify some wild and garden plants that flower in summer. We will also nurture our own plants and will see what plants need to grow.

In geography, we will learn about the UK and will know the UKs countries & capital cities. We will be able to name key features of different landscapes and draw comparisons between a city and a beach.

In computing, we will be learning to use Scratch Junior to create new characters and backgrounds, program actions and add sound. We will then use Espresso Coding and we will learn that computers follow instructions called code, create a program using code.

In music, we will learn to use a visual recording of my composition to enable me to adjust sounds and perfect my composition. We will ensure everyone can read the score and knows what parts to play together and which to play on their own. We will then play and record our own music and discuss each other’s pieces using musical language.

In art and design we will be learning lots about collage. We will learn to create a paper collage of a landscape scene using the work of Kandinsky as inspiration.

In DT, we will be exploring cooking and will be designing and making a healthy fruit salad for a party.

In RE, we will be learning about the people in our lives who are special people and understand the impact that Jesus had on the lives of different people. We will then go on to at the religion Judaism. During this unit we will learn about the importance of the Torah and other Jewish symbols.

In PHSCE, we will be learning about Our Body and we will learn how we keep clean, changing from babies to adults and how we can get help. We will then learn about Our Future. We will learn about where our money comes from and be part of a class business enterprise.

In PE, we will be focussing on attack and defence games and playing football. We will be dancing and developing a dance for our annual festival on the field.

More detailed information about the class theme can be found by opening the “Curriculum Plan” which can be found in “Files to download”

Homework

Reading:

To link with our Little Wandle Phonics, children will take part in group Reading Practice twice a week. Children will read the same book with a school adult throughout the week. Specific focus will be on the book vocabulary, prosody and comprehension. The children will bring the book home at the end of the week to share at home. Information and questions to ask are in the back of each book if Parents need ideas or support on how to practise the book at home. Children can choose “Reading for Pleasure” books as often as they like from the class library, to take home.

English:

Please practice the spellings that we send home to learn each week (this will start later this half term). A few minutes playing games and recalling the words each day will really help.

We will send home individual sets of key high frequency words for you to practice with your child whenever you have a few minutes each day. When they have learnt these, we will check their recall, and if they are ready to move on, give them their next set of words.

Please complete English homework with your child. Making sure that the spellings they have practiced for spelling tests are used correctly in their writing will really help. Also, if you notice that your child is forming some letters incorrectly, a little practice working on these at home would be really appreciated.

Maths:

We will be learning all about numbers to 100. We will learn to fluently count in 2, 5 and 10. We will match numerals to a set of objects and represent and count numbers to 100. We will learn about money, fractions and measures (capacity, length and weight).

Week at a Glance

Monday	Change Reading for Pleasure Books as required.
Tuesday	Change Reading for Pleasure Books as required.
Wednesday	Change Reading for Pleasure Books as required. Maths Information will be sent home. Wednesday is PE day! Please send your child to school in the morning wearing his/her PE kit. Children need a Marlborough PE uniform t-shirt. Weather dependent, navy shorts, joggers or leggings can be worn. Marlborough sweat shirts and hoodies in colder weather are suggested. PE sessions will take place on the field sometimes, so trainers, rather than black pumps are a better option for footwear.
Thursday	Change Reading for Pleasure Books as required.
Friday	Change Reading for Pleasure Books as required. Spellings for practise will be sent home. Spelling test of the previous week’s words will take place in class.

Useful Links

Below are some helpful websites to support learning at home.

https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/

This is a free website that teaches children the sounds that they need to know in order through a fun/interactive ‘game’. It is repetitive so helps to consolidate sounds, practices reading tricky words and sentences. Your child’s progress is remembered so they start at where they leave off each time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqhXUW_v-1s

This teaches you how to say each of the sounds.

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

Pick and choose the free phonics games on here. Try starting with phase 3 (or phase 2 if your child isn’t quite ready for this yet).

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/books/free-ebooks/

These are free on-line books that you can read at home. They are organised by phonics phase to help you find the right level.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/

This will help you practice the grammar covered in Year 1.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds

Good practice for reading.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/

Useful for practicing different areas of Maths.