Welcome to Year 1 Lithuania Class.

Class teacher – Mrs Knighton

Teaching Assistants – Miss Heagren

 

Our PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday. Please ensure your child arrives at school in their academy PE uniform.

 

Reading Books

Reading Books

The children will now bring home FFT reading books that are linked to our Guided Reading and Phonics sessions in class. These books the children have been reading at school and by re-reading them at home, it will support their phonics application, reading fluency and understanding of a text. 

Please ensure your child brings their book every day. Books will be changed on a FRIDAY. 

There is a new charge of £2 that will be incurred for lost and damaged books to ensure the upkeep of these vital resources. 

Children will have the opportunity to be awarded reading certificates after they have read so many times at home. Please ensure you write in the reading record when you read so that the children can be rightfully awarded. 

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to speak to a member of staff, we are here to support you and your child.

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Numbots

Your child will receive a login to a Maths app called Numbots. Please support your child in accessing this at least 3 times a week to support their Maths fluency. This will support your child in solving more complex problems within their Maths lessons.

 

Spelling

We will be focusing on learning to spell our tricky word

 

Tapestry

We will continue to use Tapestry as a form of communication as well as Teams. Please make sure you can access both. Please ask if you need any support with this

 

Autumn Term

This term we will be learning about a range of topics. In art, the children will be learning about the artist Henry Matisse and completing an art project across a series of weeks. In Science, we will be learning about everyday materials, seasons and all about the types of trees. In history we will be learning about changes in living memory and as part of our Geography unit we will be learning about Continents, Oceans and UK countries. 

 

 

Spring Term

In the spring term, our historical focus will be on the lives of significant people, such as David Attenborough and Mary Anning.  We learn about the artists Paul Klee and Emma Burleigh.  In our Geography lessons we will learn about capital cities and seas around the UK. In our Science lessons, the children will learn about what an animal is, what types of animals there are and what food tells us about animals as part of the animals, including the human senses. 

Summer Term

In history, we learn about more significant people, including Neil Armstrong, May Jemison, Bernard Harris Junior and Tim Peake. In our art lessons we will be learning all about sculpture and flora and fauna.  In our Geography lessons we will be learning about hot and cold places.  In this term we will have the opportunity to visit the Zoo as we learn more about animals, including humans. We will also be learning about parts of a plant, wild and garden flowers.