Miss Reynolds & Mrs Derbyshire - Teachers
Mrs Hanby - Teaching Assistant
Mrs A Jones - Teaching Assistant
Miss Briers - Teaching Assistant
1st Autumn Term 2023
Welcome back after the Summer Holidays!
The teachers in Y1RD are Mrs Derbyshire and Miss Reynolds and our support staff are Mrs Hanby, Miss Jones and Miss Briers. If you have any concerns- please speak to any of our team.
Our topic for this half term is called Who am I?
We will be learning about ourselves and our families.
In History we will be looking at baby photographs to see how we have changed and we will be learning about our own and others families.
In Science we will be leaning about parts of the body and our 5 senses.
In Art we will practise using different paint techniques and collage to create our own self-portraits.
In PSCHE we will be learning about how to keep ourselves healthy and clean.
In RE we will be learning about special books and The Bible.
In Maths we will be learning about:
Place value to 10
Counting and representing numbers to 10
Counting forwards and backwards
Finding missing numbers on a number track
Finding one more and one less to 10
Comparing numbers
Ordering numbers
Our English work will be linked to our topic work and will include many texts about ourselves and family.
We will be learning to:
Write labels
Write sentences including capital letters, finger spaces and full stops
Use our phonics to write words
Write common exception words
We will continue to teach phonics to ensure children know set 1 and set 2 sounds ready to progress to set 3 sounds.
Other Information
- Homework will be set on Purple Mash every Wednesday and must be completed by the following Wednesday. Please let us know if you do not have your child’s log in information.
- Please ensure your child has a full PE kit in school every Wednesday- preferably black shorts, white tee shirt, spare socks and trainers.
- A Reading Book Box will be kept outside the classroom door each Monday and Thursday morning. Please put reading books and completed reading records in the box on these days in order for the book to be changed. Please note- staff do not check bags in Y1. We are also going to encourage children to bring a book from our class library home for them to share with you.
- Please ensure children do not bring their own toys from home, we have lots of wonderful activities in school, and own toys lead to arguments!
- When it is your child’s birthday, school is no longer allowing parents to bring sweets to share with the class. We will ensure your child is treated like a king or queen for the day- but please, no sugary snacks!
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