Year 1
Year 1 Home Guide
YEAR 1 HOMEGUIDE SPRING 2012
Year 1 Home Guide
Spring Term 1 2012
Here is our third Home Guide for the year. Again, this guide contains information about topics that we shall be covering this half term and suggestions for things you can do at home with your child to extend their learning.
Please keep reading with your child every day and make sure that they complete any Guided Reading homework that they are given.
This home guide is for the first half of the Spring term.
Literacy
These are the topics we will be covering this term in class, and suggested activities for parents and children.
Information texts:
The children will be learning how to ask simple questions, use information books, understand alphabetical order, identify the differences between fact and fiction, identify the features of an information text and convey information.
Narrative:
Children will be consolidating their understanding that stories have characters, settings and events; use stories and role play to provide ideas for writing; express personal opinions about stories; develop and use simple success criteria to evaluate their own stories.
Literacy: Spelling Words
Our spellings are taken from the THRASS 500 key words. Please follow the instructions on the spelling sheet and use the say, look, cover, write, check method for learning spellings. The expectation is that children should not just learn words for the weekly spelling test, but should use these words in their writing in school. Please help your child learn the words which correspond to their group. We suggest your child practises their spellings for five minutes every day.
We feel it is important that the spellings are appropriate for your child. Using our observations we may adjust the spellings accordingly.
Handwriting
In handwriting we will be focusing on ‘the one armed robot’ family of letters. We have already covered r and n.
The letters are:
m p b h k
Please note we do not do joined up writing in Year 1.
Maths Topics:
We will be revisiting all of the key topics covered in the Autumn Term and building on their previous learning.
During Year 1, the children develop their counting skills, begin to describe and explain patterns and relationships involving numbers and shapes, and use informal methods of recording. They use games to extend their knowledge and use of number facts and develop their understanding of the number system.
Key Number objective for this term:
To describe simple patterns and relationships involving numbers, to learn number bonds to 10, to identify odd and even numbers, to recognise that addition can be done in any order, to understand subtraction as take away and add as counting on, to find the difference by counting on.
Activities:
• Get your child to use maths in everyday situations eg counting out apples in the supermarket. Ask them simple questions such as ‘How many more will we need if we want 6 apples?’ Include everyday subtraction problems.
• Practise number bonds to 10 (eg 2 + 8, 1 + 9, 3 + 7)
• Practise counting in 10s up to and back from 100.
• Allow your child to experiment using money and help you to choose coins when paying for items, talk about different coin combinations.
• See if your child can read the numbers on doors or on the back of football shirts and in other situations.
• Get your child to say one more or less than any number to 20.
• Encourage your child to spot odd and even numbers on doors as you walk down the road.
• Play games that use dice and counting, such as Snakes and Ladders, Ludo etc…
• Play dominoes with your child.
• Talk about the symbols + - = with your child. Encourage them to explain what they mean.
• Ask your child what number the big hand is pointing to on a clock. Encourage your child to start telling the o’clock and half past time.
• Choose two numbers below 10 or a higher number if appropriate. Add them together. Change the order and add them again. What do you notice about the answer?
Useful websites:
http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html
http://www.primarygames.co.uk/html
Key Vocabulary:
Count on, count back, add, subtract, plus, minus, before, after, more, less, most, least, bigger, smaller, altogether, equals, between, next, half, difference, number bond, double, compare.
Science
Our topic will be Hearing and Sound. In this unit children will develop their understanding of the huge variety of sounds and sources of sound they encounter. They relate sounds to their sense of hearing and are introduced to the idea that sounds travel away from a source.
Suggested activities:
- Take your child outside for a walk and talk to them about all the sounds they can hear and discuss what they think is making them.
- Talk to your child about different sources of sound and what sort of noise it makes.
Useful websites:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/sound_hearing.shtml
Useful vocabulary:
In this unit children will have opportunities to use:
high, low, loud, quiet, shake, pluck, rattle, ring, silence, direction, louder, quieter, further away, nearer.
PSHE:
We will continue to follow the scheme of work dictated by the Social and Emotional Aspects of children’s Learning (SEAL). The topic this term is ‘Going for Goals’.
Other subjects:
Art: in art this half term will be focusing our work on using a variety of media.
R.E: children will cover the topic of ‘stories’. We will include stories from several different religions.
ICT: work will predominantly use the ICT suite working in pairs to learn basic computer skills. ICT is also regularly incorporated throughout the curriculum, through interactive whiteboard use and digital photography.
Children will also attend weekly lessons in:
• Music with Mr Morris on a Wednesday.
• PE with Morris – Mrs McMillan’s on a Monday, Miss Sutton’s class on a Thursday. Please ensure children wear appropriate footwear.
• Dance lesson with Ms Robbins on a Tuesday. Must wear appropriate clothing e.g. vest and pants/shorts/leotards
• Library on a Wednesday (please return school library books each week).
Additional Information
We have organised a trip to the National Gallery on March 20th and will send further details nearer the time.
Please bring back spelling folders and guided reading books on a Monday.
Children are expected to go to the toilet at playtimes and lunchtimes, but we always allow children to go if it is urgent. However accidents do happen and we would be grateful if spare clothing could be washed and returned as soon as possible.
If you are getting rid of anything that you think might be useful in the class, please speak to us before you do! We would welcome any materials that could be reused/recycled in creative activities.
If you have any concerns we are always very happy to meet with you but please make an appointment first. We look forward to another happy and successful term and we would like to wish you a happy new year.
Jo Sutton Isobel McMIllan
Year One Home Guide Spring Term 2
Here is our fourth Home Guide for the year. Again, this guide contains information about topics that we shall be covering this half term and suggestions for things you can do at home with your child to extend their learning.
All of the weekly spellings are given here in advance. We shall be testing pupils on spellings every week. We have also included lists of important Maths and Science vocabulary.
Please keep reading with your child every day and make sure that they complete any Guided Reading homework that they are given.
Literacy
These are the topics we will be covering this term in class, and suggested activities for parents and children.
History
We will be looking at homes from long ago. When walking to school, try to point out old buildings and features to your child and look at similarities and differences with them.
Narrative:
Children will be looking at traditional stories and fairytales. We will be focusing on the story of Cinderella.
Power of Reading Unit
We will be working on a story called The Sweetest Song from the Story Tree, which is a traditional African-American tale.
Literacy: Spelling Words
Our spellings are taken from the THRASS 500 key words. Please follow the instructions on the spelling sheet and use the say, look, cover, write, check method for learning spellings. The expectation is that children should not just learn words for the weekly spelling test, but should be beginning to use these words in their writing in school. Please help your child learn the words which correspond to their group. We suggest your child practises their spellings for five minutes a day.
We feel it is important that the spellings are appropriate for your child. Using our observations we may adjust the spellings accordingly.
Maths:
A summary of the topics we are covering this term and some of the key objectives and vocabulary.
Plus: Ideas for activities to reinforce learning with your child in other subjects across the curriculum.
Handwriting
In handwriting we will be focusing on ‘the one armed robot’ family of letters. We have already covered r and n.
The letters are:
i l t j u y
Please note we do not do joined up writing in Year 1.
Maths Topics:
We will be revisiting all of the key topics covered in the Autumn Term and building on their previous learning.
During Year 1, the children develop their counting skills, begin to describe and explain patterns and relationships involving numbers and shapes, and use informal methods of recording. They use games to extend their knowledge and use of number facts and develop their understanding of the number system.
Key Number objective for this term:
To describe simple patterns and relationships involving numbers, to learn number bonds to 10, to identify odd and even numbers, to recognise that addition can be done in any order, to understand subtraction as take away and add as counting on, to find the difference by counting on.
Activities:
• Get your child to use maths in everyday situations eg counting out apples in the supermarket. Ask them simple questions such as ‘How many more will we need if we want 6 apples?’ Include everyday subtraction problems.
• Practise number bonds to 10 (eg 2 + 8, 1 + 9, 3 + 7)
• Practise counting in 10s up to and back from 100.
• Allow your child to experiment using money and help you to choose coins when paying for items, talk about different coin combinations.
• See if your child can read the numbers on doors or on the back of football shirts and in other situations.
• Get your child to say one more or less than any number to 20.
• Encourage your child to spot odd and even numbers on doors as you walk down the road.
• Play games that use dice and counting, such as Snakes and Ladders, Ludo etc…
• Play dominoes with your child.
• Talk about the symbols + - = with your child. Encourage them to explain what they mean.
• Ask your child what number the big hand is pointing to on a clock. Encourage your child to start telling the o’clock and half past time.
• Choose two numbers below 10 or a higher number if appropriate. Add them together. Change the order and add them again. What do you notice about the answer?
Useful websites:
http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html
http://www.primarygames.co.uk/html
Key Vocabulary:
Count on, count back, add, subtract, plus, minus, before, after, more, less, most, least, bigger, smaller, altogether, equals, between, next, half, difference, number bond, double, compare.
Science
Our topic this half term will be ‘Materials’. Through this unit children will learn about the characteristics and uses of a range of common materials. They will be encouraged to use vocabulary to describe and compare materials.
Suggested activities:
- Talk to your child about different materials found around the home and talk about their properties eg coat material might be waterproof or a metal baking tray gets very hot to cook the food etc…
- See if you can use a magnet to find magnetic and non-magnetic items in your home. Talk about what you find.
Useful websites:
• http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=materials
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/sorting_using_mate.shtml
Useful vocabulary:
• names of materials eg metal, plastic, wood, paper, glass, clay, rock, fabric, sand
• words used to describe materials eg hard, soft, rough, smooth, shiny, dull, magnetic, transparent, bendy, waterproof, strong
PSHE:
We will continue to follow the scheme of work dictated by the Social and Emotional Aspects of children’s Learning (SEAL). The topic this term is ‘Good to be me’.
Other subjects:
Art: in art this half term will be focusing our work on ‘Materials’ which links with our science topic.
R.E: children will cover the topic of ‘special people’’. We will find out about special people from several different religions.
ICT: work will predominantly use the ICT suite working in pairs to learn basic computer skills. ICT is also regularly incorporated throughout the curriculum, through interactive whiteboard use and digital photography.
Children will also attend weekly lessons in:
• Music with Ms Paranzino on a Wednesday.
• PE with Morris – Miss Westwood’s class on a Monday, Mrs Hine’s class on a Thursday. Please ensure children wear appropriate footwear.
• Dance lesson with Ms Robbins on a Tuesday. Children to wear pants and vest.
• Library on a Wednesday (please return school library books each week).
Additional Information
Please bring back spelling folders and guided reading books on a Monday.
Children are expected to go to the toilet at playtimes and lunchtimes, but we always allow children to go if it is urgent. However accidents do happen and we would be grateful if spare clothing could be washed and returned as soon as possible.
If you are getting rid of anything that you think might be useful in the class, please speak to us before you do! We would welcome any materials that could be reused/recycled in creative activities.
We look forward to another happy and successful half term!
Ruth Hine and Fiona Westwood
Year 1 Home Guide Spring Term
Here is our third Home Guide for the year. Again, this guide contains information about topics that we shall be covering this half term and suggestions for things you can do at home with your child to extend their learning.
All of the weekly spellings are given here in advance. We shall be testing pupils on spellings every week, and the dates for these tests are provided here. We have also included lists of important Maths and Science vocabulary.
Please keep reading with your child every day and make sure that they complete any Guided Reading homework that they are given.
This home guide is for the first half of the Spring term.
Literacy
These are the topics we will be covering this term in class, and suggested activities for parents and children.
Information texts:
The children will be learning how to ask simple questions, use information books, understand alphabetical order, identify the differences between fact and fiction, identify the features of an information text and convey information.
Narrative:
Children will be looking at traditional stories with predicable patterned language.
Power of Reading Unit
We will be using the book ‘The Princess and the White Bear King’.
Recounts:
Children will be writing a recount of their trip to the Horniman Museum.
Literacy: Spelling Words
Our spellings are taken from the THRASS 500 key words. Please follow the instructions on the spelling sheet and use the say, look, cover, write, check method for learning spellings. The expectation is that children should not just learn words for the weekly spelling test, but should be beginning to use these words in their writing in school. Please help your child learn the words which correspond to their group. We suggest your child practises their spellings for five minutes a day.
We feel it is important that the spellings are appropriate for your child. Using our observations we may adjust the spellings accordingly.
Maths:
A summary of the topics we are covering this term and some of the key objectives and vocabulary.
Plus: Ideas for activities to reinforce learning with your child in other subjects across the curriculum.
Handwriting
In handwriting we will be focusing on ‘the one armed robot’ family of letters. We have already covered r and n.
The letters are:
m p b h k
Please note we do not do joined up writing in Year 1.
Maths Topics:
We will be revisiting all of the key topics covered in the Autumn Term and building on their previous learning.
During Year 1, the children develop their counting skills, begin to describe and explain patterns and relationships involving numbers and shapes, and use informal methods of recording. They use games to extend their knowledge and use of number facts and develop their understanding of the number system.
Key Number objective for this term:
To describe simple patterns and relationships involving numbers, to learn number bonds to 10, to identify odd and even numbers, to recognise that addition can be done in any order, to understand subtraction as take away and add as counting on, to find the difference by counting on.
Activities:
• Get your child to use maths in everyday situations eg counting out apples in the supermarket. Ask them simple questions such as ‘How many more will we need if we want 6 apples?’ Include everyday subtraction problems.
• Practise number bonds to 10 (eg 2 + 8, 1 + 9, 3 + 7)
• Practise counting in 10s up to and back from 100.
• Allow your child to experiment using money and help you to choose coins when paying for items, talk about different coin combinations.
• See if your child can read the numbers on doors or on the back of football shirts and in other situations.
• Get your child to say one more or less than any number to 20.
• Encourage your child to spot odd and even numbers on doors as you walk down the road.
• Play games that use dice and counting, such as Snakes and Ladders, Ludo etc…
• Play dominoes with your child.
• Talk about the symbols + - = with your child. Encourage them to explain what they mean.
• Ask your child what number the big hand is pointing to on a clock. Encourage your child to start telling the o’clock and half past time.
• Choose two numbers below 10 or a higher number if appropriate. Add them together. Change the order and add them again. What do you notice about the answer?
Useful websites:
http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html
http://www.primarygames.co.uk/html
Key Vocabulary:
Count on, count back, add, subtract, plus, minus, before, after, more, less, most, least, bigger, smaller, altogether, equals, between, next, half, difference, number bond, double, compare.
Science
Our topic will be Hearing and Sound. In this unit children will develop their understanding of the huge variety of sounds and sources of sound they encounter. They relate sounds to their sense of hearing and are introduced to the idea that sounds travel away from a source.
Suggested activities:
- Take your child outside for a walk and talk to them about all the sounds they can hear and discuss what they think is making them.
- Talk to your child about different sources of sound and what sort of noise it makes.
Useful websites:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/sound_hearing.shtml
Useful vocabulary:
In this unit children will have opportunities to use:
high, low, loud, quiet, shake, pluck, rattle, ring, silence, direction, louder, quieter, further away, nearer.
PSHE:
We will continue to follow the scheme of work dictated by the Social and Emotional Aspects of children’s Learning (SEAL). The topic this term is ‘Going for Goals’.
Other subjects:
Art: in art this half term will be focusing our work on ‘Sculpture’.
R.E: children will cover the topic of ‘stories’. We will include stories from several different religions.
ICT: work will predominantly use the ICT suite working in pairs to learn basic computer skills. ICT is also regularly incorporated throughout the curriculum, through interactive whiteboard use and digital photography.
Children will also attend weekly lessons in:
• Music with Ms Paranzino on a Wednesday.
• PE with Morris – Miss Westwood’s class on a Monday, Mrs Hine’s class on a Thursday. Please ensure children wear appropriate footwear.
• Dance lesson with Ms Robbins on a Tuesday. Children to wear pants and vest.
• Library on a Wednesday (please return school library books each week).
Additional Information
Please bring back spelling folders and guided reading books on a Monday.
We will be visiting the Horniman Museum on Tuesday 25th January 2011. This will link with out Science topic on sound and hearing. We would be grateful for CRB checked volunteers to help us.
Children are expected to go to the toilet at playtimes and lunchtimes, but we always allow children to go if it is urgent. However accidents do happen and we would be grateful if spare clothing could be washed and returned as soon as possible.
If you are getting rid of anything that you think might be useful in the class, please speak to us before you do! We would welcome any materials that could be reused/recycled in creative activities.
We look forward to another happy and successful term and we would like to wish you a happy new year.
Ruth Hine and Fiona Westwood