English lessons take place daily and the children will learn to produce more detailed pieces of writing. They will learn to include - capital letters, full stops, finger spaces, neat handwriting and conjunctions. Children will become more confident in writing in different styles and checking their writing at the end of the lesson. Children are encouraged to use their RWI skills when spelling words in their writing and also when spelling unfamiliar words. Using exciting vocabulary is very important and we always collect a range of words that we can use in our writing each week.
Read Write Inc is our daily phonics program where the children work in small groups to practise their blending of sounds, reading of tricky words and spelling rules with the help of Fred Frog. They also use their knowledge of sounds and blending to read ‘nonsense’ words. As well as this, they are given the opportunity to use the weekly text to develop their comprehension skills.
In maths, we use the ‘Maths No Problem’ method which enables children to become more confident in using maths as it follows the same pattern every day. The children are given the opportunity to explore maths questions using their resources, share with others and then try some questions for themselves. They are challenged daily with maths problems and being able to explain their answer using the correct vocabulary. Each lesson, a child is awarded with ‘Mathematician of the Day’ which they get very excited about!
The autumn term
There is lots of new and exciting topics that the children will delve deeper into as they begin their journey into Year 1! During the Autumn term, Year 1 will explore their geographical skills when they begin their topic ‘Our Place in Our World.’ The children will learn about human and physical features, explore their map skills and use a compass to take directions. In science, the children will focus on identifying and classifying animals! They will be learning lots of new vocabulary and begin recording their scientific findings! Within PHSE lessons, pupils will explore being part of a team and their school