Year 1

Year 1  

Summer Term

Welcome back! 

In the summer term, we will begin to look at London through time. The children will learn about The Gunpowder Plot, The Great fire of London, the 2012 Olympics and the Kings Coronation.  We also have our class trip to Ferry Meadows, where the children will get to put into practice the map skills they have learnt, as well as learning about the different types of trees and insects.  

Reading  

Reading is such an important part of children’s learning. The children will read their phonics reading book three times in school before bringing it home to share on a Thursday. Phonics reading books must be returned to school on Monday. Children will also bring a ‘Celebration’ reading book, which is a book they have chosen. Your child may need support to read this and it can be used as a sharing book. The ‘Celebration’ book can be changed at any time during the week. Please ensure that you note what has been read in your child’s reading diaries and send these to school every day. A member of the team will check reading diaries regularly and praise the children for reading at home.  

Phonics  

There is a substantial body of evidence which demonstrates that systematic synthetic phonics is the most effective method for teaching all children to read. Phonics teaches children how to recognise the sounds that each individual letter makes, identify the sounds that different combinations of letters make, and blend these sounds together to make a word. Children can then use this knowledge to decode new words that they see. We use ‘Little Wandle’ to plan our phonics across Year One.  

Children in Year One will take part in the Phonics Screening Check in June, which is a statutory check from the government. The check comprises of 40 words - 20 of which are real words, and 20 are non-words.  

You can help your child to practise the skills involved in this check by helping them to segment (sound out) and blend those sounds to read each word. If you have any questions please do come and ask.  

PE 

Our PE lessons will take place on a Monday and Wednesday. Please ensure your child comes to school in the correct PE uniform (house colour t-shirt, black shorts/ jogging bottoms, plain black jumper and suitable outdoor trainers). One of the PE sessions will be outside, so please ensure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather.  

Homework  

Our main homework, in Year One, is daily reading (as mentioned above). 

We look forward to the term ahead.  

Year One Team