Year 1: Ladybirds
Welcome to the Ladybirds!
Hello and welcome!
*Meet the Ladybird grown-ups*
The grown-ups in the Ladybird class are Miss Wright. Mrs De'Ath and Mrs Hanslip. We love teaching the Ladybirds and we are so proud of their achievements!
If you ever have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. Thank you!
*Our Christian Value for the term*
Our Christian value for this term is Service in the Community.
Living a life of service is about keeping your eyes open and looking out for ways to make others smile.
Jesus was called the ‘servant king’; his mission was to serve God and to serve all those people he met, through his teaching, his example and the way he led his life.
The Bible teaches us that we should all serve those in need, whoever they are, and ‘go the extra mile’ to put ourselves out for someone else’s benefit.
Who are the unsung heroes who serve us? Who are they at school and at home? How do you serve others?
We look forward to receiving your hand of service, to show how you have demonstrated an understanding of service at home.
“For a community to be whole and healthy, it must be based on people's love and concern for each other.” (Millard Fuller)
*Our Learning for this term*
Spring Term 2
Food Glorious Food!
Our amazing topic for this half term is called ‘Food Glorious Food’ and we cannot wait to start our learning. Food is a vital aspect of life and we are all motivated by food and so it is an ideal topic to focus key knowledge and learning around.
In History we will be learning all about The Great Fire of London. We will develop our knowledge of key facts, be able to order what happened and how the fire started. This all began in a bakery and will link to our Geography learning. We will continue to build on our knowledge of the continents and oceans and link this to where different types of bread originate from. In DT we will be using this knowledge to design, make and evaluate our own healthy sandwich and of course this will need to involve some taste testing along the way!
In Science we will continue to develop our knowledge of animal classifications. We will learn the key features of the different animal groups e.g. birds and mammals and which animals are in which category. We will also be learning about what different animals eat.
In Music the children will be learning to listen with concentration and understanding to a range of music, finding the pulse, learning a new song and exploring a range of percussion instruments and making music together. In PSHE we are learning all about being part of a community and who cares for us and how we can care for others.
We also have many carefully selected high quality texts for story time that link to Food Glorious Food, we cannot wait to start reading them.
In English our Talk for Writing focus story is ‘Handa’s Surprise’. We will learn how to retell the story, and then innovate it. We will then learn the key features of a non-chronological report before writing our report.
In Maths we follow a Maths scheme called White Rose Maths. This term we will continue to cover place vale and consolidating our understanding of addition and subtraction. Following this we will move on to length and height and developing our knowledge of measurement.
Termly common exception words
In Year One, spellings are done weekly. In your child’s reading record a sticker will appear with around 6 spellings to practise 3 times a week. Spelling certain tricky words and common exception words is so important in Year One so please support your child at home with this.
Phonics info and Reading
The children participate in a phonics session daily first thing in the morning and they will take part in a group reading practice each week three times in class. Please ensure that your child has their reading book and reading record book with them each day. Included in your child’s reading record book will be your child’s spellings on a sticker. Please support your child at home with their spellings.
Reading books are changed on a Monday for the week and these are the books which are required for the reading practice sessions. Your child will also bring home a book from our school library which is their reading for pleasure book these will be changed when your child’s class has their library time.
Extra helpful info
Children will be doing PE on various days, therefore please ensure your child has their PE kit in school ALL TERM.
Homework
Please choose one of the following.
- You could research and find out all about a continent or country and the different foods that originate from here.
- Find and follow different recipes and make them with your family. I wonder which ones you will like best?
- Design a meal for different animals. Remember to find out if they are a carnivore or herbivore first.
- Design and make your own smoothies or fruit kebabs using different fruits.
- Write safety rules for a bakery, maybe these would have helped to prevent the Great Fire of London.
- Create your ideal menu, remember to use adjectives to describe each dish to persuade others that this is the best!
Spring 2 Medium Term Plans
Spring Term 1
Our Planet
Welcome back to all of our children and families and a very Happy New Year to everyone.
Our amazing topic for this half term is called ‘Our Planet’ and we cannot wait to start our learning.
In Science we will be learning about animal classifications. We will learn the key features of the different animal groups e.g. birds and mammals and which animals are in which category. We will also be identifying seasonal changes across the four seasons. In Geography, we are building on our learning about the UK from last term and we will be learning all about our planet Earth: the oceans, the continents and naming different countries. We will also look at hot and cold climates and where on our Earth these are located. In Music the children will be learning to listen with concentration and understanding to a range of music, finding the pulse, learning a new song and exploring a range of percussion instruments and making music together. In PSHE we are learning all about rules and why we need them. This includes caring for others and looking after our planet. It links really well to our Christian Value of compassion that we are also focusing on this term.
We also have many carefully selected high quality texts for story time that link to Our Planet, we cannot wait to start reading them.
In English our Talk for Writing focus story is ‘Beegu’. We will learn how to retell the story, describe Beegu and write different reports. We will learn all about suffixes and use these in our writing. We also have an alien who has joined our class! Can he stay or should he go home?
In Maths we follow a Maths scheme called White Rose Maths. This term we will continue to cover place value before moving on to extending our knowledge of addition and subtraction. Following this we will move on to length and height and developing our knowledge of measurement.
Termly common exception words
In Year One, spellings are done weekly. In your child’s reading record a sticker will appear with around 6 spellings to practise 3 times a week. Spelling certain tricky words and common exception words is so important in Year One so please support your child at home with this.
Phonics info and Reading
The children participate in a phonics session daily first thing in the morning and they will take part in a group reading practice each week three times in class. Please ensure that your child has their reading book and reading record book with them each day. Included in your child’s reading record book will be your child’s spellings on a sticker. Please support your child at home with their spellings.
Reading books are changed on a Monday for the week and these are the books which are required for the reading practice sessions. Your child will also bring home a book from our school library which is their reading for pleasure book these will be changed when your child’s class has their library time.
Extra helpful info
Children will be doing PE on various different days, therefore please ensure your child has their PE kit in school ALL TERM.
Homework
Please choose one of the following;
- You could research and find out all about a continent or country that you have never visited. This could be done using Atlases or the internet and can be presented as a report or poster.
- Design clothes for a hot and a cold country, what would be the best things to wear?
- Create a poster to explain key facts about an animal classification e.g. birds or mammals or reptiles. Remember to include examples of different animals that are in this classification.
- Find out more abut the animals that live in a hot climate or a cold climate and how they have adjusted to this.
- Create a story board to retell the Creation story
Spring Term One Medium Term Plans
Autumn Term 2
A Picture Postcard
Our exciting topic for this half term is called ‘A Picture Postcard’.
In Science we will be learning about everyday materials. Distinguishing between an object and the material from which it is made. We will also be identifying seasonal changes across the four seasons. In Geography this term we will be learning about locational knowledge of the four countries of the United Kingdom and the surrounding seas. In Music the children will be learning to listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high quality live and recorded music. Exploring percussion instruments and making music together. We will be learning songs for our Year 1 sing-a-long in December. In PE the children will be learning fundamental moving skills where they will experience movement and balance on one foot. The children are working on their personal skills of following instructions, not giving up and asking for help when appropriate. In PSHE the children will be learning what the word respect means for both our school value and the Fundamental British values. We will be participating in Anti-Bullying week by celebrating Odd Socks Day on Monday 14th November. We will be learning about being kind to people at school, at home, in the community and online. We will be celebrating Wonderful Wednesday on Wednesday 16th November and Children in Need on Friday the 18th November, please wear spotty or colourful clothes. What a busy week!
In English our Talk for Writing focus story is ‘How to Catch a Star’. We will learn how to retell the story and explore the characters. We will also re-invent the story and practice using finger spaces, capital letters and full stops.
In Maths we follow a Maths scheme called White Rose Maths. This term we will continue to cover place value but will extend it to numbers to twenty and we will also cover naming and recognizing both 2D and 3D shapes. We will be counting accurately up to twenty and ordering numbers on a number line. Writing numbers correctly and learning about subtraction using a number line.
Termly common exception words
In Year One, spellings are done weekly. In your child’s reading record a sticker will appear with around 6-10 spellings to practise 3 times a week. Spelling certain tricky words and common exception words is so important in Year One so please support your child at home with this.
Phonics info and Reading
The children participate in a phonics session daily first thing in the morning and they will take part in a group reading practice each week three times in class. Please ensure that your child has their reading book and reading record book with them each day. Included in your child’s reading record book will be your child’s spellings on a sticker. Please support your child at home with their spellings.
Reading books are changed on a Monday for the week and these are the books which are required for the reading practice sessions. Your child will also bring home a book from our school library which is their reading for pleasure book these will be changed when your child’s class has their library time.
Extra helpful info
Children will be doing PE on various different days, therefore please ensure your child has their PE kit in school ALL TERM.
Homework
Please choose one of the following;
You could go on a journey and draw a map of your route and the things they see along their way.
Create a photo collage of places you have visited.
Make a movie of somewhere you have visited.
Make a poster of a place you have visited.
Autumn Term 2 Medium Term Plan
Autumn Term 1
Boom Kapow Splat!
Our exciting topic for this term is all about Superheroes. In Science we will be drawing and labelling parts of our bodies and learning how to eat and live healthily. This also links with our work in DT on healthy eating and designing healthy foods. In History we will be finding out about the lives of significant people from the past who were real life superheroes, such as Florence Nightingale. In PE the children will develop their superhero strength with lots of outdoor team games with superheroes and villains. In Music we will be learning songs and chants and creating our own superhero tunes.
In English our Talk for Writing focus story is The Enormous Turnip. We will learn to retell the story, explore repeated patterns and phrase in the text and describe the different characters in the story. We will also re-invent the story and practise using finger spaces, capital letters and full stops.
In Maths we follow a maths scheme called White Rose maths. This term we will cover Place Value, counting accurately up to ten and ordering numbers on a number line. Writing numbers correctly and finding one more and one less. We will also be teaching addition and subtraction using a part whole model, making number bonds to ten and adding numbers up to ten.
Phonics lessons will begin in week two of the term, but we will be listening to all children read in their first week. Your child will be given a reading book by Friday 9th September. Please ensure that once books are placed in bookbags, you ensure your child brings their book bag every day as we read three times a week for reading practise sessions.
In Year One, spellings are done weekly. In your child's reading record a sticker will appear with around 6-10 spellings to practise 3 times a week. Spelling certain tricky words and common exception words is so important in Year One so please support your child at home with this.
Reading books will be changed every Monday and Wednesday. The books that are changed on a Monday are those required for their reading practise session also, and those on a Wednesday are a supplement for reading for pleasure book.
We will also be doing Forest schools this year. We will let you know if your child has a forest school day and what appropriate clothing they may need.
Homework
There are three homework projects for you to choose from and they can be handed in at any time this term up until half term. Homework can come in any format you choose, it may be photographs, videos, drawings, a piece of writing, a powerpoint, a model or other type of artwork. You can use books to research and even visit the library to help you.
- Cook a healthy recipe and show what you have made.
- Create your own superhero and show what their super powers are.
- Find out about an amazing person from history, eg Florence Nightingale, Grace Darling, Neil Armstrong.
Autumn Term 1 Medium Terms Plans
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