Author: thornj

Events this term: for the children / 21.10.15 -1AL Visit to West Wirral Works (small charge) / 22.10.15—1RD and 1JT Visit to West Wirral Works (small charge) / Wb.7.9.15 -visit to Urmson Park (weather dependent!) / 4.11.15—Visit to Liverpool Museum (small charge) / Events this term: for the parent/carers / 15.10.15—Individual photographs / w/b 19.10.15—Parents evening week / 14.12.15 -Year 1 Christmas Carol Service at 9.15am / 17.12.15 - Christmas Party Day
P.E. Day is Tuesday for all Year 1 classes. As we sometimes provide PE sessions on other days your child’s PE bag should be in school every day. We will send them home at the end of each half term for washing and checking items still fit. / In their PE bag they will need: a plain, white T-shirt, plain, black shorts, black/navy joggers or leggings and a pair of black pumps (either pull on or Velcro fastenings, NO LACES PLEASE OR TRAINERS.)
Homework is generally provided weekly. This takes the form of reading, writing, maths and spellings. Please spend some time helping your child to learn these each week. Other homework is linked to our topics.
Reading: Reading book bags will be sent home daily and should be brought into school daily. The children will independently change their reading books as often as is required. We would appreciate your / support in hearing your child read at home every day. As they move into Year 1 it is important that the children are reading for meaning and discussing what they have read as well as using all their phonic skills to work out new words.

Year 1
Curriculum Planner
Autumn Term:
Wheels on the Bus
The Toy Workshop

Curriculum Targets are available on the Year group blog.
www.lpsyear1.weebly.com

Maths Opportunities
We will do Barnaby’s mental maths every day
We will find out about 2D and 3D shapes and
investigate them. We will use positional language to describe objects.
We will solve real life problems and use ICT
daily.
We will learn number facts and mental
calculation strategies, including number bonds to 10
We will use coins to add and subtract in our role play activities and record our work.
We will learn about the place value of numbers.

Reading Opportunities
We will read stories with familiar settings. such as Lily and the Blue Kangaroo and Percy the Park keeper. We also listen to new
stories ...‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ and ‘Major Glad and Major Dizzy’
We will read instructions to help us make our vegetable salad.
We will use Bug Club to read fiction and non-fiction books.
We will read books which we choose
ourselves from the book corner.
We will do Guided Reading to help us develop our reading skills and strategies.
We will do Letters and Sounds every day.

Other Exciting Learning Opportunities
As Designers and Creators we will design and make our own playgrounds. We will also design and make a healthy vegetable salad and eat it!
As Geographers we will find out about out local area and visit different places like the park and shops.
As Scientists we will investigate the seasons of
Autumn and Winter and also the different properties of materials.
As Historians we will learn about toys from the past.
As Musicians we will be listening carefully to music and talking about rhythm. We will also be singing and performing our own music. At the end of the year we will perform our Christmas production.
As Athletes we will look forward to being coached by Premier Coaches in gymnastics and games.
As Artists we will make observational drawings using a variety of different art media.

Social, Moral, Spiritual, Cultural
We will be introducing the school House Points
system where children of all ages will work together.
We will discuss new beginnings, establish our class and year group rules, and write our code of conduct and charters for the class and playground.
We will find out about Harvest and Christmas.

Writing Opportunities
We will write recounts of our visits to the park and local area.
We will write instructions for making a
vegetable salad.
We will write our own stories about a lost toy in the park and other exciting adventures using story books as a stimulus.
We will use our role play areas to develop our communication and writing skills.
We will write poems based on the theme of Autumn.
We will use ICT to create our own books and write about our own experiences.
We will use ICT to create our own books and write our own blogs.
We will use ICT to create our own books and write our own blogs.