Year 1

Week Beginning 21st September

 

English

This week the children will be learning about non chronological reports and what they are. We will look at how to use a coordinating conjunctions within a sentence and why they are good to use. The children will also be researching pigs to find out lots of interesting facts that they can later use in their own reports.

 

Maths

This week, the children will be continuing to work on their numbers to ten. We will be comparing numbers using our crocodile friends we learnt last week. We will also be ordering numbers and objects to 10. To finish this unit we will also be learning our ordinal numbers and how useful they can be.  

 

        

 

 

 

Non-core - Science 

For the next two weeks our non core block is Science, we will be exploring the habitats in our local area. We will be discussing how flooding affects this area. We will go to Knowl Hill Common and use our outdoor area to find different habitats. Following this we will find out about the needs of living things within those habitats and how the habitat provides for them.

We will also be making a shelter for mini-beasts whose natural habitat has been lost through flooding.

 

P.E.

Please make sure that your child is dressed in appropriate PE on Tuesday  and Friday. 

 

 

Spellings

Below are the spelling word lists for year 1 which will be tested each Friday morning. This week the children will be tested on Week 2 spellings. 

When practising spellings Year 1 are encouraged to sound out the word. Can they spot the special friends? (two letters that make one sound, such as ay). Each week the spellings are linked to the sounds they have learnt.

 

Fun activities to learn spellings:

• Use shaving foam 
• Use sand
• Air writing - spell the word in the air and someone says what word they are spelling.
• Making the words out of playdough, blue tac or pasta.

 

Archive

Useful Websites

Here is a list of different websites which your child can visit if they wish to complete some extra practise at home in either maths, times tables, literacy or phonics. To follow a link, copy and paste it into the search bar.

 

Maths:

Counting- http://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/underwater-counting 

Counting, matching and ordering 1- http://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/ladybird-spots 

Counting, matching and ordering 2- http://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/gingerbread-man-game 

Higher or lower- http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=HigherAndLower

Number ordering- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/number_ordering/play/

Number sequences- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/number_sequences/play/

Ordering- http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering 

 

Times Tables: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/multiplication/play/ 

http://www.learnyourtables.co.uk/en/index2.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/maths/games/cross_the_swamp/big_sound/full.shtml

http://www.mad4maths.com/3_x_multiplication_table_math_game/

 

Literacy:

Joining words- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/joining_words/play/

Making sentences- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/making_sentences/play/

Rhyming words- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/rhyming_words/play/

 

Phonics:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/phonics/play/ 

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PicnicOnPluto.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PictureMatch.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/BuriedTreasure2.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/SentSubPhase3.html

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/DragonsDen.html

 

Additional Phonics

We have learned all our sounds but it is really important to keep practicing recognising and reading these sounds in a variety of words!

 

The children love to play this bingo game:

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/bingoOriginal/index.html

 

Alphablocks is a children's show that focuses on sound learning and blending which can be interactive and you can find this on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_qs3c0ehDvZkbiEbOj6Drg/featured

 

This website will be helpful for parents to understand how to pronounce each of the sounds and other useful information about phonic skills:

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/reading-schemes-oxford-levels/read-write-inc-phonics-guide/

 

Please ensure that you are reading the Read Write Inc books sent home three times before moving on to the next book.

 

Reading with Mrs Bird!

Below are some videos to help you practice reading your Set 1, Set 2 and Set 3 Green Words and your Red and Green Ditties! Enjoy!