Welcome to Wrens
Mrs White, Mrs Layal, Mrs Huma and Miss Jackson would like to welcome you to Year 1 and Wrens.
In year 1 there are many opportunities for children to learn through play and exploration. These opportunities are linked to our adult-led teaching sessions and follow the National Curriculum. We want to encourage children to ask questions, use their problem solving and reasoning skills and seek answers and ultimately foster a love of learning that will continue throughout their life.
English
In English we will be exploring the traditional story, 'The Three Little Pigs.' We will use Talk for writing to learn the story, including acting it out and story mapping before going on to explore the way the different charcters behave. The children will focus on the character of the wolf and learn how to build a character description using adjectives and include key details and information.
After this they will listen to the story 'Captain Toby' by Satoshi Kitamura and explore how to plan and write their own adventure story.
Maths
We will be learning how to count forwards and backwards to twenty, count one more and one less and compare groups by matching and counting on from a given number. Later we will progress to adding and subtracting within twenty using apparatus and resources to help our understanding and learn how to write number sentences. In our maths lessons we will also learn about part whole models and explore number families. We will learn how to apply our knowledge, skills and understanding to solve problems.
Science
In Science we will learn how to observe changes across the four seasons and observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and how the day length varies.
Foundation Curriculum
Geography
We will be exploring what the weather is like in the United Kingdom and how we can follow and write our own weather reports.
Technology
In design and technology we will be decorating our hand puppets and evaluating our finished product.
RE
In our lessons we will be learning about friendship and what qualities make a good friend.
PSHE
In our lessons we will explore different ways we can act in a responsible manner in a range of situations.
Music
To learn that music is made up of high and low and long and short sounds . We will be listening to and learning about many different styles of music and sing, move and dance to specially-written songs.
Computing
In our computing lessons we will start to learn about algorithms, logical thinking and how to make simple programs.
P.E.
Gymnastics - Developing the skills of travelling, jumping, balancing and rolling and to work on improving co-ordination, agility and body control.
Net and wall games - To focus on developing fundamental skills like hand-eye co-ordination, spatial awareness and basic racket and ball handling.
Important Information
P.E. is on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Please remember to wear your school P.E. kit to school. This should be a Livingstone T shirt and either shorts or tracksuit bottoms. Children need trainers or plimsols as well. If it is cold please could you wear your Livingstone school jumper.
Wednesday - Reading books changed. Remember to have your book signed as this will help you to achieve your reading awards.
Thursday - Homework books to be handed in.
Friday - Spelling Test.
Please read with your child daily. Remember to sign and date their reading record so we know that we can change their book.
Thank you for your ongoing support.
