Year 1 Curriculum Letter - Summer 2024

A big welcome back to the summer term! Let’s hope the sun will shine!

We hope you have all settled back into the new term. We continue looking forward to working together with you all so that we can have a fabulous summer term. 

This will continue to be the typical school day for your child. 

RWI/Phonics

English

Maths

Lunch

Mastering of Number

Foundation subjects/PE

Storytime 

PE sessions are:

1U – Monday and Thursday

1F – Tuesday and Wednesday

Maths targets
Your child will bring home knowledge organisers for each unit of work. This will help inform you of your child’s learning and help you support your child in maths.

Your child will also have access to a programme called Numbots which will support your child’s maths. We will provide your child with login details.

Your child will bring home a weekly activity to do at home.

Reading

  • Teachers will be giving the children RWI home readers each week. Please can your child bring the books to school daily as there will be opportunities to read them in school.
  • Please read daily with your child and record what they have read to you in their yellow reading records. (It could just be a tick, but it would help us to be able to more closely and effectively monitor which books have been read if you do this.)
  • In the RWI home readers, there is a guide on how to use the reading book effectively.
  • Your child will also be given the opportunity to choose a story time book from our library each week.
  • Reading should be enjoyable (not too tricky!)
  • Reading should include a wide range of fiction and non-fiction.

Writing
Literacy activities will be planned around these texts.

Halibut Jackson and recount of the trip to the Pittville Park

The Snail and the Whale and The Storm Whale. Recount of Grace Darling

Spellings
Your child will bring home individualised spellings each week. If your child does not receive them please inform your class teacher.

Other curriculum subjects:

Summer 1
Geography – Pittville Park

Science - Animals including humans   

(part 2) 

Describe and compare the structure of a variety of common animals (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, including pets 

Music – Pop – Your imagination

RE – Is Shabbat important to Jewish children?

DT – Cookery preparing fruit and veg kebabs

Computing –  programming A

PSHE – Healthy Me.

PE – Target games/ Commando Joes.

Summer 2
Geography – Seaside

History – Grace Darling and the RNLI

DT – Cookery preparing fruit and veg kebabs

Science– Identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is associated with each sense. 

Summer – observation of trees / plants in the school grounds – how have they changed?  

Observe changes across the four seasons. Observe and describe weather associated with the seasons and how day length varies. 

Art – Sculpture

RE –  Are Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur important to Jewish children? 

PSHE – RSE Health week

Computing – programming B and online safety

PE – Athletics/ Striking and Fielding

Thank you as always for all the support that you give your children at home. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to speak to your class teacher. We are always here to support you and your child in every way we can.

 From The Year 1 Team

 

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