Welcome to 1S with Mrs Hosker

Welcome back! I hope that you had a lovely half break. I am looking forward to continuing the final part of a great year filled with fun and learning as we explore a new book in English and different topics across the curriculum. Please find more information below about our curriculum planning, along with photos and posts about our learning. These will be updated regularly so please look at the photos and information about how your child is learning in Year 1.

Class email: 1S@stpatricks.sefton.school. Please feel free to email should you have any questions or you wish to share some news about your child. Please let us know if your contact details have changed.

Labelling:  We have numerous jumpers and cardigans without labels and it is incredibly helpful if you could please add your children's name to these items. Can you also ask your child to carry their water bottle into school rather than place it inside their book bags. Thank you for your ongoing support.

PE: This term, our PE lessons will be on Tuesday and Wednesday. Please send your child to school in their full PE kit. 

Our Learning: During this half term, the children will be completing their phonics screening check and they will be continuing their learning of Phase 5 phonics. They will continue to recap their phonics knowledge on previously taught graphemes and applying this knowledge in their reading and writing. This half-term in English, we will continue to use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. They will continue their learning in writing narratives, using conjunctions and sequenced sentences. Our focused text will be ‘Handa's Surprise’ by Eileen Brown. Children will continue to use their phonics knowledge to support their writing skills. In maths, we will be continue our learning about fractions, moving on to looking at numbers within 100.

We will start a new Geography unit  and consider the big question-Why is our world wonderful? Children will use vocabulary linked to their learning about the continents and various human, and physical features of the environment, such as landmarks, rivers, mountains, etc. In Science, we are continuing our learning about plants. Children will deepen their scientific knowledge and skills as they learn about plants such as differences between fruit and vegetables. They will continue to develop skills as they classify and compare plants and what they need to grow. Children will also continue their learning about seasonal change as they observe any potential changes to a focused tree which they have used throughout the year. In Art, we will start a printing unit as we look at different marks which objects can make. We will explore the work of the artist, Hannah Rampley and how she used fruit to create repeating patterns. In Computing, children will continue to embed their basic skills and start a new topic on coding, where they will learn about programming and setting instructions. 

Our physical education lessons will take place every Tuesday and Wednesday this half-term. Children should continue to come into school wearing their P.E. clothes with a school jumper or cardigan and appropriate footwear. Our lessons this term will focus on Team Building and Striking and Fielding. Both lessons will focus on children developing their range of physical skills as well their ability to work together, building their emotional skills. As part of our Religious Studies, we will complete our topic about Being Sorry, progressing to a topic about Neighbours which explores how neighbours share God's world. In Music this half term, children are continuing to develop their singing and ability to use musical instruments as they will complete the unit called Having Fun with Improvisation . As part of our learning in PSHE, children will learn about how they look after each other and the world. They will recognise how to keep safe in the sun and protect their skin from sun damage. Children will also learn about what improves and harms their local  natural and built environment and explore ways that people can care for it. They will also explore and take part in activities linked to our No Outsiders theme based on building their understanding that they share the world with lots of people. 

Medical Conditions

If your child has a medical condition that staff need to know about, please inform school as soon as possible. If your child's medical needs changes at all or they require an inhaler, or any other medicine, please let us know and we will support your child to endure that their medical needs are met.

Reading

Two reading books will still be sent home each Monday. It is very important to support your child's reading so please spend time sharing and listening to stories read by them. Every week, an online reading book will be allocated on Active Learn.  Please send your children’s Reading Record book into school each day.

Spellings

This half-term, children will continue to learn the spellings of particular word banks linked to their learning of phonics and common exception or irregular words. Every Monday, they will be allocated to your child using their Purple Mash account.

Snack

Please remember that £6 is due at the beginning of every half term to pay for your child's snack. Children receive a fruit snack in the morning break and in the afternoon, we provide a variety of healthy snacks throughout the week and a treat on Friday.

If you have chosen not to participate in the snack scheme and wish to provide a snack instead please ensure that it is a healthy food choice such as fruit or a cereal bar. 

Homework

When you spend time listening and supporting your child with their reading skills, this supports not only their early reading skills but also helps them to develop an interest in reading which builds upon key skills for future development. Please continue to read at least three times a week with your child at home. There is also regular work set on Purple Mash for children to complete based on consolidating their skills in various subjects across the curriculum. You will find your child’s log in details inside their Reading record.

Long Term Overview 2023-2024