Diary dates

Friday 9th Oct - INSET - school closed to chcildren

Monday 12th Oct - School trip to Westonnbirt
Friday 16th Oct - Phonics learn along - Year 1 and Year 2. Parents welcome into school at 9am to see what a phonics lesson looks like in KS1.

Friday 23rd Oct - Last day of term 1. Non uniform day. Contributions to FHIS.

 

Star of the Week slips:

If your child is SOTW will put a slip with their name on it in their reading record on the Wednesday before the assembly so that you will pick this up during daily reading. We will also remind children and try and catch you on the door to ensure you are aware. Thanks for your support.

Play equipment: 

Please do not allow your children and siblings to play with the Y1 outdoor equipment before and after school-we often have activities set up in advance of the school day. Thank you for your understanding.

 

English

Phonics
This week we will be continuing revision of Phase 4. In year 1 we start with a revision of sounds taught in Reception to ensure that children are secure in their decoding and blending skills before moving onto learning new sounds. This week we will be focusing on some more suffixes: 

Handwriting focus: 

At Henleaze Infants we follow this handwriting scheme: Unlocking Letters and Sounds Handwriting. 

This term we are looking at number formation mastery. 

This week we will be writing 5 and 6. As part of our revision of common exception words, we will also be practicing writing a range of these words informally throughout the week.

 

Writing
This week we will be writing simple sentences. We will be focusing on capital letters and full stops and correcting errors of missing or incorrectly placed capital letters or full stops. 

Reading

We will be having structured storytime, learning new vocabulary and how to add expression to our reading aloud. We will be reading Traction Man as a class. 

We will continue reading with children throughout the week and changing their books. Please ensure books are brought in daily.

Maths   

Number fluency
Counting forwards and backwards from any number within 20.
Number recognition within 10 (and 20).
Number formation
Subitising

Main learning

Number fluency
Counting forwards and backwards from any number within 20.
Number recognition within 10 (and 20).
Number formation
Subitising

Main learning:

-Assessing children’s understanding of number to date

Please support your child by correcting number formation.

To understand that the numbers six to nine are composed of ‘five and a bit.’ Ten is ‘five and another five’

To use the + and = symbols to form addition number sentences.

To use the language first, then and now to tell addition number stories.

 

 

 

 

Wider Curriculum

PE- SHINE Outside Session - Team Games

Class PE - Fundamental Movement Skills: Footwork Patterns and One Leg Balance

DT - Exploring how to make structures stable. 

Music: We will be identifying the timbre of classroom percussion

Geography: We will be learning about the 5 oceans of the world

Science - Seasonal changes: Why does day become night?

PSHE- Exploring emotions: How can emotions change?