Brisbane (Year 1)
Mrs Edwards
Class Teacher
Mrs Ellis
Teaching Partner
Brisbane Timetable Term 2
Our outside learning!
Early Morning Activities
The children will use this time to review and practise basic skills in maths, handwriting, spelling and reading. They will also have the opportunity to play and learn outside in the Role Play shed. Over the term, there will also be several activities outside linked to our maths, English and Science work. On Friday’s session, the children will practise their weekly spellings through engaging activities and have a spelling quiz.
English
English is taught daily from Monday to Thursday
This term, Brisbane Class will cover the following:
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Stories with familiar settings: The Jolly Postman (3 weeks): Read and learn the stories mentioned in the book, creating story maps and learning some actions to help us. We will then innovate the stories, creating a version of our own using some new vocabulary, adjectives and focusing on getting the punctuation just right
- Writing instructions (2 weeks) we will read instructions on how to make things, trying them out; and then create our own to make a bird feeder.
- Poetry (2 weeks): The children will read a poem based on the season of winter and then create their own.
Phonics
In Year One, Phonics is taught on a daily basis from Monday to Thursday. We will be focusing on phase 4 and 5 sounds and recapping those from last year. We will also learn tricky words (words that can't be worked out using phonics) associated with these phases and ensure we use them correctly in our writing.
Children will be bringing home spellings to learn this term, we will also be working on them in class too.
Thank you for your support at home with practising spellings and hearing your child read regularly. It really does make a difference to all areas of learning.
We will use the following vocabulary regularly in our Phonics sessions:
Phoneme – a sound in a word
Grapheme – a letter or sequence of letters that represents a phoneme
Digraph – two letters that make one sound (e.g. ‘ai’ in rain)
Trigraph – three letters that make one sound (e.g. ‘igh’ in bright)
Split digraph – two letters that make one long vowel sound but they are split with other letters placed in between. You would have possibly learnt them as ‘magic e’ at school (e.g. ‘a-e’ as in name or taste)
Suffix – a group of letters added to the end of a word that changes the word’s meaning.
Prefix – a group of letters added to the start of a word that changes the word’s meaning.
Maths
Maths is taught daily from Monday to Thursday. Each session will start with a Number Sense lesson - the number equivalent of phonics which supports the underpinning understanding of the number system. During the maths session, the children will have the opportunity to develop their fluency, reasoning and problem solving within each unit.
This term, Brisbane class will cover the following objectives:
- Shape: we will be looking at the basic properties of 2 and 3 dimensional shapes, labelling and using them, as well as finding them in our classroom environment and beyond.
- Addition and subtraction: Children will use number sense strategies and real objects to add and subtract within 20.
Science
This term, the children will be learning all about materials. We will be looking at different types of material and considering what they are used for. We will do some "experimenting" on absorbency. We will also look at seasonal changes happening and think about why they happen.
History and Geography
In History this term our topic is History Detectives. Children will learn: the differences between old and new buildings, when some of the key building in Sutton Veny were built, how to read a timeline and place dates on a timeline.
Computing
Computing will continue to be taught across the curriculum to enrich the children's learning in Maths and English and to develop their computing skills. This term will be all about using increasing independence to access and navigate simple computer programs.
Design and Technology
In DT this term we will be working on making houses. We will look closely at houses we live in - what we need and what we would like to have. We will then use recycled materials to create a house using a variety of ways to fix and stick.
RE
RE will be taught weekly. This term our topic is Incarnation and our key question is "Why does Christmas matter to Christians?" We will look at the festival of Christmas both here and around the world.
We will expect children to be able to: Give a clear, simple account of the story of Jesus’ birth and why Jesus is important for Christians. Recognise that stories of Jesus’ life come from the Gospels. Give examples of ways in which Christians use the story of the nativity to guide their beliefs and actions at Christmas. Decide what they personally have to be thankful for at Christmas time
PSHE
In PSHE this term we will be learning about relationships. This will include how to be a good friend and relationships they see around them. We will use aspects of philosophy for children to help children to explain their thinking and gain understanding of the feelings of others.
PE
PE lessons are taught twice weekly on a Monday and a Friday this term. Children will continue to get changed as they did in Auckland class so please bring kit in on the first Friday and it will go home for a wash at the end of term. On Mondays we will be focusing on our gymnastics and different ways of travelling and moving and on Fridays we will be learning basic skills in a variety of games such as football, netball and other team sports.