Welcome to Cedar Class (Year 1)
Meet Cedar class team….
Mrs Read
Class Teacher
Mrs Clegg
Teaching assistant – Monday and Tuesday
Mrs Hughes
Teaching Assistant Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
English
Reading continues to be our main priority in Cedar Class. We are delighted with the progress that the children made in autumn term with recognising and applying new sounds. Daily Read Write Inc sessions will continue to support children’s further progress, confidence and enjoyment when reading.
Writing
As part of our writing curriculum, we will be sharing the book ‘The Lion Inside’ and learning to write an animal story. Then we will use the structure of the book ‘The Curious Case of the Missing Mammoth’ to help us to write another story with a different character. Our targets this term will be to remember to use a capital letter and full stop more independently and to use the word and to join ideas.
Maths
Maths
We will be learning about place value up to 50 and gaining confidence with adding and subtracting within 20. In maths lessons, we will also be exploring length and height, and mass and volume. The children will continue to recall small number facts in our daily ‘4-a-day’ arithmetic lessons and when the children are practising their personalised maths passport target.
Science
History
In history, we will be asking ‘How has Warrington changed?’ We will explore how the buildings in Warrington have changed and find out why Brian Bevan is a significant person from the past.
Geography
Further curriculum areas
Here is all of the other areas of the curriculum that we will be exploring this term…
Art – Painting and mixed media.
Music -Musical symbols and pitch.
DT – Mechanisms and sliders.
Computing – Bee Bots and rockets to the moon.
RE – Christianity and the church.
PSHE – My Happy Mind, Dreams and Goals and Healthy Me.
PE -Real Gym and creative skills.
Homework
Learning to read and developing a love of reading
It is incredibly important that children have the opportunity to read as regularly as possible. Not only does being able to read fluently help children in every subject, and therefore find learning easier, but more importantly, we are committed to fostering a love of reading. Your child will bring home a book that is matched to all of the sounds that they know. The book should be easy for them to read and create a feeling of success when reading at home. Please aim for your child to read with you at least three times a week. Reading the book several times helps children to hear themselves ‘be readers’ and they should be encouraged to use a ‘story teller voice’. Children need to keep their reading book in their book bag every day, as sometimes they may be asked to read it to an adult. Books will be changed on a Thursday, ready to go home on Fridays. Your child will also bring home a sharing book for you to enjoy with them. It is not a book that they will be able to read themselves but one to enjoy reading together with you.
Phonics play.
There are some free games in the resources section which are really good for supporting the learning of phonics.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Maths at home
Maths passport challenges will be given to children every week. It is important that children can recall small number facts quickly. Please help your child to practise their Maths challenges regularly. We will also be introducing the children to Numbots which is our online maths platform which helps children to recall number facts in fun, interactive way.
The children have been trying really hard on Numbots and will begin to bring home an Infinity code in their homework books this term. Infinity will be a link to prior learning in maths to reinforce taught concepts so far this year.
Important Reminders
For PE your child needs:
Black Shorts
Blue Dallam Polo Shirt
Trainers
Warm layers such as black/dark tracksuit bottoms for outdoor PE. Children are expected to wear their school jumper in the colder months.
Being prepared
Children are expected to bring their book bags, reading records and maths passport everyday to school. The staff will be checking their reading and maths daily where possible. It is really important that children have a water bottle in school so that they can stay hydrated.
Snack
We have a piece of fruit available for children in school everyday. Children may also like to bring in their own healthy snack. If your child would like toast for snack please send £1 in a named envelope on Friday ready for the following week. Your child is to hand it to a member of staff in the class.
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