Year 1

Here are the Fiction and Non-fiction books for this half term that Year 1 will be using to help inspire our curriculum and learning.

 

Our topic for the 2nd half of summer term is ‘Quest’. The book we will be using to enhance our writing is called ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’ written by Ronda and David Armitage. It is a wonderful book with lots of rich and new vocabulary. We will be using the story to retell the story for us to then innovate it in a new location. I wonder where the lunches will be going! In addition to this we will be doing different reading-based activities and a variety of other, exciting writing opportunities.

Other books by Ronda and David Armitage include:

As well as many more!

Our non-fiction book is called ‘How does a lighthouse work?’ by Roman Belyaev. We will be exploring lots of new information and create a piece of non-fiction writing based around our knowledge we retrieve and explore from this book and other sources.

Other books by Roman Belyaev include:

 

Fun fact: Roman Belyaev is both the author and illustrator of his books!

 

Moving back on to Geography, we will be looking at the seaside, coastal features and also look at coastal villages. Living so close to a number of different seaside’s we are fortunate to compare and contrast different ones we know.

 

In our DT sessions we will be exploring food, with an aim to create our own scones. Over the weeks we will plan what we want our scones to look like (including specific flavours), create the scones, eat our scones and finally evaluate our scones/ We will also be exploring how to prepare different foods and food hygiene.

 

In Science we will continue to explore seasonal changes and build on our knowledge about plants. We will also explore when a lighthouse would be most useful, using our observations and ideas.

 

During our R.E. sessions we will be learning about how we should care for other and for the world. We will then go on to explore why it matters. This area of learning will allow a lot of discussion and debates to expand our knowledge further.

 

In Music we are learning to recognise pulse and rhythm with ‘‘Reflect, rewind, replay’. This will be a great topic to finish one and conclude our learning in year 1.

 

In computing we will be creating a video recipe recording of how to make scones!

 

P.E. days continues to be on Monday’s and Friday’s, although this can sometimes change, so please ensure you are signed up to class dojo as any changes will be announced on here.

 

The children will continue to change their books everyday. They will then receive a RWI book on a Friday. Please ensure your child brings their books and reading records in daily and you are reading as much as possible at home, including books of your own. Don’t forget about our reading challenges and badges to collect!

 

Homework

Please try to complete activities from the learning grid. This will help to continue to develop the children’s thinking. There are lots of fun and creative activities that you can share with your children and follow the theme of our class topic.

Please read with your child every day, even if it is the same book.

Spellings – please practice the year 1 common exception word spellings whenever possible, a few at a time. These need to be learnt by the end of year 1.

Mental maths – use times in the car and any spare 5 minutes to practice mental maths with your child. This could be adding, subtraction, more than or less than etc. White rose 1 minute maths in a fantastic app to download!