[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”raised” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#90e3f6″ border_width=”15″ border_color=”#ef22e3″ ] Please come along to ‘Welcome to Year 1 Meeting’ on Tuesday 26th September at 9:00 am     in the School Dining Hall. This meeting will enable you to understand the routines, curriculum and expectations in Year 1. [/dropshadowbox]

English

We are using our Story maps to write the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Please practise retelling the story with your child. The website is useful.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

 

Maths

We are learning to order 3 numbers – greatest to smallest / smallest to greatest using numbers up to 20 and beyond. We are also learning about 1 more / 1 less than a given number. Please help your child learn the teen song using the website below. This will help with their understanding of place value.

Science & D T

We will be planning, designing , making and evaluating a healthy salad. Children will be encouraged / supported to cut, grate and prepare their salad in a safe manner.

Phonics

Please continue to practise sound recognition with your child. Encourage them to apply their phonic knowledge every time you read or write with them. A useful website is

http://more2.starfall.com/n/level-a/learn-to-read/load.htm?f&redir=www

Handwriting

We will be learning to form the numbers correctly and begin to learn the cursive script starting with the letters c,a