Autumn 2014
WELCOME TO CLASS1
The children have se led well into school life and have been enjoying a range of prac cal
ac vi es both indoors and outside. As a team we look forward to working closely with
all of the families in class 1. If you have any ques ons or concerns regarding your child
please do not
hesitate to contact us.
Autumn Topics
This term we will be focusing on
the topics of Myself and Autumn.
If you find any pictures
or artefacts rela ng to these we
would be very grateful if you
would send them into class.
Reading
During this term we are reading and
retelling lots of the children's favourite stories and discussing the characters from the books.
Year 1 reading books will be changed
when appropriate and Recep on
children will be given a picture reading book once they have started to
learn their sounds.
Number Work
This term Recep on will be focusing on
correctly forming their numbers to 10
to begin with. Y1 will be wri ng and
working with numbers to at least 20.
Perhaps you could con nue this number forma on at home with your child.
Recep on will be playing different
number games and using lots of
different objects i.e. pasta, bu ons and
counters to count and order numbers to
at least 10. Year 1 will be using a
number line/ number square to add and
subtract with numbers to 20.
No ces.
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Please remember to send £1 snack money every
Monday.
PE kits are to remain in school and will be sent
home regularly to be washed. Please label all of
your child's clothes/ shoes clearly.
Please ensure your child has an outdoor coat with
them every day as we will be outdoors regularly.
Wri ng / Phonics
Recep on pupils are wri ng their names
using lots of different materials and we are
paying par cular a en on to the correct forma on of each le er. Please help your child
to con nue this at home.
Children will begin to learn their Jolly
Phonics sounds once they have se led into
class.
Y1 are wri ng their full names and we are
encouraging them to use their sounds to
spell simple words and write sentences
independently.
Year 1 will be revisi ng their Jolly Phonics
sounds to refresh their memories and then
they will be moving on to learn new le er
pa erns and sounds. Recep on will be
inves ga ng lots of sound pa erns and
describing what they can hear.