Shwmae Blwyddyn Un 

Progression Step 1

Teacher: Mrs Reeves

Teaching Assistant: Mrs O'Donnell

Croeso!

Welcome to our Year 1, Progression Step 1 - Class Page. The aim of this page is to keep you updated on any important information about our class and to show you some of the wonderful activities we have been completing. 

A few reminders;

- PE is on a Monday, so please come to school dressed ready for PE

- Snack - please bring fruit to school every day or you can buy it in school – 30p per piece of fruit.

- Please label all jumpers, cardigans, coats, hats, etc with your names. This really helps us to keep them safe.

We hope that you are all joined to our Class Dojo page and our school Facebook page as we also post lots of updates, using these platforms too. 

As always any questions, please pop in or send a Dojo message.

Mrs Reeves 

How you can help your child at home

Numeracy 

You can help your child to recognise numbers by going on number hunts around the house or identifying numbers when out and about on house doors, on buses or when in the supermarket. We will also be learning to count forwards and backwards to 20 and beyond, touch counting objects reliably and adding and subtracting numbers to 10. We also ask that you help your child to practice forming their numbers correctly.  See below our number formation rhymes to help at home. 

• number-formation-rhyme-cards.pdf

Literacy 

Reading :We ask that you find a quiet ten minutes every day to read to your child and look at a book together, talking about the book and asking questions. The more you read and talk about stories, the more confident your child will feel about handling books. If you child has not been given a reading book yet, please keep practicing their sounds using our Jolly Phonics songs.  When your child in confident with them, we can then send one home with them.

Writing: Please encourage your child and help them to form their letters and sounds correctly, getting them to sit on the line. See below our Jolly Phonics formation rhymes to help them at home. 

• jolly-phonics-cursive-rhymes.pdf

Useful Websites to access at home. 

These websites all have a Literacy or Numeracy focus. They are short and snappy games, aimed at allowing the children to practice basic skills taught in class. Please encourage the children to use a range of these games for short bursts. They can all be accessed from any device, that is able to access the internet. 

- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/

-https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/

- https://ictgames.com/

- https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/

- https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvAYUvQUrGo

Topic - 'Once Upon a Time'

Spring Term

This term our topic is ‘Ready, Steady, Grow’. The topic will be spilt into 3 areas: How can we be the healthiest version of ourselves? What do plants need to grow and survive? And what do animals need to grow and survive?

We will have visits from the nurses who will teach us about the importance of washing our hands and the school therapy dog. We hope to visit a real farm too to learn all about the animals that live there and the people who look after them. 

We will also celebrate Santes Dwynwyn, Valentines Day, St David's Day, World Book Day and Fairtrade fortnight.

Reading, writing and oracy

Our reading and writing this half term will focus around persuasive, informative and instructional writing, as well as poetry. We will still be using the Jolly phonics scheme to build the foundations for reading and writing too.  If you would like to encourage your child at home, you can find them by following the link below.  https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jolly+phonics+songs

Reading books

Please can you make sure your child bring their reading book to school every day as we listen to the children read as much as we can throughout the week. It is important that you try to listen to your child read every night. Please can you comment and write in your child’s reading record when you have listened to them read.

Numeracy:

Number and mathematical concepts will continue to be taught using the Numicon scheme and a range of practical approaches. This term we will  focus on: doubling and halving numbers; estimating; finding differences by counting on; data skills; odd and even numbers; place value and directions. 

Summer Term 

This term our topic is ‘Travel with us’. We will be learning about Gors, Swansea, Wales and a country of the children’s choice in the past and present. We will also be creating some art work in the form of the welsh artist Craig Jones, as well as listening to and singing welsh music. We will also be celebrating the Kings Coronation by learning about the royal family – past and present and doing lots of lovely arts and crafts to celebrate this historical moment.

We will be celebrating the coronation of King Charles on Friday 5th May. Children are invited to wear red, blue and white to school on this day.