Owl Class Curriculum
12.11.24 Phonics at St Michael's School - Information for parents.
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Learning this term
Autumn Term 2024
English - Reading - The children take part in 1-1 reading, whole class reading and guided reading sessions on a regular basis throughout the week.
Class texts - Peace at Last written by Jill Murphy.
The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark.
Writing - writing tasks link to class texts.
Writing lists, labels, captions, descriptions, poems and information.
Sounding out words to write sentences. Think it, Say it, Write it, Read it.
Punctuation & Grammar - Punctuation - capital letters, full stops, finger spaces between words.
Singlar & plural. Suffixes.
Spellings - weekly set spellings linked to RWI phonics.
Poetry - The Owl and the Pussycat.
The Moon.
Read Write Inc. (RWI) phonic sessions take place daily. The children complete phonic reading and short writing tasks during these sessions.
Handwriting - Using the correct pencil grip,forming letters correctly (cursive script) and starting letters on the line.
Mathematics - In Y1 we follow the White Rose scheme of work. This term the children will be learning about numbers and place value within 10, addition and subtraction, shape and patterns.
Daily Maths Meetings - Calendar Maths, counting forwards & backwards, number bonds to 10, place value, money, time, fractions, shape and pattern.Recognising & add equal groups. Make arrays & doubles.
Make equal groups by grouping and sharing.
Topics this term
Topic - History - Ourselves - How am I making history?
Geography - Our school and local area - what is it like here?
Science - Seasonal Changes. Materials.
PSHE - Family and Relationships. Health and Wellbeing.
RE - Christianity - The story of Creation. The Nativity.
Music - Familiar songs linked to class topics - exploring rhythm and pitch.
PE - Working together - invasion games.
Art/DT - Colour splash - artist Jasper Johns. Seasonal artwork for display.
Year 1 Phonics screening information for parents.
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