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Science Summer 1

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Science Summer 1

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Science Summer 1

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Science Summer 1

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Science Summer 1

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Plants

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Science Summer 2

Plants

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Science Summer 2

Trees

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Science Summer 2

handwriting and fine motor control

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Follow the patterns with your fingers

DT - Spring 2 - design and make a model bus

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Find out about wheel and axle mechanisms ready to make your model bus.

Phonics

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Help your children to say the sounds in te Little Wandle Phonics Scheme

Autumn 1 Homework Board

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Our topic is 'Old MacDonald had a Farm'. Have a go at some of the homework suggestions on the homework board or complete a project of your own linked to our topic.

Autumn 2 Homework Board

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Our topic is 'Toy Story'. Have a go at some of the suggestions on the homework board or complete a project of your own linked to our topic. We will let you know which week you will need to bring your favourite toy into school to talk and write about.

Letter Formation

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On the teach handwriting website you can watch animations of letter formation. Please choose Choice 3 in the Modern Print section as this is the formation we use in Year 1.

Phonics

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Phonics play has some free resources you can use (no need to subscribe or login). We like to play Picnic on Pluto. Feed Obb 'alien' or nonsense words and feed Bob real words. Autumn term use phases 2,3 and 4. Spring onwards use phases 2,3,4 & 5.

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As part of our Protective Behaviours program we refer to 'Pantosaurus' and the pants song.

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Our Autumn 1 topic is 'Old MacDonald had a Farm'. Our first writing focus is Chicken Licken.

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Autumn 1's farm topic also includes writing inspired by Martin Waddell's 'Farmer Duck'.

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Our Autumn 2 topic is 'Toy Story' some of our written work is based on Cressida Cowell's 'That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown'.

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During Autumn 2 we will be studying toys from the past and creating our own toy museum.

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Here you will find some interesting information about toys in the past.

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Learn about buses with Gecko.

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Sky Blues visit our school to promote fitness and well-being. Their fabulous coaches deliver regular PE sessions in KS1.

Yoga

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A very fun introduction to yoga. There are lots of themes to explore on the Cosmic Yoga platform.

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Spring 1 sees us learning about our local area including the types of hoses and homes that can be found near our school. Explore houses from around the world and compare them to the ones in our local area.

Rekenrek

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We use Rekenreks during our Mastering Number sessions. They are a great way of representing numbers using parts and wholes. This interactive rekenrek is great as you can easily alter the number of beads as we move on ti work with larger numbers.

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Capital letters are a major punctuation focus in Year 1. Learn more about capital letters with BBC Bitesize.

Year 1 Common Exception Words

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These are the 'tricky' words that Year 1 are expected to be able to spell.

Musician of the Month September

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This September's Musician of the Month is David Bowie. The children have been introduced to Bowie and his music during our Musician of the Month assembly. take a look at the home information sheet and further explore the work of David Bowie.