Year 1.

Our topic this term is Kenya.  In Literacy Yr1 will read stories set in Kenyan villages including Handa’s Surprise and Mama Panya’s Pancakes.  They will discuss pictures and videos of life in Kenya and compare it to their own daily lives. 

Our science work will include learning about the five senses.  We will names parts of the body associated with each sense.   We will taste different African fruits and develop a bank of descriptive words.  We will also learn facts about Kenyan animals, carnivores, omnivores, herbivores and food chains.  

In Numeracy we continue our Summer Term Beanstalk Challenge. We will learn more about multiplication and division, using the children’s knowledge of counting in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s.  They will practise drawing arrays to solve problems.  We will learn about direction through African dance.

PE will be outside this term on Wednesday afternoon to begin with, then Friday afternoons. Please ensure that as well as a named PE kit, your child has trainers that fit, a sun hat and a water bottle (containing water).  

Reading books and records still need to be brought in EVERY DAY.  Continue to read daily and practise the green high frequency word list in the back of the reading record - the faster they can read and spell these words the better.   Well done to the families that are making the most of the Bug Club books – it’s having a very positive impact.  Let me know if you have read the whole level you have been allocated and I will add more. The children love the interactive elements of these online books and now get very excited when they notice there are questions to read and answer!

Homework will continue to come home on Friday.  Spellings need to be learned ready for their little test on Thursday.  They will need to practise their spellings daily if necessary to ensure they know them confidently.  They are so proud when they get them all correct!