Year 1/2- Goldfinches, Rabbits and Stoats Classes

Welcome to Goldfinches Class, our class page will be updated throughout the year with information related to our Key Stage 1 curriculum along with updates and photographs of the exciting things that we have been getting up to.

 Key Stage One's trip to Hatton Country World was a huge success. The children had a great time and did not want to leave! During their visit, the children spent time learning about different animals and had the chance to hold some guinea pigs. They were very excited about their time at Hatton, with their highlights being seeing the new born lambs and holding the guinea pigs. Some of the children were very brave and took the chance to experience the large drop slides at the indoor play area.    

In our English lessons, we aim to develop children's confidence, creativity and understanding of language through engaging and exciting books.

Our Learning Approach

We focus on a different books, Year 1 focus on a different text every week and Year 2 focus on a text every two weeks. The texts give  children the opportunity to explore a variety of stories, characters, settings and themes. Each book provides a meaningful and exciting starting point for our English learning.

Sentence Structure and Grammar

A key focus of our English lessons is helping children understand how sentences are constructed. We explore different sentence structures and develop children's knowledge of grammar, encouraging them to think carefully about how they use words to communicate their ideas.

Through a range of activities, children learn to write sentences that are clear, interesting and increasingly detailed. We encourage them to experiment with vocabulary, punctuation and sentence types to make their writing more effective.

Learning Through Books

By using high-quality texts as inspiration, children can see how authors use language and grammar to bring their writing to life. They then have opportunities to apply these skills in their own writing.

Our aim is to nurture enthusiastic, imaginative and confident writers who can express their ideas clearly and creatively.

In Maths the children have been looking at number and will continue to during the Spring term.

In Year 1 the children will be looking at the composition of numbers the children will look at number and how they can be made up of smaller parts, focusing on numbers 0-10, while building the foundational addition and subtraction skills, and beginning to master number pairs to 10.

In Year 2 the children will be looking at representing counting in 2s, 5s and 10s as the 2, 5 and 10 times tables. The children will learn to skip counts as repeated addition and multiplication facts, using visual aids like number lines, arrays, and real-life objects and that link counting patterns to multiplication, word problems and building foundational knowledge for the 2, 5, and 10 times tables.

In Science the children have been learning about habitats and this term they will learn about microhabitats. The children will begin by identifying and classifying minibeasts, going on a minibeast hunt and plan an experiment that they will conduct.

 In History the children will be learning about how did we learn to fly. The children will be learning about the Wright brothers, Bessie Coleman, Amelia Earhart and why the moon landing was special.

 The children this term will be doing Textiles and will be learning to sew a pouch, they will be learning to do a running stich, using a template and designing and sewing a pouch. 

Key Dates

Thursday 26th March- Trip to Hatton Park

PE Days are Thursday and Friday.

Every Thursday the children take part in indoor PE and the children will take part in outdoor PE on every Friday weather permitting.

Homework, reading spellings and Numbots Maths

Reading at home is one of the most important ways you can help your child and 10 minutes of reading per day will have a big impact to your children.

Read a range of books school will provide:

• Read Write Inc. books that have been read in school.
• A range of books to read for pleasure.
• Reading books for children that have completed the RWI program.

Parents will need to record the reading in the children’s reading diaries and books will be changed every Friday.

Year one pseudo words list

Your child will be given spellings to practise each week.

They will be handed out on Friday with a spelling quiz to take place on the following Friday.

 The children have access to Numbots which will help master their mental addition and subtraction skills, also helps the childrem build confidence and fluency in foundational maths through short, regular play.