Welcome to Sycamore Class - Year 1 

Autumn 1

Class Teacher- Mrs Musto (Still Miss Bull but I got married in the Summer)

Teaching Assistant- Miss Thewlis

Hello and welcome to Sycamore class. Below is an overview of what the children will be learning and experiencing during this half term.  We will be adding important dates and information as we go so please keep checking in! 

Important information/dates: 

 P.E- Monday and Wednesday. Please come to school in your P.E kit on these days.

Home Learning

• Homework - given out on Fridays to be handed in/completed by the following Wednesday
• Library/sharing book - changed on Wednesday
• Individual reading books and group reading book- changed on a Friday

Please encourage your child to read every day - this doesn't have to be the whole book, just a few pages each day.  You will have your reading book for a week - please read it more than once for confidence and fluency.  Please make a note of when your child reads in their reading journal.  

PLEASE BRING READING BOOKS AND RECORDS TO SCHOOL IN BOOK BAGS EVERYDAY.

Some of our learning so far in Year 1...

Phonics

We teach phonics and early reading using the 'Little Wandle' phonics scheme.  A phonics parents information evening was held in November 2022 but if you need any further information please look at the slides below or visit the Little Wandle parents webpage at: 

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

To read the letter about the new phonics scheme and supporting your child at home, please click the link below:

Parent Letter - Little Wandle

Little Wandle:

Information about ‘schwa’

For phonemes making the 'uh' sound

Schwa is the name for the most common sound in English. It is the unstressed sound that we find in many words; it makes an ‘uh’ sound, which varies according to accent. The phonemic symbol for the schwa sound is ə. Schwa can be represented in writing by all five vowels, and by a number of digraphs and trigraphs such as ‘er’, ‘ou’, ‘or’ and ‘our’.

Our Curriculum this Half Term:

Theme: Street Detectives 

Maths:  Place Value (within 10)

English: Focus books- Flooded, Little Red Riding Hood

Science: Animals Including Humans 

Computing:  Online Safety/ Grouping and Sorting 

Geography: Local Area/ Foster Park 

PSHE: Being Me in My World 

Music: Your Musical Heartbeat 

Visits and visitors: Local walk around Denholme

P.E: Games 

DON'T FORGET YOUR WATER BOTTLES!!