Summer Term

  

We are excited for another fun-filled term of learning and exploration in Year 1.  

We will continue to strive to make your child’s experience in education special, continuing to develop their relationship with their teacher and learning support assistants, who will support them and ensure that their emotional and academic needs are met daily. Our aim is for your children to become confident learners and to carry their love of learning throughout their lives.  

 

Summer Bookshelf

The inspirational texts on our Summer Bookshelf will inspire our learning across the curriculum. We will look at the world through the eyes of Nyla in ‘The Comet’. Nyla is a little girl who has recently moved from the countryside to the city. She misses her old home immensely but begins to find ways to connect her old memories with her new experiences. 

We will consider Beegu’s first impression of planet Earth and explore the similarities and differences of life in outer space and planet Earth using the book ‘The Darkest Dark’. We will delve into the enchanted world of fairytales through ‘Little Red Reading Hood’, a twist on the traditional tale loved by many. 

 

Summer Learning at a Glance

Maths 

Number: multiplication and division 

Number: fractions 

Geometry: position and direction 

Number: place value (within 100) 

Measurement: money & time 

 

English 

Writing 

To entertain and inform including: character and setting descriptions, letters, instructions, non-chronological reports, stories with imaginary settings and diary entries. 

Reading 

Decoding and wider reading strategies, text type features and retrieving information from a text and making inferences from what is said and done.

Phonics 

We are continuing to learn new digraphs as well as alternative representations of known digraphs.  

 

Science 

Plants and seasonal change 

 

History 

Significant people in living memory: monarchs 

 

Geography 

Researching different environments and settlements all over the world such as polar regions, rainforests, desert etc. 

 

Computing 

Digital writing, programming and computing in the wider world 

  

Meet the team 

Miss Hayes – Class Teacher  

Mrs Welsh – Learning Support Assistant  

Mrs Murphy – Learning Support Assistant   

 

Important Information

• Miss Hayes will be available every day before and after school to receive messages, celebrate successes and answer any questions.  

• Reading books need to be returned to school every Thursday. New books are sent home on a Friday.   

• Please make sure your child’s book bag, containing their reading books and reading record, is brought into school every day.  

• Please continue to sign your child’s reading record book daily. 

• PE lessons are held on a Thursday afternoon.  

• Children will come to school on Thursday wearing their PE kits. 
• Home learning will include daily reading and weekly spellings.  

 

As always, there will be lots of learning and exciting activities going on in Year 1 this term. Please speak to our admin team for access to the Y1 Instagram feed @wps_year1