Please also remember that the choir will be performing at the Mayfair on Saturday the 20th May. When the timings have been confirmed we will send out more information.
Noticeboard
- Thank you to all of those who have already paid and consented to our school trip to…
The SS Great Britain – Friday, 19th May. If you have offered to help out on the trip your class teacher should have notified you about whether you are needed this time. Thank you
- You will find below a grid showing the sessions to be taught each week. They do not exactly follow days as each class has different sessions due to support and PE times being different but it allows you to see the week as a snapshot of sessions.
- Could you please make sure children have a change of shoes suitable for PE in their PE kits as most of our PE will be outside this term. Thank you.
We will always aim to get outside, whatever the weather, as much as possible so children will really need a waterproof coat each day.
Daily Well Being Activities
Tuesday – Take Notice- Try this Relaxation activity
Wednesday – Be Active – Lion on the loose exercise
Thursday – Keep Learning – Challenge: in a team, try to pass a small ball from one to another using a plastic spoon.
Friday – Give – Teach your partner how to do something … do up a zip, tie a bow, draw a dragon, build a spaceship
Phonics Screening Check Information for Y1 Parents
What is the Phonics Screening Check?
Children in Year 1 throughout the country take part in a phonics screening check during the same week in June every year. This year this will take place during Week 2 of Term 6, Week starting 12th June 2023. The phonics screening check is designed to confirm whether individual children have learnt phonic decoding and blending skills to an appropriate standard.
What Happens During the Screening?
The test contains 40 words. Each child will sit one-to-one with their teacher and read each word aloud to a teacher. The test is short and all children are different and will complete the check at their own pace. The list of words the children read is a combination of 20 real words and 20 pseudo words (nonsense words). The children are used to the procedure and we carried out a midpoint screening check back at the end of February this year using a past year’s test.
Pseudo Words (Nonsense Words)
The pseudo words will be shown to your child with a picture of an alien. This provides the children with a context for the pseudo word which is independent from any existing vocabulary they may have. Pseudo words are included because they will be new to all pupils; they do not favour children with a good vocabulary knowledge or visual memory of words.
Reporting to Parents
We will report each child’s results to parents as part of the end of year annual report. They will also confirm if the child has met the standard threshold. If your child does not reach this threshold then they will retake the tests at the same time next year in Year 2.
How Are the Results Used?
Results from the check will be used by schools to analyse their own performance and for Ofsted to use in inspections.
English
Phonics: Phase 5c
Information for Sounds and Words Books:
Children will write in these sounds and keywords – Differentiated where necessary. Please use the books for the children to practice in.
Teach alternative spellings of phonemes:/u/ (as in some), /i/ (as in happy), /i/ (as in donkey), /ear/ (as in here)
Grammar: Suffix: ed ing (verbs without changing root)
Keywords for Reading and Spelling: Monday Tuesday Wednesday happy some please think all called calling
Writing: Vocabulary: letter, word, finger space, sentence, punctuation, lower case, capital, full stop, adjective, verb
Session 1: Research – Create a List of special things about Bristol and create a poster.
Session 2: Write factual Sentences about Bristol.
Session 3: Complete work on suffixes ed and ing and think about the correct tense that they are used. This will also include some handwriting as a whole class session.
Reading: Focus: Comprehension Tasks – Focus on Famous Inventors, including Brunel
- Read as part of a group. Look at front cover details and explore making predictions, using phonetic knowledge to decode unknown words and to extend vocabulary. Read aloud and look at increasing fluency and use discussion as a group to discuss comprehension and start to answer written questions.
- In reading groups, continue to continue on phonic and CEW recognition gaps identified.
Whole Class – Planned story sessions each day.
Maths
Sharing and Division
-To share objects equally between a number of groups.
-To understand that it is not always possible to share equally and that all groups must have the same amount to be fair.
-To recognise the link between arrays and sharing.
-To solve problems using sharing.
Wider Curriculum
Jasmine PE:
- I can perform a sequence of movements with some changes in level, direction or speed.
- I can perform a range of skills with control and consistency.
Continuing the series of lesson introducing a range of ball skills with agility and control.
R+WV :
- Talk about what they find interesting or puzzling.
- Show respect for different views
- Know the Christian Bible account of creation and that Christians believe God made the world, but have different ideas about how He did it
Introducing the first creation story we look at – the Christian Creation Story.
DT:
- I can explore and use mechanisms such as Levers, sliders, wheels and axels.
After looking at the famous engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel and his amazing achievements we will explore some things he used such as cogs and levers and we will create our own simple sliders.
Music : To understand the difference between pulse and rhythm and to compose a song to a given rhythm.
Continuing our water unit, this week we are creating music for Pirates and introducing Bristol’s famous pirate Blackbeard.
PSHE:
- I know appropriate ways of physical contact to greet my friends and know which ways I prefer.
- I can recognise which forms of physical contact are acceptable and unacceptable to me
As we continue the unit on relationships we are starting to talk about how we can greet people and physical contact such as holding hands. There will be discussion based on what contact is appropriate and how it makes the children feel as well as reinforcing that we might feel differently to the other children in the class and that is OK.
Science :
- I can plant a seed.
- I can write about my investigation and record result
- I can ask a question we could ask about plants.
- I can tell a way we could use our equipment to find out the answer.
Plant seeds, as a class for a scientific enquiry in different conditions. Class to choose the different conditions to test out using ideas discussed last week about what plants need to be healthy.
Scientific Investigation Skills:
- asking simple questions and recognising that they can be answered in different ways
- observing closely, using simple equipment
- performing simple tests
- identifying and classifying
- using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions
- gathering and recording data to help in answering questions.
Year 1 Reading Stars
Bluebell Class – Gold Award
Annabelle Amelia Cliona
Cherry Class – Anna
Bluebell Class – Albie