Year 1 Learning- Term 2, Week 4

Diary dates

Wednesday 3rd December – Choir Henleaze Highstreet Performance 4pm (choir parents will be contacted shortly)

Thursday 11th December – Carol service at St Peter’s Church at  2pm. Families are welcome to join us.

Friday 19th December – Last day of school before the Christmas holidays

English

Phonics:

This week we will be teaching our new phase 5 sounds ew, oe, au, ey

Common Exception Word to read: looked, called

Spelling Common Exception Words: so, do, some, come 

Writing
This week we will be writing sentences about the story The Storm Whale. 

Reading
We will continue reading one to one with children throughout the week and changing books. Please ensure books are brought in daily. Our class reading will be based on the poem The owl and the pussycat. 

Maths   

Maths fluency skills:
Ordering numbers to 20 

Recall of number bonds to 10 

No. recognition to 20

Number formation within 20

Addition and subtraction facts within 10

Main learning is our Place Value within 20 unit.  We will learning:

-To use a number line to 20

-To estimate on a number line to 20

-To add within 20 using a number line

Wider Curriculum

Shine PE and Class PE- We will be continuing with ball skills.

History: we will be looking at how shops have changed over time

PSHE: What are our feelings and what strategies can we use to manage our emotions?

Science –  What are the differences between trees? 

DT: This week we will be exploring joining techniques to make moving pictures.

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