Sycamore Class (Year 1)

Welcome to Sycamore Class!

Staff

Class teacher: Miss Bailey

Class Teaching Assistant: Mrs Hosken

PPA Class Teacher: Mrs Nickelson (Thursday AM)

Term 4 Key Information

- We have indoor PE on a Tuesday morning and Forest School (on the school site) on a Friday morning.
- Monday 2nd - 6th March Book Week and Book Fair daily
- Wednesday 4th March - All Day - Happy Photographers Day 2
- Thursday 5th March - World Book Day
- Monday 9th March - Science Week
- Wednesday 11th March - Parent Teacher Consultations 15:30-18:00
- Thursday 12th March - Parent Teacher Consultations 17:00 - 19:30
- Friday 20th March - Comic Relief non uniform day and fundraising
- Thursday 2nd April - Easter Service and Term ends

Term 4 Connected Learning

In Term 4 we will be continuing to answer the big question 'What would you put in your own museum?'

In History we will be learning about monarchs and what their role is. We will study significant British monarchs and finally focusing on our current monarch King Charles III. We will be having a King and Queen Day on Tuesday 17th March where dress up is welcome and we will be doing lots of royal activities!

In Science we will be learning about the 4 seasons and the weather associated with them.

In Art we will be looking at primary and secondary colours, colour mixing, and how artists like Mark Rothko use colour to show emotion. We will also be looking at portraits of the King and how to create one.

In PSHE, we will look at our ‘Rights and Responsibilities’, including living in the wider world/environment, money and health.

Finally, in ICT we will be learning about algorithms and learning that they are a precise set of instructions.

Key Texts

Useful websites

This list is not exhaustive, but these (mostly) free websites can help to continue to develop skills at home. Please let the class teacher know if you have found a good website we could add to our list!

GENERAL

Games for various subjects: https://www.ictgames.com/

Help for home learning: http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/

CBeebies: https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies

Scratch Jr: (programming): https://www.scratchjr.org/

Hour Of code: https://hourofcode.com/uk/learn

ENGLISH

Purple Mash (School Login Required): https://www.purplemash.com/login/

Education City (School Login Required) https://www.educationcity.com/

PHONICS

Cued Articulation JWS Phases 3 and 5 https://youtu.be/9E2LN7_x7EY

MATHS

Maths games:https://www.topmarks.co.uk/

Maths Playground: https://www.mathplayground.com/

Number Bonds:https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

CONNECTED LEARNING

British Antarctic Survey: https://www.bas.ac.uk/

Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps

Google Earth: https://www.google.co.uk/intl/en_uk/earth/

National Geographic Kids: http://www.natgeokids.com/uk/

Home Learning

We do a termly home learning project which can be found here, and on Seesaw (log in information can be found in the children's Reading Records). In addition, we would appreciate you reading daily with your child and encouraging them to complete any activities sent home.

Seesaw will also be used by us to post: Home learning challenges, Reading challenges and class information. Your child can then choose whether to bring their work into class or respond via Seesaw.

Please contact the Office (on 01233 614660, or email on office@john-wesley.org.uk) if you have any questions or need help with navigating Seesaw.

What can you do at home?

Reading

Read a book you haven't read before (Oxford Owls has some good free books to read online!)

Read and follow some instructions.

Put your books in alphabetical order.

Rank your story books from most to least favourite.

Choose a word or a sound to hunt for - how many times can you find it?

Read to your toys - they love books as well.

Writing

Keep a diary every day. This is a really good way to get your feelings out and can be a really good piece of history.

Make up a story about one of your favourite characters from a book or a film.

Draw and write your own comic book.

Write the lyrics to your favourite song, but change them a little bit!

Use different writing tools, like felt pens, crayons, chalk or paint to write with.

Maths

Play Countdown. Can you make a target number using only random numbers?

Counting - How many toys do you own?

Sorting - Can you sort your toys into groups, based upon certain criteria (i.e. soft, fluffy, metal, plastic).

Sorting - Can you order toys from largest to smallest? Heaviest to lightest?

Find and write down all objects with numbers on them in the house. How many do you have?

Measure and record the length of a bean plant as the days go on.

Bake a cake.

How many small containers of water fit into one large container?

Other activities

Build a den from blankets and pillows. Use it as a reading area.

Make something using real tools (with supervision!)

Learn computer science.

Learn a language as a family.

DIY Science Experiments.

Make a treasure hunt around the house.

Sycamore Class (Year 1)

Welcome to Sycamore Class!

Staff

Term 4 Key Information

Term 4 Connected Learning

Key Texts

Maths Year 1

Blog

Timetables

Newsletters

Home Learning

Spellings

Useful websites

Home Learning

What can you do at home?

Reading

Writing

Maths

Other activities