1. Year 1 Autumn Term 2017 What else can I do at home? Read every day
Practise spellings and sounds
Practise number bonds
Practise counting in 1s. 2s, 5s, and 10s
Try the Home/School book ‘Challenges’
Look for shapes in the environment
Count out money when going shopping
Name the plants and animals that can be found near homes and gaWhat else can I do at home?
Name the plants and animals that can be found near homes and garden
Find topic related objects and bring them into school
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In English we will be learning to…
Identify the 44 phonemes (sounds) and their related graphemes (letter shapes)
Re-read books to build up fluency and confidence
Recognise and join in with predictable phrases
Predict what might happen next in a story
Hold a pencil comfortably and correctly
Say out loud what we are going to write
Leave finger spaces between words
Use capital letters and full stops
In Maths we will be learning to…
Count fluently forwards and backwards to and over 100
Read and write numbers 1-20 in digits and words
Develop our skills of adding and taking away
Explore money, measuring length and solving simple problems
Identify a range of 2D and 3D shapes
Year 1
Autumn Term 2017
In Science we will be learning to…
Identify and name a variety of common wild and garden plants, including evergreen and deciduous trees
Observe changes across the four seasons
Identify, draw and label the basic body parts and say which parts link to our five senses.
Observe the behaviours and habitats of creatures in the school grounds and our pets.
What else can I do at home?
Read every day
Practise spellings and sounds
Practise number bonds
Practise counting in 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s
Try the Home/School book ‘Challenges’
Look for shapes in the environment
Count out money when going shopping
Name the plants and animals that can be found near homes and gardens
Find topic related objects and bring them into school

2. Oh I do like to be beside the seaside
In Art and Design we will be learning to…
Use colour, texture and form
Paint, make a collage and make a clay sculpture
Talk about the work of Pointillist artists
In Design Technology we will be learning to…
Make moving pictures by using levels and sliders
Design and evaluate our work
Year 1
Autumn Term 2017
In PE we will be learning to…
Improve our movement skills in Games, Gym, Dance and when using a ball
In Computing we will be learning to…
Collect and display data
Use simple algorithms (instructions) and computer programming skills
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside
In Geography we will be learning to…
Find England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales on a map, name their capital cities and learn about their characteristics
We will also be learning to:
Think and ask questions in our Philosophy for Children lessons
Develop Self-awareness and
Self-esteem
Get along with others and how to say, “No!” to bullying (PSHCE/SEAL)
Care for the earth and learn about celebrations (RE)
In History we will be learning to…
Identify how national seaside holidays within living memory have changed e.g. beach wear, travel, holiday locations
In Music we will be learning to…
Explore sounds, beat and pitch