What Goes on in Hawthorn
Homework
Skipton Castle
Science Week - Maths
Here is a class charter that the members of Hawthorn created together. They discussed the classroom and school and how the environments should be safe and happy places, and they then talked about different ways that we could work together to make this happen. For each idea, the children then explained their answers and for some extended them. Some answers even needed extra bits noting. For example, we know that we don’t run in class, but if it is P.E. then that is okay.
Once we had discussed, explained and agreed to the new rules, the class then signed their names to say that they would try their hardest to follow them. We are a team, so we also agreed to help each other remember the rules if we ever noticed that someone had forgotten one of them.
PE
We do P.E. twice a week: Wednesday and Thursday. The children need their kit in school for this. If they do not have their kit then they miss a chunk of their learning.
Kit:
- Black shorts or jogging bottoms
- A white t-shirt
- Appropriate footwear
- No earrings – silicone ones can be worn
The children should bring a full water bottle in each day. These can be topped up in class.
Reading books will be changed and sent home each Wednesday. The book sent home should have been read at least three times by the child. This is a chance for them to build their fluency with a text that is familiar to them.
Spellings/sounds will be sent home each Friday. These can be recorded in different ways. We have provided a green book for this purpose, but it does not have to be done in these.
Homework will be set every two weeks. This should lend itself to pre-teaching or post-teaching some of the content that will be taught over the half term.
Important things to note:
PE days are Wednesday and Thursday. Kit is to be kept in school for the whole half term.
Phonics and Reading
We follow the Little Wandle scheme. We read every day, and we run two phonics lessons each day. The first recaps on our known graphemes and words, and then we learn our new grapheme of the day. This knowledge is then tested with the introduction of new words. Our second phonics lesson secures this knowledge by repeating our learning, but at a faster pace.
Literacy
In literacy we will focus on two texts. The first being Commotion in the Ocean. We will use this book to look at and write our own poetry. This will be based on the ocean and the creatures within it. The second text that we will be using is The Storm Whale. This text will help us to practise and develop our sentence writing skills.
We will be using our phonics knowledge in our writing as well as ensuring we are using our capital letters, full stops and finger spaces. We will go over nouns, verbs and adjectives, and how these will ensure our writing is interesting and makes sense.
We will be adding new concepts into our writing. We will begin to use question marks in our work, and we will also be developing our dictated sentence writing skills, alongside our revision and editing skills.
Maths
In maths we follow the White rose scheme of work. This term we will be focussing on multiplication and division, and this will then lead into our work on fractions.
Links to their learning can be found here: https://whiteroseeducation.com/parent-pupil-resources/maths/home-learning?year=year-1-new
Alongside the scheme we will also teach Mastering Number. This is to assist with fluency and the skill of subitising. We use concrete resources such as Rekenreks to support with learning.
Computing
The focus in computing is on data and information. This will involve recognising, making and comparing different groups of data.
Geography
In geography, we will be looking at our local area and comparing it to that of a seaside resort. We will be observing the similarities and differences between the two areas.
Science
Our science learning will focus on materials. The children will observe, describe and compare different materials through their observations of everyday objects.
PSHE
In PSHE, the topic will be: Being my Best This area will cover:
- I can eat a rainbow
- Eat well
- Harold's wash and brush up
- Catch it! Bin it! Kill it!
- Harold learns to ride his bike
- Pass on the praise!
Physical Education
In PE, we will have two different focuses: target games and team building. The lessons will build up the skills that the children need in these areas.
Please remember that we have PE on a Wednesday and Thursday. The children can keep their kits in school for the entire half term.
White Rose Maths Home Learning Top Marks Little Wandle for Parents Twinkl Home Ed Resources
Mr Taylor