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For our second Summer Term project we will we become...
Explorers!
We will be learning about lots of famous explorers from the past and present and finding out about their incredible discoveries.
Our learning will conclude with an Explorer's Day in school where we will be able to dress up as an explorer and take part in fun activities. More information about this is coming soon...
Hook Question
Do polar bears live in the desert?
During this project , as well as learning about famous explorers we will be learning about animals and the way they can be grouped. We will learn to identify mammals, fish, birds, amphibians and reptiles.
We will also learn about animals that live in hot and cold places in the world and we will be designing our own collages based on a hot or cold landscape.
Here are some of the texts we will be using. You might even have some of them at home.
Parents Curriculum Planner.
Phonics
In school we do phonics every day based on the Bug Club Phonics scheme. We get our planning from the Bug Club phonics website and we enjoy playing the games on there.
Keep an eye out on your Bug Club home account as we often share the games and books we look at in class with you to view again at home.
Phonics: A Parent's Guide for Letters and Sounds
letters-and-sounds-a-guide-to-phonics-parent-and-carer-information.ppt
Handwriting
In school we follow the Penpals for Handwriting scheme. We believe handwriting is the foundation for learning as it allows us to express ourselves on paper, gives us confidence and allows us to have pride in our work.
The letters are split into 4 different families. We have the curly caterpillars, the long ladders (sometimes called long legged giraffes), the one arm robots and the zig zag monsters. At first, it is important that we learn to form the letters in each family correctly and learn how to position them on the line. We spend a lot of time working on this in Year 1. Once this is secure we will then move on to learning some basic joins.
Useful English links (Phonics and Early Reading)
Handwriting practise sheets
Big Maths
We usually do Big Maths every week. It's a really great way to help us learn our basic number facts and recall them at speed. It is a challenge but we are not scared by challenges in Year 1 and we enjoy trying to beat our scores every week. You may choose to practise your big maths learn it facts at home. See below for some practise sheets and timers.
20 second challenges
30 Second Challenges
60 Seconds Big Maths Challenges
Useful Maths and Science links
Website Links