Our first Autumn Term project is called,

Teddy Bears Picnic

We will be going on an adventure with Paddington Bear and his friends to help us learn all about the countries in The UK.

Hook Question

Do you know a bear who is named after a station?

Can you name the bears?

This half term we will be learning all about the four countries that make up The United Kingdom. We will learn the names of the countries, where in the UK we can find them and we may even learn the names of the capital cities and the oceans that lie around them. We will also learn about materials in science to help us design an umbrella to help keep Paddington Bear dry on his travels.

Here are some of the texts we will be using.

Our end of term 

At the end of the topic we will be having a picnic !

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)

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.

Useful Maths and Science links

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