Welcome to Ladybirds class!
Our teachers are
Mr Cheetham and Mrs Fairhall.
Ladybird class are an energetic and friendly group of Year 1 children.
Topic
Our exciting topic for this term is...'Paws, Claws and Whiskers'
Soft fur, sharp claws and twitching whiskers...What's your favourite animal? One that meows? One that barks? Or maybe one that scurries or slithers?
Maths
This term we will be learning the following:
Multiplication and Division (reinforcing multiples of 2, 5 and 10 to be included),
Fractions, and Geometry (position and direction).
Phonics
We are revising phases 3-5. We will be reviewing the phonemes and graphemes in a variety of different ways.
Literacy
This term we will be writing:
a story from another culture and a fact file about an animal.
To improve children's engagement we will be using our school's amazing recording studio to capture our rendition of 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'.
Topic
Our exciting topic for this term is...'Splendid skies'
Imagine floating high above land and sea on a bed of clouds, silently sweeping by on a billowing breeze.
Back down to earth, let's take a walk outdoors. But what should we wear? Wellington boots? A sun hat? Maybe a warm coat? How do we know what the weather will be like today?
Maths
This term we will be learning the following:
Subtraction - not crossing 10
Subtraction - crossing 10
Addition and subtraction sentences
Comparing number sentences
Begin place value to 50
Phonics
We are revising phases 3-5. We will be reviewing the phonemes and graphemes in a variety of different ways.
Literacy
This term we will be writing:
poems, weather reports and a recount of our weather walk.
To improve children's engagement we will be using our school's amazing recording studio to become 'real' weather reporters!.
Topic
Our new, exciting topic for this term is...'Superheroes'
Who's your favourite super hero?
Spider-Man?
Wonder-Woman?
'Be creative, be adventurous, be original.
And above all else, be young.
For youth is your greatest weapon,
your greatest tool.
Use it wisely.'
Maths
This term we will be learning the following:
Count forwards and backwards and write numbers to 20 in numerals and words
Numbers from 11 to 20
Tens and ones
Count one more and one less
Compare groups of objects
Compare numbers
Order groups of objects
Order numbers
Phonics
We teach 'letters and sounds' for 20mins every day.
This term we will be learning our Phase 5 phonemes:
ay (say) ou loud) ie (pie) ea (seat)
oy (toy) ir (bird) ue (true) aw (paw)
wh (wheel) ph (dolphin) ew (few) oe (goes)
au (launch) ey (key) i-e (time) o-e (nose) luke (u-e)
e –e (these) + Revison
Literacy
This term we will be writing:
Comic-strips, Riddles and Super-hero stories.