Ladybirds Year 1

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...'Splendid Skies.'

We'll take a walk outdoors to find out about different types of weather and to look for signs of the seasons. We’ll study TV weather reports, make weather symbols and record ourselves in the radio room. Creative opportunities will allow us to create rain collectors and compose seasonal music! Our thinking skills will come in handy when we perform simple tests, including measuring rainfall and producing tally charts and observing chalk puddles.  

Maths

This term we will be learning the following:

Subtraction (within 10) and Geometry (Shape).

Phonics

We are revising phases 2-3 using  'Letters and Sounds' scheme . We will be reviewing the phonemes and graphemes in a variety of different ways.

Literacy

This term we will be focusing on:

Recount of an outdoor walk (2 weeks)

Weather reports + radio recordings (2 weeks)

Instructions (create a rain collector) (1 week)

Poetry (skies) (1 week)

Christmas themed creative writing (1 week)

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:

Number: Place Value (within 10) & Number: Additional and Subtraction (within 10).

Phonics

We are revising phases 2-3 using  'Letters and Sounds' scheme . We will be reviewing the phonemes and graphemes in a variety of different ways.

Literacy

This term we will be focusing on:

About my summer (1 week)

Little Red Hen story map retelling (1 week)

Three Little Pigs (1 week)

The Enormous Turnip (1 week)

Introduction to story planning (1 week)

Creative writing (2 weeks)