Cranborne Primary School

Phonics

Phonics is  a very important part of the Year 1 curriculum. This is why we dedicate three sessions a week to teach stand alone phonics lessons following the Read Write Inc. scheme. We teach the children initial sounds, and set 2 and 3 digraphs and trigraphs. A digraph is two letters together that make one sound such as 'sh' 'ee' and 'th'. A trigraph is three letters together that make one sound, such as ''igh' and 'air'. We learn a new sound in each of our phonics sessions. We start by identifying the sound in a word, we then write it down (with focus on letter formation), and then have a go at reading a short story with this sound used frequently in it.

Below is the order we will be teaching the sounds.

Oxford Owl have some great online e-books that you can read with your children. They link closely to the book bands too!     

 https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/reading-owl/library-page

Phonics Play 

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

Topmarks 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/

Twinkl

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/

BBC Bitesize Daily 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize 

Mathletics 

https://login.mathletics.com/?_ga=2.201440849.1931205143.1586178028-1054261000.1573638024

Purple Mash

 https://www.purplemash.com/sch/cranborneen6 

Maths

In the Summer Term, we will be covering the following:

• Measures- non- standard and simple standard
• Multiplication 
• Repeated addition
• Arrays
• Multiplication problem solving
• Division
• Time- o'clock and half past 
• Fractions- sharing into equal groups
• Fractions of shapes
• Numbers to 100- place value
• Place value, ordering and comparison

Mental fluency:

• Recalling number bonds to 20 such as 18 + 2 and 4 + 16
• 1 more and 1 less than a given number up to 50
• Counting to 100 and back 
• Double and halves to 20
  
• Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s

Foundation Subjects

In Geography, this term we will be learning all about the weather. 

In History, we will be learning about the history of flight. 

In Art this term, we will be studying the work of Andy Goldsworthy. We will be exploring making pieces of art with natural materials and creating pictures in the style of Andy Goldsworthy. 

In Computing, we will begin to investigate coding. 

In PSHE this term, we will be learning all about relationships. 

Key information:

• Please remember that all children need a named water bottle in school every day.
• Let your child's teacher know if someone other than you is collecting your child or call the office.  

Homework:

• Set on a Thursday, and due on a Tuesday.
• This will be skills based. Maths, grammar, spelling and reading.

English

We are so impressed with the progress made across the year group so far this year. The children have been focusing on the basics of sentence structure and building simple sentences independently using capital letters and full stops. As we move forward into the Summer term, the children will be encouraged to continue to write independently and will be joining their sentences to write short narratives.

Letter formation, handwriting and presentation

Letter families
Curly caterpillar letters: c, a, o, q, g, d, e, s, f. All of these letters start in the middle of the line and start with a c shape and then you carry on with the rest of the letter.
One armed robot letters: r, m, n, h, b, k, p. For these letters you need to start at the top of the letter and travel down and back up again and then over.
Ladder letters: l, I, j, t, u, y. All of these letters you need to start at the top of the letter and travel down.
Zig zag letters: v, w, x, z. These letters are all very straight and have no curves!

 When writing on a line all letters should be on the line. Some letters have descenders where part of the letters go under the line, such as: y,g,q, p.
Some letters have ascenders where part of the letter is taller than the rest, such as: d, h, t, b.

Capital letters should always be bigger than the other letters.

Science

In the Summer term, we will be learning all about plants. We will be identifying parts of plants, sorting and naming a range of garden and wild plants and observing changes in plants over time. We are really looking forward to our plants trip to Knebworth House. 

Physical Education

This term, our indoor PE unit will be Dance, where the children will be learning to travel in different ways across the space and will be learning to move their bodies to the beat of the music. Our outdoor unit will be fundamental movement skills, where the children will be learning to hop, skip, catch, throw and travel safely at different speeds.