Hello and welcome to the Curlews class page.

We have already packed in so much learning this year and this term is shaping up to be just as full. We love seeing the progress children make in all areas across the year, from their achievements in lessons, to their growing confidence and independence in and around the school environment.

In the Summer term, most children come away from daily phonics lessons but continue to use their phonic skills in guided reading sessions. Here, they read fluently with expression and develop their comprehension skills even further. Children become independent readers and use our Accelerated Reader programme.

Maths

We have daily Maths lessons, and we also have a ’10 minute Mastering Maths’ session most days, to help with understanding key facts, confidence and fluency.

In the second part of the Summer term, we begin a daily times table challenge which helps children to recall facts for times and division in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s, speedily. Children will also have access to the Times Tables Rock Stars app to support their speed.

Our main maths focus for the rest of Summer term will be ‘Geometry,’ ‘Statistics’ and ‘Time.’ We develop our skills together as a whole class, with partners and independently. We use lots of practical maths resources to help us with our thinking and reasoning skills. We also love to deepen our thinking with challenges.

English

This term, we will be learning how to write a non-chronological report about a fictional character. We immerse ourselves into the text by learning it off by heart. We put actions to the text and memorise the key parts. We entwine spelling, punctuation and gramma throughout our learning as we prepare to write our own report.

Children have been working hard on their KS1 spellings and have been developing their cursive handwriting skills. This term we shall continue to join our cursive handwriting in preparation for Year 3.

Art – Cut, stitch and join.

In this project, it teaches children about fabric home products and the significant British brand Cath Kidston. They learn about sewing patterns and using a running stitch and embellishments before making a sewn bag tag.

Science – Living things and their habitats.

Building on last term’s knowledge and understanding, we will consider the habitats in polar and desert regions and compare them to microhabitats and our local area. We will also consider whether something is living, dead or never alive.

Geography – How different would my life be if I lived in South Africa?

 We will be revisiting our knowledge about oceans and continents and thinking in more detail about South Africa. We will identify physical and human characteristics and compare South Africa to Britain.

PE

We will make the most of the weather and have our PE sessions outside. Please ensure that your children have hats, drinks and sun cream in school every day.

Dartmoor 3 ball – a modern take on cricket and rounders mixed together.

Net and Wall games with rackets.

 

Music

We use a programme called Sing Up. It provides us with music and words and activities and guides us, as we explore instruments.

Religion and Worldviews

How should we care for others and the World and why does that matter?

Computing – Spring 1
We will be thinking about programming using SCRATCH. Children will learn how to design their own programme.

Jigsaw – Changing me

These lessons bring us together to discuss and share ideas about the World in which we live. We give children scenarios and stories to think about, which help us to think carefully about the choices we make. This term is about developing our Year 1 understanding about how our bodies change.