Maple
Year 1
Mrs Julian & Mrs Laye
Mrs Aripin
Welcome to the Maple class page! Here you will find lots of information about what we are doing this term as well as information about our routines, PE days and our weekly 'Star of the Week'! Firstly, let me give you some information about ourselves:
Teacher Bio
Mrs Julian
Hello
I’m Mrs Julian and I will be your Year 1 teacher. I will be teaching in Maple on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. I have been teaching in Early Years and Year 1 for over 10 years and I’m really looking forward to the year ahead. I love reading and promoting a love for reading for pleasure. I will be leading phonics and I’m looking forward to supporting your children on their reading journey.
I live with my husband and two children. My daughter is 3 years old and my son is 1. We love to share stories, books, play with favourite toys together and go on days out to farms, forests and Legoland!
Mrs Laye
Hello again! I am so excited to be in Year 1 with you this year, I will be teaching in Maple on Thursdays & Fridays. Over the summer holidays, I got married so I have a new name! My husband, our 2 boys and our dog love to go on holidays in our campervan. I like swimming, the sunshine and spending time with my friends. I can't wait for all the learning we will do this year - it's going to be great!
Meet the Teacher
Please come to one of our Meet the Teacher meetings on Wednesday 13th September at either 3.30pm or 4.15pm. We will be talking about what to expect in the year to come. We will upload the PPT here after the meeting for anyone who cannot make it.
Class Routines
School gates open at 8:40 and the day finishes at 3:10. Our main classroom door for the start and end of the school day is Maple Class, located by the gate near EYFS.
Our regular PE lessons are as follows:
Indoor PE - Monday
Outdoor PE - Wednesday
On these days, children should come to school wearing their PE kit.
We will change reading books on a Monday and Thursday. However, please bring your child's reading book and diary in every day, as they will read 3 x a week with an adult during Reading sessions. Reading books will be changed when an adult has signed in your child's reading record.
Spring 2 Current Learning
Heroic Humans
What inspires creativity?
Does everyone follow their dreams?
In Year One we have moved to a continuous provision approach which may look similar to our Reception classroom. In our topic this term we will be learning about some influential people and why they are memorable including Isambard Brunel and some famous bridges.
Phonics: We follow the Little Wandle Phonics Programme daily. This half term we will be encouraging children to read words by identifying known phonemes and blending them in preparation for the Phonics Screening check later in the year. Art: During this half term we will be focusing on the skill of collage. We will be scrunching and layering materials to create a final piece related to plants.
English: We will be continuing our focus on forming our letters correctly when constructing simple sentences with correct capital letters and a full stop. We will be encouraging stamina for the children to write a few sentences when writing fact files & diaries.
Maths: We begin revisiting 2D & 3D shapes. We move on to solving missing number sentences using what we have learnt about addition & subtraction. We will begin to look at measures including length, weight, mass & capacity. We will be linking with our science topic and measuring plants and flowers exploring measuring tools such as a tape measure.
Geography: In our Enquiry Area this year the children will be revisiting the map work from last term in their self-led learning. Children will be accessing atlas’ and globes to encourage interest in our planet.
History: We will be learning all about the history of bridges, their structure and how they’ve changed over time.
PE: The children will be focusing on using their body parts in Gymnastics and continuing to perfect some simple ball skills.
PSHE: We will be thinking about what being healthy means, how to keep healthy and why we should make good lifestyle choices. We will also be thinking about jobs in this community and people with jobs who help us.
Science: We will be learning about plants. We will be looking closely at a range of plants and flowers, investigating how they grow what they need. We will be dissecting and comparing different plants. We will be linking with our Maths work and measuring plants too.
Design & Technology: We will be researching, planning, making and evaluating a bridge, making sure it is strong enough to hold some weight. We will be selecting our own materials and following our own plans.
Computing: We will be using laptops, tablets and other forms of technology. We will be introducing animation to create a short narrative.
Star of the Week
Our star of the week this week is:
Tristan
For his excellent listening & learning this week! Keep it up :)
Year 1 and 2 Common Exception Words
Recommended Websites:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - quickfire number games to help children learn basic number facts
http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/ - Number games to reinforce the concept of place value
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-collection/zbr4scw - Fun songs with actions to teach many learning concepts in English, Maths and other subjects. This is my new favourite resource!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ks1-english/z67ncqt - Loads of story telling, poetry and punctuation short films to watch.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ks1-maths/zhng7nb - Useful Maths short films to watch. Fractions and telling the time would be particularly good ones to try.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/addition-and-subtraction - Games from any of the Maths categories will really help your child practise skills they have learnt at school.
http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html - great game for learning common exception words.
https://www.everyschool.co.uk/i.c.t.-key-stage-1-navigation-skills.html - this is a great website with some typing games
Homework
Our expectations for homework are as follows:
Reading: Reading aloud with an adult progressing to more independent reading as often as possible.
Spellings: Children should be able to spell all words on the Statutory Word Lists for year 1.
Project: Each half term, children are expected to complete a project that is linked to their current topic.