Welcome to Year 1's Learning Page. Maths homework will be set every two weeks using the Top Marks website, there will reading online as well as reading books sent home if you requested them to be and spellings to complete.
Over each half term everyone should complete a topic project.
If you are currently working at home or just want some extra home learning you will find everything you need here. The maths, reading and writing work will be changed regularly and the topic work in line with each change of topic. If you need any more support with your remote learning please email your teacher at parents@stthomas.org.uk.
Maths Overview for Year 1
These are the areas of Maths that Year 1 will be focusing on this year.
We will be using the concrete, pictorial and abstract approach.
In Focused Provision we provide children the opportunity to consolidate
what they have learned.
Maths
Homework
Every two weeks your teacher will set you homework tasks on the Top Marks website.
The links will be sent to you via Parents2Teacher email and will link to our White Rose Maths Scheme.
You will always have an activity which you should be familiar
with and one which will stretch you more!
For the next two weeks we will be working on Addition and Number bonds to 10/20..
Remote Learning
Daily tasks can be found on Seesaw or sent by email. These will be a Phonics, Reading, Maths, English and Topic activity.
In school, we follow the White Rose scheme of Learning, so our current unit for maths this half-term is addition and number bonds
to 10 and then 20.
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Your teacher will add Top Marks activities to match the work being set. Please make sure you keep up with the work .
Reading
Weekly Homework
You can read to yourself, read to a family member or listen to someone else read, but try to read every day.
The digital reading library is available on Oxford Owls and your teacher will send you a list of books weekly to read online that are at the right reading level for your child. Please refer to your login details.
Writing
Weekly Homework
We are learning to write the tricky words - I, no, you, to, go. the, into, and, he, me, she, we, be, my, you, was, they, all, are, her, said, so, have, like, some, come.
We are learning to read and write the high frequency words - will, that, this, then, them, with, see, for, now, down, look, too, went, it's, children, from, just, help.
Why not try keeping a diary of your day? You could add pictures, drawings and write down what you've been doing and feeling
Our Topic and other learning
TOPIC HOMEWORK
Our topic this half-term is Wally's Polar Adventures. In this topic we find out all about the Polar Explorer Wally Herbert, the Equator and the North and South Poles. We are looking very closely at the Arctic, Antarctic and animals that live in Cold Climates.
What is the weather like in the Arctic and Antarctic?
At home you could:
Science
In Science, we are looking at Seasonal Changes - What are the signs for Winter?