Year 1

Autumn Term in Year 1

We have been very busy so far settling in to our new classroom and our new routines.  The children have been truly amazing and a credit to their families and our St James family.

In Science the children will be looking at seasons, how weather changes and how plants and animals adapt to this.  We hope to go on an Autumn walk in the park this term which is always lovely. The season changes into Autumn  and the leaves look beautiful.

The children will be looking at some wonderful texts in English including SuperWorm, Funny Bones, Winnie the Witch and Halloween Poetry.

Later this term we will be reading The Gruffalo and making some tasty Gruffalo Crumble.

In Art, we will research the artist Vincent Van Gogh and use his Landscape work to create our own using his mark making techniques and looking at his work to understand how he created his masterpieces for us to recreate one of his famous paintings.

Tips on how to help your child’s learning during the Autumn Term:

• Read with your child as often as possible ideally their school book or a book of their choice and talk about the book they are reading. Eg what they llike/dislike about the text how the characters is feeling, their opinion of the character, phonics being used within the text etc
• In preparation for our Gruffalo topic read through recipes talking about how they need to be in the correct order and the words that are used (imperative verbs/bossy verbs eg Mix together, Stir the mixture, Get a spoon, Put it in the oven etc)
• Read rhyming stories or poems identifying the rhyming words asking your child to think of another word that rhymes with the word Eg Cat – Bat – Flat
• Count everyday objects using the words addition and subtraction (also plus, take away, one more, one less) as this is our topic in Maths this term as well as identifying numbers such as the number of a bus, numbers in a supermarket etc.

Year 1 went on their Autumn Walk as part of their Science and R.E. lessons this week. They were able to spot all the signs of Autumn and we were lucky enough to spot a squirrel eating a nut in the tree.  The children loved identifying all the changes such as the colour of the leaves, the fruit and berries on the trees changing and how some of the trees are beginning to lose their leaves. The children were so well behaved and well mannered whilst walking around the park.