Newsletter and Updates
13th January 2012 Dear Parents, Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe that it is already the third term into Year 1! Christmas seems so long ago now! The children are already working hard and it’s clear to see that many have been practising their writing over Christmas. Literacy: Our unit for this term is ‘Traditional/Fairy Stories’. In this topic, we will be exploring a range of traditional stories and looking at how we use language to create a story. One of the aims of the unit is for the children to be able to sequence the beginning, middle and ends of tales. Numeracy: During this half term, work will continue on supporting the children to meet the required year one key objectives, covered will include: · To add and subtract 10 from a number. · To solve word problems involving addition and subtraction. · To recall the number bonds to ten e.g. 9 + 1, 8 + 2, 7+ 3 · To name and describe common 2D and 3D shapes. In addition to these objectives, the children have begun their independent work on the computer-based program RM Maths. This program has been devised to reinforce and develop key mathematical skills and vocabulary and is a great benefit to the daily maths lessons. They are thoroughly enjoying this program and desperate to get onto the laptop for their turn!