Class 1

Welcome to Class 1

Mrs Byrom

Class 1 Teacher

Mrs Crook
Class 1 Teacher

Nursery and Reception

Mrs Crook and Mrs Byrom worked together for many years. Our aim is to help children love school. We want to give them the tools to be great learners, great friends and confident to try new things. It is a pleasure to be able to support the youngest learners in the school. This year we welcomed nursery children for the first time. It has been a great half-term and our newest children are settling well into life at Bickerstaffe.

Class 1 have PE on a Tuesday and Friday
We have Spanish on a Thursday
The Library bus comes to school every three weeks on a Friday and we get to borrow a lovely book

Home Learning

To begin with the best home learning will be to share books together, they can be any kind of book or story. As they begin to learn the names and sounds of letters they will receive school books to read at home to you. These books will be closely linked to their phonic ability, to provide the best support in their reading journey.

Autumn 1

This half term our topic is The Gingerbread Man! Have a look at our knowledge organiser

Autumn 1- The Gingerbread man

Pathways to Write

CLL

Reading

Writing

3- and 4-year-olds

• Know many rhymes

• Use a wider range of vocabulary

• Can start a conversation with an adult or a friend

• Understand the five key concepts about print:

- print has meaning - print can have different purposes

- we read English text from left to right and from top to bottom

- the names of the different parts of a book

- page sequencing

Use story images for pupils to join in with key events and phrases in a retelling of the story. Some pupils may choose to draw/mark make some of the story

Children in reception

• Engage in storytimes

• Understand how to listen carefully and why listening is important

• Learn new vocabulary

• Develop social phrases

• Engage in non-fiction books

• Listen carefully to rhymes paying attention to how they sound

• Read individual letters by saying the sounds for them

• Blend sounds into words, so that they can read short words made up of known letter-sound correspondences

Oral retelling of story.

Draw images and write labels to represent the story.

RWI

Word Reading-Children are taught their Set 1 sounds

m, a, s, d, t, i, n, p, g, o, c, k, u, b, f, e, l, sh, h, r, j, v, w, x, y, z, th, ch, qu, ng, nk

Comprehension-Listening comprehension of instructions. Immerse children in topic related/unfamiliar vocabulary.

Maths

Subitising
Counting, ordinality and cardinality
Composition
Comparison
Match/Sort/compare
Patterns/measure

Nursery

Comparison, Shape, space and measure, Pattern, Counting, Subitising, More than, fewer than, Explore and build with shapes and objects Explore repeats Hear and say number names, Begin to order number names 1, 2, 3

UTW- Past and Present

Past and Present

Opportunities for children to explore and reflect on memories from their own past

Comment on images of familiar situations in the past.
Compare and contrast characters from stories, including figures from the past.

Music

Exploring sound

Listen attentively, move to and talk about music, expressing their feelings and responses.
Watch and talk about dance and performance art, expressing their feelings and responses.
Explore and engage in music making and dance, performing solo or in groups.

EAD

(Art)

Sculpture

Playdough/Clay

Develop small motor skills so that they can use a range of tools competently, safely and confidently.
Explore, use and refine a variety of artistic effects to express ideas and feelings.

Special times

In this unit pupils will learn about different celebrations across three of the world’s major religions – Christianity, Hinduism and Islam. They will begin to understand the important religious events for these religions. They will have the opportunity to reflect on celebrations that they have been a part of, as well as what they would like to celebrate in the future.

Enjoys joining in with family customs and routines.
Looks closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change.
Maintains attention, concentrates and sits quietly during appropriate activity.
Two-channelled attention – can listen and do for short span.
Listens and responds to ideas expressed by others in conversation or discussion.
Uses language to imagine and recreate roles and experiences in play situations.

The Natural World

Humans

Classification

• Sort images of people according to their characteristics.

Researching using secondary sources

• Find out information from visitors (dentist, nurse etc.).

Pattern seeking

• Are taller children faster?

• Are taller children stronger?

Talk about members of their immediate family and community.
Name and describe people who are familiar to them.
Know and talk about the different factors that support their overall health and wellbeing: regular physical activity; healthy eating; toothbrushing; sensible amounts of ‘screen time’; having a good sleep routine; being a safe pedestrian.
Further develop the skills they need to manage the school day successfully: lining up and queuing; mealtimes; personal hygiene.

PSED

Relationships

Families and Friendships

Safe Relationships

Respecting Ourselves and Others

No Outsider- The Family Book

Select and use activities and resources, with help when needed. This helps them to achieve a goal they have chosen, or one which is suggested to them.
Develop their sense of responsibility and membership of a community.
Become more outgoing with unfamiliar people, in the safe context of their setting.
Show more confidence in new social situations.
Play with one or more other children, extending and elaborating play ideas.
Find solutions to conflicts and rivalries. For example, accepting that not everyone can be Spider-Man in the game, and suggesting other ideas.

British Values

Our Reception Curriculum actively promotes the Fundamental British Values of democracy; the rule of law; individual liberty; mutual respect for tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs and for those without faith, in order to prepare children for life in Modern Britain.

SMSC

Our Reception Curriculum promotes children’s Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development, ensuring that that they are prepared to be

reflective about and responsible for their actions as good citizens.

Maths

Reception- Autumn 1

Nursery-

Nursery Book Lists to help with maths

Block 1 – Comparison 1 – More than, fewer than, same • Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs by Ian Whybrow • Rosie’s Zoo by Ailie Busby • More, Fewer, Less by Tana Hoban • Full, Full, Full of Love by Trish Cooke • Little Red Riding Hood

Block 2 – Shape, space and measure 1 – Explore and build with shapes and objects • Big and Small by Elizabeth Bennett • Whatever Next! by Jill Murphy • Crash! Boom! A Math Tale by Robie H. Harris

Phonics

Learning to read is the most important thing your child will learn at our school. Everything else depends on it, so we put as much energy as we possibly can into making sure that every single child learns to read as quickly as possible.

We want your child to love reading – and to want to read for themselves. This is why we put our efforts into making sure they develop a love of books as well as simply learning to read.

What is Read Write Inc

10 things to think about when you read to your child

A fantastic video that just sums up how special working in the Early Years is:

The Power of Play