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Ladybirds Class
Hello and welcome to our special page for year one class, known as the 'Ladybirds' class!
We want your child to be happy and to enjoy learning so if you have any questions or concerns please come and see us! Don't hesitate to get in touch with any question no matter how big or small. Email me at Ladybirds@coppice.derbyshire.sch.uk.
All year we will be working towards meeting the end of year expectations for year one.
Meet the Staff
Mr D'Souza - Year One class teacher
Mrs S Fowkes - Teaching Assistant (all day, every day)
Mrs Z Hussain - Teaching Assistant (every morning)
Mrs Jephson is the Key Stage One Co-ordinator who will be popping in lots to check we are having lots of fun whilst we learn.
Mr D'Souza will have one day out of class on a Tuesday every two weeks for PPA and this will usually be covered by Mr J Moreton.
General Information
In a morning the gates will be open between 8.35am and 8.40am. Please say goodbye to your children on the playground and they will enter the classroom via the door which faces the playground. Parents are not allowed to accompany them from the playground.
Learning Information
Our topic this half term is ‘Rumble in the Jungle!’. An overview (knowledge organiser) of this half term’s topic can be found by clicking here.
As a key stage, we like to inform parents about the types of things we will be covering in each topic in a little more detail. To access our parents' medium term plan overview please click here.
This half term we will continue to learn through a broad and balanced curriculum. Click here to see our Autumn 2 weekly timetable. In addition to this, in order to support the transition from EYFS we will also be having continuous provision throughout the Autumn term. The children really impressed us last half term with their rainbow challenges!
PE this half term is on a Monday and a Friday. Please wear your PE uniform on these days and make sure that earrings are removed.
Homework is set at the start of a half term and is due in the last week of half term.
Topic Overview
This half term’s topic ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ is heavily focussed on science as we explore different animal types. We will also be thinking about where animals live (a slight geographical link). By the end of the unit the ‘sticky knowledge’ we want our children to remember is:
I know what a mammal, bird and reptile are and can give an example of each.
I can name animal attributes for example, scales, feathers and beaks.
I know that animals are found in different places. I can name one animal found in the
Sumatran rainforest and one animal found in Shipley Park.
Below is a brief summary of what we will be learning each week.
Week 1: What type of animals live on the school grounds?
This week the children will be becoming detectives and exploring our outside area. Their job will be to find out if there are any special places where creatures like to live. Which minibeasts can they find? Where do they like to live? Why do they like to live there?
Week 2: What type of animals live in Heanor?
This week the children will be thinking about where they live and locating Heanor on Digimaps. Are we near the sea? Do we live near any woods? What features can we find in our environment? We will be learning about the differences between physical and human features and be thinking about the differences between them. We will think about Shipley Park and the physical features we can find there. We will then think about which animals choose to live there and why. The children will also be introduced to the term ‘mammal’.
Week 3: What is a bird?
We will be thinking about what features birds have to have (feathers, wings, beaks). Can mammals be birds? We will be identifying different birds and thinking about which ones can be spotted in Heanor. Why can’t we see all birds here?
Week 4: What is a fish?
The children will be exploring pictures of different fish and considering what they all have in common. What features do fish have to have (fins, gills, lay eggs in water) ? They will also be thinking about whether fish are carnivores, omnivores or herbivores.
Week 5: What types of animals live in rainforests?
This week the children will be explorers and travel around the world using their imagination, drama and Digimaps! They will recap Heanor’s physical and human features and then focus on the Sumatran rainforest. How are they similar? Different? They will then think about which animals live in Heanor and which would live in the rainforest and why.
Week 6: What do animals eat?
Just like dentists the children will be taking a close look at teeth – but not human teeth, animal teeth! Can they match the teeth to the animals? What type of food do the children predict each set of teeth will eat? The children will be introduced to the terms ‘Carnivore’ ‘herbivore’ and ‘omnivore’. After this the children will all be given three ‘poo samples’. They are to dissect them and determine which is from a meat eater, plant eater and an animal that eats both. It is going to be lots of fun!
Week 7: Can we name different parts of an animal?
The children are excellent at using the terminology for body parts e.g. hand, foot, mouth but this week can they use the terminology specifically used for different animals eg beak, paws?
This term's topic information and IMPORTANT vocabulary
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Art / DT |
This half term we will be focussing on Design and Technology. We will be looking at a range of books and how moving pictures are created. We will then be creating moving pictures of our own using a variety of mechanisms including: sliding mechanisms, level mechanisms and wheel mechanisms |
Moving pictures, mechanisms, sliding, level, wheel. |
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Science |
Our topic this half term has a Science focus. As Scientists we will be learning all about animals. We will be grouping animals into: mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, insects and fish. We will be exploring characteristics for each group of animals. We will be learning about animals diets and which animals are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. We will also be labelling animals, using scientific terms, for example: for a fish, fins, gills etc. |
Fish, Reptiles, Mammals, Birds, Amphibians (+ examples of each) , Herbivore, Carnivore, Omnivore, head, ear, eye, mouth, nose, leg, knee, arm, elbow, back, wings, beak |
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PSHCE |
We will be looking at ‘Bullying matters’. We will be examining how our behaviour can affect others and recognising when people are being unkind to them or others, who to tell and what to say. We will also be exploring anti– bullying week and taking part in whole school activities to do with this. |
behaviour, affect, listen, co-operatively, hurt, unkind, bullying, unacceptable, |
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Computing |
We will be using Purple Mash to learn about grouping and sorting, pictograms and spreadsheets. Feel free to practise using Purple Mash at home using your child’s log in card. |
algorithms, instructions, pictograms, spreadsheets, lock, move cell. |
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RE |
In RE we will be answering our key question: ‘What gifts might Christians in my town have given Jesus if he had been born here instead of in Bethlehem?’ We will be learning to reflect on the Christmas story and deciding what gifts would be meaningful for Jesus. |
Christmas, Christian, Jesus, God, gifts, stable, gold, frankincense, and myrrh, 3 kings. |
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PE |
On Monday afternoons the children will continue to have Karate. On a Friday afternoon the children will have handball. Please make sure your child wears PE kit on these days and that earrings are removed. Please also make sure our child has a water bottle in school as water bottles are not provided in year one. |
aim, shoot, accurately, |
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Music |
This half term we will be continuing with our music scheme of work ’Kapow’. This half term’s unit is called ‘Snail and Mouse’ This unit focuses on tempo. The children will be using their bodies and instruments to listen and respond to pieces of music with fast and slow speeds. They will also learn to perform a rhyme and a song focussing on fast and slow speeds. |
Music, song, percussion, body, instruments, rhythm, pulse. |
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Geography |
This half term the children will be using Digimaps to locate Heanor and the Sumatran rainforest. They will then look at the human and physical features and think about why certain animals live in certain places. |
Map, locate, climate, physical features, human features, weather |
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History |
N/A this half term |
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Literacy
In Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation (SPAG) this half term we will be focussing on
- Composing a sentence
- Remembering a sentence
- Using finger spaces
- Checking a sentence makes sense
In Whole Class Reading we will be focussing on texts linked to our literacy lessons.
In these lessons we will focus on a range of skills including:
- Reading with expression and using intonation, making sure we use punctuation to support us.
- Exploring new vocabulary to use in our writing
- Retrieving information from what we have read
- Sequencing events that we have read about
- Inferring extra information using the clues we have spotted in the text
- Predicting what may happen next or the information we will read about under each subheading
- We will also be having a big focus on understanding the difference between fiction and non-fiction and looking at all the features we would find in non-fiction books
All of these skills will be introduced through our reading dog characters!
In Literacy we will be exploring lots of genres and be given a wide variety of writing opportunities.
Week 1 – We will be looking at common nouns and proper nouns.
Week 2 – We will be looking at being verbs, regular action verbs and irregular action verbs.
Week 3 – We will be looking at action verb and being verb? Building single clause sentences.
Week 5 – We will be looking at building single clause sentences with a pronoun focus while also looking at subject/verb application.
Week 6 - We will be writing a letter/postcard based on the story 'Monkey Puzzle'
Week 7 - We will be writing a recount based on the story 'Rumble in the Jungle'
Phonics
We will teach phonics to the whole class together and will run same day intervention sessions for children requiring further consolidation to help them to keep up.
Here are some helpful documents which we have shared before:
Twinkl Phonics Level 5 Information for parents
Meet the Level 5 Twinkl phonics family!
Below we will attach parent information sheets which will explain the learning for each week in phonics so you can support your child at home.
We have now started level 5 phonics. This half term we are focussing on:
Week 1 – Level 5 week 4 ea saying ee
Week 2 – Level 5 week 5 a-e saying ai
Week 3 – Level 5 week 6 i-e saying ie and o-e saying oa
Week 4 – Level 5 week 7 u-e saying oo and e-e saying ee
Week 5 – Level 5 week 8 ou saying ow
Week 6 – Level 5 week 9 long vowel sounds
Week 7 – Level 5 week 10 ch saying c and sh
Reading
In school we will listen to your child read their reading book at least once every week, please make sure that it is in school every day. Please support your child with reading by listening to them read regularly at home. Just a couple of pages every day makes a huge difference to their confidence. Remember to record on the Go read app or Boom reader website every time you hear your child read. Reading is the most important piece of homework you can do with your child at this age as reading is the key that unlocks all other areas of learning. To be successful writers, children first have to be confident and successful readers so your support is invaluable.
Helping with Literacy at Home
You can help your child at home by:
Practising common exception words - reading and spelling. Click here to view year one common exception words.
Talk about what they are learning in class that week.
Encourage your child to read out any writing they complete at home to check it makes sense.
Read with your child at least 3 times a week.
Please click here to see our year 1 literacy non-negotiables
Numeracy
In Maths our units are ‘Place Value within 10’ and ‘Addition and Subtraction within 10’. The objectives we will looking at this half term are:
Counting to and from 20
Understanding the value of 10 (including number bonds to 10)
Understanding 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 (partitioning in to tens and ones, and using our number bond knowledge)
Working out 1 more than a given number
Working our 1 less than a given number
Using a number line to 20
Estimating on a number line to 20
Comparing numbers to 20 ( < = > )
Ordering numbers to 20
Adding by counting on within 20
Add one using number bond knowledge
Finding and making number bonds to 10 and 20
Doubling
Near doubles
Subtract one using number bonds
Subtraction by counting back
Subtraction by finding the difference
Related + - facts
Solving missing number problems
Days of the week
Months of the year
Naming 3D shapes
Sorting 3D shapes
2D and 3D shape patterns
Helping with maths at Home
Talking about the learning they have done in class.
Practise counting to 20 forwards and backwards
Practising counting in 2's, 5's and 10's
Practise recalling addition, subtraction and number facts to 10 and then to 20.
Encouraging your child to count - add money, count out objects, calculate how many will be left, estimate how many there are etc
Our Coppice CARE Values
C stands for: cooperation, committed and considerate
A stands for: accepting, aspirational and achieving
R stands for: respectful, responsible and resilience
E stands for: excellent, empathetic and enthusiastic
Each week we have a new value – 12 in total. The children will have an assembly Monday morning about how to show and give respect to others both in school and at home! We will be expecting this to be demonstrated to all members of our Coppice community. It is important that even when we move onto a new value, the old one isn’t lost.
Each week Mrs Seaton will send out a Newsletter that will reflect the value we are working on so that it can also be supported at home. We look forward to seeing our children bright and early ready to embrace the new weekly challenges!