Welcome to Foxes Class 

Hello and welcome to Foxes Class.

This page is where we share some important information about what we will be learning as well as our class routines.

We will continue to use the Tapestry Journal to share insights into our daily learning and special events in school, so please continue to check regularly for any updates.

English

In Term 1 we will be learning about Fairy Tales and our first tale is the 3 Little Pigs,

we will be completing lots of exciting activities around the text.

We will be learning about The Great Fire of London and asking many questions about why it happened, when and where and what caused it? We will be also be developing our Science knowledge of materials and finding out about building materials and their suitability based on their properties.

Phonics

We will continue our phonics learning journey using Little Wandle which will follow the same format as the children have been using in EYFS. We will continue to have a a daily phonics session which supports their guided reading sessions all week. On Friday books are sent home to read and these are kept for a week before being changed for a new text again the following Friday. 

Sharing books will still be coming home as in EYFS but children will be in charge of changing their books as and when they are ready, these books can be chosen from a selection of texts in a similar way to a library. Sharing books can be a challenging text which a child has chosen so that an adult can read it to them. Sharing books are an ideal way to develop comprehension skills were you can ask questions linked to the story line, characters or even make predictions about what might happen next?

Book Corner

Enjoying the art of reading is essential and therefore our book corner is an inviting space where you can sit and read quietly. Whilst in the book corner there are a selection of texts available to enjoy from fiction, poetry, non-fiction and information books. There are book reviews to complete to share your thoughts on the text you have read.

Maths

In Term 1 we will continue to explore how a number can be made up of two parts and recall number bonds to 10. A large part of our Mastery Maths learning focuses on being able to subitise and we continue to reinforce this throughout all aspects of our learning "see the amount, don't count".  We use the White Rose scheme to support our mathematical learning with an emphasis on practical work using manipulatives to reinforce and develop concepts such as number bonds. We use the part, part, whole model to show our addition and subtraction before moving onto number sentences.

Science

We will be learning about everyday materials and their uses focusing on their properties and how we use them. We will also be investigating how materials are suited to specific items whilst learning key vocabulary and identifying similarities and differences.

Wider Curriculum

We will be finding out about how holidays have changed and creating our own personal timeline of events from our lives. A large part of our historical enquiry will be about how our lives have changed but also members of our extended families. We identify changes in how people spent their holidays and where they went and why?

We found out about our locality through fieldwork in and around school. We begin to learn geographical vocabulary to be able to describe features on a map or aerial view of Lydd.

We have loved our topic drawing portraits and especially enjoyed creating our own Giuseppe Arcimboldo portraits using images of fruits and vegetables. In D.T we created a 3 Little Pigs scene with a slider of 1 of the characters.

P.E

Our P.E day will be Wednesday and the kit should include a plain white top, black or blue shorts/joggers and either trainers or plimsolls please could we ask all items are clearly named and kept in a suitable bag.

Homework

In Year 1 we send home homework in a homework book every Friday, this is optional but a good habit to get into and is often an extension of our learning or a fun piece of work/art. We ask kindly that books are returned by the following Friday so a new piece of work can be added.

   Thank you,

from the Foxes team.