Owl Class Curriculum
12.11.24 Phonics at St Michael's School - Information for parents.
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Learning this term
Summer Term 2025
English - Reading - The children take part in 1-1 reading, whole class reading and guided reading sessions on a regular basis throughout the week.
Class texts - The Start of Something Big written by Annaheita De La Mare.
Katie in London written by James Mayhew.
Great Fire of London - information texts.
Writing - writing tasks link to class texts.
Writing captions, descriptions, short story, diary entries, poems and information.
Sounding out words to write sentences. Think it, Say it, Write it, Read it.
Punctuation & Grammar - Punctuation - Capital letters, full stops, finger spaces between words, exclamation marks, question marks. Singular & plural. Suffixes.
Spellings - weekly set spellings linked to RWI phonics.
Poetry - The Magic London Bus.
Fire!.
Read Write Inc. (RWI) phonic sessions take place daily. The children complete phonic reading and short writing tasks during these sessions.
Handwriting - Using the correct pencil grip,forming letters correctly (cursive script) and starting letters on the line.
Mathematics - In Y1 we follow the White Rose scheme of work. This term the children will be covering multiplication and division, fractions, plave value within 100, addition and subtraction, money and time.
Daily Maths Meetings - Calendar Maths, counting forwards & backwards, number bonds to 10 & 20, place value, money, time, fractions, shape and pattern. Recognising & add equal groups. Make arrays & doubles.
Make equal groups by grouping and sharing.
Topics this term
Topic - History - The Great Fire of London. Explorers.
Geography - What is it like to live in Kenya?
Science - Animals including humans. Understanding plants.
PSHE - Health and Wellbeing. Living in the wider world.
RE - Judaisum.
Music - Songs linked to class topics - exploring rhythm and pitch.
PE - Compete as a team. Athletics. Sports Day.
Art/DT - Colour splash - colour tones. Collage. 3d art. Designing and making a healthy snack.
Year 1 Phonics screening information for parents.
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