Welcome to the Year 1 English Page. Throughout the year we will be developing our Reading and Writing skills through various different methods. We will be focusing on Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar in order to develop our skills.
Our Books...
We use Power of Reading books as a focus for our lessons, these include;
Autumn Term 1 - Beegu
Autumn Term 2 - The Dark
Spring Term 1 - Traction Man is here!
Spring Term 2 - The Magic Faraway Tree
Summer Term 1 - Grace and Family
Summer Term 1 - The Snail and the Whale
Phonics
In KS1 (Year 1 and Year 2) we follow the Letters and Sounds Phonics Scheme.
You can support your child with learning their letters and sounds by encouraging them to play the games on the websites below.
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ChildrensMenu.htm
http://www.familylearning.org.uk/phonics_games.html
http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html
SPAG
(Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation)
Grammar is an important aspect of our curriculum as it enables the children to develop the knowledge and skills needed to improve their writing. Within Year 1 we cover various different objectives that will all enable the children to become confident, independant writers. We make the lessons as fun and engaging as possible in order to get the best from the children.
Our Space Topic
During our space topic Year 1 have been doing work in class is based around the story 'Beegu'.
During this topic there has been a UFO crash at school, the children looked for clues and discovered who made the mess in our playground.
A spaceman also came to visit Year 1 and Year 2. He taught us all about what it is like to be an astronaut. We also made space rockets and had lots of fun firing them at his target.
