Information - Year 1 - Holy Family Catholic School

This is the curriculum that your child/ren will be studying between now and the end of the Autumn term.

Year Group: 1

RE	Babies – God loves and cares for babies. Initation – Baptism. Gifts: Advent – celebrating the gift of Jesus.
Literacy	Cursive handwriting; initial and medial sounds; CVC words; Sentences and rhyming patterns; Read Write Inc.
Maths	Counting, sequencing and writing numbers to 20 and beyond. Addition; subtraction and number bonds. Money; measure, 2D and 3D shape.
Science	Ourselves. Naming our body parts; what our bodies need to grow and the 5 senses we have.
ICT	Modelling/Word Bank. Using simple tools in a painting programme; Typing their name, printing, clicking and dragging to make a picture.
Topic:
History	Not taught this term
Geography	Around our School; Where we live; Where our school is and how we travel to and from school. The local environment including buildings and traffic. Learning our addresses.
Art	Mixing colour using different shades and media. Autumn colours, looking at trees etc. around our school. Cezanne and Monet; Landscape; Collaborative art.
Design Technology	The Adventure Playground. Looking at our school adventure playground, then designing, constructing and evaluating our own adventure playground.
Music	Sounds all around
PE	Multi-skills; Gymnastics

Homework will continue to be set as follows:

Monday	Reading; Spellings
Tuesday	Reading; Spellings
Wednesday	Reading; Spelllings
Thursday	Reading; Spellings
Friday	Reading; Spellings

· In Year 1, homework should take no longer than 15 minutes daily to complete. We do expect it to be done. Please support your child and us by insisting that your child does her/his homework every night.

· We set homework for the following reasons: so that your child can continue their learning at home; to reinforce something they have been taught in school; to complete work they have started in the lesson in readiness for the next lesson; so that you can be aware of what they are learning at school and the progress they are making.

· Do take an interest in what homework is set but please don’t do their homework for them: it doesn’t help them and it doesn’t help us.

· If you believe that the work they have been set is too easy or too difficult for them, you have the right to ask to discuss this with their teacher.