Phonics
Phonics is taught daily as the first activity of the morning, following the Read Write Inc. programme. The consistent and structured approach supports children in developing their phonological awareness, letter-sound knowledge, blending and segmenting skills. Each day, children also have the opportunity to practise their reading with their ‘perfect partner’. 

English

Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers

Lost and Found  provides an engaging context for developing children's understanding of story structure, character, setting and sequence. Through exploring Oliver Jeffers' story, children will develop their vocabulary and comprehension while learning to identify and use key features of an adventure narrative. They will explore the relationship between the boy and the penguin, make predictions and inferences about characters' feelings, and sequence the main events of the story. Children will then use the structure of the text as a model to create and write their own adventure story.

Nibbles the Book Monster by Emma Yarlett

Nibbles the Book Monster provides an engaging and humorous context for developing children's understanding of recounts, first-person writing and sequencing events. Through exploring Nibbles' adventures, children will develop their vocabulary and comprehension while considering events from different characters' perspectives. They will explore how Nibbles enters different stories, how his actions affect the characters and how events can be retold in chronological order. Children will use these experiences to write a diary entry from Nibbles' point of view, recounting his adventures and sharing his thoughts and feelings.

Maths

During the autumn term, Year 1 children develop their foundational mathematical understanding through Place Value within 10, Addition and Subtraction within 10, and Shape. The children will learn to count, recognise, represent, compare and order numbers to 10, identify one more and one less, and develop an understanding of number relationships and number bonds. Children will  apply this knowledge to addition and subtraction, using practical resources, pictorial representations and mathematical symbols to solve simple problems and explain their reasoning. They also explore and identify common 2D and 3D shapes, describing their properties and sorting them according to different criteria. Throughout the term, children develop their fluency, reasoning and problem-solving skills  while building confidence in using mathematical vocabulary and explaining their mathematical thinking.

Maths Online Games
Find the Number:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/blast-off
One more one less:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/chopper-squad
Place the number on the number line:
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/37/placing_numbers_on_a_number_line
Counting
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/todays-number-up-to-20
Matching numerals to words
https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math/early-math/number-words-fruit-splat-game/

During the afternoons, the Year 1 children access the foundation subjects within Amethyst and Pearl Class.