"Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become

children of light.”

Ready;Respectful;Resilient

               Welcome to class 1

              We are the Wrens, Year 1 and 2.

Our staff

  Mrs Gibson and Mrs Raynor are our class teachers. Mrs Sherlock and Mrs Hudson will be supporting our learning.

Below is some useful information relating to our year together in Wrens and your child's learning. However, if you have any queries or questions please don't hesitate to contact us:

senco@kingsley-st-johns.cheshire.sch.uk

raynor@kingsleystjohns.co.uk

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Autumn Term 2024

Welcome back Wrens! We are so excited to share this year together as you move through KS1.

Our Christian values for this term are friendship,thankfulness,peace and hope.

Christians believe that God sent Jesus into the world to offer friendship with God. They believe that Jesus was God’s gift to the world.

Christians believe that Jesus showed us what true friendship looks like – it is unconditional, it forgives and it thinks of other people. It is kind, compassionate and loving, and it keeps no record of wrongs.

Our class novel for this term will be 'George's Marvellous Medicine' by Roald Dahl.

English

As writers, we will use 'Lost and Found'  by Oliver Jeffers to write an adventure story based on the structure of ‘Lost and Found’ with a new animal.For Autumn 2 we will write a diary entry in the first person based on Nibbles’ adventures in the story, 'Nibbles the book monster' by Emma Yarlett.

Our daily routine will include spelling and grammar,handwriting and guided reading sessions. Daily reading at home continues to be essential and we would ask that you read regularly at home with your child to develop a love of reading.Set aside a specific time for reading every day and make reading a priority. Try not to do the reading when you are both tired! Walk through the book first and discuss the pictures and the important words. Always remember to keep reading aloud to your child even when they can read independently.

Our Wrens will continue to access phonics ,using our Twinkl phonics scheme.By the end of Year 1, children should be able to:

• Say the sound for any grapheme they are shown
• Write the common graphemes for any given sound (e.g. ‘e,’ ‘ee,’ ‘ie,’ ‘ea’)
• Use their phonics knowledge to read and spell unfamiliar words of up to three syllables.
• Read all of the 100 high frequency words, and be able to spell most of them
• Form letters correctly

At the end of Year 1, all children are given a Phonics Screening Check to ensure they have mastered the appropriate knowledge.

Level 6 takes place throughout Year 2, with the aim of children becoming fluent readers and accurate spellers.

Spelling

We will continue to use Pathways to Spell as part of our english lessons to develop spelling strategies and learn spelling rules ,as well as the Y1/2 common exception words

Maths.

As mathematicians, we follow the White Rose planning. Through the autumn term we will work on place value,addition and subtraction and shape.The children will learn through concrete experiences moving onto pictorial and abstract methods as their confidence builds.They will also be expected to use their learning to reason about maths and solve problems. 

Science

As scientists we will be investigating materials identifying, classifying and describing the everyday materials around them, such as wood, plastic, metal, glass and fabric using the work of our focus scientists and inventors Charles Mackintosh and Ole Kirk Christenson to explore the simple physical properties of a variety of every day materials and compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of their simple properties. In autumn 2 we will look at animal types and autumn,looking at the work of Jane Goodall and Joan Beachamp Procter to identify and name a variety of common animals including fish amphibians ,reptiles birds and mammals.

Topic

As historians and geographers we will begin the term looking at significant events beyond living memory as we learn about 'The Great Fire of London'.In autumn 2 we will look at events we celebrate and commemorate , Bonfire Night and Remembrance Day,using our local war memorial as a starting point.

 RE

In RE we will explore Harvest: How can we help those who do not have a good harvest? How do people of Jewish faith celebrate the harvest? and look at Diwali using Questful RE. We will celebrate the festival of Harvest at St John's church and reflect on how much we have to be thankful for.As we move towards Christmas we will ask: Why is Joseph a Bible hero? and celebrate the story of the Nativity.

PE

In PE we will look at movement and gymnastics,developing balance, agility and coordination,helping to build our confidence and competence.

PHSE

In PHSE,we will be looking at Healthy Me and our place in our local community. We will also have focused time on our British Values: democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs as well as the nine protected characteristics

Art and Design

As artists,we will be creating self portraits ,looking at famous examples and using them as inspiration to create our own by observing and paying attention to our features and drawing them as accurately as possible.

As designers, we will be looking at construction.

Music

As musicians we will be playing and dancing to Reggae ,whilst in autumn 2 we will be looking at orchestras.

IT.

As digital citizens, we will be investigating IT around us and how we use it in our daily life, then we will look at how to keep ourselves safe online.

Homework

Homework will be sent out on Friday to be returned on or before the following Wednesday.  We expect each piece to take about 15 minutes.  Please come and see us if there are any difficulties or write a note on the piece of work

General information

• Long hair tied up.
• Please have a bottle of water at school every day.
• Please bring a small school bag, reading book and reading record every day.
• Homework will be sent out on a Friday and returned on or before the Wednesday.
• All school uniform needs to be named. 
•  PE kits to  be in all the time. Please add a jumper, trousers, and gloves as it might be that we go outside.