Subject 

Teaching and Learning 

Parental Involvement - We encourage parents to choose at least one activity for each subject to support your child in their learning. 

Maths 

The children will learn to represent numbers to 20 in a variety of ways and know their place value by ordering and reasoning. They will use the language of more than and less than to compare numbers. The children will begin to solve calculation problems involving addition and subtraction for numbers within 10. They will also learn to recognise, name and sort both 2D and 3D shapes.  

• Count objects and compare amounts.  

• See what numbers your child can spot up to 20 when out and about. 

• Your child can practise their Maths skills on Numbots (see login sent home).  

• There are lots of fun games and songs available online too: 

ICT Maths Games 

Top Marks 

English 

The children are learning to write through ‘Drawing Club’. This is a creative approach which involves class discussion about an exciting stimulus (story, video, image or object) followed by time for the children to explore their ideas through both drawing and writing.  

• Once Upon A Picture 

Follow the above link to find inspiring pictures that your child may enjoy writing about at home. You can also encourage your child to use the Common Exception Words for Year 1 in their writing. 

Remember to encourage your child to write in full sentences using capital letters, finger spaces, correct letter formation and full stops. 

Reading 

The children will be reading a variety of different types of books in their reading practice sessions that they have at school. They will have 3 sessions a week when we focus on using phonics knowledge to decode the words, read aloud with expression and then comprehension to show what they have understood from the text. The children will then bring home with them the book they have read in class to practice reading it again at home with you. 

• Please listen to your child read at least 4 times per week. Children who read regularly at home make the most progress, not just in reading, but right across the curriculum. Please ask us if you need any support. 

• Be a reader yourself - let your child see you reading and talk about your enjoyment of reading. 

Science 

Animals including humans – about me 

This term, children will find out about human body parts. They will learn about the ears and hearing, the tongue and tasting, eyes and sight, touch and nose and smells. We will also be looking at the seasonal changes that occur in the autumn. 

Animals including humans (animals) 

The children will also be learning about different animals and classifying them as birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians or fish. They will compare different animals by identifying, for example, which are warm-blooded or cold-blooded and which are carnivores, herbivores or omnivores. 

• Visit the BBC Bitesize website to explore the different units of learning about animals, including humans: BBC Bitesize - Science  

• Observe and talk with your child about the different seasonal changes you both see as we move from summer into autumn, such as the way that the leaves on some trees change colour and some animals prepare for hibernation. Also, discuss how the clothes we wear change as the weather gets cooler and wetter. 

• Go to the library and get out books or watch nature programmes about different animals that your children show interest in and read them together. Talk about the different body parts of the animals and find out together what they might eat. 

Computing 

This term, the children will learn about online safety, technology outside school and creating pictograms to record results of an experiment. They will also learn to make music digitally by exploring, editing and combining sounds using a computer program. 

• Use the Purple Mash login that we are sending in the home learning resources packs and practise how to log in and browse through their working area. 

• Visit the BBC Bitesize website and read and watch the videos to reinforce the online safety rules to follow. BBC Bitesize - Computing  

Art 

Craft and designs: Map it out 

The children will explore ways to explore and create maps through various forms, including drawing, making a 3D map using collage, printmaking and designing stained-glass using collage. In the lessons, the children will use skills such as sorting, designing and evaluating art.  

• Explore your local area by going for walks and looking at the different features that are around. Support your child to draw a map of their journey to school or features around your house. You might want to make a map of your house/ child’s room using Lego. 

•  Explore looking at different maps, including those of your local area, including virtual maps such as Google Street View or Google Earth.   

D&T 

Making a moving monster 

The children will be learning about mechanisms that are all around us, including pivots and linkages. They’ll be examining basic mechanical tools, such as scissors, and toys with moving parts. They will then use card and push pins to create simple linkages and follow design criteria to create their own moving monster.  

•  Look at simple mechanisms with your child and discuss how they are creating movement. Toy cars have wheels and axles, hole punches have a lever, a can opener has gears, pop-up books and greetings cards often have sliders and toy cranes may have pulley systems as well as levers and wheels and axles.  

• When you are out and about, see if your child can spot any mechanisms. Talk about what you find. 

History 

What is history? 

In history, the children will be learning about what history is. They will explore holidays from the past and compare them to holidays in the present. They will be reflecting on their own memories of holidays. 

•  Talk about holidays you have been on as a family and holidays your parents/carers have been on in the past.

Geography 

Where am I? 

The children will be learning about features of the local area and school. They will be learning about maps and how they are used and the symbols we use to represent places on a map. They will also be exploring aerial photographs and finding the features in the photographs. 

• Look at the area around your home and see what features there are e.g., road, trees.

• Draw a map of your local area. 

PE 

Fundamentals 

The children will explore the fundamental skills of balancing, running, changing direction, jumping, hopping and skipping. Pupils will work collaboratively with others, taking turns and sharing ideas. 

Sending and receiving 

The children will develop their sending and receiving skills including throwing and catching, rolling, kicking, tracking and stopping a ball. Pupils will be given opportunities to work with a range of different sized balls.  

Staying active at home will support your child’s progress in PE. Here are some links to follow for some ideas: 

• KS1 Physical Education - BBC Teach 

• Cosmic Kids Yoga - YouTube 

• Physical Education lessons for Key Stage 1 students - Oak National Academy (thenational.academy) 

Please note that these videos are on YouTube and therefore may need some level of supervision. 

RE 

How did the world begin? 

This term the children will learn about how the world began from different religious views. We will be learning the views of Judaism, Christianity and Hinduism. 

Here is some key vocabulary we will be using with the children this term. It would be helpful to talk through these words with your child at home. 

Vocabulary: Bible, Christian, creation, Genesis, Jewish, Torah, Brahma, Hindu, Shiva, Vishnu, personality, talent, express 

PSHE 

Families and Relationships  

In this unit the children will understand the role of the family in their lives and understand the different types of families. They will also understand that some friendships might make us feel unhappy and how to deal with this and understand how loss and change can affect us.  

Health and Wellbeing 

The children will describe a range of feelings and develop simple strategies for managing them, understand the benefits of physical activity and a healthy diet and learn ways of looking after our teeth. 

Here is some key vocabulary we will be using with the children this term. It would be helpful to talk through these words with your child at home:

ready, respectful, safe, kind, unkind, trust, rules, relation, relationship, emotions, stereotypes, challenge, problem, solution 

Music  

This half-term, the children will learn about a unit called: Menu Songs, which focusses on active listening, beat, echo singing and understanding pitch movement. 

Next half-term, they will learn about a unit called: Colonel Hathi’s March which focusses on beat, march, timbre and film music). 

Read about playing and performing music on the BBC Bitesize website: BBC Bitesize