Mrs Keill
Class Teacher
I am Mrs Keill and I am the class teacher in Newton class.
I am looking forward to working with Mrs Oswick and Mrs Reskelly. We will work closely together; we are lucky to have such a great year 1 team. We have so many fun learning activities and experiences planned for this year.
Here are a few facts about me:
Favourite colour: Pink
Favourite animal: Dogs – I have a very naughty Miniature Schnauzer called Pippi.
Favourite beach: Porth beach
Favourite book: Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren– my dog Pippi is named after her!
Favourite food: Street food, it is always so delicious.
Interesting fact about me: I was born and grew up in Germany, as I am a military child. My dad is Dutch and I spent most of my childhood in Holland. I love everything about Holland, it is a wonderful, welcoming country.
Mrs Luscombe
Teaching Assistant
Mrs Bunce-Mace
Teaching Assistant
Mr Griffin
Teaching Assistant
Spring 1
English
This term, we will be starting our 'Talk 4 Writing' story 'How the tortoise got his shell'. The children will:
Imitate: The children will learn the story using key language and actions.
Innovate: The children will learn to change certain parts of the text such as characters, settings.
Invent: The children will write their own version of the story.
Non-fiction: A non-chronological report about an animal.
Little Wandle
Our reading and phonics is taught through our daily Little Wandle sessions. The children will be heard read three times a week and will develop their skills of Decoding, Prosody and Comprehension. Reading books will be changed every Monday. We encourage all children to read their books at home every day to support these skills.
A weekly phonics overview sheet will be sent home every Monday. These are to inform parents of the phonics being covered that week and for children to practice certain spellings at home if they wish to do so.
Your child can also choose and change their love of reading library book throughout the week once they have finished it.
Maths
Our Maths learning this term will focus on:
Place value within 20 and 50.
Counting, ordering, using and comparing numbers to 20 and 50. Estimating. Grouping and partitioning. Count by making groups of ten. Partitioning into tens and ones.1 more 1 less.
Addition and subtraction to 20
Counting on/backwards, number bonds, doubles, finding the difference.
Measurement
Including length, height, mass, and volume.
Our PE days will be on a Tuesday and Friday.
This half term will focus on:
The children will develop their accuracy skills through rolling and throwing.
Wide, Narrow, Curled
Gymnastics: How we can move our bodies in different ways and link movements together
Class organisation
The children will have a main lesson input as a whole class and then complete their independent work with an adult in a small, focused groups. They are able to access activities within the classroom at their tables if they are not working with an adult or outside, which will further their understanding of topics.
Other
