Year 1
TOPICS FOR THIS YEAR A copy of each half-term's topic plan is on display outside
your child's
classroom.
LITERACY & NUMERACY
All teachers at Brunel follow the National Literacy and Numeracy
Strategies, and these are proving to be very successful in helping to
raise standards of achievement In addition we also follow the 'Letters and Sounds' phonics programme
which is continued throughout Year 1.
HOMEWORK To begin with, much of the homework in Year 1 consists
of asking
the children to see if they can find the answer to something at home.
The main purpose of this is to encourage the children to try to find the
answers to questions, either by themselves or with help from an adult
or older brother/sister. The questions are usually very simple and
open-ended, eg 'Can you find out something about islands?' etc.
Later on in the year the children will be given more
specific tasks covering various curriculum areas.
BOOK BAGS During each week your child will bring home a variety
of books,
either books that they are learning to read, or books of their own choice
from the school library. It's a great help if you can set aside a little
time to read with your child at home, and if you have any comments
these can be jotted down in the reading diary kept in your child's
book bag.
PE
It is probably easier to bring your child's PE kit into
school at the
beginning of the week, where it can be left until it needs to be taken
home again to be washed. |
