Hurst Green Primary School
What are we learning this term?
Summer Term
Here is our Summer Term Newsletter which gives some information about what we will be learning about this term.
We will be continuing on with our Geography topic of where we live by comparing life in Halesowen in the UK to life in Sydney, Australia.
Phonics
This half-term we will be recapping phase 5 in preparation for the phonics screening check. We will also be learning how to read alien words.
Phonics screening check example
Spring Term
Here is our Spring Term Newsletter which gives some information about what we will be learning about this term.
Our topic for the spring term is a geography topic, all about where we live. Our BIG question is: How can I find where I live on a map? We will be developing our geography skills by looking at our school grounds and comparing them to aerial photos before having a go at creating a map of our playground. We will then be learning about the four countries and capitals of the UK. Our knowledge organiser has more information about the key facts and vocabulary we will be learning about.
Where We Live Knowledge Organiser
Phonics
Here are the graphemes we will be learning about this term. We will be carrying on with Phase 5, which is where we learn alternate ways of writing the sounds we learnt in EYFS. You will find more information and some flashcards in your child's reading pack. Please go through these flashcards with your child 3 times a week as part of their home reading.
Autumn Term
Here is our Autumn Term Newsletter which gives some information about what we will be learning about this term.
Our topic for the Autumn term is a history topic about toys. Our BIG question is: How are the toys of today different from toys of the past? Our knowledge organiser has more information about the key facts and vocabulary we will be learning about.
Phonics
During our first half-term in Year 1 we take time to settle in and recap our phonics learning from EYFS, including phase 2 and 3 sounds, phase 4 consonant groups and reading longer words by chunking up. We will also recap all the tricky words that were taught in EYFS. Towards the end of the half-term, we will be starting our new learning with some phase 5 graphemes. Phase 5 is when we learn alternate graphemes (ways of writing) for phonemes (sounds) that we already know from phase 2 and 3.