w/c Monday 23rd June 2025

In our text for the term, Claude has arrived at the circus and we have been thinking about the different acts that he may have seen.  The children enjoyed making a promotional poster, encouraging people to come to the circus.

In maths, we have begun to learn more about time.  We have been finding out how many days there are in a month as well as sequencing the days of the week.  Next we will be telling the time including half past and quarter to the hour.  If you have analogue clocks at home it would be great to have a look at them and remember what each hand tells us.

In our art lesson we made weather symbols using a combination of a variety of natural and human-made materials.  We then dismantled our patterns and made new ones.  We found out the word for art that is not meant to last very long is called ‘transient’.  We thought about other examples of transient art, such as sand sculptures on the beach. 

A typical week in Durham 1

Home Learning

Maths & Numbots

To use Numbots, for games to support number knowledge, confidence and fluency go to https://play.numbots.com/#/intro  If you need your child's log-in please ask your class teacher.

In Year 1 we practise our number bonds to 20 and counting up and back in 2s, 5s and 10s. 

We can practise spelling at home through many different activities. Use the links above to give you some more ideas. 

Reading

We recommend children in Year 1 read for at least 15 minutes a day.  Parents please log your child's reading on the BOOM reader Parent Portal or by using the BOOM reader parent app on your tablet/mobile no more than once a week. You can record their school reading book or a book they are enjoying from home. 

boomreader.co.uk/parents

Your child will bring home a Read Write Inc. book every week with speed sounds to practise. Children are asked to bring these back in on Tuesday. 

Read Write Inc. Phonics

Please click on the link to view how to pronounce the Read Write Inc sounds.

Click here for Read Write Inc sound pronunciation