Dragonfly Class

Class teacher’s welcome

Welcome to Dragonfly class! I am very excited to share your children’s learning with you throughout the school year. Dragonfly class is a  nurturing environment that provides opportunities to develop  communication and social skills and to foster enthusiasm and a love of learning.

Logo - dragonfly

 

Curriculum news

At a glance- Spring 1 

  • Maths: Year 1- addition and subtraction within 20, place value within 50    Year 2- addition and subtraction within 100, money, multiplication and division
  • English: The Storm Whale in Winter, non fiction report writing- The Big Book of Blue
  • Science: Habitats around the world
  • Geography: Seas and oceans
  • Art: Observational drawings – shells, printing using recycled materials.   
  • Computing: Programming A – Robot Algorithms 
  • PSHE: Keeping myself safe
  • Music: Fire
  • PE: Spiral PE

Dates for the diary

PE days: Tuesday and Friday

 

Wednesday 18th December – Y1&2 Christmas Carol Service

w/c  20th & 27th January- Year 1 parent lunches

Friday 7th February- Number Day

Friday 14th February- Year 1 Valentines Performance at school

Home learning opportunities 

Home learning opportunities 

In Geography, we are learning about oceans and seas and in science, we are learning about animals and their habitats around the world. At home, see if you can research one ocean animal and find out some facts about the environment they need to live in. You could create a 3D version of your animal.

Links to support learning

These links are here to support you with your child’s learning at home.

 

Year 1 Phonics Overview

Please see below link for Year 1 and Year 2 spellings for spring 1

Spellings spring 1 

 One minute maths app

1 Minute maths 

https://whiteroseeducation.com/1-minute-maths#download