Year 1

Welcome to Year 1

Mrs Harris, Ms Widzyk and Miss Barr are all here for you and your child, delivering daily lessons through Teams. Be sure you check in every day to let them know how your child is getting on.

In addition, here are some useful sites to support our curriculum.

If you would like to send us pictures or videos of how you are getting on, you can upload through Teams, or email admin@danesholmeinfantacademy.org. We would love to see them!

Read Write Inc and Kinetic Letters

We currently use RWI to teach children letter formation. For useful information on how we use RWI and Kinetic Letters in school, and help on how you can support your child at home with this, please see our For Everyone section in the menu on the right.

For parent information on how we teach phonics at DIA, please click here.

Topic

For Spring Term 2021 we are focusing on reading Traditional Tales and looking at winter. During the last week of term we will be looking at Chinese New Year, which begins in this year on February 12th and is the Year of The Ox. Please see below for some links you can explore at home to support your child in their learning of these fascinating subjects:

BBC Bitesize - Fairy Stories & Traditional Tales
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zpqyhcw?scrlybrkr=fdbd009b

The School Run - What is a Traditional Tale?
https://www.theschoolrun.com/what-is-a-traditional-tale

The Enormous Turnip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfD-Oweqg-Y

The Three Little Pigs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXemLZIXy3M

The Gingerbread Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0uV6nWxO-w

The Ugly Duckling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbiqYODEZL4

The Magic Porridge Pot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gleDVbPFww

Winter Facts for Kids
https://www.kidsplayandcreate.com/what-happens-in-winter-winter-facts-for-kids/

BBC Winterwatch Watchlist - things to look out for in winter, how many can you find?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/31CFvfxBVJDLJy7kkkVmTNg/winter-watchlist

Red Ted Art - Chinese New Year Craft Ideas
https://www.redtedart.com/chinese-new-year-crafts-kids/

Chinese New Year for Kids
https://www.china-family-adventure.com/chinese-new-year.html

Tapestry

Tapestry Logo Our amazing online learning portal, Tapestry has collated some wonderful English and Maths activities. Don't forget to send us photos of you all having a go!