Mrs Lindblad's Class 2023 - 2024
Mrs Lindblad
Year 1
Welcome to our Class Page
Hello Everyone and welcome to the Autumn Term of Year 1!
My name is Mrs. Lindblad and I can't wait to work with you this year. I have got lots of exciting things planned and I am looking forward to getting to know you better and finding out about the things you can do and enjoy both inside and outside of school.
On this webpage you will find important information about the school day and week. Please have a read through and make sure you check it regularly for any changes. I will also be using Seesaw as Mrs. Millichap did last year so I will send important information that way too. You can also contact me via Seesaw if you need to.
Further down this page you will find a weekly learning journey to let you know what we will be covering each week and I hope this will enable you to support your child where possible and talk to them about what they have been learning in class.
Our School Day
Doors will open at the Annexe at 8.45am so that our day can start at 8.50am and school finishes at 3.10pm.
Our learning this term
We have lots of exciting things planned this year and I hope that your child will come home each day feeling excited about their day. The yearly curriculum planner can be found in the files section of the web page below.
We will being focussing in particular on learning about what a sentence is and how to write one. We will be making sure that we know all the capital letters and how to write them.
Our story topic is 'The Jolly Postman' and our writing will then be based around this book.
In maths this half term we will be working on numbers to 10.
Autumn Term Dates for your diary
PE
This year we are going to be having two P.E. lessons a week. This term they will take place on a Tuesday with Miss Hook and a Thursday afternoon with myself. We would like the children to come dressed for P.E. on these 2 days so that we won't have to worry about getting changed. Please be aware that most lessons will take place outside so we would appreciate it if the children could be wearing a school track suit over their shorts and T shirt so that we are prepared for all weather. Children will also need a water bottle for P.E. lessons as they always get very thirsty.
Snacks:
We will provide daily fruit or vegetables to every child in year 1. We appreciate your support with our fruit only snack policy in the Annexe.
Water Bottles:
Please make sure that your child comes to school each day with a named water bottle that contains water only. We encourage children to drink water regularly.
Homework:
- Read every night
- Spellings on spelling shed (5-10 minutes daily)
- Maths Worksheet (at least one a week)
- English/ handwriting sheet

Reading:
Please read with your child daily as this will have an impact on all areas of their learning. Please also write a short comment when you have listened to you child read as we now expect every child to read at least 4 times a week minimum. Reading diaries are checked daily in Year 1.
Spellings:
Your child has spellings to practise on 'Spelling Shed' every week. Please try to practise for 5-10 minutes each evening.

Here is our LEARNING JOURNEY for this week!
Week beginning Monday 2nd October
English:
We will write the start of the Goldilocks and the 3 Bears
We will practise making and writing sentences
We will practise our lower case letter formation
We will learn how to write capital letters
Maths:
We will:
add by using number bonds
add by counting on
complete make number sentences
make number stories
Science:
As part of our 'Materials' topic will learn about natural and man-made materials
Art
We will experiment with different materials to begin to create a sculpture.
R.E
We will listen to the creation story and order what happened on each of the seven days.
Music
We will learn some songs using makaton
We will practise our glokenspiel accompaniment to Hey You and perform the song.
P.E.
Our topics this half term are P.E. Fundamentals and Team Building
ICT:
We will learn how tom use a mouse.
P.S.H.E.
We will be thinking about our feelings and who we can talk to if we feel sad or worried.
Best Wishes
Kathryn Lindblad