Topic outline:

Literacy: We will be learning about rhymes and poems and will be

having a go at writing our own. After our visit to the deep we will
be looking at fiction and non-fiction texts. We will then create
our own non-fiction texts about different habitats and animals
that live in that habitat. Billys Bucket.
Mathematics: This half term we will recap place value and link
this to money. We will be linking the maths to our topic and be
looking at weight, measure and capacity. We will also be
categorising and looking at block chart, venn and carroll
diagrams.
Science: This half term we will be learning about different sea
creatures and their habitats. We will look at why different
creatures survive in different climates and what it is like in each
ocean.
Class Trips and events: This half term we are hoping to be lucky
enough to take part in a workshop at the Deep. Although school
will provide transportation, there will still be a contribution
needed for this trip.

Suggested visits:

Recommended texts: Barry the fish with the fingers, Dougals Deep
Sea Diary, Can you hear the sea? The Wish Fish.
Check the school library and Bolling Hall library for books.

Sea life centre located at Manchester Trafford

centre.

Pets at home various locations, look at the different

fish and habitats.

Go to the East coast, Robin Hoods Bay (rock pools).

Flamborough head (Seals) and Scarborough (sea life
centre).

Check the Media museum for new releases.

Topic challenges:
1.

Suggested books:
We are looking at: Billys bucket, Sharing a Shell, The Snail and the
Whale and Under the sea (non-fiction).

2.

3.

Can you create your own version of Billys

Bucket?
Can you research a sea creature and
write as many facts as you can find?
Can you create a 3D Sea environment?

Learning links:
Oxford owl: www.oxfordowl.co.uk
Top marks: www.topmarks.co.uk
Learning Games: www.learninggamesforkids.com
Numberjacks and Alphablocks TV shows on Youtube.

Family Learning
Letter

Phonics and Reading:

Your child will be sent a reading book, when reading you can practise looking for
letter sounds, reading tricky words and answering questions about the book.
Each week your child will have an adult led guided reading session and will have
the chance to read with an adult. They will also have daily phonics lessons to
develop their phonics skills.
Can we remind parents that the phonics screening tests are coming up in June.
Please support your child by practicing alien words every day.
Useful phonics websites:
Mr Thorne www.mrthorne.com
Oxford Owl www.oxfordowl.co.uk
For phonics screening test:
http://www.oxfordphonicschecksupport.co.uk/login

Find more on our School Blog:

www.bowlingparkprimary.net
There is a parents page too, take a look.

YEAR 1 Under the

sea.