In Year 1, our teachers are Miss Wilson and Mrs Reilly (Class 3) and Miss Owen (Class 4).
We are blessed to have the support of Miss Reid (Class 3) and Mrs. Harris (Class 4) helping us on our learning journey.
Below is some important information regarding the new school year. Please keep checking back for updates on homework and photos of what we’ve been up to in school!
What are we learning?
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Uniform
In Year 1, children and families can choose daily whether to wear a tracksuit (as on PE days) with a plain white polo shirt, or our more formal uniform, as preferred. This is in recognition that the curriculum in EYFS and Year 1 differs considerably from higher years, with an emphasis on child-led exploration and continuous learning through play and discovery, much of it outdoors and using sand/water/paints/play dough/mud/bikes/scooters etc.
PE Lessons
We have PE lessons on a Thursday and a Friday. Please ensure child arrives to school wearing their PE kits and tracksuits on these days.
Belongings
Children should bring the following into school every day:
– a coat and bag (labelled clearly with their name)
– a water bottle (labelled clearly with their name)
– their school reading book and reading record
As we are focusing on developing the children’s independence and sense of responsibility, please remind your child that they are responsible for looking after their belongings. We thank you for your continued support with this.
Useful ICT links
Bee 1 more or less game
Shark Numbers
Plural Pirates game (practise adding s & se)
Wordwall
Wordwall is a great website that has lots of fantastic games to help year 1 children develop their phonic knowledge. We have been using some of these games in class.
Reading with your child
The Little Wandle Phonics books that we send home are specifically written to develop your child’s ability to decode, blend and segment their phonics. Therefore, the more that your child reads out loud, the greater their fluency. Once your child is fluent with their decoding of the words, there are two further elements with which you can support them. Prosody is simply ‘reading with expression’. Where are the full stops? Where are the commas? Where is there speech? Which words need emphasis? Comprehension is answering questions about what they have read. Try and include questions that encourage children to think more deeply about the book. ‘Why does this character feel that way?’ ‘What do you predict will happen next?’ There are examples in the back of each book to help you with this.
Home and Guided Reading
Please make a note of your child’s reading group (dolphins, elephants, penguins, giraffes and kangaroos) and the day on which they read with their teacher. It is vital that this book is returned to school on their allocated day, even if you haven’t had chance to read with your child. We are unable to allocate a new book to your child until the previous one has been returned and kindly request your support with this. The second book is a ‘sharing’ book with each child. This is a non-phonetically decodable book that your child has specifically chosen to share with you, their grown-ups. This might be a chapter book or a picture book, and they may choose the same book more than once. Please use this second book as an opportunity to really have fun with prosody (expression) and enjoy the magic of reading together.
Tips for practising spellings
Parent/Carer Google Classroom Support Video:
