Welcome to Year 1!

Class 1D

Teacher - Miss Dunn

Class 1A

Teacher - Mrs Adams

Teaching Assistants - Mrs O'Shea, Mrs Leslie, Mrs Kenlay, Mrs Monk, Mrs Patel (maternity leave)

 

Reminders

PE

1D: Tuesday (Indoor) Wednesday (Outdoor)

1A: Tuesday (Indoor) Wednesday (Outdoor)

Please come to school wearing your PE kit on these days.

Homework

Homework will be set via google classroom on a Friday and will be due the following Friday. Please see your child's reading record for logins.

Reading

Please send your child into school with their reading record, and book everyday! 

Termly curriculum overview

Parent information

 

English

In English this half term we will start with a film unit (toy story). We will then read different texts linking to toys!

Phonics

Our school has chosen Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised as our new systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) programme to teach early reading and spelling. 

Please click on the link below which will take you to the parent support page for phonics information: 

https://www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/ 

 

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources

 

Spelling

Below are the common exception words and high frequency words for Year 1. 

Common exception words = words that cannot be decoded using phonics. 

High frequency words = words that are frequently used in books (some are decodable, some are not).

Possible task: practise reading and writing the words!

DT

This half term, the children will be making moving vechicles (toy cars).

RE

In RE the children will be focussing on the key questions: 

'How do stories of Jesus inspire Christians today?'

'What festivals do different religions celebrate?'

Maths

In Maths this half term we will be focussing on addition and subtraction, shape and place value (to 20).

Science

This half term our topic is 'everyday materials'.

Topic

(Geography/History)

This half term our history topic is 'toys - past and present'.

PSHE

In PSHE we will be learning about health and prevention, respectful relationships and mental health.

Computing

In computing our topic is 'We are publishers'. 

The children will be making their own ebooks.

Music

In music this half term we are focussing on our nativity performance!