Meet the Team
Welcome to our Year 1 class page!
We were happy to welcome the children back after what seemed to be the shortest week of the year. The Year 1 children have really settled into their new roles as sensible learners and are becoming more mature.
This half term our topic is ‘Light up the Sky!’ and we will be thinking about fireworks, celebrations and …
…The Great Fire of London!
If you or your child has visited London, please talk to them about it and share photos if you have them – it will help them to understand what London is like now.
The Year 1 children will not be doing Forest School this half term, but don’t worry we will be very busy practising for our KS1 Christmas production instead.
Please remember to look at our web pages, news articles and Facebook page, so that you can keep up-to-date with our fabulous learning.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or queries. You can do this via email, through the school office or catch us at the start or end of the day.
The Year 1 team
Mrs Alcock, Miss Whittam and Miss Bennett
Year 1 - Welcome Letter
Timetable
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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E-books and Reading Books changed |
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PE |
Home Reading
We are now using Bug Club Phonics to support our teaching of phonics and reading in school. We will use books linked to the sounds children have learned in phonics to practise and develop reading skills. At home the children are able to access these books and activities to further support their learning. Each week children will be allocated e-books to access and read at home. These will be your child's main reading books and should be read during the week. Each book has questions or activities to do with a yellow bug icon. The book will not be classed as completed until these tasks are done. Children will also be able to choose and take home books each Tuesday.
Bug Club Reading
Homework:
Reading and spellings: Books will be changed in school on a Tuesday. Please access reading in other ways such as through local libraries, books you have at home, 'Teach Your Monster to Read' and www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/ which enables you to access a range of books online for free. We will also set ebooks and spelling/phonics games on Bug Club each Tuesday for children to access throughout the week. They could also practise writing the sounds and words from the games on paper or in another creative way using paints, pens, coloured pencils, in sand or mud outdoors and upload a photo on Seesaw for us to see.
Please support your child at home by listening to them read daily. If you would like to share something about your child’s reading with us, please do so via Seesaw. We may set home learning activities on Seesaw linked to learning in school from time to time.
Click the links below to get to your homework.
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Year 1 Topics
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Autumn 1 |
Spring 1 (04.01.23 – 10.02.23) |
Summer 1 |
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Me and My World |
People Who Help Us
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Amazing Animals |
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Autumn 2 (31.10.22 – 16.12.22) |
Spring 2 (20.02.23 – 31.03.23) |
Summer 2 (05.06.23 – 21.07.23) |
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Light up the sky! |
See How They Grow |
On The Move |
Reminders:
Drop off and pick up: Year 1 children are dropped off and collected from the top gate in the EYFS outdoor area, the Reception children will be using the bottom gate.
Snack: Children have access to fresh fruit snacks at morning break time. You may send in one healthy snack such as fruit or a cereal bar for afternoon snack if you wish.
Milk: Children are provided with milk from Cool Milk in the afternoon. If you would like your child to have milk please visit the Cool Milk website where you will find information about registration and payment details.
Water: It is important to drink plenty of water. Please ensure that your child has a bottle of water every day, labelled with their name, to keep them hydrated throughout the day.
P.E kits: This term we will be doing PE outdoors wherever possible. Please can you ensure your child has trainers for this as black pumps can be slippery outdoors. You could send trainers to keep in your child’s PE bag or send in a pair of trainers each Friday just for the day. Their kit can remain in school for the half term.
