Welcome to Year 1!

Welcome to year one!

Please see below to see what a general timetable will look like, this is subject to change due to what else is going on in school each week. 

Y1 General TT Aut 2




Our history topic is all about me, we are looking at living memory and family trees.
Our DT topic is homes where the children are making houses.
In PE, our topic is gymnastics.
In science, we will be looking at the seasons.

Please see the overviews for all of these topics below.

Year 1 Autumn 2

Our stories in English this half term are Town Mouse and Country Mouse and The Snowman and of course we will be writing letters to Santa! This half term we will be embedding the basic skills taught in autumn 1 but we will also begin to introduce capital letters for names, places, days of the weeks and months of the year. Alongside this we will begin to introduce using and to join ideas and question marks and exclamation marks.

In maths we will be looking at addition and subtraction which includes; using part whole models, reading and writing number sentences, number bonds within 10 and to 10. 

Dates

12th November - Phonics Parent Workshop 9:15am
12th December - Visit to the church
13th December - Nativity performance 2:15pm
14h December - Nativity performance 9:15am
15th December - Nativity performance 9:15am

Information on how to purchase tickets for the nativity will come via parent pay.

Homework

In the autumn term, phonics homework will be on activelearn and a maths challenge via parentpay. We will set it on a Friday and you will have a full week to complete it. 1S will change library books on a Wednesday and 1H on a Friday.

Weekly Information: 

Everyday your child will need to bring to school the following...  

  • School bag.
  • Reading book and reading diary.
  • Named water bottle.
  • Lunch box (If having a lunch provided from home).
  • An outdoor coat suitable for all weathers. 

Wednesday:

We still swim on a Wednesday, please ensure all children come to school with a costume/shorts, towel, swimming hat on a Wednesday. Please ensure earrings or any other jewellery are removed and long hair is tied back. All children will swim every week.

Friday:

Friday is whole school Feel Good Friday! Year one also have PE on a Friday. Children will need to come to school in navy tracksuit bottoms or leggings and black non-branded trainers. They will still need to wear their GV polo shirt and jumper. This is so children can take part in activities that focus on their physical health and well being. 

Phonics

Phonics lessons and activities will be happening in school on a daily basis. The following websites will help reinforce your child's phonic and reading ability. Please speak to any of the Year 1 staff if you would like any further advice. 

Phonics Website

BBC phonics

Saying the sounds

Phonics Play

 

Useful Websites: 

https://www.ictgames.com/ 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ 

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ 

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/ 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/topics/numeracy 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z3g4d2p 

https://www.thenational.academy/ 

 

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