Year 1
Class Teacher: Miss Plank
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Jervis, Miss Widdows and Miss Thomson
We are very excited to welcome you to Year 1!
In Year 1, we are very lucky to be able to learn through both teacher-led activities and continuous provision, which is based around the National Curriculum. We have an indoor and outdoor space that is equipped with resources for the children to access independently, giving them the opportunity to develop their communication skills, determination, resilience and creativity. It is amazing what their imagination creates! The children have the opportunity to embed and extend what they have learnt during whole-class teaching and small group work during their independent learning time. We have a lot of fun together!
Weekly Timetable
Monday: Homework given out
Tuesday: Collective worship
Wednesday: Gospel assembly
Thursday: Prayer time
PE (kit to be worn to school)
Homework to be returned
Friday: Praise assembly
Key things to remember:
- Read at home for 10 minutes every day. This might be your phonics reading book or a book that you share with somebody at home, just for fun!
- Bring your reading book and green reading diary to school every day, put it in the basket each morning.
- Wear your PE kit to school on a Thursday for your PE lesson.
- Bring a water bottle to keep in class.
This half-term's learning:
Writing
A variety of inspiring stories will support the teaching of writing this term. Children will explore the story 'The bear and the piano'.
Children will identify the main characters and explore the settings and events in the stories, gaining an understanding of different story features. There will be a focus on applying punctuation accurately and with some independence. They will use their developing phonic knowledge to compose and write simple sentences independently to communicate meaning, and write most letters, correctly formed and orientated.
Phonics and Reading
St Saviour's follows the 'Little Wandle' programme for phonics and reading. We work really hard in Year 1 to recognise graphemes and then blend them together to read words. We can then read lots of different books from our class reading corner or the school library. We also apply what we know to spell lots of new words! We have the phonics screening check during the summer term.
Please see the link below to our phonics and reading pages:
Mathematics
During maths this term, Year 1 will be developing their knowledge of place value to 100, money and time.
Here are some maths games to enjoy at home:
Match the numerals to the values and words
Religious Education
Our RE unit is called this half term is called 'Encounter and dialogue'. We will begin by looking at our local parish church 'Our Lady Star of the Sea' and talk to local parishioners about why it is so important to them. We will also look at the symbol of the cross and why it is important. We will explore Christianity around the world and how we are part of a large Christian family.
We will also explore the Jewish religion and learn some things that important to them, including the Torah and special clothing.
Science
Our science topic this half-term is all about scientist and inventors. We will look particularly at Mae Jemison, George Mottershead and Linda Brown Buck. We will find out why they are such important people and what they did to aid science.
Geography
This half-term we will be learning all about the continents of the world. We will learn what continents are and their names. We will also begin to explore what some of the continents are like.
Art
In our art lessons, we will be exploring collage. We will take inspiration from Matisse and create our own, abstract collages.
PSHE
We will be exploring the 'My happy mind' topic of 'engage', where we will remind ourselves how to relate to each other and how to be the best friend we can be.
Physical Education
Sports coach (Coach Danny) - Rackets, bats and balls
Weekly Homework
- Homework books will contain your weekly homework. They will be sent home on a Monday and must be returned to school on a Thursday.
- Daily reading should be recorded in your reading diaries and returned to school each day.
Photographs of fun activities in Year 1!
Please keep checking here for new photos.
Useful Websites
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Number Bonds 10 Video
Number bonds to 10
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Number Bonds to 10
Number Bonds to 10
Number pairs
Play the number bonds game by bursting bubbles that make pairs to 10 or 20. You have to be fast!
Play 'Hit the Button' to answer questions as quickly as possible. Have fun!