Welcome to Class 1

Taught by Mrs Crowther with Teaching Assistant Mrs Broadhurst

Important Information for Class 1

P.E. – Monday and Tuesday – This term we have Yoga specialist Verity Rheinberg who will be teaching Class 1 Yoga for part of Tuesday afternoons.
Year 1 Spellings – Spellings for Year 1 will be given out on a Monday and the children will then be tested on them the following Monday.
Notices – We aim to get the children outside learning as much as possible, therefore please ensure your child comes to school in the appropriate footwear and outerwear (e.g. wellies, coats and gloves).
Notices – Please remember to label all your children’s clothing, including PE kits.
Information on home-learning can be found below.
Times Tables Rock Stars – All Year 1 parents will receive login details for the website https://ttrockstars.com. What a brilliant website this is! I have carefully selected the times tables suitable for your children and the corresponding division facts.

Autumn Term 2019

Welcome back after the summer holidays! I hope you’ve all had a fabulous break and are well rested. This term we shall be learning all about ourselves and what school was like many years ago. In Science we shall also be exploring ‘Light and Dark’.

We shall be updating our Class page throughout the term. Below there is further information on how you can support your child at school, as well as some useful and fun websites.

The new reception class have settled in extremely well, here they are exploring some of the different activities so far this term.

Reception have enjoyed learning through ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’. They acted out the story in the role-play area, sequenced pictures and then told a friend the story. They also looked at size in maths and had to sort pictures from the story according to size.

Sequencing ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’.
Maths with ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’.
Acting out ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’.
Handwriting in porridge oats.

Class 1 really enjoyed learning Yoga. They listened to the instructions and followed them well. They are looking forward to the next lesson.

In Science the children have been learning about what is a source of light and then had to sort the pictures accordingly.

General Information

Reading Book Scheme

Listening to your child read on a regular basis, e.g. 4 or 5 times a week, really helps them to progress and your help with this is really appreciated. It would be helpful if you could please continue to do the following:

Return the reading record and the reading books, to school each day, even if they have not been read.
When you read to your child, please enter the date and title of the book and sign your name in the reading record.
You are welcome to comment on how your child has done, but please don’t feel that you have to, just signing your name is helpful.

The children will have up to 3 books at once to work through. However, they do not need to read them all in one night.

Phonics

In Phonics lessons the children have been building tricky words with the magnetic letters and playing tricky word hopscotch.

Building tricky words in phonics.

Reception Outdoor Area

The children in Reception have really enjoyed using the new stage area to perform to their friends. They have been pretending to be Rock Stars as well as performing stories.

Performing on the stage.
Performing on the stage.

English

The children in Year 1 have been reading the book ‘Jim and the Beanstalk’ by Raymond Briggs. They thought of questions to ask the Giant or Jim and then the next day had a go at ‘hot-seating’. The children loved pretending to be one of the characters and answering the questions.

Home Learning – Reception

If your child achieves a task at home, please let us know, you can simply note it down on a post it and send it in with them and we will include it in their Learning Journey’s. Over the years we have had all sorts including:

Riding a bike with no stabilisers for the first time
Helping a parent/adult with a job around the house
Being really polite at a wedding/christening/party
Climbing up the stairs one foot to one step at a time
Building a model
Cooking/baking
Gardening
Drawings/work done at home

We believe that continuing your learning at home is extremely important. In Class 1, we strongly suggest little and often. Once the children have received their reading books, we encourage them to read to an adult four times a week, even if it’s just for 5 minutes – it doesn’t need to be the whole book.

The children also have a maths target, which are called SMIRFs (Space Mission Instant Recall Facts) and the children will need to practise these throughout the week, we will then check them on a Friday and if they know them we move them onto a new target. The children love being turned into little astronauts and are keen to move up the planets already! We have been doing SMIRFs for several years now and we have found they have helped to improve children’s knowledge and that it has in turn helped their arithmetic and speed in answering questions.

We thank you for your continued support! If you have any questions, please contact us.

Phonics

Articulation of the 44 phonemes is really important as the correct pronunciation enables your child to blend sounds together more easily. Click the link to hear the pronunciation of the sounds: