Welcome to Class 1

Taught by Mrs Crowther with Teaching Assistant Mrs Broadhurst.

Important Information for Class 1

• P.E. – Wednesday and Thursday
• Show and Tell – Friday afternoon – there is a rota on the class window to show who is on which Friday.
• 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)

Autumn Term 2018

We are all really looking forward to the new term ahead- see you all on Tuesday 4th September!

Welcome to Class 1! This is a mixed Reception and Year 1 class and we have fun everyday exploring and learning new things. I hope you have had a fabulous holiday and are looking forward to starting school.

In History this term we have been looking at “The Great Fire of London”. The children have enjoyed finding out facts and in English they have written some fabulous adventure stories. For the final two weeks we are moving onto Newspaper Reports in English where the children will get to be journalists and create a newspaper report on the Great Fire of London.

Both Year 1 and Reception children have enjoyed exploring different everyday materials in Science looking at their different properties and undertaking an experiment to discover which materials would be waterproof to make Winnie-the-Pooh a new umbrella.

In Maths we started the term looking at Place Value and explored grouping and sorting objects according to different criteria. We were then able to apply this in Science to sort and group everyday materials.

Reception are focusing on recognising their numbers, as well as ordering them from smallest to largest and counting accurately. Whereas Year 1’s have moved onto addition and have even solved some addition problems. We have really focused on using different concrete resources, which the children will confidently access themselves. We are now looking at subtraction and the children are looking forward to some new problems to solve.

On Wednesday 10th October the Year 1’s in both Class 1 and 2 went on a trip with the Year 2’s to Ripon Cathedral as part of their RE topic on Special Religious Buildings. The children absolutely loved the visit and came back full of information about what they had learnt, including what a Crypt is and what it was/is used for and watching a doll be baptised so they could understand why Christians believe it to be an important ceremony.

The whole class has been enjoying preparing for Harvest Festival and are really looking forward to the walk to All Hallow’s Church. The Year 1’s from Class 1 have enjoyed going into Class 2 to work with their friends to create their piece for the festival. Whilst Reception have been throwing themselves enthusiastically into learning their song for the festival.

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:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqhXUW_v-1s&feature=youtu.be
• Phonics Play – https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
• BBC bitesize – http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/phonics/play/
• Family Learning – http://www.familylearning.org.uk/phonics_games.html
• CBeebies on tablets is also very good.

Class 1 Gallery

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