A Parent Guide to Year 1
Mrs Booth is teaching Athens
Miss Jones and Miss Hulme are teaching Barcelona
Our teaching assistants are Miss Gray and Miss Amson.
Miss Friesner and Sports Coaching Group cover our classes when our teachers have planning time (PPA)
Reading books will be changed on Tuesday and Friday
PE will be on Wednesday and Friday
Homework each week will be spellings, reading and a task set on Purple Mash
Our learning this term is based around 'From Antarctica to Africa'
English - Writing
We will be writing an adventure story based on the story ' Lost and Found'
After half term we will be writing a diary entry in the first person ( Nibbles) based on Nibbles' adventures in the following story:
Phonics
We follow the Rocket Phonics scheme, please see the following link to find out more
We will be revisiting previously taught sounds on mat 2 and moving onto new sounds on mats 2 and 3.
In Year one the children will take part in the statutory assessment of phonics. This takes place in the week beginning 9th June 2025 and will be a test of their ability to read words using the phonic sounds taught. This includes real and 'alien' words ( words which are not real but require the children to apply their phonic knowledge.
Year 1 words to read and spell:
At the end of each week your child will be sent home with spellings based on their phonics learning for the upcoming week. The spellings will link to the mats above as well as 'tricky words' ( words which cannot be spelt using phonics. They are sent on a Friday and tested the following Friday.
Maths
This term we will be learning about place value, addition and subtraction and Shape. Please see the learning poster each week for more information.
Key learning
Geography - what are the continents and how do they differ?
History - Who found the continents?
Science - What are the 5 senses? Can you name and describe the basic body parts.
RE - How did the world begin?
PSHE - Being me in my world
DT - Designing and making hand puppets
Art - Spiral Art
Music - To compose a piece of music based on a fairy tale and notate using a storyboard
Computing - Online safety and grouping and sorting
PE - Look, run and avoid, throw, prepare, catch, agility, balance, coordination, team games
Useful Online Resources
Phonics
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources
https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/
Reading
https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0 (BugClub)
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/ (Free ebooks)
Spelling
https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/login
Maths
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=16