Year 1

Welcome everybody to the Year 1 section of the website.

KS1 Assistant Head Teacher

Mrs Spoor

Class Teachers:

1S Ms Singleton
1K Miss Khanum
1M Miss Mahmood (Miss Marron currently on maternity leave)

The Willow Miss Hamilton

Learning Support Assistants: Mrs Osanloo, Mrs Andrews, Mrs Walkden, Mrs Taylor.

If you have any questions, then please don’t hesitate to ask one of the Year 1 team.

Reading at home

Please ensure that reading books are handled with care and brought back into school everyday. During the week, adults in school will continue to listen and assess their reading and they will be given a new book to take home. Children need to read their reading books at home every night for approximately 10-15 minutes. Please can adults sign their record book each time their child reads, so that we know how much they have practised. Children also have a set of key words to practise reading at home each night. These words should be read by sight, without sounding out. Books will be changed once a week and new key words will be given out when the child is confident with their current set. 

Reading at home with your child is so important. It builds listening skills, creates bond time with family members, expands vocabulary, increases attention span and develops children socially and emotionally. Please read 5 times a week and record this in their reading diary. Reading books will be changed once children have read their book three times.

Homework

Throughout Year One, children are expected to read their books and practise their key words every night for home work. We will also set homework tasks onto Seesaw each week. Please keep checking your child's Seesaw account to ensure that homework is accessed and completed. 

 

P.E.

1S: Monday and Wednesday

1K: Monday and Wednesday

1M: Monday and Thursday

A gentle reminder that our school P.E. kit is a plain white t-shirt, black shorts, jogging bottoms or leggings and black pumps or trainers for outdoor sports, without visible branding. 

Please ensure children bring their P.E. kit in their bag to get changed into in school. 

 

Water bottles and snacks

Don't forget to bring a water bottle to school each day - it is important for children to stay hydrated throughout the day. Please label bottles and refill them each day. 

Children are welcome to bring a healthy snack such as fruit and vegetables to school each day for snack time, but are also offered a piece of fruit from each day. Breadsticks and milk can be purchased at the start of each half-term. Please contact the school office for further information

 

English 

We are continuing to develop our phonic knowledge, becoming confident with our Set 1, 2 and 3 sounds. We will be developing our writing skills by consistently using capital letters and full stops, applying our phonic knowledge for spellings, using conjunctions (because, so, and, if, but), using new punctuation and adjectives. We will become more independent with by checking our own work.

Phonics will be going ahead 5 times a week; all children have been placed into their phonics groups and will be using the Read, Write Inc. (RWI) format during these sessions. 

In Guided Reading, we will continue to read a range of stories. We will develop our reading comprehension skills of being able to read the text, process it and understand its meaning.

Children will have a spelling test each week. Please ensure your child can read and spell these words. These will be uploaded to Seesaw. 

 

Maths 

Place value with 20, addition and subtraction within 20 , place value within 50 and length and height.

We will explore place value within 20, addition and subtraction within 20, place value within 50 and length and height. Please use Numbots as this is an excellent maths app designed to make learning maths fun. You will find your child’s username and password in their reading record.   

 

Science 

Plants, animals, diet, materials and sound.

In our Science lessons we cover the three subjects of chemistry, biology and physics. This term we will be looking the structure of plants, what do plants need, structure of animals, senses, being healthy, properties of materials, sound and forces.

History 

How has travel and transport changed over time? - (local study)

We will learn about: what the fastest way of travelling today compared to in the past?, How did people travel before the Industrial Revolution?, If trains were so brilliant, why did we need a canal too? and Which was better, the Manchester Ship Canal or the Liverpool to Manchester Railway? 

Geography

What is the weather like in the UK?

We will be looking at where the UK is, what are the four seasons, what are the compass directions, what is the weather like today? Is the weather the same everywhere in the UK and how do people prepare for the weather?

 

Art

Textiles- Collage

In Art will be focusing on the artists: John Piper, Brianna McCarthy and Faith Ringgold. We will be looking at how they all create collages with different styles and explore our own designs, too.

 

DT

Teddy Bear’s Picnic

We will learn to use kitchen tools safely and hygienically. To cut, peel, grate or stir ingredients. Cook, bake or assemble ingredients.

 

PSHE

Dreams and goals 

We will look at dreams and goals and how we can keep ourselves healthy.  

 

R.E

How and why do we celebrate special and sacred times?

We will look at which times are special and why? why are festivals important to religious communities?

 

P.E

We will be developing a range of skills such as throwing, catching, balancing and much more!