Taught by Mrs Hartley (Mon, Tue, Wed morning, Thu and Fri) and Mrs Walton (Wed from 11.15am), with support from Mrs Cornforth, Mrs Miller, Miss Jolliff and Mrs Shield.
Welcome to all our Year 1 families, we are really looking forward to working with you this year!
You will find all the information you need about Class 1's learning on Class Dojo; we will post half termly newsletters and information about new aspects of your child's learning as the year progresses.
If you are having any problems logging into Class Dojo then please let one of the Year 1 staff know and we can help.
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Reading
Although your child will be taught to read at school, you can have a huge impact on their reading journey by continuing their practice at home. This year we will continue the same routine followed by Reception and will send a new Little Wandle reading book home after completing 3 different reading sessions on the text. From the Spring Term onwards we will be changing books on Thursday afternoons, whilst collecting in the book sent home the previous week. Please make sure your child's book is returned as we will need them to read with other groups of children the following week.
As in Reception class, the book brought home will be closely matched to the correct phonics stage for your child. Your child should be able their book fluently and independently after having read the text three times at school in their reading practice lessons.
After reading the book three times at school, your child should be ready to 'perform' reading the book to you at home with a good level of fluency, some expression in their voice and with a good understanding of the text. Please listen to your child read the book and remember to give them lots of praise – celebrate their success! If they can’t read a word, read it to them. After they have finished, talk about the book together.
Spellings
We will continue setting 6 spellings per week for children to practise at home, in preparation for a spelling test the following week. The 6 words will consist of 4 words which all follow a spelling pattern that children have worked on the week before, plus 2 'tricky' words. A new set of words will always be sent home on Mondays and then tested on the following Monday; the only exception to this is when a school holiday is approaching, in which case new spellings will be set during the week we return to school.
Your child will bring home a small purple book with the word list stuck into the front of it; tests will be done at the back of the book so you can see how your child has got on each week. One of the ways in which children can learn their spellings is by using an online programme called Spelling Frame. Log in information will be posted on Class Dojo once spelling tests begin. Whilst many children in school find Spelling Frame is a useful strategy to help them learn their spellings, we are well aware that no one strategy works for every child; if your child prefers traditional pencil and paper methods or spelling words out loud with you then of course go with whichever your child is happiest and most successful with. As a school we subscribe to Spelling Frame to give children another option to help with the often challenging task of memorising spellings.
Maths
Please see the Mathematics curriculum page for more information about the learning our Year 1 pupils will be completing throughout the year. We would be grateful if parents could look out for your child's Numbots log in information being sent home early in the Spring term - this is a fantastic programme which will support your child in developing greater fluency in recalling key number facts and we encourage children to log in at home to support our work in school.
General Reminders
Class One have their PE lessons on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons; please send your child to school wearing their PE kit.
We encourage children to bring a named bottle of water each day (please don't send flavoured water or juice) - our brains need plenty of water to help them work properly. We would also greatly appreciate parents making sure that children bring their bookbag to school every day, as there are often items to send home which need to arrive safely.
If you have any concerns or problems at any time, please come to the door before or after school and speak to one of our class staff members. If required, don't hesitate to make an appointment with us one day after school - please email the school office to arrange this.