Year One 2017 - 2018
Miss White
Welcome to Year One's Class Page
Welcome back! I hope you all have had a lovely summer and are ready for a fun and busy half term in Year One.
Literacy
Welcome back! I hope you all have had a lovely summer and are all ready for another exciting, fun and busy term. This half term Year One are going to be exploring the magical, enchanting and exciting world of fairy tales. Our literacy work will be strongly linked to our exciting new topic ‘Once upon a time.’ We will be reading a range of fairy tales and alternative fairy tales and will be writing our own stories. We will also be writing speech, wanted posters and character descriptions.
Well, I am sure you were all as impressed as I was with your children’s progression in reading and writing last year. Please continue to support your child at home by sparing just 5 minutes each night to look through their reading books with them and let us know how they found the book at home.
We will continue with our daily phonics this year- the vast majority of children are now on phase 3 and phase 5 sounds. Ask your child to tell you about the sounds they have been learning!
Thank you again for all your support at home.
Numeracy
Numeracy is Year One is always fun, practical and interactive. Here are some of the things we will be focusing on this half term
-Number and Place Value
-Measurement- length and mass/weight
-Addition and Subtraction
- Number bonds to 10 and 20
-Geometry: 2D and 3D shapes
Autumn Topics
What would George find exciting about our town? (Geography)
This half term Year one is going to be discovering all the wonderful things about Walkden. We will be exploring where we could take George on an outing in our town as well as investigating where we could take George on a holiday in the United Kingdom. We will also be learning why you need to know our postcodes to find our house and how to use maps to find our way to different places in Walkden.
Which materials should the Three Little Pigs have used to build their house?
(Science)
This next half term in science we will be focusing on everyday materials. The children will identify and compare a variety of everyday materials, including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water and rock. We will also be testing each material to find out about their quantities and will perform simple tests to explore questions such as ‘What is the best material for…? Finally we will explore the advantages and disadvantages of using straw, wood and bricks for different structures and will investigate Which materials were used to build our school and why were they chosen?
P.E
The children will have P.E on a Wednesday Afternoon. Please ensure that your child has the correct kit and each item is clearly labelled with your child’s name.
All children should have shorts, a t-shirt and pumps. It is best if the children keep their kits in school for the half term and then they can be taken home for washing in the holidays.
Here is some useful information about Year One.
Homework
Year One children will be given homework to take home on a Friday. This will include spellings and times table practise.
Year One common exception words will also be sent home to read, learn and remember will be sent home as well. It is important that you encourage and support your children with their homework, but please do not do it for them. Homework should be returned, completed on a Wednesday morning. Spelling and time table tests will take place on a Friday.
Year One Common Exception Words and times tables.
I have attached all the words children need to be able to read and spell by the end of Year One. I have also attached the times table’s children will need to know.
Uniform
Please make sure that ALL items of clothing, including P.E kits, are clearly labelled with your child’s name. Please note that trainers are not part of the school uniform and must not be worn for school.
Reading Books
All children will read in school at least twice a week and therefore it is important that the children have their books in school every day. It is vital that the children should read at home each day and it is important that you indicate and sign the pages read in the reading record book. Please comment on your child’s reading too. (Children should not sign their own reading record book). We have some wonderful new books this year to really encourage the children with their reading. Please help us by keeping reading books in a reading book bag to keep them clean, dry and so that books are not lost or damaged.
School Fund
Similar to Reception, school fund continues in Year One. This is £1 a week and goes towards lots of lovely things in Year One including snack, additional resources to make learning every more exciting in Year One and items for craft and learning areas in the provision.
Free School Meals
From September 2014 all pupils in reception, year 1 and year 2 in state-funded schools in England will be eligible for free school meals.
Dropping off and collecting
In the morning the children will line up in the KS1 playground in the middle of Reception and Year Two. At the end of the day (3.20) the children will be released from the Year One external door. Please can I ask that all parents/guardians wait at the bottom of the ramp.
I hope that this information has been useful and has answered some of your questions. In September there will be an opportunity to come and have a look around the Year One classroom and ask any questions. If you have any questions in the meantime, please feel free to come and see me afterschool or contract the office.
Diary dates
Coming soon
Letters giving more details on events this half term will be sent out nearer the time.
Thank you for all your support. I look forward to a fun and busy half term.
Miss White and Miss McCrae