Here you can find key information and resources relating to your child’s journey throughout the year.
Our Year 1 Team
Class Name: Toucans
Class Teacher: Mrs Pendleton
Mrs Pendleton
Class Teacher
Miss Pinsent
Cover Supervisor
Mrs Miles
LSA
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We want to create a happy, lively environment where every child feels confident to ask for help. Your child will be given clear instructions that will support them with their tasks. We hope that we can work together to support your child, linking the learning experiences between home and school in order to develop independence and confidence. Please feel free to contact the school office to ask us any questions about the new routines and expectations.
Homework
Homework will be given out on Friday in the children’s reading record and is to be handed in the following Wednesday.
Maths
We will focus on practicing counting in steps of 2, 5, and 10. We will also be securing our understanding of number facts and number bonds and naming shapes and their properties. Also, we will be looking at learning to tell time to the o’clock, half past and quarters. My maths activities will also be set to support learning.
Spellings
Spellings will be sent home to learn on a Friday and will be tested the following Wednesday. Please practice using the Look, Cover, Write, Check method.
Phonics
Children will have daily phonics sessions, with activities and books to support their learning. Parents phonics sessions will be held later in the term. These will help with your understanding of phonics and enable you to support your child.
Reading
Children should read to parents/carers at least three times weekly – more often if possible.
Reading books will be changed weekly in school, though the children will need to have their book in school every day. Once a week they will also have an opportunity to choose a book from the school library. In addition to school books please encourage your child to read for pleasure – a range of books and other texts of their own choosing.
PE
Monday – Outdoor PE
Tuesday – Indoor PE
When it is your child’s PE day please ensure they come to school wearing the correct named PE kit.
Your child’s kit should consist of the following items.
• Plain white t-shirt
• Plain, black shorts
• Plimsolls
• Trainers
• Plain black or red Mercenfeld hoody
• Black tracksuit/ jogging bottoms
Long hair should be tied back for PE sessions and no jewellery should be worn.
If your child has their ears pierced, please remove these or cover the piercing with tape before arriving at school.
Topic
A selection of activities will be shared as appropriate to support the focus topics. There is also a homework task booklet – please feel free to complete as many as able.
Weekly Timetable
Useful Websites
The children have logins for;
Spelling Shed
My Maths
Oxford Owl
Phonics Play
BBC
