Welcome to Year 1

Autumn Term Headlines
- Please see our Curriculum Leaflet for details of our curriculum this term (attached below).
- Reading books and red reading records are to be in school every day please.
- PE kits are to be in school every day. Our PE lessons this term are on Tuesday and Friday, however these may change on occasions.
- Water bottles will be sent home every Friday.
- Sun tan lotion to be applied before school while the weather is still warm please, and a sun hat to stay in school if possible.
Key Dates
Wed 13th Sept Welcome to Year 1 Meeting for parents 5pm
Wed 3rd Oct Harvest assembly 9:15am
Wed 4th Oct Online Safety Session for parents (4 - 4:45pm)
Wed 18th Oct Parents Evening 3:30-6:30pm
Thurs 19th Oct Parents Evening 3:30-6:30pm
Fri 20th Oct Break up for Half Term
HALF TERM
Mon 30th Oct Children return to school
W/b Mon 13th Nov Anti-bullying Week
W/b Mon 20th Nov Book Fair week
Fri 15th Dec Christmas Jumper Day, Lapland Run and Christmas dinner
Mon 18th Dec Whole school trip - Christmas pantomime at Gladstone Theatre
Tues 19th and Wed 20th Dec Christmas play performances
Thurs 21st Dec Christmas assembly in church – 9:15am and Christmas party
Fri 22nd Dec Staff development day and break up for Christmas
You can find out more about our curriculum this term in the Curriculum leaflet below.
Home Learning Daily Essentials
Phonics/Reading
- Please read your child's phonics reading book with them each day. Any extra reading you can do with your child at home would be most beneficial. This could included a range of non-fiction and fiction books as well as poems.
- Please see a list of Year 1 recommended reads below.
Maths
- We are currently focusing on recognising number formation and place value.
- Please practise number formation with your child.
- Counting forwards and backwards from any given number. A good resource to select a given number can be accessed here: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/paint-the-square
English
- Practise writing simple sentences with your child. This can be as simple as what you are going to be doing that day. You can write a sentence from a picture from your favourite book, or any book that you have at home.
- This term we are focusing on capital letter, finger spaces, full stops in the correct place and reading their own work back to check that it makes sense.
- Please practise letter formation with your child.
Welcome to Year 1