Welcome to Year 1
Autumn Term
We are really pleased with how well the children have settled into Year One and how well they are beginning to adapt to their new learning environment and routines.
- Red reading records and books are to be in school everyday please.
- Waterbottles to be in everyday. They will be sent home every Friday to be washed.
- Our PE days are Tuesday and Friday each week.
Important Dates
- Wednesday 21st September - 5:00pm - Year 1 Wecome Meeting
- Wednesday 28th September - 2:30pm - Phonics Information Meeting for F2 and Year 1 Families
- Thursday 6th October - 9:15am - Harvest Assembly
- Thursday 13th October - Meeting for parents in Y1-Y6 - Relationships and Sex Education/PSHE
- Monday 17th October - Flu Immunisation Programme
- Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th October - Parents Meetings
- Friday 4th November - Individual and Sibling photographs
For more information about what the children will be learning about in the different subjects over the Autumn Term please click on the document below:
Welcome to Year 1 for 2022-23
Home Learning Daily Essentials
Phonics/Reading
- Please read a range of non-fiction and fiction books as well as poems.
Maths
- We are currently focusing on recognising numbers 1-30.
- Number formation material can also be found attached below for you to practise 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. Letter formation sheet can be found attached below.