Welcome to Year 1
Welcome to Year 1
Autumn Term
Our topics for the Autumn Term are ‘Holidays’ and ‘India’.
- Red reading records and books are to be in school everyday
- Waterbottles to be in everyday
- Our PE days are on Monday and Friday each week
- Show and tell is every Friday – please refer to the timetable for your child's specific date.
Important Dates
Monday 20th September - Welcome Meeting for Parents
Thursday 16th September - Holidays Topic Day
Tuesday 19th October - Parents Evening 3:30-6:30pm
Wednesday 20th October - Parents Evening 3:30-6:30pm
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:
Daily Essentials
Phonics/Reading
- Please read a range of non-fiction and fiction books as well as poems.
- Phase 2 and 3 phonics sound mats and tricky words can be found attached. Please go over these sounds and words daily.
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-squares
- We are learning to counting in 2's, 5's and 10's interactive videos to support learning can be found here;
2's - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvTcpfSnOMQ
5's - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EemjeA2Djjw&t=3s
10's - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gmEe0-_ex8
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.
