Year 1

Welcome to the Year 1 class page. The class teacher is Mrs Fuller.

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PE is on Tuesday afternoons - please remember to bring PE kits to school on a Tuesday. Please can your child leave their PE kit at school unless they need to take it home for a wash.

PE Uniform expectations:

• Navy blue shorts
• Pale blue round-neck T-shirt 
• Navy blue tracksuit (for colder weather) 
• Black plimsolls or trainers 

Tuesday afternoons and home time are covered by Mrs Munro.

The teaching assistant working in Year 1 in the morning is Mrs Sawers.

 Reading 

 Please ensure your child has their book bag in school every day. They will have 3 books in their book bag

1 - Guided reading book - this book will be a new text for you to read with your child and will be changed weekly

2 - Read Write Inc book - this book is one that is really familiar to your child and will be changed when your child has finished reading it in their RWI group.

3 - Library or class book - this is a book chosen by your child, if is a book for you to share with your child and will be changed when we visit the library.

Please aim to read at least 5 times a week with your child and record this in their reading record. This doesn't have to be the whole book but reading little and often with your child will make an invaluably difference to their progress. You can record any book your child reads, it does not need to be one of the books that is in their book bag, it could be one of their favourite books from home. Please write each time you read with your child in their reading record.

Writing 

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 Homework 

As well as reading your child will have weekly maths to complete and occasionally spellings. The maths will be linked to a Maths fluency programme (called Number Sense Maths) which we will do in class each day, this is an opportunity for your child to develop their basic addition and subtraction skills. 

 Phonics Screening 

In Year 1 your child will be assessed on their ability to segment and blend using the phonics that have been taught in school. They will be tested on 40 sounds. They will need to read a range of both real and pseudo (alien) words. The Phonics Screening Test usually takes place in June.

 Our topics for the year are:  

 Term 1 - What makes me, me?

 In this topic we will learn more about each other's families and who we live with. We will learn about different kinds of animals, their habitats and their diets. We will also learn more about our bodies and our senses. As Geographers we will learn how to use a map to find the 4 countries and capitals of the United Kingdom.

 Term 2 - Why do we celebrate Bonfire Night?

In this topic we will explore Bonfire Night and how and why we might celebrate it. As Historians we will explore sources from the past to help us with our learning. In Literacy we will be using onomatopoeia and alliteration to write our own Firework Poems. 

 Term 3 - What’s in the toy box?

In this topic we will explore how toys have changed over time. We will focus on Victorian toys in particular and compare them to the toys we play with. In Science we will look at materials and the properties of materials. 

 Term 4 - Wonderful Weather

In this topic we will explore the weather. We will explore weather patterns, comparing hot and cold places developing our geography skills by identifying these places in an atlas. We will explore extreme weather and weather dangers.

 Term 5 - Contrasting Locations

This term we will explore Fishponds and contrast it with an area in Kenya, exploring physical and human features. We will also develop our map skills designing our own keys of our journeys to school. 

 Term 6 - What makes Bristol special?

We will explore what makes Bristol so special. We will investigate Isambard Kingdom Brunel and his contributions to Bristol: the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the SS Great Britain eventually creating our Bristol fact files.

If you have any questions or want to speak to me you can always message me on class dojo or chat to me at the end of the day. 

Thank you so much for your support!