Year 1
We can't quite believe that it's all over, our final week in Year 1 is complete!
We are so proud of all that the children have achieved this year and we hope you enjoy looking through their books with them to see the progress they have all made!
The Year 1 team would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support with your children's learning throughout the year. Helping with home learning, volunteering on our trips, attending parents' evenings and so much more; we are so grateful for your engagement.
We would also like to thank you all for your kind words and generous gifts, which are by no means expected but very much appreciated. You are all so kind!
Finally, we wish you all a very happy, safe and relaxing summer with your families and friends. Let's hope the sun sticks around for some summer fun!
Best wishes,
Mrs Allery, Miss Pain and Mrs Stoodley
Worship Theme of the week:
Home Learning:
My Maths- New tasks have been set on My Maths for your children to complete for this half term. Please remember, these are by no means compulsory, but we would love as many children as we can to access this great resource to develop fluency in their maths learning.
Numbots- Please continue to log in regularly and earn those coins!
Word walls- Please continue to practise with your children at home.
TwinklGo! – If you type into the search engine ‘TwinklGo’, this code RA1572 will give you some phonics games.
Please return the children’s books and reading diaries on Monday ready for a new book to be issued to them. A reminder to please sign their diary each time they read at home. Your child can also complete the pages on the right hand side for an extra stamp! ALL Rhino reading books will be changed on a Monday. If your child is absent on a Monday we will endeavour to change their book when they are back in school.
Messages:
Please could you check at home to see if you have any of our school library books in your bookshelves or hiding under beds etc! We visit the library on a Friday, so please return books to be changed each week. Thank you!
It is really important to put children’s NAMES in all their clothes, on packed lunch boxes, water bottles, coats etc- otherwise they do not go home with the correct child. If you could all check that all items are named, we would really appreciate it.
Please could water bottles be placed into a plastic bag in their school bag to protect school reading books. All water bottles must only contain water and NOT squash please.
Please note, our fruit at school is delivered on a Monday, but sometimes later in the day. Please could you provide your child with a snack on a Monday to avoid them getting hungry if our fruit has not been delivered.
Key Dates:
Key Information:
Please wear PE kits on a Tuesday.
Additional help with reading/phonics:
If you are wondering how you can provide general support for your child at home, our advice is to hear them read as often as possible. Please do not worry if your child brings home the same book from time to time- this is to gain confidence and fluency before moving onto different sounds in other books.
We also have an excellent link to some high quality texts that you may want to consider when choosing children’s books to read or buy!
Additional Maths:
By the end of Year 1, children are expected to:
- count forwards and backwards in ones to 100
- be able to count in 2s, 5s and 10s
- find one more and one less than a given number up to 100
- recognise the value of all coins
- know number bonds (numbers that add together) to total 10 and 20.
These are excellent skills to be practising at home, although we stress that they will be covered over the course of the school year.
Best wishes,
The Year 1 Team
Miss Pain, Mrs Allery & Mrs Stoodley