Welcome to Year 1's page!

We are split into 2 classes - Pelicans with Mrs Lawrence (Teacher) and Yellow Wagtails with Mrs Shaw (Teacher). 

Miss Lloyd, Mrs Downs and Mrs Page will also be working across the classes at different times of the week. 

The children will also have PE with Mr Williams and music with Mrs Heap throughout the year.

Below, please find some key information for this half term:

Spring 2 - Amazing Animals

Pivotal Domain - Topic

This term our focus area of the curriculum is Science. Our topic is called 'Amazing Animals'.

Please remember to check Tapestry regularly for photos, ideas and conversations starters about the children's learning. 

Communication, Language and Literacy  

  

This half term we will be enjoying the Rabbit and Bear series of books as our class read-alouds. To inspire our writing we will be using the book 'The Lion Inside' to help us work on building sentences including past tense verbs, including capital letters and full stops in our writing. 

Physical Development

Children will continue to build on their fundamental skills in PE lessons on a Wednesday with Mrs Page.

Faith and Beliefs

Our Christian value for this half-term is 'goodness and kindness' and the children will explore the meaning of being faithful. In our F&B lessons this half-term, the children will be continuing their learning about Christianity with a focus on Salvation. 

Jigsaw PSHE - Healthy Me 

In this Puzzle the class talk healthy and unhealthy choices and how these choices make them feel. They talk about hygiene, keeping themselves clean and that germs can make you unwell. The children learn about road safety as well as people who can help them to stay safe.

Key vocabulary includes: Healthy, Unhealthy, Balanced, Exercise, Sleep, Choices, Clean, Body parts, Hygienic, Safe Medicines, Trust, Safe, Safety, Green Cross Code, Eyes, Ears, Look, Listen, Wait.

Morning/afternoon drops offs and pick ups:

The school gates will be open at 08:45 each morning for drop-off and will open again from 15:15 for collection.

Children should enter and leave through the KS1 gate beside the BACS centre. Parents and carers are asked to drop children at the gate and pass any messages onto the member of staff who is on the gate. 

PE

The children will have PE on a Wednesday and should come to school wearing their PE kit. 

School equipment needed from home:

Children may continue to bring a WM bookbag to school (not rucksacks).  Please remember, children should not be bringing pencil cases, toys, cards etc to school.  Please ensure children have an outdoor coat and wellies in school at all times. Children will also need a fruit/veg snack for Monday-Thursday break time and one small treat (e.g. 2 finger kit kat or cup cake) for Friday break time. They will also need a named drink bottle for water each day. 

Tapestry:

Tapestry is used to not only share experiences of your child's school life but also as an assessment tool for us. Please log in regularly.

https://tapestryjournal.com/s/west-monkton-ce-primary-school-year-1

Times Table Rock Stars & Numbots:

Your child will have come home with a Times Table Rock Stars/Numbots log in at the beginning of the year.  This can be found in their reading journals. I have included some information below to help you support your children on the game:

• The times tables set are 2s, 5s and 10s for all children (this is in line with what we cover in Year 1)
• The game will include both multiplication and division as it is important the children know both operations
• Please only play the 'Garage' games (Highlighted below), as this is the game controlled by the teacher, and will therefore only include 2s, 5s and 10s

READING (including Bug Club)

Please continue reading with your child, we cannot stress how important reading is for them. Minimum 3 reads per week!

In Year 1 reading becomes more of a comprehension. Here are some tips to help them become confident in comprehension work (very important for SATs in Year 2);

• Making predictions at the start of a new book/ chapter. Make sure they are able to explain their answer.
• Getting them to discuss what has just happened. Recall is very important. Remembering names, what has happened, where they are, what they are doing etc...
• General questioning of the vocabulary. The language will start to get trickier so discussing it with them will really help their understanding. Getting them to use a dictionary to look words up is really good too. One they are learning how to use a dictionary correctly (this is a requirement for the curriculum) and two they are learning to do their own research.

Best wishes

Mrs Shaw & Mrs Lawrence