Welcome to Year 1's page!

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

Mrs McDonnell and Mrs Enright will also be working across the classes at different times of the week. Miss Brooks, Mrs Bishop, Mrs Boobyer, Mrs Grey, Mrs Brunt and Mrs HW will also be working with individual children within the classrooms at different points in the week. 

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

Morning/afternoon drops offs and pick ups:

From the beginning of this term, we will be returning to our pre-Covid opening hours as follows:

The school day will begin at 08:50 for all pupils.

End of School / Collection Time

EYFS (Reception) 15:15

Key Stage One (Years 1 and 2) 15:15

Key Stage Two (Years 3,4,5 & 6) 15:15

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.

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 a 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.

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.

Spring 2 

Pivotal Domain - Topic

This term our focus area of the curriculum is 'Science and Technology'. Our topic is called 'Protect Our Planet'.

• We will be learning about the environment and ways in which we can protect and look after the environment.
• The first part, we'll be learning about Weather and Seasons (today/this week).
• The second part, we'll be learning about the environment more deeply.

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

Other areas of learning:

Physical Development  

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

Faith and Beliefs

Our Christian value for this half term is 'Love' and the children will explore the meaning of being peaceful. In our RE lessons this half-term, the children will be learning more abut Christianity and the Easter story. 

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.

New key vocabulary that may be introduced: Healthy, Unhealthy, Balanced, Exercise, Sleep, Choices, Clean, Body parts, Hygienic, Safe Medicines, Trust, Safe, Safety, Green Cross Code, Eyes, Ears, Look, Listen, Wait.

In CLL the children learn skills in speaking and listening, reading and writing. 

This half-term, our writing focus will be on the skills needed to write information texts in the form of a non-chronological report. We will focus on key sentence building skills, use of phonics and letter formation. 

We will continue with our whole-class guided reading lessons and these texts will be used to support our CLL and wider curriculum work. The children continue to work on their phonics journey with our Bug Club lessons. A reminder that the children have access to resources online to continue to develop their phonic knowledge and enjoyment of reading. 

Best wishes

Mrs Merrick & Mrs Lawrence