Year 1

Class Teacher: Mrs Johnson

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Rooney and Mrs Vernon

Welcome to the Year 1 class page!

Weekly Timetable

Every morning we have writing, phonics and maths lessons. In the afternoons we have PE, history, RE, music, science, art and computing.

Monday: Singing Assembly

Homework given

Class story

Tuesday: Collective worship

Class story

PE kit to be worn to school

Wednesday: Gospel Assembly

Thursday: Collective workshop

Independent reading

Homework to be returned

Spelling and arithmetic test

Friday: Praise Assembly

PE kit to be worn to school

Book club

Key things to remember:

- Please bring your reading books and your red diary every day and make sure it is signed by an adult.

- You will need your PE kit on Tuesdays and Friday this half-term.

- Please read at home every day.

This half-term learning:

Writing

A variety of inspiring stories will support the teaching of literacy this term. Children will learn to explore a range of different texts, including Grandad's Island, The Queens Hat and our Trip to the Woods.

Children will identify the main characters and explore the settings and events in the stories, gaining an understanding of different story features. There will be a focus on applying punctuation accurately and with some independence. Children will use their developing phonic knowledge to compose and write simple sentences independently to communicate meaning, and write most letters, correctly formed and orientated.

Reading

St Saviour's are following the 'Little Wandles' Phonics and Reading Programme.

Please see below a link which will take you to our literacy page. Here you will be able to access a range of documents and videos to help with the pronunciation of phonetical sounds to help your children with their reading.

Reading

Mathematics

During Maths sessions this term, Year 1 will begin by focussing on developing their knowledge of place value, addition and subtraction, Length and Height and Mass and Volume. Children will develop an understanding of the place value of numbers; 1 more and 1 less than a number, counting forward and backwards, counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and looking ay numbers up to 50. Children will be able to recognise the addition and subtraction signs and be able to complete a simple number sentences using numbers up to 20.

Religious Education

In our RE lessons this half-term, our unit is called 'Desert to Garden'. We will be looking at the stations of the cross and what happened to Jesus over this time.

Science

Our science topic this half-term is all about 'Plants'. We will be looking at different parts of the plant and what they need to grow. We will also be looking at different stages of a plant and growing our own sunflowers.

Geography

In our geography lessons, this half-term is all about 'The United Kingdom'. We will be looking at the United Kingdom and the four different countries it is made up of: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

Design and Technology

In our design and technology lessons, this half-term is all about 'Cooking and Nutrition'. Here we will be looking at different foods and then designing and making our own savoury salad.

Computing

In our computing lessons, this half-term is all about 'Programming A - Moving a robot'. We will be looking at how to programme a Beebot to move in different ways around the classroom.

Physical Education

Mrs Johnson - Team Building

Sports coach (Luke) - Playing Games

Weekly Homework

Homework books will contain your weekly homework. They will be sent home on Mondays and must be returned to school on Thursdays.
Reading records must be signed by your parents on a daily basis and returned to school each day.
On Thursdays, we will have arithmetic and spelling tests based on the homework you have completed during the week.
All spelling homework is now set online via Spelling Frame every Thursday. You will find your unique login for this in your reading records. Please make sure you are practising these at home each day to help you learn.
Spelling Frame