Year 1 2024 - 2025

Welcome to Spring 1 in Year 1!

Happy New Year!  We hope that you have all had a wonderful Christmas break with your families and are ready to continue your learning in Y1.  Mrs Gill has only got 3 more weeks left of teaching us in our class.  She is hoping that her final day in school will be Wednesday 22nd January.  After that, another teacher will teach the children on Monday, Tuesday all day and a Wednesday morning.   Mrs Hollman will continue on a Thursday and Friday in class, but she will be in on a Wednesday too.    

If you have any questions or queries, please feel free to see either of us or arrange an appointment by contacting the office. 

Timetabling

Mrs Gill will teach the class all day Monday and Tuesday, plus a Wednesday morning. Mrs Hollman will be in school on Wednesday and will be teaching on Thursday and Friday. Mrs Greenall, our learning assistant, works all day everyday. The children will taught PE by Gilcrest Sports on a Wednesday afternoon. 

On a Friday afternoon, the children will have the opportunity for ‘Show & Tell’. This is where they can bring in special objects, photographs or certificates from home to share with the class and talk about why they have brought them in. Please ensure that items are not big. Due to the short amount of time that we have for this within the timetable, each colour team will take it in turns each week. Our timetable for Show and Tell is on the Year 1 door.

Spring 1 Show & Tell

Homework

Phonics: Please practise your sounds with your child in preperation for the phonics screening check in June. 

Reading: It is important that the children read daily.  They will all have 1 'Book bag book'  and 1 RWI book (these will both get changed on a Friday).  Children who have finished the RWI programme will have a different levelled reading book.  All children should have their reading books and reading records in school daily.  Children who do NOT read a minimum of 3 times within the week will have to 'catch up' on their reading on a Friday morning playtime.  We aim for every child to read to an adult within school at least once a week (this does not count towards their 3 home reads). 

Every child will also bring home a pleasure book.  This needs to be in school on a Friday-so it can be changed.  No pleasure books or Book bag books will be changed until the child has brought back the book they've recently borrowed. 

Numbots: It is important that each child practises their Maths skills on Numbots.