Welcome to Year  1!

Red word lists

Please see the red words that match your childs reading level and work on reading these at home.

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Key information:

  • Please remember that all children need a named water bottle in school every day.
  • Let your child's teacher know if someone other than you is collecting your child or call the office. 
  • Please name all items of clothing 

 

Phonics screening

In June, we will be carrying out phonics assessments. We will be practising reading words in this format all year: please see below some past papers. 

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/715823/2018_phonics_pupils_materials_standard.pdf.pdf

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/809986/2019_phonics_pupils_materials_standard.pdf

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/621157/STA177753p_2017_phonics_screening_check_pupils__materials_-_standard.pdf

 

Phonics

Phonics is  a very important part of the Year 1 curriculum. This is why we dedicate three sessions a week to teach stand alone phonics lessons following the Read Write Inc. scheme. We teach the children initial sounds, and set 2 and 3 digraphs and trigraphs. A digraph is two letters together that make one sound such as 'sh' 'ee' and 'th'. A trigraph is three letters together that make one sound, such as ''igh' and 'air'. We learn a new sound in each of our phonics sessions. We start by identifying the sound in a word, we then write it down (with focus on letter formation), and then have a go at reading a short story with this sound used frequently in it.

Below is the order we will be teaching the sounds.

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Educational Games
Topmarks paint the squares can be used to play one more one less, find missing numbers, count to 100 and back, count in 2s, 5s and 10s and look at odd and even numbers- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/paint-the-squares
Topmarks hit the button. Can be used to practise number bonds to 10 and 20, practise halves to 20 and doubles to 10 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
 
Spell words to help the Alien to escape! https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/alien-escape?phase=3
 A range of games to play to practise our phonics skills https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources
 
Songs
Number bonds to ten with farmer Pete - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poJmS5iWfEs

Useful websites

Oxford Owl have some great online e-books that you can read with your children. They link closely to the book bands too!     

 https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/reading-owl/library-page

Phonics Play 

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

Topmarks 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/

Twinkl

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/

BBC Bitesize Daily 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize 

Mathletics 

https://login.mathletics.com/?_ga=2.201440849.1931205143.1586178028-1054261000.1573638024

Purple Mash

 https://www.purplemash.com/sch/cranborneen6 

YEAR 1 STAFF:

1B

Mrs Bruce 

Mrs Wilkins

 

 

 

 

Y1 LSA - Ms Dona 

1M

Miss McNicholas

Mrs Herron 

 

 

 

Please note, our PE days for the Summer term are Tuesdays (indoor)  and Thursdays (outdoor)

Reminders

P.E. 

Indoor PE lesson - Tuesday

Outdoor PE lesson - Thursday

On these days, children are to come into school dressed in their PE kit. Please ensure they are in weather appropriate clothing as they will be outside at lunch and break times in these clothes.

Please also ensure that all parts of your child(ren)'s kit is clearly labelled. Long hair must always be tied back and it would be safer if earrings were not worn. 

Reading Books 
Please ensure that your child reads everyday at home, in addition to the daily reading they do at school. We can not stress how important this is in helping your child to become a confident and fluent reader. Additional reading books are avaliable on Oxford Owl. The log in for this is in your child's reading reccord. 

Homework
We kindly ask that you read with your child every day and then sign their reading record so we know you have done this. We also, would like you to practice key maths skills with your child (counting to 20 forwards and back, number bonds to 10, 1 more and 1 less). 

 

Summer Term key dates 

Monday 13th April - Inset day - Parent Consultations

Tuesday 14th April - First day back for the children

Thursday 16th April - Dental team in school

Thursday 23rd April - Y1 Forest School Day 

Monday 4th May - School closed - bank holiday

Monday 25th May - Half term holiday

Monday 8th June - Phonics screening week

Monday 8th June - Inset Day

Thursday 11th June - Sports day

Tuesday 16th June - Y1 trip to DeHavilland Museum

Thursday 25th June - School closed @ 1:15pm Exhibition Evening

Thursda 9th July - Transition Day

Thursday 23rd July - Last day of term School Closed @ 1:15pm. 

Our learning for Summer Term...

Maths

In the Summer Term, we will be covering the following:

  • Doubling and halving
  • Odd and even numbers
  • 2D and 3D shape
  • Measures comparison
  • Sequencing days of the week & months of the year
  • Numbers to 20 - think 10 (addition and subtraction)
  • Numbers to 20 equality and balance
  • Division and Multiplication
  • Time

Mental fluency:

  • Recalling number bonds to 10
  • 1 more and 1 less than a given number up to 50
  • Counting to 20 and back 
  • Double and halves to 20
  • Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s

 

English

In the Summer term, we will be focusing on word and sentence writing. Encouraging the children to say their sentence before attempting to write it. 

Letter formation, handwriting and presentation

Letter families
Curly caterpillar letters: c, a, o, q, g, d, e, s, f. All of these letters start in the middle of the line and start with a c shape and then you carry on with the rest of the letter.
One armed robot letters: r, m, n, h, b, k, p. For these letters you need to start at the top of the letter and travel down and back up again and then over.
Ladder letters: l, I, j, t, u, y. All of these letters you need to start at the top of the letter and travel down.
Zig zag letters: v, w, x, z. These letters are all very straight and have no curves!

When writing on a line all letters should be on the line. Some letters have descenders where part of the letters go under the line, such as: y,g,q, p.
Some letters have ascenders where part of the letter is taller than the rest, such as: d, h, t, b.

Capital letters should always be bigger than the other letters.

 

Science

In the Summer term, we will be learning about plants. We will also be enjoying our Forest school day focusing on what plants need to grow. 

 

Foundation Subjects

In Geography, we will be learning all about the weather and seasonal changes. 

In History, we will be learning about the History of Flight. 

In Art this term, we will be studying printing and repeated patterns.  

In PSHE this term, our puzzle pieces are 'Relationships' and 'Changing me'. 

 

Home learning

In the case of bad weather and school closure,  please see the list of activities below.

The work below will support your child in the key areas of arithmetic, reasoning, and phonics. 

As well as these activities, you can make use of Mathletics ( for Maths ) and Purple Mash (for reading and other curriculum games). Please also see the Phonics screening papers and our educational games and songs. 

You can use ' PE with Joe Wicks' you keep you moving. His YouTube Channel is: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyCLoPd4VxBuS4UeyHMccVAjpWaNbGomt

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Files
a-e Phoneme Spotter Postcard.pdf.pdf .pdf
a-e-phoneme-spotter-postcard.pdf .pdf
Arithmetic challenge 1.pdf.pdf .pdf
Arithmetic challenge 2.pdf.pdf .pdf
Arithmetic challenge 3.pdf.pdf .pdf
Arithmetic challenge 4.pdf.pdf .pdf
Arithmetic challenge 5.pdf.pdf .pdf
e-e Phoneme Spotter Postcard.pdf.pdf .pdf
i-e Phoneme Spotter Postcard.pdf.pdf .pdf
o-e Phoneme Spotter Postcard.pdf.pdf .pdf