Cranborne Primary School
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.
Y1 Overview
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.
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. We also spend time reading alien words. Alien words help the children apply their phonics knowledge to new or unfamiliar words.
Below is the order we will be teaching the sounds.
Phonics Sound Mat
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
Twinkl
BBC Bitesize Daily
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
Mathletics
https://login.mathletics.com/?_ga=2.201440849.1931205143.1586178028-1054261000.1573638024
Purple Mash
YEAR 1 STAFF:
|
1R Miss Harrison rharrison@cranborne.herts.sch.uk Mrs Herron |
1C Miss Horton chorton@cranborne.herts.sch.uk Mrs Bird |
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
Friday 4th April - School closes at 1:15pm for the Easter Holiday.
Tuesday 22nd April - Parent consultations - School is closed
Wednesday 23rd Arpil - School open for the children
Tuesday 29th April - Beegu trip!
Monday 5th May - School closed - bank holiday
Friday 9th May - 1C Class Assembly
Friday 22nd May - Forest School Day!
Monday 23rd May - Half term holiday - School is Closed
Monday 9th June - Phonics screening week - Please ensure all children are in school this week!
Tuesday 17th June - Sports day
Tuesday 24th June - Exhibition Evening
Thursday 3rd July - Ark Farm Visit
Thursday 10th July - Transition Morning
Tuesday 22nd July - School closed from 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 materials. We will be sorting them according to their properties and where materials may come from.
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 the work of Cath Kidston
In DT this term, we will be looking at structures.
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
| Name | Format | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Files | |||
| a-e Phoneme Spotter Postcard.pdf.pdf | |||
| a-e-phoneme-spotter-postcard.pdf | |||
| Arithmetic challenge 1.pdf.pdf | |||
| Arithmetic challenge 2.pdf.pdf | |||
| Arithmetic challenge 3.pdf.pdf | |||
| Arithmetic challenge 4.pdf.pdf | |||
| Arithmetic challenge 5.pdf.pdf | |||
| e-e Phoneme Spotter Postcard.pdf.pdf | |||
| i-e Phoneme Spotter Postcard.pdf.pdf | |||
| o-e Phoneme Spotter Postcard.pdf.pdf |
Cranborne Primary School
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.
Y1 Overview
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.
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. We also spend time reading alien words. Alien words help the children apply their phonics knowledge to new or unfamiliar words.
Below is the order we will be teaching the sounds.
Phonics Sound Mat
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
Twinkl
BBC Bitesize Daily
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
Mathletics
https://login.mathletics.com/?_ga=2.201440849.1931205143.1586178028-1054261000.1573638024
Purple Mash
YEAR 1 STAFF:
|
1R Miss Harrison rharrison@cranborne.herts.sch.uk Mrs Herron |
1C Miss Horton chorton@cranborne.herts.sch.uk Mrs Bird |
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
Friday 4th April - School closes at 1:15pm for the Easter Holiday.
Tuesday 22nd April - Parent consultations - School is closed
Wednesday 23rd Arpil - School open for the children
Tuesday 29th April - Beegu trip!
Monday 5th May - School closed - bank holiday
Friday 9th May - 1C Class Assembly
Friday 22nd May - Forest School Day!
Monday 23rd May - Half term holiday - School is Closed
Monday 9th June - Phonics screening week - Please ensure all children are in school this week!
Tuesday 17th June - Sports day
Tuesday 24th June - Exhibition Evening
Thursday 3rd July - Ark Farm Visit
Thursday 10th July - Transition Morning
Tuesday 22nd July - School closed from 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 materials. We will be sorting them according to their properties and where materials may come from.
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 the work of Cath Kidston
In DT this term, we will be looking at structures.
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
| Name | Format | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Files | |||
| a-e Phoneme Spotter Postcard.pdf.pdf | |||
| a-e-phoneme-spotter-postcard.pdf | |||
| Arithmetic challenge 1.pdf.pdf | |||
| Arithmetic challenge 2.pdf.pdf | |||
| Arithmetic challenge 3.pdf.pdf | |||
| Arithmetic challenge 4.pdf.pdf | |||
| Arithmetic challenge 5.pdf.pdf | |||
| e-e Phoneme Spotter Postcard.pdf.pdf | |||
| i-e Phoneme Spotter Postcard.pdf.pdf | |||
| o-e Phoneme Spotter Postcard.pdf.pdf |